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Bethesda Mennonite Church (St. Louis, Mo.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/25-08
  • Collection
  • 1955-2008

Offical and unofficial records of an African American Mennonite church begun by James and Rowena Lark as a mission project in the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri.  Records are divided into several series:

(1) Pastor Hubert Schwartzentruber Files, 1956-1972 (2) Church Bulletins, 1957-1971 (3) Photographs,1957-2008 (4) Miscellaneous, 1955-2008

Schwartzentruber, Hubert, 1929-

James Henry and Rowena Lark Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/566
  • Collection
  • 1944-2001

The Larks' personal papers consist primarily of documentation from the churches they led in African American and urban communities, including Bethel Mennonite Church in Chicago.  Materials include church bulletins, congregational records, correspondence,  and photographs.

Lark, James Henry, 1889-1978