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These papers were deposited into the Archives by J. J. Hostetler, Goshen, Indiana, in 1972, 1984, 1990, and from 1994-2000. Includes conference records (US & Canada), biographies, school files, extensive correspondences, bible studies, extensive subject files, resource files, and sermons.
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This material is open for public research.
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Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
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Biographical Sketch: 1905 Born, May 7, 1905, near LaGrange, Indiana, son of Noah J. and Lizzie (Eash) Hostetler. 1923Graduated from Middlebury High School, Indiana; 1923-25 Public School Teacher, Johnson Co., Iowa. Had Normal Training at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa1926-31 Bookkeeper, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Chicago. Attended the Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago; and spent four years at Moody Bible Institute, in Evening School, Chicago, Illinois; and had a Correspondence Course in accounting, Chicago University of Commerce. 1929 Married Gladys Barbara Bontrager, Kalona, Iowa. Parents of four sons. 1931-38 Treasurer and Bookkeeper, Elkhart Paint and Wall Paper Co.1938-Superintendent and Pastor, Canton City Mission, Canton, Ohio Other pastorates included churches at Cullom, Illinois; and Peroria, Illinois.1938-Winter Bible Schools. Hostetler helped coordinate the various bible schools, Johnstown, Ontario, Fairview Michigan, Hesston, and Goshen. They were six weeks in length, although Ontario was twelve weeks. 1941-72 Served with Mennonite Commission for Christian Education. Secretary of Sunday Schools, 1941-71. Field Secretary, 1959-601950's Hostetler also was involved in the very beginning of Camp Amigo, and the larger Mennonite Camping Association.1967-72 Served as secretary of stewardship and Christian education in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. For three years he was field-worker and overseer for the Allegheny Mennonite Conference. 1972 Involved with Mennonite Business Associates, 1972-76, 1988 Matthew Explained (1988) and Revelation Explained (1992) by Hostetler 1990's Papa was an Entrepreneur: Biography of Noah J. Hostetler, 1872-1933, and his family, by J. J. Hostetler.
Sources for biography: Who's Who Among the Mennonites(1943), Revelation Explained, and in conversation with J. J. Hostetler, by Dennis Stoesz.
Administrative Information: Inventory of Boxes 1 and 2 by Sharon L. Klingelsmith, March 4, 1976. Inventory of Boxes 3-7, and Brief Biography by Nelda Nussbaum, overall organization and supervision by Dennis Stoesz, January 25, 2001. Inventory bo Box 8 by Dennis Stoesz, February 16, 2001. Update by Monica Zimmerman, August 13, 2001.
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