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Title
Date(s)
- 1954-1985 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.50 Linear Feet; 1 archives box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Jess Yoder received a B.A. from Goshen College in 1953, an M.A. from Northwestern University in 1954, and a B. D. from Goshen College Seminary in 1956. He was an ordained Mennonite pastor and served Zion Mennonite Church (Birdsboro, Penn.) from 1957 to 1959.
Yoder returned to his studies, earning a Ph.D from Northwestern University in 1962. He taught in the Department of Speech at Goshen College from 1959 to 1964 and in the Department of Communication at Cleveland State University from 1964 to 1985.
Repository
Archival history
At one time, these records were assigned the number HM1-795. They were recalssified as a Goshen College manuscript collection in April 2011.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Small set of personal papers created by a Goshen College alumnus and former Goshen College and Cleveland State University professor of speech and communication. Materials include biographical information, Yoder's tenure dossier, article manuscripts, and materials pertaining to his sabbatical in Ireland in the late 1970s.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
11/21/1985, Roy Umble, Acc. 4756
System of arrangement
Flat
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These materials are open for public research.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Alternative identifier(s)
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Name access points
- Cleveland State University -- Faculty (Subject)
- Goshen College -- Alumni and alumnae (Subject)
- Goshen College -- Faculty (Subject)
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Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
2011-04-11
Language(s)
- English