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Title
Date(s)
- 1954-2015 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
12.50 Linear Feet; 12 records cartons and 1 archives box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary Alice (Weber) Lapp, 91, of Goshen, formerly of Akron, Pennsylvania and Harrisonburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2022 after suffering a stroke. Alice was born in Lititz, Pennsylvania on July 29, 1931, the oldest child of B. Franklin and Sarah Margaret (Hostetter) Weber.
Alice is survived by her loving husband of 67 years, John A. Lapp; son, John F. (Sandra Shenk Lapp); daughters Jennifer Lerch (Robert) and Jessica W. Lapp (Phil Hertzler); grandchildren Sophia (David) Lapp Jost, Eva Lapp (Sam Smucker), J. Ethan Lapp, Sarah Lerch (Stefan Kuhns,) Robert T. Lerch, J. Nicholas Hertzler; one great-grandson, Timothy Lapp Jost; her sisters Sally Horst and Joyce Busch, and brother Samuel Weber. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, B. Michael Weber.
Alice was a teacher, author, hostess, pie baker, volunteer and voracious reader. She also reviewed books and contributed articles to many Mennonite publications.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Executive Emeritus, Mennonite Central Committee (2006)
Coordinator, Global Mennonite History Project, Mennonite World Conference (1997-2012)
Repository
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Scope and content
These papers are divided into four series:
(1) Correspondence, 1955-2004 (2) Scholarship and Publication Records, 1954-2010 (3) Miscellaneous Materials, 1958-1999 (4) Travel Journals, 1966-2016
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
9 boxes of materials received in 2019, Acc 2019-015
2 boxes of materials received in 2023, Acc 2023-025
System of arrangement
By series
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
This material is open for public research.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
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Name access points
- Goshen College -- Faculty (Subject)
- Mennonite Central Committee. Peace Section (Subject)
- Lapp family (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2015-01-27
Language(s)
- English