File Folder 2 - Landis, Ira D. not annotated

yes spellchecked, yes proofed, yes numbered not compared, not Archon BOX 35 FOLDER 2 Ira D. Landis Ira D. Landis (1899-1960) was a minister-farmer at Lititz in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. From time to time he was an official in the Lancaster Mennonite Conference and he was very active as an amateur historian on Mennonite topics. In the time of this folder’s material he was Treasurer of the Historical and Research Committee of the [MC] General Conference, while Bender was Chairman. Most of the folder’s material reflects that role. ============================= {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, January 23, 1958 [Ira Landis]: authorizing $18 payment to Willard Conrad; reference to Nelson Springer letter [Nelson P. Springer, Nelson Paul Springer]; re pay for Mennonite Church Archives work to Melvin Gingerich. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, February 19, 1958 [handwritten]: re check Landis received for $2148+ ––Landis seemed unsure for what; thought probably for Täufer-Akten but also alluded obscurely to Bethany Christian High School. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, April 12, 1958 [handwritten on stationery of The Christian Nurture Committee of Lancaster Mennonite Conference]: re apparently proposed names for research agency[ies] of (MC) Mennonite General Conference; mentioned connection with “the New Building” [seemingly Goshen College’s Seminary building, later Newcomer Center]; mention Mennonite Research Foundation and its being divided into two branches; also asked for a statement from Goshen College re Melvin Gingerich’s salary, naming one or more figures; reference to a good meeting at EMC [Eastern Mennonite College, later Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)]; explained a reference to names of Wilmer Swope, Melvin Hochstetler, and Arthur W. Nofziger [Arthur W. Nafziger ?]; mention Herman Ropp, John Snyder; mention Irvin B. Horst [Irvin Horst], Grant Stoltzfus, Samuel S. Wenger [Samuel Wenger]. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, April 19, 1958 [on stationery of The Christian Nurture Committee]: statement from Goshen College had come with Bender signature and Landis had some questions on some items, and would hold back the check; mention Nelson Springer trip to Washington [Nelson P. Springer]; mention Brother John C. [likely John C. Wenger, J. C. Wenger]. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, June 16, 1958 [Ira Landis]: Landis had sent an unsigned check, Bender returning it for signature. {} TW0 ENTRIES Ira D. Landis to Bender, June 18, 1958 [handwritten]: about a check––wrote as if it had to do with “Bethany” [? Bethany Christian High School ?]; reference to “Ernest” [?? Ernest E. Miller, E. E. Miller ??; ? Ernest Bennett ?]; reference to seeing Bender when Bender would come by; how close were “we” to working out a budget? • • • CONTIGUOUS, Telegram, Bender to Ira D. Landis, June 26, 1958 [Ira Landis]: Arriving the next morning, would be glad to see Landis for a few hours. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis and Irvin B. Horst, July 3, 1958 [Ira Landis, Irvin Horst]: sending “folio titles” Bender had noted “at Pennsburg Monday”; report would wait “until this work is done”; mention Nelson Springer re copy of “the Pennypacker Auction Catalogue” and Irvin perhaps wanting to use it for MCC. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, stamped as received on November 3, 1958 [handwritten]: About Phoebe Kolb and her trunks [see Kolb, Phoebe folder]; Landis did not get the $2000 check to turn over, Samuel S. Wenger said it was forthcoming. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, March 28, 1959 [on stationery of Mennonite Historical Bulletin {Landis not Editor, but Treasurer of its parent Committee, the Historical Committee of (MC) Mennonite General Conference}]: reference to Landis’s inability to be with Bender recently but that Samuel S. Wenger had showed Bender “a delightful time”; wanted Bender, John C. Wenger [J. C. Wenger], and Melvin Gingerich to provide an itemized figure to submit to Paul Erb as Executive Secretary of (MC) Mennonite General Conference; had not received any money except from California for the “Archives Building Fund” [Goshen College Seminary Building, later Newcomer Center]. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, April 28, 1959 [Ira Landis]: submitting a figure of $14.50 for Chicago trip for meeting of the General Council of (MC) Mennonite General Conference. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, May 1, 1959 [Ira Landis; handwritten]: sending check for trip to attend General Council; needed the budget item for the next biennium; lack of funds coming in for the Archives.... LEON; PLEASE RECHECK WHETHER THE NEXT ITEM’S DATE IS JULY 17 OR JULY 19. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, July 17, 1959 [handwritten]: Landis seemed unsure about certain financial figures; about some bookkeeping-form request from Andrew Berkey [Treasurer of Southeastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference ?]; about sending the manuscript of Mennonites in America to reviewers; a note about John Horsch Essay Contest; mention the “Red Well work”.... {} TW0 ENTRIES Ira D. Landis to Bender, December 22, 1959: about Andrew Berkey agreeing to dispose of Pennypacker Collection in recent years. Landis wanted more clarification and information; on the understandings about this among people “in the East”. // About a check for subscriptions, needing Landis to do some checking in his records. // Re asking Richard Danner to send Bender some collar buttons. // Melvin had sent some archival material on the “Russian 1870 movement” [likely immigration of Mennonites from the Russian empire]. // About some money Landis had sent to Goshen College for Melvin Gingerich’s salary, but his [Committee’s] money was about run out. • • • Reverse side, some miscellaneous handwritten note that a researcher might want to examine. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, May 4, 1960: a letter in unclear prose about a mixup that had occurred among three treasurers or quasi-treasurers, “Kreider”, “Lauver”, and Landis himself [? likely J. Robert Kreider, Business Manager (and/or Director of Development ?) at Goshen College; Melvin Lauver, Treasurer of Mennonite Board of Education, or at least of its Conrad Grebel Lectureship Committee; and Landis, Treasurer of the Historical Committee of (MC) Mennonite General Conference]––a letter for the researcher to untangle, not the annotator!. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, October 6, 1960 [Ira Landis]: thanks for hospitality for Bender on his recent trip east; had proofread “your Brethren in Christ article” [likely “The Origin of the Brethren in Christ Church and Its Later Divisions,” by Ira D. Landis, in The Mennonite Quarterly Review, 34:290-307, October 1960; correction, 35:88 January 1961]; that Landis needed to re-research the death dates of Ulrich Engel and Anna Engel; mention Dr. Wittlinger [Carlton O. Wittlinger, Carlton Wittlinger]. {} TW0 ENTRIES Postcard, Ira D. Landis to Bender, October 31, 1960: about trying to obtain certain documents apparently having to do with a coming anniversary; mention [apparently J. Robert Kreider] and Melvin Lauver. • • • REPLY, Bender to Ira D. Landis, November 3, 1960 [Ira Landis]: responding to postcard; would “try to complete the draft of the paper for you” on Saturday; Bender sorry he had overlooked funds in hands of “Melvin Lauver and Robert Kreider” [likely J. Robert Kreider] “for the Archives Building”; re working with Melvin Gingerich re fringe benefits for Rachel Holsumback; thanks for photostatic copy of something re Ulrich Engle [sic––Ulrich Engel ?]; mention attending a “250th anniversary program”. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, November 23, 1960 [Ira Landis]: re Melvin Gingerich to send a requisition for paying “Samuel Wenger for the charter fee” [likely Samuel S. Wenger]; reference to a Bender letter to Committee re donations for Menno Simons Memorial Church building as partly answering Landis’ November 10 letter [neither extant here]; Robert Kreider to send something [likely J. Robert Kreider]; mention Archives Building Fund. {} Melvin Gingerich to Ira D. Landis, November 25, 1960 [Ira Landis]: request that Landis send S. S. Wenger [likely Samuel S. Wenger] $45.50 re incorporating “our Historical and Research Committee”; three smaller requisitions, for other small matters. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, November 28, 1960 [Ira Landis]: responding to Landis letter of November 25 [not extant here]; send Robert Kreider [likely J. Robert Kreider] all money contributed to Archives Building Fund; references to Melvin Gingerich and to “the charter”; bit of other instruction. // had no “bombshells” about the article on Brethren in Christ origin [likely “The Origin of the Brethren in Christ Church and Its Later Divisions,” by Ira D. Landis, in The Mennonite Quarterly Review, 34:290-307, October 1960; correction, 35:88 January 1961]––“What were the errors?”. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, November 28, 1960: sending a check re attendance at some meeting. // About “our Libraries [sic] and Archives building plans”––mentioning sites in Lancaster County Pennsylvania; re meetings about that, referring to “Eastern Archives Center”, a recent one being at EMC [Eastern Mennonite College, later Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)]. {} TW0 ENTRIES { Ira D. Landis to Bender, November 28, 1960: information about collections for “the Menno Simons Memorial Fund”––send that money to Leo Laurense at Bolsward Holland; other financial advice; sending copy of a Bender letter to Sam Wenger [likely Samuel S. Wenger, Samuel Wenger]. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Ira D. Landis, December 2, 1960 [Ira Landis]: more such matter. {} J. Robert Kreider to Ira D. Landis, December 6, 1960 [Ira Landis]: per Bender, sending information on “all receipts toward the Historical Committee portion of the Goshen College Biblical Seminary building”...; a list of conributions follows, and a total; some further comment, including re contribution of S. S. Wenger [likely Samuel S. Wenger, Samuel Wenger]. {} J. Robert Kreider to Ira D. Landis, December 6, 1960 [Ira Landis]: another forwarding of money collected for Menno Simons Memorial Church, donors listed. cc: Bender. {LEON: THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT HAVE A SCANNED COPY. J. Robert Kreider to Ira D. Landis, December 12, 1960 [Ira Landis] {} J. Robert Kreider to Ira D. Landis, January 6, 1961 [Ira Landis]: another contribution, donor named, toward “the Historical Committee portion of the Goshen College Biblical Seminary building”. cc: Bender, Melvin Gingerich. LEON PLEASE CHECK NAMES IN FOLLOWING ITEM; HOW DOES LANDIS’ NAME FIT? {} THREE ENTRIES Memorandum, Bender to Lauren Shank, January 26, 1961 [Ira Landis; re “CONGREGATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE MENNO SIMONS MEMORIAL CHURCH AT WITMARSUM, HOLLAND”]: basic information re the Witmarsum project for “the trustees” to use regarding a congregational contribution; includes some information seemingly about how College Mennonite Church and Eighth Street Mennonite Church, both at Goshen, were proceeding in this matter. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Ira D. Landis, February 8, 1961 [Ira Landis]: sending $60 from Goshen College Mennonite Church for the Menno Simons Memorial Church fund.... • • • CONTIGUOUS, memorandum, Cleland Gunden to Bender, no date [but stamped as if received February 2, 1961]: enclosing check of $60 from College Mennonite Church for the Menno Simons Memorial Church fund. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, February 20, 1961 [Ira Landis]: details about contributions to the Menno Simons Memorial Church fund; it was time to “close this account”; mention S. S. Wenger [likely Samuel S. Wenger, Samuel Wenger]. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, February 24, 1961 [Ira Landis; Landis, treasurer of Historical and Research Committee]: per Landis’ suggestion the Historical and Research Committee [of (MC) Mennonite General Conference] had reviewed Landis correspondence with Melvin Gingerich and Landis’ wish to be relieved of some of the check-writing and bookkeeping; list of decisions, with some discussion, follows. cc: Melvin Gingerich. {} Ira D. Landis to Bender, February 27, 1961 [handwritten]: about––the “conundrum” of different ways the literature referred to John of Leyden; points about Bender delivery of his Conrad Grebel Lectures [apparently in Lancaster Mennonite Conference area]; could some members of the local historical committee attend? “Samuel S.” [likely Samuel S. Wenger, Samuel Wenger] wanted a special meeting in his offices with Historical Committee members, particularly ordained ones [apparently the Historical and Research Committee of (MC) Mennonite General Conference]; small contributions still coming in for the Archives Building; about something for the “Research Journal”. {} Dorothy Swartzentruber to Ira D. Landis, May 26, 1961 [Ira Landis; written by Dorothy Swartzentruber for John W. Snyder, Treasurer]: forwarding two contributions for the “General Conference Archives”. cc: Bender. {} J. Robert Kreider to Ira D. Landis, July 3, 1961 [Ira Landis; Kreider Director of Development {at Goshen College}]: thanks for a sum of money for [Goshen College Biblical Seminary]; bit of comment on state of the fund. cc: Melvin Gingerich, Bender. {} TW0 ENTRIES { J. Robert Kreider to Ira D. Landis, August 28, 1961 [Ira Landis; Kreider Director of Development]: sending a check of gift from Howard C. Yoder [Howard Yoder]; as Oak Grove Mennonite Church did not give as a congregation, Yoder gave this gift. cc: Bender, Melvin Gingerich. {} Bender to Ira D. Landis, August 28, 1961 [Ira Landis]: since Landis had given Bender an advance to travel as a delegate of [surely MC] General Conference, Bender sending a check for amount spent. • • • REPLY, Ira D. Landis to Bender September 4, 1961 [handwritten on stationery of The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Office of the Secretary]: thanks for the check; check with J. Robert about some confusion about a payment.... {} Ira D. Landis to Bender September 29, 1961 [handwritten on stationery of The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Office of the Secretary]: had mailed a check to Leo Laurense, amount [surely for the Menno Simons Memorial Church fund]; that closed that account; sending Bender a $300 check for Täufer-Akten; about Mennonite Reseach Journal. {} Dorothy Swartzentruber to Ira D. Landis, January 3, 1962 [Ira Landis]: sending the amount “we” held for the [MC] General Conference archives, given by the Clarence Centre Mennonite Church.