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Internal newsletters created by and for the employees of Mennonite Publishing House.  The newsletters were published under various titles:  M.P.H. News (1943-1944), Mennonite Publishing House Mirror (1945), Training in Service (1946-1953), and Hi-Lights (1954-2003).  The newsletter includes information about events, training opportunities, staff changes, and staff activities at work and at home.  The newsletters sometimes also contain articles of general interest to publishing house employees.

Researchers interested in the history of the staff newsletter should note the special 25th anniversary issue of Hi-Lights published on April 12, 1968.  This issue provides a seven page history of Mennonite Publishing House employee publications.

This series includes programs for annual and biennial meetings of the Mennonite Publishing Board (1912-1958), as well as annual and biennial reports written by Mennonite Publishing House staff for the board.

The earliest meetings of the Mennonite Publishing Board are documented only through programs of the annual or biennial meetings.  Between 1933 and 1960, the Publishing House issued annual or biennial reports, some titled "Our Mennonite Literature and Books Service" or "Our Mennonite Literature Service."  From 1961 forward, the Publishing House issued annual reports titled as such.

An incomplete set of catalogs advertising not only materials published by the Mennonite Publishing House, but also Christian books, calendars, plaques, cards, Sunday school materials, and other miscellaneous items. The catalogs include a small set of early catalogs (1920 and earlier) published in German.

Researchers should note that catalogs published from 1973 to1990 are missing. The Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Ind.) also has a set of Mennonite Publishing House catalogs that researchers may consult.

Annual financial overviews of the Mennonite Publishing House, including independent audit reports from third party accountants. These records contain balance sheets,  profit and loss statements, listings of assets and debts, and other summary financial records.  Researchers should note that statements and audits are not available for the following years:  1911-1925, 1926-1943, 1945-1947,1970, 1996-1999.

These records were created by the office of the publisher at Mennonite Publishing House.  They cover the tenure of J. Robert (Bob) Ramer and the later years of his predecessor Ben Cutrell.

Within this collection, researchers can find photographs of Mennonite Publishing House employees and photographs that were used in their publications, including The Gospel Herald. Other photographic subjects include the Mennonite World Conferences and Mennonite General Assemblies.

These records consist of the files of the director of human resources.  They include house policy manuals, employee handbooks, the minutes of the House Advisory Group, and files pertaining to personnel issues in the major divisions of the publishing house.  In addition to providing information about employee wages and benefits, these records also provide a window into worker culture at the publishing house.

This series contains manuscript proposals submitted to Herald Press for consideration.  Proposals contained in this series did not necessarily result in books published by Herald Press.  Proposals are generally oprganized by author's last name, but are sometimes filed under a title or topic.

Also included in this series are a small set of files marked "Herald Press Title Write-Offs."  Most of these files pertain to the Believer's Church Bible Commentary Series.

A small set of scattered financial reports pertaining to the Mennonite Publishing House's Provident Bookstores.  Reports include profit and loss statements, weekly comparison reports, and a report generated in 2001 evaluating the financial health of the bookstores.

These records consist primarily of agendas and minutes of the Book Approving Group, the group charged with selecting manuscripts for publication by the Mennonite Publishing House.  Also includes one folder of materials concerning the Mennonite Board of Mission's bookrack evangelism initiative of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Minutes, reports, and other documents pertaining to a committee of Mennonite Publishing House employees charged with "fostering and maintaining Christian fellowship and relationships among the Workers of Mennonite Publishing House."  The records document the committee's activities in planning social events and chapel services and in acknowledging employees personal celebrations (marriages, births) and sorrows (illnesses, deaths).

A set of materials produced for advertising Mennonite Publishing House books and curricula to clergy, churches, faculty, and lay people.  The bulk of the materials are trade sales letters announcing the recent publication of books and other resources.  Other materials found in these records include newsletters to pastors, advertising newsletters, and miscellaneous fliers.

This series includes the minutes, reviews, and other records created by members of the publishing committee, a body that made recommendations to the publisher regarding the content of periodicals, curricula, worship materials, and books published by the Mennonite Publishing House.  This series also includes one folder of minutes from an earlier body, the editorial council, that functioned simlarly.

Records of the meetings between publishing executives in the (old)  Mennonite Church, the General Conference Mennonite Church, and later the Mennonite Brethren concerning joint publishing ventures.  Many of these joint ventures involved congregational resources and Christian formation / Sunday School materials.  Later minutes concern the integration of the (old) Mennonite Church's and the General Conference Mennonite Church's  publishing operations.  Researchers should note that minutes from the early to mid-1980s are sparse.  It is unclear whether this reflects infrequent meetings or an incomplete set of minutes.

Minutes from an organization of of publishers that included representatives from a number of Anabaptist denominations, including the (old) Mennonite Church, the General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren, Brethren in Christ.  Includes information regarding the creation of the Jubilee curriculum.