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Christian Living Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/003
  • Collection
  • 1959-1990

Records pertaining to the production and reception of Christian Living, a 48 page magazine focused on Mennonite home and community.  Christian Living launched in 1954 after the merger of Mennonite Community and Christian Monitor. These records consist largely of various editors' correspondence and subject files, including Daniel Hertzler, Helen Alderfer, Loren Lind, J. Lorne Peachey, and David E. Hostetler.  Although Christian Living was published until 2002, these records extend only to 1990.

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Gospel Herald Assorted Photographs

  • US MCUSAA HM4-262
  • Collection
  • 1971

Photos for Gospel Herald, circa 197-1875

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Gospel Herald Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/004
  • Collection
  • 1961-1991

Records documenting the last 40 years of the administration, production, and distribution of the (old) Mennonite Church's denominational magazine.  Materials consist of editor's correspondence (readers' correspondence to the editor as well as interoffice correspondence) and subscription records.  The Gospel Herald was published from 1908 to 1999, when it merged with The Mennonite under the latter periodical's title.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Annual Meeting Programs and Reports

  • US MCUSAA VI/01/001
  • Collection
  • 1912-2003

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Audiovisuals: Photographs

  • US MCUSAA VI/10/001
  • Collection
  • 1910-2002

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Board of Directors Minutes

  • US MCUSAA VI/01/006
  • Collection
  • 1959-1997

Minutes of the Mennonite Publishing House's internal board of directors (which appears to have been formed in 1959) and annual summaries to the Mennonite Publishing Board of actions taken by the board of directors.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Book Review Service Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/13/004
  • Collection
  • 1944-1960

A small set of materials documenting the evolution and administration of the publishing house's book review service.  Originally intended to screen literature for Mennonite congregational and Sunday school librarians, the service transformed into a periodical for Mennonite audiences, first titled Book Review Service, then Provident Book Reviews, and finally Provident Book Finder.

Researchers seeking the publications listed above should contact  the Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Ind.).

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Bookstore Financial Reports

  • US MCUSAA VI/13/002
  • Collection
  • 1964-2001

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Building Files

  • US MCUSAA VI/08/003
  • Collection
  • 1921-1984

A small set of correspondence, bids, contracts, and building committee reports pertaining to the construction of publishing house facilities in 1921 and 1948-1949. These records also contain material pertaining to fundraising for the warehouse built by Mennonite Publishing House in the late 1970s and early 1980s

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Catalogs

  • US MCUSAA VI/08/001
  • Collection
  • 1909-2002

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Conference and Seminar Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/03/007
  • Collection
  • 1950-1965

A small set of records documenting various educational and professional development events sponsored by the Mennonite Publishing House.  Most important in this series are the materials associated with the Mennonite Writers' Conferences organized by Elizabeth Showalter in the 1950s and early 1960s.  Papers presented at those conferences and the periodicals associated with the conferences (Mennonite Writers' Fellowship Quarterly Reports and The Christian Writer) may be found in this series.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Congregational Literature Division Wayfarer and Torchbearer Clubs

  • US MCUSAA VI/04/005
  • Collection
  • 1956-1982

In this collection reseachers can find information about the Wayfarer and Torchbearer Clubs, a Mennonite scouting program for youth.  Manuals, guidebooks, news about the clubs and participant kits can be found here. Two photographs of the Wayfarer Club's badges are also in this collection.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Debenture Notes

  • US MCUSAA VI/07/002
  • Collection
  • 1971-1999

Documentation of the  unsecured loans, called debenture notes, supporters made to the Mennonite Publishing House from 1971 to 1999.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Financial Statements and Audits 1944-2002

  • US MCUSAA VI/07/001
  • Collection
  • 1910-2002

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Herald Press Book Approving Group Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/06/001
  • Collection
  • 1949-2001

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.

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