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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.

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

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.

Consisting primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence to the marketing director in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jack Scott, these records are internal records pertaining to Mennonite Publishing House's efforts to advertise and sell its products. Reports are few and date from the 1950s and 1993.

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

Annual reports documenting the number of books and other materials for sale in the inventory of the Mennonite Publishing House.  Books are inventoried by title.  Also includes information about the amount and value of printing supplies (paper, ink, etc.) and printing equipment at the Mennonite Publishing House when inventory was taken.

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.

News releases written to promote new books published by Herald Press and other imprints of the Mennonite Publishing House.  Some releases contain black and white photographs of the book covers.

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.

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.

Minutes of House Council meetings and supporting documents distributed to council members for discussion. These records provide insight into staff management challenges at the Mennonite Publishing House and administrative responses to those challenges.

The Mennonite Publishing House Publisher's Management Team minutes and documents provide documentation of the Mennonite Publishing House's managerial team's decisions and actions under the leadership of J. Robert Ramer.

Records documenting hours worked and wages paid to Mennonite Publishing House office and printing staff.  The bulk of the records are weekly time books, documenting the hours employees worked and the wages they were paid.  Time books were used from the publishing house's founding in 1908 through January 1940.

A more modern payroll system was implemented in 1940.  The records from 1940 document hours worked and wages by employee name rather than by date.  There are some gaps in payroll records kept between 1940 and 1951.

Later payroll records were not permanently retained by Mennonite Publishing House.

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).

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.