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A large set of sound recordings on open reel, cassette tapes, and CDs produced by the Mennonite Board of Mission's media evangelization agency. Recordings are organized by program or series for which they were produced.

Information regarding the World War II experiences of Henry C. Penner, a Mennonite from Wrickler, Manitoba who was arrested for resisting the draft in 1944. Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Leonard Gross with Henry and his son Leonard Penner are included, as is correspondence between the army and Henry’s uncle George Penner concerning the arrest and subsequent court martial. The records of the court martial, some miscellaneous notes and pamphlets, and slides of documents are also included.

The records of this Mennonite Church camp are divided into eight series:

Series 1: Early Records, 1930-1954 Series 2: Young People's Institute Records, 1933-1957 Series 3: Administrative and Financial Records, 1943-2006 Series 4: Publicity, circa 1950-2006 Series 5: Program Files, 1957-2012 Series 6: Photographs, 1945-2000 Series 7: Audiovisual Materials, circa 1966-1995 Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1947-1993

A set of family papers documenting the lives of Charles L. Shank, his first wife, Crissie Yoder Shank, his second wife, Lydia F. Shenk Shank, the Shank children, Lydia Shank's sister and brother-in-law (Lillie and James Norman Kaufman), and other assorted Shank family members.  Materials include incoming correspondence documenting Mennonite missionary work, photographs, school materials, circle letters circulated among the Shank's children, articles and other writings of Lydia Shank, collected prayers of  international Christian women in the 1950s, a number of sound recordings of funerals and memorial services, and other miscellaneous family materials.

Records include church council minutes, board of directors' minutes, annual reports, a photo directory, the dedication program, and other miscellaneous documents. Also included are several sound recordings of services in the late 1960s, sermons delivered at the North Leo Mennonite Church by George Brunk II in December 1968, and a performance by the Gospel Messengers quartet in October 1968.

These records are divided into the following series:

(1) Executive Council Meeting Minutes

(2) Director's Correspondence and Subject Files

(3) Conference Records

(4) Photographs

(5) Publications

(6) Audiovisual materials

The Calvary Hour Records are divided into six series:

(1) Sermons, 1940-2002

(2) Publications and Publicity, 1935-2007

(3) Administrative Files, 1937-2007

(4) Photographs, Circa 1935-2002

(5) Sound Recordings, 1953-2007

(6) Radio Show "Formats," Circa 1965-2000

Four open reel tape recordings with recordings of the La Junta Mennonite Nurses Chorus, the 1955 commencement ceremony, 1955 Easter worship at La Junta Mennonite Church, and a student nurses symposium.

A small set of records documenting building management and the office culture of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Materials include minutes of the social committee, staff council, and support staff meetings, as well as office manuals and a slide set entitled "Introducing the Mennonite Offices."  These records also contain information regarding properties own and rented by the Mennonite Board of Missions in Elkhart for administrative purposes, including 500 S. Main St. (Greencroft) and 1711 Prairie Street.

Assorted open reel and cassette tapes containing the following content:

Vesper Quartet in the Union Auditorium, Goshen College, 1956

J. D. Graber, The Biblical Basis of Missions, 1961

Nigeria VS House Dedication, 1963

Elizabeth Elliot, WMSA Sessions, "Learning to Know God" and "What I Learned from the Aucas," 1965

Fall Missions Festival, 1980 (6 cassette tapes)

Fall Missions Festival, 1982 (5 cassette tapes)

These personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and bishop from Illinois are divided into two series:

(1) Sermons, 1946-1969

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1946-1969

Papers of a Mennonite missionary couple stationed in India and Ghana, with interest in the mission field in Nigeria.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence, Subject Files, and Miscellaneous, 1944-1977

(2) Sermon Outlines, 1927-1956

(3) Photographs, 1954-1963

(4) Audio Tapes, circa 1957-1972

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Official records of the Mennonite World Conference, a global association of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences consisting of nearly 1.2 million baptized believers.  These records are divided into series:

(1) Assembly Records

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This small set of personal papers from a pastor affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church consists primarily of sermons, some of which were delivered at the Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago, Ill., where Yoder served after his ordination in 1939. Other sermons were written for congregational minsitry at the two churches he served: Congerville Mennonite Church (Congerville, Ill.) and Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church (Middlebury, Ind.) The papers also include information about the history of the Pleasant Oaks congregation in the early 1960s, when it sold its church building. This collection also includes a number of family photographs and a handful of photographs from the Mennonite Home Mission, as well as two audiotapes of Yoder delivering sermons. Photographs mostly date from 1870 through 1930.

correspondence, sermons, subject files