Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, voluntary service workers, and staff. Most images are black and white. Photographs of individual missionaries and voluntary service workers may include both formal portraits and "action shots" in the field.
The photographs consist of 668 folders of photographs which are arranged alphabetically by the name of countries and states (USA) from 1900 to 1971. The photographs reflecting the work of the Mission Board itself and its departments, are found under the section of "MBM". For example, "MBM Annual Board Meetings, 1949-1958".
Scattered records documenting the American Mennonite Mission's teacher training program, which seems to have trained Indian teachers and other workers in Christian education.
Committee meeting minutes, evangelism record books, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to American Mennonite Mission's efforts to convert Hindu and Muslim Indians to Christianity. Meeting minutes generally do not discuss overall mission strategy, but focus on the assignments, performance, and financial compensation of Indian evangelists, The evangelism record books provide in-depth accounts of preaching and books distributed to various villages. Researchers should be aware, however, that these record books are in Hindi. Also of interest in this series are the records pertaining to the Bible Women, who evangelized on behalf of the Mennonite mission. Mennonite missionaries' evaluations of the Bible Women are in English, while the Bible Women's evangelism records are in Hindi.
A small set of records documeting the work of the auditing committee, which monitored the financial operations of the American Mennonite Mission in India. Earliest years of the records include committee minutes; after 1921, only reports were retained. Researchers should note that reports are not present for all years.
A hodgepodge of letters that includes correspondence regarding missionaries' passport and residency issues, correspondence with Indian college students sponsored by the mission, letters from mission staff in Elkhart, Ind. circulated among the missionaries, and correspondence pertaining to clothing and bedding orders filled by various Mennonite sewing circles.
Records of the various mission outposts operated by the American Mennonite Mission, including Baloghahan, Dondi, Ghatula, Mohadi, and Sankra. Also includes records pertaining to the girls' orphanage and the leper asylum. Materials include reports, correspondence, and ledger books containing records of activities at the various stations.
births, deaths, marriages, baptisms digitized http://mla.bethelks.edu/metadata/cong_321.php from microfilm MF CHR 4 and MF MSS 236, plus links to some additional congregational materials
Incoming and outgoing admistrative correspondence from the highest office of the American Mennonite Mission in India. Correspondence includes communications between the mission board in the United States as well as Indian government officials. These records also include ledger books listing the names of donors who provided financial sponsorship of Indian orphans.
A small set of papers consisting primarily of correspondence documenting Blosser's work with the Mennonite Board of Missions (particularly the Mennonite Relief and Service Committee). Also includes a History of Hephzibah Mennonite Church and Blosser's notes on the 1965 Urban Racial Conference. Blosser served as a bishop in the Central District Conference since 1960.
These records consist primarily of reports, minutes, news releases, financial records, and other materials pertaining to the work of the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries, the entity in the (old) Mennonite Church that provided support to congregations, Executive Secretaries who served during this time period were Howard J. Zehr (1971-1972), Ross T. Bender (1972-1974), Harold E. Bauman (1974-1977), Gordon Zook (1978-1989), and Everett Thomas (1989-2000). Researchers should note that the files are divided into two overlapping time periods and alphabetically ordered thereunder.
Bulletins, newsletters, and other assorted records from a Mennonite congregation in Wayne County, Ohio, historically affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.
Correspondence and subject files of the governing body of the (old) Mennonite Church between 1971 and the 2002 merger with the General Conference Mennonite Church that resulted in the formation of the Mennonite Church USA. Files are organized by topic and reflect the work and concerns of the national church.
