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Mennonite Board of Missions Evangelism and Church Development Data Files Part 5

  • US MCUSAA IV/16/021.5
  • Collection
  • 1970-1989

Correspondence and subject files of the division of the Mennonite Board of Missions responsible for church planting and mission work in the United States and Canada.  Includes information about African American, Native American, and Latino / a ministries.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Evangelism and Church Development.

Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Board Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA IV/06/007
  • Collection
  • 1971-2001

These records document the meetings of the primary governing board of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  The Board of Directors was instituted in 1971, replacing its predecessor, the Executive Committee.  Some of the minutes of Board of Director subcommittees and service committees, such as the Overseas Committee, Home Missions Committee, Communication Committee, Finance and Legal Committee, Personnel Committee, etc. may be found interfiled with these minutes.

Earlier minutes documenting the meetings of the governing body of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities are located in Series IV-06-02.

Mennonite Board of Missions

Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Committee Governing Documents and Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA IV/06/002
  • Collection
  • 1906-1971

These records consist primarily of the minutes of meetings of the governing board for the Mennonite Board of Missions and supporting documents from those meetings.  Other records include the board's original by-laws and articles of incorporation, and subsequent regulations, policies, and certifications.  Also of note is a 1915 report considering "Sisters Aid Societies" to be organized by Clara Eby Steiner.  Steiner went on to implement and lead the Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Correspondence, Part 1

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/001
  • Collection
  • 1900-1945

Primarily incoming correspondence regarding both home and overseas mission work.  Researchers will find materials in this series that document the work of early Mennonite missionaries and mission programs.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Executive Office

Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Correspondence, Part 2

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/002
  • Collection
  • 1938-1968

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding both primarily home and voluntary service work and the placement of Mennonite conscientious objectors into service programs of partner agencies. These files also contain some information on overseas voluntary service work.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author or subject.

Researchers should note the restrictions on files marked "confidential."  These files generally do not contain confidential information about the individual whose name is on the folder.  Rather, the files contain confidential information about voluntary service and mission workers supervised by the individual whose name is on the folder.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Secretary Records (H. Ernest Bennett)

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/004
  • Collection
  • 1959-1972

A small set of assorted records that predate and extend through Bennett's tenure as secretary of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Materials include reports, correspondence,and financial records.  Bennett served as secretary from 1959 to 1980.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Secretary Records (J. D. Graber)

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/003
  • Collection
  • 1951-1961

A small set of records from the office of the third secretary of the Mennonite Board of Missions, J. D. Graber, who served in that capacity from 1944 to 1966.  Materials include correspondence with C. L. Graber, correspondence regarding urban missions, miscellaneous reports, and telephone call log books.

Mennonite Board of Missions

Mennonite Board of Missions Global Ministries Division Data Files Part 7

  • US MCUSAA IV/18/013-07
  • Collection
  • 1985-1990

Subject and correspondence files regarding Mennonite mission work abroad.  Content includes communication with and about missionaries and reports and other collected materials from the mission field.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Global Ministries Division

Mennonite Board of Missions Global Ministries Division Data Files Part 8

  • US MCUSAA IV/18/013-08
  • Collection
  • 1990-1995

Subject and correspondence files regarding Mennonite mission work abroad.  Content includes communication with and about missionaries and reports and other collected materials from the mission field.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Global Ministries Division

Mennonite Board of Missions Global Ministries Division Data Files Part 9

  • US MCUSAA IV/18/013-09
  • Collection
  • 1995-2000

Subject and correspondence files regarding Mennonite mission work abroad.  Content includes communication with and about missionaries and reports and other collected materials from the mission field.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Global Ministries Division

Mennonite Board of Missions Information Services Audiovisual Materials

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/005
  • Collection
  • 1947-1995

Sound recordings, filmstrips, and films produced by the Mennonite Board of Missions for evangelization and instruction of both youth and adults.  This colleciton is divided into several series:

(1) Filmstrips and Slide Sets, 1961-1978

(2) Sound Recordings, 1968-1976

(3) Films, 1959-1978

(4) Slides, 1947-1995

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Mennonite Board of Missions Mission Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/06/001.1
  • Collection
  • 1906-1947

Records for the entity within the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities responsible for screening and assigning personnel to staff the various home and foreign missions.  These records consist primarily of the various publications issued by the committee and the board (Mission Letter, Mission News Bulletin, Weekly Mission News, ), but aso includes meeting minutes, policies, reports, and other administrative documents.  Most missionary applications submitted to the committee may be found in series IV-06-01.2.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Mission Committee

Mennonite Board of Missions Mission Problems Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/25/002
  • Collection
  • 1935-1939

Included in this collection are the minutes, reports and correspondence of the Mennonite Board of Missions Ad Hoc Committee Mission Problems Committee. This committee examined issues related to the mission work of the Mennonite Board of Missions.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Mission Problems Committee

Mennonite Board of Missions Overseas Ministries Argentina Field Correspondence Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/18/011
  • Collection
  • 1912-1956

The Mennonite Board of Missions began conducting mission work in Central Argentina in 1917, working to plant churches. In 1943 the organization began working with indigenous churches in Northern Argentina.

The records contain field and financial correspondence from these projects.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Overseas Ministries Division

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