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.
Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania)
The collection includes bird, tree, shrub, and flower identification in the Goshen College Witmer Woods from 1936 to 1999. In addition, there are oral interviews, a history, and materials on the development of the Witmer Woods.
The collection consists of a letter written by Franklin N. Kornhaus of Oakland, California to John Umble dated July 8, 1945. As a Goshen College alumn, Franklin N. Kornhaus describes his intentions of leaving money to Goshen College in his will and how he would like it to be used.
The collection includes an original signature by Andrew Stauffer Mack and an accompanying letter dated March 17, 1941 written by his son Noah H. Mack explaining where he was able to find the signature.
boxes 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11: book collection from his office in the old Science Hall (an inventory of the books is available; almost all of them have annotations and inclusions by Richert)
This series contains materials collected and created in the Mennonite Publishing House's efforts to document its own history. It consists of two subseries:
Includes essays and papers from Bethel College student years. Also a folder of Evangelical Mennonite Brethren financial material from the late 1940s or early 1950s.
A copybook created by an Amish minister in Wayne County, Ohio. Includes a letter to the reader of the copy book, transcriptions of poetry found in Ermahnungen von Georg Jutzi... (1853), a sermon by Dek Nadel (Mennonite Minister in Amsterdam) based on Ephesians 2:10 and dated 1751, and a hymn. Also includes Paton Yoder's transcriptions and translations of portions of the copybook.
reel-to-reel audio tape of autobiographical account, made in the 1950s; other side of the tape is his 1960 funeral service audio cassette copies of the reel tape, and typed translation of the autobiographical account
Correpsondence, reports, financial records, and other materials documenting the work of the Mennonite Relief Committee in Beligum after World War II. Clothing and other material aid donations are particularly well documenting in this set of records.
Supplementary documents distributed to Mennonite Publishing Board members prior to meetings. These documents include financial reports, reports from the publisher, occasional reports, and other materials to inform participation in the meeting. Researchers should note that dockets are not available for all meetings between 1971 and 2002.