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A small collection of assorted Conference documents donated by Cliff and Lois Kenagy

A small set of papers pertaining primarily to Gingerich's difficulties with the draft board in the 1950s. Gingerich, a conscientious objector, encountered difficulty when he attempted to extend a student deferment. With assistance from MCC, he was granted a Presidential appeal and ultimately reclassified "1 O." Other materials in the collection include a 1999 article about Gingerich's seagoing cowboy experience and a curriculum vitae.

The David A. Yoder Papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Diaries and Datebooks, 1920-1976

(2) Correspondence, 1903-1975

(3) Subject Files, 1909-1970

(4) Manuscripts, 1949-1976

(5) Sermon Notes, 1907-1966

(6) Photographs, 1885-1980

(7) Miscellaneous, 1897-1983

The collection includes several written reflections about experiences in a voluntary service unit in Mont des Oiseaux, France, in 1949.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Collection consists of a single Christmas greeting in the form of a poem written by Alvin E. Miller.

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.

The collection includes a teachers certificate for J. J. Marner from Johnson County, Iowa, dated January 11, 1872.

box 1: Christmas letters from Helen and Adam Mueller; letters from Helen to Sara and Bill 1927-1950, 1954-1972; Helen's letters to family 1950-1954; letters from Agatha to Sara and Bill 1927-1967
box 2: letters from Agatha to Sara and Bill 1968-1972; letters from Ruth to Sara and Bill 1926-1972
box 3: letters to Wilhelm from Johannes K. Penner 1920-1922; letters from Sara to William 1926-1927; letters from William to Sara 1927; wedding wishes and misc. June 1927; misc. letters to Sara and Bill 1928-1929; letters from Bill to Sara and Sara to Bill 1930-1932; misc. letters 1932-1933; letters from family to William and Sara 1934
box 4: letters from family and misc. letters 1935-1945; letters from Mrs. Abr. J. Klassen to William and Sara 1946-1968
box 5: letters to William and Sara Penner, to Wm. Penner from Anna Penner, misc letters 1927-1930; letters to William and Sara from Penner 1931-1932; letters from William to Sara and Sara to William 1933-1934; get well cards to William, misc. letters 1934; misc. letters 1935-1937; letters to Sara from family members and William 1940-1949
box 6: letters from Johannes K. Penner to William Penner at camp and ranch; also letters from other family members to William; letters to William and Sara from Penner family and relatives 1925-1942
box 7: letters from Menka(?) in Vienna to Sara 1921; letters from William to Sara and Sara to William and misc. letters 1924-1970; letters from Mrs. Abr. J. Klassen and other family members to Mrs. Wm. Penner 1932-1951
box 8: letters from Mrs. Abr. J. Klassen to William and Sara 1960-1968
box 9: genealogy of William Penner's predecessors; genealogy of Sara Penner's predecessors; public school certificate of awards 1914-1915; William and Sara's wedding certificate; William's certificate of church membership; 1926 Bethel College commencement invitation (Sara); wedding announcements of Jacob D. Hiebert and Anna H. Janzen; misc. items, photographs, Johannes K. Penner writings and obituary; correspondence with archivist

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.