A small set of personal papers created by Mennonite urban missionary and pastor who served primarily in Chicago, Toronto, and Blair, Ontario, The marriage register is particularly interesting because it records the marriages he performed at the Chicago Home Mission. His diary covers the years 1938 to 1941 and provides brief entries about daily activities and weather.
Early records of the organization that evolved into the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, the mission agency of the (old) Mennonite Church. Materials include a brief history of early Mennonite mission organizations, a cash book, the 1892 annual meeting report, and an early minute book containing minutes for the annual and occasional meetings of the Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (1882-1892), the Mennonite Evangelizing Board of America (1892-1896), and the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board (1896-1906). In 1906, this board merged with the Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions to form the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.
A small set of governing documents and minutes from a predecessor organization to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. This organization appears to have been managed from the Chicago Home Mission by M. S. Steiner.
A small set of records documenting fundraising and other activities of this predecessor organization to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. These records consist primarily of letters sent to the board from 1892 to 1896, most of which included financial contributions for the board's work. Other materials include an 1894 annual report, the treasurer's account book (1894-1896), and miscellaneous receipts (1892-1895).
Meeting minutes for this organization may be found in the records of its predecessor organization, the Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (Elkhart, Ind.), IV-001.
Mennonite Evangelizing Board of America (Elkhart, Ind.)
Records of a predecessor Mennonite mission agency to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, including incorporation documents, financial and insurance records, minutes (incomplete), correspondence, and a foreign missions manual.
Researchers should consult the series IV-001 and IV-002 for records regarding the previous incarnations of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board. Series IV-001 contains the complete minutes of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board and its predecessor organizations.
Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board (Elkhart, Ind.) Records
A set of materials mostly documenting the Reformed Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Other materials include biographical information about Goertz, an avid genealogist, and a bibliography of Goertz's publications.
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.
Records of a predecessor organization to the Mennonite Board of Missions, formed in error under the assumption that an organization incorporated in Ohio was required in order to acquire and manage property in Ohio. This organization, therefore should not be understood as a competing organization to the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board and its predecessor organizations. Records include incorporation documents and by-laws, legal documents pertaining to the transfer of property, correspondence, and annuity contracts.
Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions (Rittman, Ohio)
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.
Newspaper and magazine clippings about Hutterites collected by Joshua Hofer, a Manitoba Hutterite. Scattered correspondence and a few informally published articles about Hutterites may also be found in this collection. Of particular interest is an unpublished report of a 1983 visit to a Japanese Hutterite colony.
Thirteen color slides depicting (old) Mennonite Church missionaries stationed in China who were relocated to Hong Kong at the end of the Chinese Civil War. J. N. Byler, J. D. Graber, Don and Dorothy McCammon, Eugene and Luella Blosser, Franklin Beahn, John and Agnes Wienke, "Grandpa Bartel," Irmtrude von Haugwitz, Thali Anderson, Christine Weaver, and Ruth Beahn. Also includes an 8 mm film depicting the arrival of Dorothy McCannon, Christine Weaver, and Ruth Beahn in Hong Kong in 1951.
These materials document the professional life of Lena Graber, a medical missionary who served the (old) Mennonite Church. Graber worked in India and Nepal from 1944 to 1969 under the auspices of the Mennonite Board of Missions and the United Mission to Nepal. Graber's incoming and outgoing correspondence with her sister, Esther Graber, is very rich with details about her life abroad and her work, especially the medical cases she encountered. Also included in this collection are her diary she kept from 1944 to 1948, newspaper clippings, award and honors she received, transcripts of several speeches, and miscellaneous materials.
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.
