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Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary and president of Goshen College and his wife.  Papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Biographical and Family Materials, 1911-1992

(2) Correspondence, 1919-1977

(3) Articles, Addresses, and Sermons, circa 1929-1968

(4) Education and Teaching Materials, 1921-1965

(5) Commissioned Trips, 1946-1964

(6) Photographs, circa 1880-1963

(7) Miscellaneous, 1912-1961

Edwin and Irene Weaver served the Mennonite Church as long-time missionaries in India, 1935-56, and Nigeria, 1959-67, and Ghana, 1969-71. Most of the records in this personal collection deal with West Africa, although there are some friendship letters to those Edwin and Irene Weaver were with in India. They retired to Hesston, Kansas, in 1989. Box 8 contains memoirs written by Irene Weaver, primarily about her childhood in India, and her time working aboard for Mennonite Board of Missions. Additionally, some of the memoirs deal with her time at Goshen College.

This slide show consists of slides, most illustrative in nature, depicting Mennonite church in Columbia. It focuses on MCC worker Ricardo Esquivia. Other portions of the slide show include scenes from Taiwan, Burkina Faso, and India. Issues dealt with include racism, homelessness, and discipleship. -- Note: included is a script and an audio cassette # 2357

Box 1: scrapbook containing school compositions, articles by him, peace pamphlets and clippings, transcript of court case, letters re the case, other letters and poems by him, photos, clippings re India and marriage

Box 2: Kansas Academy of Science Conservation Committee, Save the Tallgrass Prairie Inc

Box 3-5: course notes and files

Box 6: grade books and sheets; a few photocopies from Kauffman Museum civil rights exhibit Aug. 2010

Box 7: tapes of a summer 1964 biology class (digitized at elecrec/acc914), donated by Janet Klaassen Voth who was a student in the class, 22 May 2018

The fonds consists of the following series:
1) Constitution - British Columbia Conference of the Mennonite Brethren, N.D. - (1 file) Box 434
2) Minutes: Board Meeting, 1948, "Aufzeichnungen der Prediger-Diakonen Konferenz" (Record of the Paster-Deacon Conference), 1950, Canadian Board of Colonization, 1957. - (1 file) Box 434
3) Reports - Mission reports from India (1948), Africa, Japan, Mexico & South America (ca. 1955). - (1 file) Box 434
4) Publications - "LehrerZeitung", 1949 - (1 file) Box 434
5) Photographs

Various subjects and time periods

The collection consists of letters written by Mennonite missionaries Royal and Evelyn Bauer from India to family and friends from 1949 to 1952.

A small set of personal papers created by a  Mennonite medical missionary couple in India at the turn of the 20th century.  Materials include William Page's diary (1899), outgoing correspondence by Alice and William Page, assorted travel documents (passports, tickets, etc.), clippings, and photographs.

This collection contains information about Rhea B. Yoder (1898-1992), a teacher in the Midwest and at Woodstock, Northern India. In the collection there are materials from her schooling, her college speeches, journals from her time in India, and recollections of her upbringing. There is also a photograph album containing pictures from her childhood and time at Goshen. Her speeches at Goshen College provide an example of an individual on the liberal side of the (old) Mennonite church schism that led to the closing of Goshen College in 1923-1924.

A small set of personal papers documenting the work of this Mennonite missionary couple in India at the turn of the century.  The papers consist primarily of Jacob Burkhard's outgoing correspondence, but also include incoming correspondence to Jacob Burkhold, the memoirs and diary of Jacob Burkhard, letters and notes written by Mary Burkhard, scrapbooks of clippings regarding Mennonite missionary work in India, and Mary Burkhard's Bibles.

A small set of personal papers consisting of outgoing correspondence during her missionary service in India as a physician, an autobiography, published and unpublished essays, and other miscellaneous materials.

The core records of the American Mennonite Mission, India are divided into three series:

(1) Annual Reports, 1902-1929

(2) Business Meeting Minutes, 1910-1952

(3) Constitution and By-Laws, 1908-1909, 1920

Researchers should note that the only minutes included in these records are the business meeting minutes.  Other meeting minutes may be found elsewhere in the records of the American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India), IV-17.

These personal papers include autobiographical writing, photographs, slides, and ephemera pertaining to Nafziger's work as a Mennonite medical missionary in India.  They also contain some Nafziger family records, specifically a farm journal created by Christian Nafziger II.