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Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor who served in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, primarily at Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Gulliver, Mich.).  Materials are divided into three series:

(1) Miscellaneous Materials, 1931-1980

(2) Sermons and Sermon Notes, circa 1950-1975

(3) Sound Recording Collection, circa 1960-1980

The Calvary Hour Records are divided into six series:

(1) Sermons, 1940-2002

(2) Publications and Publicity, 1935-2007

(3) Administrative Files, 1937-2007

(4) Photographs, Circa 1935-2002

(5) Sound Recordings, 1953-2007

(6) Radio Show "Formats," Circa 1965-2000

These papers document the ministry of Glenn W. Whitaker and are divided into four series:

Series 1: Early Ministry and Service, 1936-1981 Series 2: Photographs, 1936-1951 Series 3: Sermon Ministry, 1950-1972 Series 4: Phonograph Records, 1943-1950

Records of an association of Mennonite camps and campgrounds.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Governing Documents and Board Minutes, 1946-1996

(2) General Files, 1951-2005

(3) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1951-1989

(4) Camp Statistics, 1963-1982

(5) Conference, Convention, and Regional Meeting Records, 1952-2008

(6) Jess Kauffman Research Files, circa 1952-1988

(7) Audiovideo Materials, 1966-1992

(8) Newsletters, 1957-2008

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

Box 1-2: reports on agricultural experimental work in Paraguay.

Box 3: reel tapes of Fernheim Colony 50th anniversary 1980 (tapes have been copied to CD)

A large set of sound recordings on open reel, cassette tapes, and CDs produced by the Mennonite Board of Mission's media evangelization agency. Recordings are organized by program or series for which they were produced.

The collection consists of seven series:

Series 1: Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1953-2001 Series 2: Project Files, 1952-2002 Series 3: Executive Director Files, 1953-1997 Series 4: Publications, 1954-2003 Series 5: Alumni Materials, 1963-2000 Series 6: Photographs, 1960-1995 Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1973, undated

Consists entirely of audio tape recordings. Rempel must have been a tape enthusiast.

Box 1: family recordings

Box 2-4: Mennonite speakers

Box 5-6: Miscellaneous recordings

Box 7-9: Music

Box 10: church services

Box 11: church conferences

Box 12: wire recordings

Four open reel tape recordings with recordings of the La Junta Mennonite Nurses Chorus, the 1955 commencement ceremony, 1955 Easter worship at La Junta Mennonite Church, and a student nurses symposium.

Assorted open reel and cassette tapes containing the following content:

Vesper Quartet in the Union Auditorium, Goshen College, 1956

J. D. Graber, The Biblical Basis of Missions, 1961

Nigeria VS House Dedication, 1963

Elizabeth Elliot, WMSA Sessions, "Learning to Know God" and "What I Learned from the Aucas," 1965

Fall Missions Festival, 1980 (6 cassette tapes)

Fall Missions Festival, 1982 (5 cassette tapes)

A small set of records documenting building management and the office culture of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Materials include minutes of the social committee, staff council, and support staff meetings, as well as office manuals and a slide set entitled "Introducing the Mennonite Offices."  These records also contain information regarding properties own and rented by the Mennonite Board of Missions in Elkhart for administrative purposes, including 500 S. Main St. (Greencroft) and 1711 Prairie Street.

The personal papers of Ross Thomas Bender (1929-2011), a Mennonite pastor, educator, and Mennonite World Conference President. The papers consist of a variety of sermons and lectures given by Bender, as well as his correspondence, records from his time as leader of Mennonite World Conference, congregational records, and audio recordings.

(1) Sermons and Writings, 1959-1998

(2) Correspondence, 1960-1997

(3) Mennonite World Conference, 1978-1990

(4) Subject Files and Miscellaneous, 1958-1997

(5) Audio Recordings, 1958-1996

Official and unofficial records of the denominational committee assigned with the task of restructuring the (old) Mennonite Church in the late 1960s.  Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports.  The records are divided into three series:

(1) Official Records, 1966-1971

(2) Chairman and Other Correspondence, 1966-1971

(3) Sound Recordings, 1970