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These papers consist of five series:

(1) Correspondence, 1949-2003

(2) Reports and Correspondence to Mission Board, 1951-1993

(3) Linguistic / Translation Materials, 1970-1996

(4) Miscellaneous, 1951-2019

(5) Photo Albums and Misc., 1952-1993

Photographs, correspondence, diaries,  sermons, and other material documenting the Brunks' mission work in India.  The most unusual item in the papers is Eva Brunk's essay, "My First O.B. Case in Dondi," which provides a first hand account of childbirth and post-natal care and customs in a "High Caste Brohmin's home" in the early 20th century.

Two "update" letters from the Shirks describing their missionary work in India and Hong Kong.

A hodgepodge of letters that includes correspondence regarding missionaries' passport and residency issues, correspondence with Indian college students sponsored by the mission, letters from mission staff in Elkhart, Ind. circulated among the missionaries, and correspondence pertaining to clothing and bedding orders filled by various Mennonite sewing circles.

This series consists primarily of Incoming and outgoing correspondence to and from the office of the secretary, which appears to have replaced the office of the superintendent as the director of the mission's affairs.  Researchers will find in this series correspondence between the secretary and leaders of the Mennonite Board of Missions, Indian government officials, and non-Mennonite mission organizations.  Also present here are the secretary's record book (1905-1915), which contains the earliest executive committee and business meeting minutes as well as a number of subject files.

Secretaries of the American Mennonite Mission include J. N. Kauffman, Aldine Carpenter Brunk, and J. D. Graber (1937-1944).

Incoming and outgoing admistrative correspondence from the highest office of the American Mennonite Mission in India.  Correspondence includes communications between the mission board in the United States as well as Indian government officials.  These records also include ledger books listing the names of donors who provided financial sponsorship of Indian orphans.

Correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous materials associated with Blanche Sell's 35 years of missionary service in India with the Mennonite Board of Missions.  While outgoing correspondence relating the daily work and spiritual life of Mennonite missionaries in Dhamtari will be of most interest to researchers, this collection also holds substantial incoming correspondence from Sell's mother, Elizabeth Sell, and sister, Doris Shenk.  Most of the photographs are snapshots with fair to excellent captioning.  They include images of Indian spiritual and medical leaders, including P. J. Malagar and Dr. Martin.  Miscellaneous materials include a Mennonite Board of Missions India calendar (1952), texts of missionary messages Sell delivered to various Mennonite congregations in the 1980s, and autograph books.

Outgoing form letters to friends and family updating them on the Shenks' mission work in Hokkaido, Japan

The organizational records of the Council of International Anabaptist Ministries, formerly titled Council of Mission Board Secretaries and Council of International Ministries. This organization serves as a coordinating body for a number of participating agencies such as Brethren in Christ World Missions, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Mission Network, Virginia Mennonite Missions, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, Mennonite Brethren Mission, Eastern Mennonite Missions, and others. The records are divided into three series: 1) Minutes, 1958-2004; 2) Consultation Papers, 1973-1993; 3) Subject Files, 1962-2004.

Three "update" letters discussing the Schwartzentrubers' mission work in Bragado, Argentina. Also includes two photographs of the Schwartzentrubers with their children printed on missionary leaflets.

A small set of personal papers, including correspondence to and from J. D. Graber / Mennonite Board of Missions from 1957 to 1966, a curriculum vitae dated 1998, and four manuscripts: "The Christian Missionary, Agent of Secularlization" (1970), Pentacostalist Contributions to the Proletarianization of the Argentine Toba" (1980), "Mennonite Mission to the Argentine Chaco and La Iglesia Evangelica Unida (undated), and "Secularization Reconsidered: Perspectives from Argentina's Eastern Toba" (undated).

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church missionary who served in Argentina (1928-1947) and Puerto Rico (1953-1964).  Snyder also served as a pastor to (old) Mennonite Church congregations in Texas and Wisconsin.  Snyder's papers include correspondence, programs and ephemera pertaining to Mennonite religious life and institutions in Argentina and Puerto Rico.  A small amount of correspondence and miscellaneous records pertain to his pastorate in Texas.

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

Five missionary progress letters to friends and family describing Detweiler's work as a Mennonite missionary in Puebla, Mexico.  Of particular interest are her observations about Mexican evangelicals

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.