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Marian Hostetler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/736
  • Collection
  • 1953-2020

Personal papers of a missionary and voluntary service worker affiliated with the (Old) Mennonite Church, divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, Newsletters, and Miscellaneous Materials, 1953-2020

(2) Photographs, 1953-1998.

While Hostetler served in a number of different areas, 1960s Algeria is the country most strongly represented in this set of papers.

Hostetler, Marian, 1932-

John A. Friesen Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/954
  • Collection
  • 1910-2009

Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary to India, divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1940-2005

(2) Music, 1928-1999

(3) Art, 1938-2001

(4) Family Papers, 1910-2009

(5) Sermons, 1943-1993

Friesen, John A., 1915-2009

Rhoda and Ruth Ressler Papers 1889-2008

  • US MCUSAA HM1/151
  • Collection
  • 1889-2008

The papers contain a hodgepodge of information pertaining to Ruth and Rhoda Resslers' various stints in Japan as mission and relief workers. Materials include correspondence, activity reports, the newsletter of the Hokkaido Mennonite Fellowship, miscellaneous materials relating to Mennonite mission work in Japan, and financial records. The Resslers' papers also contain a number of photographs, scrapbooks, and a handful of slides. Researchers should be aware, however, that many of the images are not labeled. The collection holds a several audiocassettes as well: recorded lectures presented by the Resslers in Japan, an oral history interview with Rhoda and Ruth Ressler, and a multi-tape oral history with Rhoda Ressler. Also included is an 1889 statement on dress and prayer coverings, unrelated to Mennonite mission work in Japan.

Ressler, Rhoda, 1910-2008

Gladys Widmer Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/675
  • Collection
  • 1909-2006

Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary to Puerto Rico and advocate for Hispanic Mennonite Congregations in the United States.  The papers are divided into four series:

(1) Biographical Information and Family Papers, 1909-2006

(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1949-2006

(3) Photographs and Plaques, 1915-2004

(4) Puerto Rican Mennonite Records, 1967-2003

Widmer, Gladys, 1915-2006

Council of International Anabaptist Ministries Records

  • US MCUSAA X/016
  • Collection
  • 1958-2004

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.

Council of International Anabaptist Ministries

Albert S. and Lois Buckwalter Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/097
  • Collection
  • 1949-2004

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

Buckwalter, Albert S., 1922-2004

Weyburn W. and Thelma Miller Groff Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/100
  • Collection
  • 1945-2003

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Sermons and Worship Materials, 1950-1996

(2) Correspondence, 1946-2002

(3) Miscellaneous, 1945-2003

Groff, Weyburn W.

Mennonite Board of Missions Photographs

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/007.5
  • Collection
  • 1995-2003

Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, voluntary service workers, and staff.  Most images are black and white.  Photographs of individual missionaries and voluntary service workers may include both formal portraits and "action shots" in the field.

Mennonite Board of Missions

Lena Graber Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/380
  • Collection
  • 1944-2003

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.

Graber, Lena, 1910-2003

Paul and Esther Kniss Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/990
  • Collection
  • 1945-2002

These papers, documenting the life and work of a Mennonite missionary couple who served in India for 43 years, are divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, 1945-1991

(2) Bihar Mission Records, 1955-1993

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

Blanche Sell Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/183
  • Collection
  • circa 1900-2001

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.

Sell, Blanche

Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Board Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA IV/06/007
  • Collection
  • 1971-2001

These records document the meetings of the primary governing board of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  The Board of Directors was instituted in 1971, replacing its predecessor, the Executive Committee.  Some of the minutes of Board of Director subcommittees and service committees, such as the Overseas Committee, Home Missions Committee, Communication Committee, Finance and Legal Committee, Personnel Committee, etc. may be found interfiled with these minutes.

Earlier minutes documenting the meetings of the governing body of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities are located in Series IV-06-02.

Mennonite Board of Missions

Mennonite Board of Missions Global Ministries Division Data Files Part 9

  • US MCUSAA IV/18/013-09
  • Collection
  • 1995-2000

Subject and correspondence files regarding Mennonite mission work abroad.  Content includes communication with and about missionaries and reports and other collected materials from the mission field.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Global Ministries Division

Florence Nafziger Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/175
  • Collection
  • 1881-1999

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.

Nafziger, Florence, 1918-

Paul A. Kaufman Mission Photographs

  • US MCUSAA HM1/974
  • Collection
  • circa 1969-1999

Slides and one large photogographic print depicting Mennonite mission and service worksites in Brazil, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Nepal, and Vietnam.  Many of the images are artistic shots and therefore not well-labeled.  However, as Kaufman was a volunteer photographer for Mennonite mission and service organizations, the photos can be identified through comparison to other holdings in the archives.

Kaufman, Paul A., 1913-2014

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