Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940-1960 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1.65 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 25 May 1893 near Moundridge, Kansas. Parents Jacob Thiessen and Sara Janzen.
Attended Bethel College, McCormick Seminary in Chicago, Witmarsum Seminary in Bluffton, Ohio.
Married Elizabeth Wiens 4 May 1921 in Chicago. Children: Harold Paul, Arthur David, Eleanor Betty, Muriel Ruth, Dorothy Ann.
Ordained 1921 at Bethel Mennonite Church, Inman, Kansas.
Missionaries in India 1921-1949.
Secretary of General Conference Board of Missions 1951-1960, in Newton, Kansas.
Interim pastor at:
Bethesda Mennonite Church, Henderson, Nebraska; Faith Mennonite Church, Newton, Kansas; Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Kansas; Brudertal Mennonite Church, Hillsboro, Kansas. Chaplain at Bethel Deaconess Hospital and Home for Aged 1964-?.
Bethel College distinguished alumnus award 1963.
Died 16 Feb 1967, Newton, Kansas.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by daughter Muriel Stackley.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Box 1: diaries, correspondence, photos, sermons, books, clippings
Box 2: books, autobiography
Box 3: scrapbook, pamphlets
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open to research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English