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- 1920-1970 (Creation)
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 24 May 1897, Summerfield, Illinois. Parents Carl H. A. van der Smissen and Elizabeth Ruth.
Married Margaret Dirks, 21 August 1921, Pawnee Rock, Kansas. She died in 1997. Daughter Margaret and son Eugene.
Graduated from Bethel College 1920. Graduated from Witmarsum Seminary in 1927.
Taught in Kansas schools 1920-1931.
Pastor at "Hutchinson Mission" (Kansas) 1925-1926.
Pastor at Ransom and Hanston, Kansas, 1933-1936.
Pastor at Hebron Mennonite Church, Buhler, Kansas, 1937-1946.
Pastor at Bethesda Mennonite Church, Marion, South Dakota, 1947-1963.
Pastor at Civilian Public Service camps.
Several interim pastorates 1963-1970.
Died 21 January 1974 at Mercy Hospital, Moundridge, Kansas. Member of Bethel College Mennonite Church at time of his death.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Margaret van der Smissen.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
correspondence, sermons, subject files
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
partially processed
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Conditions governing access
open for research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German
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Finding aids
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- Bethesda Mennonite Church (Marion, South Dakota) (Subject)
- Eicher Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Wayland, Ia.) (Subject)
- First Mennonite Church (Burns, Kan.) (Subject)
- First Mennonite Church (Hutchinson, Kan.) (Subject)
- First Mennonite Church (Ransom, Kan.) (Subject)
- Hanston Mennonite Church (Hanston, Kan.) (Subject)
- Van der Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton, 1851-1950 (Subject)
- Van der Smissen, Carl Justus, 1811-1890 (Subject)