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[Note that this table of contents currently indicates current and

inactive records - please delete this the next time, since this

listing is for "records management" purposes, and that of

"schedules for retention and disposition of records", and is

found with that file: "IV-00Sch.Doc".



Please use this table of contents only for actual archival

records found in MBM Archival Collection.



August 6, 1996

Dennis Stoesz]





                   MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS

        Current, Inactive and Archival Records, 1882-1995

           Quantity: 625 Linear Feet/Archival Records

                       Deposited 1940-1995



        OFFICES: 500 South Main Street, Elkhart, Indiana



           ARCHIVES: Archives of the Mennonite Church

                     1700 South Main Street, Goshen, Indiana



_________________________________________________________________

_____________

KEY:

Italics & Underlined:    Name of Current or Former Department

Regular size letters:    Archival Records, 1882-1984

         Underlined:     Inactive Records, 1985-1989

     CAPITAL LETTERS:    CURRENT RECORDS,  1991-

_________________________________________________________________

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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS



Officers of Mennonite Board of Missions, 1906-85

Box Listing

Location of Oversize Materials



IV-1 Mennonite Evangelizing Committee, 1882-1892



IV-2 Mennonite Evangelising Board of America, 1892-1896



IV-3 Benevolent Organization of Mennonites, 1890-1896



IV-4 Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board, 1896-1906



IV-5 Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions, 1899-1906



IV-6 Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1906-

          Board of Directors, 1906-



     IV-6-1    Mission Committee, 1906-39

     IV-6-2    Executive Committee, Minutes, 1906-

     IV-6-3    Annual Meetings, Reports and Workbooks, 1907-

     IV-6-4    Correspondence

     IV-6-5    Tapes of Annual Meetings, 1958-70

     IV-6-6    Tapes, 1956-83

     IV-6-7    Board of Directors, Minutes, 1971-

     IV-6-8    Executive Council, Minutes, 1981-83

     IV-6-9    Administrative Committees, Minutes, 1971-86

                    Home Ministries

                    Overseas Ministries

                    Administration and Resources



     MINUTES, ANNUAL REPORTS, COMMITTEES          Sent in

Annually

     MINUTES (PERMANENT SET)                 Executive Office,

Vault

          Current & Inactive Records, ____ - ____.  Barbara

          Eichorn, Corporate Secretary, Executive Office

IV-7 Executive Office, 1906-



     IV-7-1    Correspondence, 1906-45 (Bulk, 1921-45)

     IV-7-2    Correspondence, 1938-68

     IV-7-3    Correspondence, 1951-61

                    IV-7-4    Correspondence, 1959-72

                    IV-7-5    Correspondence, 1944-50

                    IV-7-6    Correspondence, 1967-87 (Bulk, 1975-

                    82)



          J. S. Shoemaker, 1906-1920, Secretary

          S. C. Yoder, 1921-43, Secretary

          J. D. Graber, 1943-59, Executive Secretary

          H. Ernest Bennett, 1960-80, Executive Secretary

                         Paul M. Gingrich, 1980-94, President



     John Sauder, Vice-President, Administration and Resources

     Pat Swartzentruber, Vice-President, Administration and

Resources           Paul M. Gingerich, President, 1980-94,

Mennonite Board of Missions



          RONALD YODER, Vice-President, Partnership Services

               (Earlier called Administration and Resources)

     STANLEY GREEN, President, 1995- , Mennonite Board of

Missions



     Inactive & Current Records, ____ - ____.  Barbara Eichorn,

Exec. Office





IV-8 Financial and Computer Services, 1996-

               Formerly called Office of Treasurer, & Finance

          Department, -1995.



     IV-8-1    Financial Reports, 1909-70

     IV-8-2    Final Books of Entry, 1919-50

     IV-8-3    Conference Financial Reports, 1909-48

     IV-8-4    City Mission Financial Reports, 1908-51

     IV-8-5    Contributions and Miscellaneous Listings, 1917-71

     IV-8-6    Quarter (Coin) Fund, 1921-48

     IV-8-7    Civilian Public Service Dependency Fund, 1941-45

     IV-8-8    Financial Matters, Miscellaneous, 1905-47

     IV-8-9    India File, 1911-40

     IV-8-10   Correspondence, 1908-34

     IV-8-11   Correspondence, 1909-43

     IV-8-12   Correspondence, 1944-45

     IV-8-13   Civilian Public Service Dependency,

Correspondence, 1941-45

     IV-8-14   Foreign Correspondence, 1941-51

     IV-8-15   Correspondence, 1946-56

     IV-8-16   Correspondence, 1951-55

     IV-8-17   Foreign Correspondence, 1951-55

     IV-8-18   E. C. Bender, 1919-59

     IV-8-19   Legal and Finance Committee, 1978-82

     IV-8-20   Investment Committee, 1959-68

     IV-8-21   Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1971

     IV-8-22   Treasurer's Office, 1978-83

     IV-8-23   Correspondence from Vouchers, 1920-50



     FINANCE DEPARTMENT       Edna Carpenter

IV-9 Student Services, 1958-90



     IV-9-1    Minutes and Reports, 1958-81

     IV-9-2    Mennonite Graduate Fellowship, 1959-78

     IV-9-3    Correspondence and Memos, 1958-66 (A. J. Meyer)

     IV-9-4    Student Census Materials, 1962-63

     IV-9-5    Student Services Committee

     IV-9-6    Student Services, Paul Erb, 1958-65

     IV-9-7    Stud. Serv., Philadelphia Off., 1970-80. Cash

book, 1954-74

x                    IV-9-8    Student Services Department, 1958-

                    74.  Includes records, 1958-72, A-Z;

                    printouts, 1970-74; student file cards, 1959-

                    67; and printouts, 1968-70

     IV-9-9    Booklets, Student and Young Adult Services, 1976-

85



     Student and Young Adult Services, 1974-90         Ruth I.

Horst





IV-10      Information and Education Department, 1996-

               Earlier called Church Relations, -1995, and before

          that Information Services, 1953-  .



     IV-10-1   Official Records, 1961-62

     IV-10-2   Correspondence, 1953-65

     IV-10-3   Printed materials, 1953-85

     IV-10-4   News Releases, 1974-85

     IV-10-5   Audiovisuals, 1961-77

     IV-10-6   Audiovisuals Department, Correspondence, 1962-73

     IV-10-7   Photographs, 1906-85



     Photographs                   Karen Hallis Ritchie



     INFORMATION AND EDUCATION     Tom Price, Director

          CHURCH RELATIONS ...          Karen Hallie Ritchie

          LIBRARY                  Ethel Hoffman





IV-11      Human Resources and Office Services Department, 1996-

          Earlier called Personnel Department, -1995.



     IV-11-1   Minutes, 1953-82

     IV-11-2   Official Records, 1955-86

     IV-11-3   Assorted Materials, 1946-65



     HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT         Rachel Stoltzfus,

Director

                                   Beth Hunsberger/Diana Cook





IV-12      Personnel Files, 1900-84 (Bulk, 1949-84)

               Does not include missionaries who served overseas

          with MBM.



     IV-12-1   Personnel Files, 1949-84

     IV-12-2   Personnel Files, 1900-65 (Miscellaneous)



     PERSONNEL FILES, MISSIONARIES      Human Resources Dept.

     PERSONNEL FILES, ALL OTHERS        Human Resources Dept.

     INDEX CARDS TO PERSONNEL      Human Resources Dept., Diana

Cook

     INDEX ON COMPUTER                  Human Resources Dept.,

Diana Cook

     INDEX ON CARDEX CARDS FOR VS       Lori Hershberger

          Indexed by name and location



IV-13      Media Ministries, 1951-



     IV-13-1   Minutes and Reports, 1951-81

     IV-13-2   Assorted Materials collected by MBM, 1956-69, 1975-

77

     IV-13-3   Mennonite Broadcasts - Central Files, 1952-85

     IV-13-4   Mennonite Broadcasts - Tapes, 1951-93

     IV-13-5   Mennonite Broadcasts - Transcripts, 1958-76

                    IV-13-6   JELAM, 1972-84  (Junta Ejecutiva

                    Latinoamericana de Audiciones Menonitas)

     IV-13-7   Media Ministries - Videos, 1969-92

     IV-13-8   Puerto Rico Media, Field Records, 1947-72

     IV-13-9   Choice Books, 1968-91



     TAPE TRANSCRIPTS         Joyce Eshleman

     OFFICIAL RECORS          Lowell T. Hertzler, Business

Manager





IV-14      Health and Welfare, 1898-1989

                    This department ceased to exist in 1989.



               IV-14-1   Mennonite Children's Welfare Board, 1914-

               15

               IV-14-2   Child Welfare Committee, 1950-55

               IV-14-3   Official Records, 1962-83  (Minutes)

               IV-14-4   Correspondence, 1967-68  (Luke Birkey)

                    IV-14-5   Association of Mennonite Hospitals

                    and Homes, 1958-72

               IV-14-6   Boys Village

                    IV-14-7   Eureka Home for the Aged, Illinois,

                    1919-30

               IV-14-8   Froh Brothers Homestead, Sturgis,

               Michigan

                    IV-14-9   Kansas City Children's Home,

                    Kansas, 1951-55

                    IV-14-10  Mennonite Youth Village, White

                    Pigeon, Michigan, 1948-73

                    IV-14-11  Rittman Old People's Home, Ohio,

                    1906-18, 1944-79

               IV-14-12  Rockome Board

                    IV-14-13  West Liberty Children's Home, Ohio.

                    (See also Adriel School)

               IV-14-14  Sunshine Children's Home

                    IV-14-15  La Junta Mennonite Hospital and

                    Sanitarium, 1910-50

               IV-14-16  Lebanon Community Hospital, Lebanon,

               Oregon

               IV-14-17  Pioneer Hospital and Nursing Home

               IV-14-18  Data Files, 1951-73

               IV-14-19  Schowalter Villa, Kansas, 1958-69

               IV-14-20  Grace Children's Home, Nebraska, 1973-79

               IV-14-21  Sunset Home, Geneva, Nebraska, 1961-79

                    IV-14-22  Valley View Hospital & Home,

                    Glenwood Springs, CO, 1956-77

               IV-14-23  Casa de Esperansa, Tuscon, Arizona, 1974-

               76

               IV-14-24  Koinos House, Adrian, Michigan, 1975-77

               IV-14-25  Data Files, 1965-82  (Closed Programs)

               IV-14-26  Data Files, 1908-36, 1948-91  (Kenneth

               Schmidt, Director)

                    IV-14-27  Frontier Boys Village, Divide,

                    Colorado, Field Records, 1960-78



     ADRIEL SCHOOL, WEST LIBERTY, OHIO       Field Records

     GREENCROFT, GOSHEN AND ELKHART          Gene Yoder

     ASSOCIATED YOUTH SERVICES, KANSAS CITY  Mary Ann Owens





IV-15      Evangelism, 1957-65



     IV-15-1   Radio Evangelism

     IV-15-2   Literature Evangelism, 1957-65

     IV-15-3   Commission on Evangelism





IV-16      Evangelism and Church Development, 1910, 1939-

               This department was earlier known as the Home

          Missions Department, until the reorganization of MBM in

          1982.



     IV-16-1   Official Records, 1964-68, 1971-

     IV-16-2   Correspondence, 1970

     IV-16-3   Miscellaneous, 1968

               IV-16-4   Arkansas Mennonite Missions Committee,

               1945-50, etc.

     IV-16-5   City Missions, 1910, 1939-47

     IV-16-6   Canton Mission

     IV-16-7   Chicago Home Mission

     IV-16-8   Hope Rescue Mission

     IV-16-9   Los Angeles Mission

     IV-16-10  Portland Mission

     IV-16-11  Toronto Home Mission

     IV-16-12  Twenty-Sixth Street Mission

               IV-16-13  Mennonite Bible Mission, Rockwell

               Street, Chicago, Illinois

               IV-16-14  Mennonite Gospel Mission, Altoona,

               Pennsylvania

               IV-16-15  Mennonite Gospel Mission, Reading,

               Pennsylvania

     IV-16-16  Mennonite Gospel Mission, Kansas City, Kansas

     IV-16-17  Mennonite Home Mission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

     IV-16-18  Mennonite Mission, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

     IV-16-19  Sunnyside Mission, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

                    IV-16-20  Welsh Mountain Mission and

                    Samaritan Home, New Holland, Pennsylvania

          IV-16-21  Official Records

                         Official Records, Series #1, 1946-69

                         Official Records, Series #2, 1958-70

                                        Official Records, Series

                         #3, 1970-80

                                             (Temporary set of

                         records until official files arrive.

                         This is a culled set of records which

                         includes an assortment of things)

          IV-16-22  Inter-Mennonite Home Ministries Council, 1969-

          84

                    IV-16-23  Evangelism and Church Development,

                    1980-85

                                   (Temporary set of records

                    until official files arrive.  This is culled

                    set of conference minutes)

          IV-16-24  Mission '72 (Held at Harrisonburg, Virginia)



          Home Missions, Official Files, 1970-80  Melba Martin,

          ECD

          Friendship Evanglism, 1978-90           Melba Martin,

          ECD



          EVANGELISM AND CHURCH DEVELOPMENT, 1980-     Melba

          Martin, ECD

                                             Roma Miller, ECD

          VICE-PRESIDENT                     Alice M. Roth



IV-17      American Mennonite Mission - India, 1899-1975



     IV-17-1   Business Meetings, 1915-52

     IV-17-2   Executive and Managing Committees, 1915-52

     IV-17-3   Superintendent's File, 1900-21

     IV-17-4   Secretary's File, 1917-52

     IV-17-5   Financial Records, 1899-1952

     IV-17-6   Educational Committee, 1915-51

     IV-17-7   Evangelistic Committee, 1913-52

     IV-17-8   Normal Committee, 1940

     IV-17-9   Industrial Committee, 1919-25

     IV-17-10  Medical Committee, 1917-59

     IV-17-11  Building and Survey Committee, 1915-29

     IV-17-12  Language and Translation Committee, 1923-33

     IV-17-13  Publicity Committee, 1922-37

     IV-17-14  WCCW, 1910-56

     IV-17-15  Committees, Miscellaneous

     IV-17-16  Non-American Mennonite Mission Committees, 1950-67

     IV-17-17  India Church Conference, 1912-66

     IV-17-18  Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1904-51

     IV-17-19  Miscellaneous, 1901-75

     IV-17-20  Educational and Industrial Institutions, 1900-52

     IV-17-21  Charitable Institutions and Stations, 1901-60

     IV-17-22  American Mennonite Association, 1952-66





IV-18      Overseas Ministries, 1912-



     IV-18-1   Minutes and Reports, 1961-83

     IV-18-2   Correspondence, 1946-74 (Includes Missionary

Support)

     IV-18-3   Miscellaneous, 1965-70

     IV-18-4   Israel Evangelism Committee, 1963-65

     IV-18-5   Italian Evangelism Committee

     IV-18-6   Ulrich Foundation

     IV-18-7   London Mennonite Mission

     IV-18-8   South Africa

     IV-18-9   Africa, 1956 (Includes Ghana Visit, John H.

Mosemann, 1956)

     IV-18-10  J. D. Graber, General Secretary, Correspondence,

1951-55

     IV-18-11  Argentina Field Correspondence, 1912-56

     IV-18-12  Tapes, 1971-72

     IV-18-13  Official Files, 1947-79

                    Official Files, Series #1, 1947-55

                    [See also: 1951-55 Corr., IV-18-10]

                    Official Files, Series #2, 1956-65

                    Official Files, Series #3, 1966-69

                    Official Files, Series #4, 1970-74

                    Official Files, Series #5, 1975-79

                    Official Files, Series #6, 1980-84

     IV-18-14  Puerto Rico Field Records, 1942-62

     IV-18-15  Curriculum Study Project, 1976-78, Wilbert Shenk



     Overseas Ministries, 1980-84  Lisa Snader/Dennis Stoesz

     OVERSEAS MINISTRIES, 1985-              Lisa Snader,

Overseas Dept.

     VICE-PRESIDENT                     Irvin Weaver



IV-19      Service Ministries, 1918-

               Earlier called Mennonite Relief and Service, and

          Voluntary Service



     IV-19-1   War Sufferers Relief Committee, 1918-25

     IV-19-2   Official Records, 1935-69

                    Includes minutes

     IV-19-3   Correspondence, 1932-65

     IV-19-4   Correspondence, VS and I-W, 1949-69

     IV-19-5   Correspondence, 1936, 1966-73

                    Includes V.S. Scrapbooks, 1966-73

     IV-19-6   Voluntary Service, 1944-64

     IV-19-7   Voluntary Service, Closed Out Units, 1948-84

     IV-19-8   Civilian Public Service Dependency

     IV-19-9   I-W, 1954-72

     IV-19-10  Domestic Relief, 1927

     IV-19-11  Foreign Relief, 1955

     IV-19-12  Spanish Relief, 1945-50

     IV-19-13  Belgium, 1945-50

     IV-19-14  MCC Relationship, 1940-68

     IV-19-15  VS Administrative Memos, 1958-69

     IV-19-16  Correspondence, 1935-63

     IV-19-17  Mennonite Youth Fellowship, 1948-68

     IV-19-18  Voluntary Service, 1960-69

     IV-19-19  Summer Service and Work Camps, 1951-69



     Voluntary Service Program Files, ca. 1964-84 Lori

Hershberger

     Voluntary Service Unit Files                 Lori

Hershberger

     Voluntary Service Orientation Photos, 1960-  Lori

Hershberger



     SERVICE ADVENTURE, 1989-                Lori Hershberger





IV-20      Women's Missionary and Service Commission, 1921-84



     IV-20-1   Executive Committee Records, 1930-68

     IV-20-2   Treasurer's Records

               IV-20-3   Publications, 1921-52, 1983

     IV-20-4   Miscellaneous

               IV-20-5   Executive Secretary Correspondence, 1955-

               64

                                   Secretaries for this time

                    period were: Florence Shantz, (1956-58),

                    Doris Snyder (1958-59) and Dorothy McCammon

                    (1960-66)

               IV-20-6   Executive Committee Correspondence, 1955-

               64

     IV-20-7   Girl's Missionary and Service Auxiliary (GMSA)

               IV-20-8   Indiana-Michigan WMSC District.

               IV-20-9   Allegheny WMSC District

               IV-20-10  Illinois WMSC District

               IV-20-11  Iowa-Nebraska WMSC District

               IV-20-12  Lancaster Conference

               IV-20-13  North Central WMSC District

               IV-20-14  Ohio and Eastern WMSC District

               IV-20-15  Ontario Meetings

IV-20 Women's Missionary and Service Commission (Continued)

               IV-20-16  Rocky Mountaion WMSC District

               IV-20-17  Pacific Coast WMSC District

               IV-20-18  South Central WMSC District

               IV-20-19  South Pacific WMSC District

               IV-20-20  Virginia WMSC District

               IV-20-21  General Secretary of Lit. 1955-78, Alice

               Lapp

               IV-20-22  President Files, 1951-59, Minnie Graber

                    IV-20-23  Executive Secretary Files, 1962-84

                    Records Set #1, 1962-78

                    Records Set #2, 1963-71

                    Records Set #3, 1968-84

                                        Dorothy McCammon (1960-

                    66)

                                        Beulah Kauffman (1966-78)

                                        Barbara Reber (1979-86)

     IV-20-24  Books Abroad Program, 1961-88



     EXECUTIVE SECRETARY           Marian Hostetler





IV-21      Minority Ministries Council, 1969-74



     IV-21-1   Urban Racial Council

     IV-21-2   Compassion Fund

     IV-21-3   High-Aim Program

     IV-21-4   Official Records, 1969-74

                    John Powell

     IV-21-5   Education Program, 1970-73

                    Lynford Hershey, Director



IV-22     Services and Facilities, 1979-



     OFFICIAL RECORDS              Ethel Hoffman





IV-23      Blueprints, deeds, etc., 1929-36



IV-24      Conjoint Minutes, 1934-44, 1958-71



     IV-24-1   Executive and Personnel Committees, 1958-71

     IV-24-2   Executive and Relief Committees

     IV-24-3   Executive and Overseas Missions Committees

     IV-24-4   Executive and Mennonite Broadcasts

     IV-24-5   Executive and two or more other committees

     IV-24-6   Executive and Mission Committees, 1934-44

                    IV-24-7   Mennonite Board of Missions and

                    Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and

                    Charities

     IV-24-8   Board of Directors and Personnel Committee

                    IV-24-9   Board of Directors, Program

                    Committee and Personnel Committee

     IV-24-10  Board of Directors and Program Committee

Chairperson





IV-25      Ad Hoc Committees, 1932-82



     IV-25-1   Mission Study Course Committee, 1932-38

     IV-25-2   Mission Problems Committee, 1935-39

     IV-25-3   Study and Revisions Committee, 1932-35

     IV-25-4   Elkhart Hospital Project, 1943-48

     IV-25-5   Facilities Study Committee, 1964-65

     IV-25-6   Study Committee on Church Organization, 1967-71

     IV-25-7   Aspen Program Committee, 1982





IV-26      Artifacts



IV-27      Mennonite Church Buildings, Inc., 1957-63



IV-28      Business Office Correspondence, 1955-77



     IV-28-1   General Correspondence, 1955-77

     IV-28-2   Foreign Correspondence, 1959-73



IV-29      Cancelled Annuities, Miscellaneous Wills, etc., 1905-

54



IV-30      Home Bible Studies and Prison Ministry, 1958-75



          Home Bible Studies, ca. 1970s-86        Melba Martin,

          ECD

               Does this belong under ECD, IV-16, or Evangelism,

          IV-15





IV-31      Inter-Mennonite Media Group (Transferred to X-47,

          Council on Church and Media)



IV-32      Communication Committee, 1978-79



IV-33      Church Relations Committee, 1966-85



     IV-33-1   Official Records

     IV-33-2   Children's Caring Projects, 1966-85



IV-34      Out-spokin', 1968-83



     IV-34-1   Official Records, 1968-83

     IV-34-2   Audiovisual Materials



















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Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana

                           Presidents

                               of

                   Mennonite Board of Missions





PRESIDENT           YEARS SERVED   BIRTH               DEATH



Joseph S. Shoemaker 1906-21        Feb.  1, 1854  Feb.  6, 1936

Sanford Calvin Yoder     1921-44        Dec.  5, 1879  Feb. 23,

1975

J. D. Graber        1944-59        Oct. 18, 1900  Jan. 25, 1978

H. Ernest Bennett        1959-78        Jan. 22, 1915  Living

Paul M. Gingrich         1978-94        Nov. 25, 1929  Living

Stanely Green       1994-







































































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Archives of the Mennonite Church

September 13, 1990

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