Mennonite Board of Missions

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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, 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

PRESIDENTS, YEARS SERVED

Joseph S. Shoemaker 1906-21
Sanford Calvin Yoder 1921-44
J. D. Graber 1944-59
H. Ernest Bennett 1959-78
Paul M. Gingrich 1978-94
Stanely Green 1994-

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3-12-96/ Dennis Stoesz
Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana