Hist. Mss. 1-158
Paul E. Mininger, 1908-1997
Contained in 2 green boxes
and 19 large boxes

Introduction

Son of J.D. and Hettie Kulp Mininger. Ordained 1938. Minister North Goshen Mennonite Church. Asst. Professor of Bible, Goshen College. President, Goshen College. Member, Mennonite Comm. for Christian Education and Young's People Work. Chrm., Curriculum Comm. of C.C.E. Chrm., General Board. Study Comm. on Church Organization.


Series Headings

Correspondence, 1938-1942 . . . . . . . Box 1
Correspondence, 1943-1973 . . . . . . . Box 2
Data Files, A - Z . . . . . . . . . . . Box 3
Additional Records, 1932-1994 . . . . . Boxes 4-20

Box Listing

Box 1 Correspondence, 1938-1942 Green
Box 2 Correspondence, 1943-1973 Green
Box 3 Data Files, 1958-1973, A - Z Large
Boxes 4-21 Additional Records Large

Inventory Listing

Boxes 1 and 2 (Green) - Correspondence

Contains correspondence concerning work in Mennonite Comm. on Christian Education, Curriculum Comm., General Board. Includes Pastoral correspondence with congregational members in C.P.S. camps. Arranged chronologically.

Box 3 (Large) - Data Files, 1958-1973, A - Z

Christian Nurture Study Commission (2 folders)
Church Member Profile
Committee on Program Arrangements
Council on Faith, Life, and Strategy
Curriculum Committee, 1958
Curriculum Committee, 1959-1960
Inter-Mennonite Consulation
Joint Curriculum Committee, 1955-1957 (2 folders)
Kauffman, Ivan
Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries
Mennonite Board of Education
Mennonite Board of Missions
Mennonite Board of Publication
Mennonite Church General Board, 1971
Mennonite Church General Board, 1972 (3 folders)
Mennonite Church General Board, 1973 (2 folders)
Mennonite Commission for Christian Education, 1958-1960
Mennonite Commission for Christian Education, 1961
Mennonite Commission for Christian Education, 1962 (2 folders)
Mennonite Commission for Christian Education, 1963
Mennonite General Conference Board, 1971
Recreation Study Conference
Study Commission on Church Organization
Wenger, J.C.

Box 4 (Large)

Correspondence, articles and sermons of J. D. and Hettie Mininger, 1932-50s, which includes correspondence by Paul and Mary Mininger, and Ruth B., and a memorial to the work of J. D. Mininger
Bible, of Hettie Mininger
Clippings, sermon notes, school notes, ca. 1930s-1950s
Photographs, circa 1910s-1960s
Kulp, Hettie, Scrapbook, 1885, of my childhood days in school

Box 5 (Large)

Correspondence, 1932-34, to and from J. D. Mininger, Kansas City, Kansas, with family and other persons, organized A-Z.
Correspondence, 1903-09, from mother Eliga D. Mininger, Souderton, Pennsylvania, to her son, J. D. Mininger. Plus other historical information on Hettie Mininger, etc.
Sermon notes of Paul Mininger, 1944-57
School notes of Education, by Paul Mininger, circa 1970-74

Box 6 (Large)

Papers, ca. 1900-1950s

Box 7 (Large)

Files taken out of gray desk. Include original correspondence, including Inaugaration as President at Goshen College, 1954; resignation as President of Goshen College, 1970; ministry at North Goshen Mennonite, 1950s; etc. Also includes a black and white print of Christopher Dock, done by Tom Shenk, circa 1933.

Box 8 (Large)

Files taken out of gray desk (continued)

Files taken from top drawer, green filing cabinet. Files are mostly notes by Mininger of his ongoing research and continuing education into theory of higher christian education, dating from about late 1960s-1994.

Box 9 (Large)

Files taken from top drawer, green filing cabinet (continued)

My impression, in examining many of the books and numerous photocopied articles from courses he took, that Mininger was involved extensively in this kind of research in California, ca. early 1970s, and on to the 1990s. Some of this material also reflects Mininger's earlier education, 1930s, & professional development, 1940s-1960s in the field. A few scattered files include Mininger's sermons; addresses to Goshen College faculty; photographs; etc.

Box 10 (Large)

Taken from second drawer, green filing cabinet. More files of notes pertaining to Mininger's research, 1960s-1980s. Includes one file of sermons given, circa 1965-1980s. Also includes some administrative Goshen College materials, although most of this is found in the official Mininger Presidential Papers Collection, 1954-70.

Box 11 (Large)

Taken from second drawer, green filing cabinet (continued).

Files taken from third drawer, green filing cabinet. More files of notes pertaining to Mininger's research, include seminars and conferences he went to in the 1960s regarding the Church College. Includes a few files of notes, seemingly from the 1930s, probably when Mininger was in college.

Box 12 (Large)

Files taken from third drawer, green filing cabinet (continued).


Box 13 (Large)

Files taken from third drawer, green filing cabinet (continued).

Files taken from fourth drawer, green filing cabinet. More files on the Christian college, dating from the mid-late 1960s.

Box 14 (Large)

Files taken from fourth drawer, green filing cabinet (Continued)


Box 15 (Large)

Files taken from fourth drawer, green filing cabinet (Continued)

Books and photocopied articles taken from top of desk. Mostly on philosophy of Christian higher education.

Box 16 (Large)

Books and photocopied articles taken from top of desk (continued).


Box 17 (Large)

Files taken from boxes in his office, which came from his home. Includes more files from 1960s on education.

Box 18 (Large)

Files taken from boxes in his office, which came from his home (continued).

Files taken from boxes in his office, which came from his home. Letters from Hettie and J. D. Mininger to children, 1932-1955. And a few odds and ends of things.

Box 19 (Large)

Files taken from boxes in his office, which came from his home (continued).

Box 20 (Large)

Files taken from boxes in his office, which came from his home (continued).

3" x 5" note cards, from Mininger's research.

Box 21 (Large)

3" x 5" note cards, from Mininger's research (continued).

One book with stamp in it, "Center for the Study of Christian Higher Education, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana 46526". J. D. Mininger's "Evangelistic Sermons" notebook, 1938. A few odds and ends. Rest of box is empty, for any additional items.

Subject Tracings

(Boxes 1-3)

China and Goshen College . . . . . . 1/7, 2/1
Civilian Public Service . . . . . . .1/4 - 2/1
Koppenhaver, John H. . . . . . . . . 1/3 - 1/5
Kraybill, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . 2/6 - 2/8
Leatherman, John . . . . . . . . . . 1/3
Metzler, Abram J. . . . . . . . . . 1/1 - 2/1
Prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/5
Study Comm. on Church Organization . 2/6
Wenger, John C. . . . . . . . . . . 3/30
Yake, Clayton F. . . . . . . . . . . 1/1 - 2/1
Zehr, Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/6

Name and Subject Tracing
(Boxes 4-5)

Brackbill, Ruth (Mininger)
Kulp, Hettie
Mininger, Edward P.
Mininger, Eliga D.
Mininger, Hettie (Kulp)
Mininger, J. D.
Mininger, Mary (Erb)
Mininger, Paul

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Processed by Tina Hartzler (Boxes 1-3)
July 28, 1985
Additional Materials added by Dennis Stoesz (Boxes 4-21)
February 26, 1997
Inventory updated by Kent Holsopple
May 6, 1999
Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana