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The two archives hold the official
records of Mennonite
Church USA and its agencies. Mennonite Church USA was born,
February 1, 2002 as the result of a merger of two bodies--The
General Conference Mennonite Church (1860-2002) and the Mennonite
Church (1898-2002).
The Goshen archives was founded
in 1937, and has retained materials from the Mennonite Church,
1898-2002 . The Archives is located on Goshen
College campus, and cooperates with the Mennonite
Historical Library, Goshen College, in serving the church
and research community. That library houses genealogy history
books, rare books, Mennonite periodicals and books. The archives
houses the official records of the church, and many personal
papers of Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish and some other Anabaptist
groups. The North
Newton archives has retained materials from the General Conerence
Mennonite Church, 1860-2002 . It is housed at Bethel
College, along with their Mennonite Library. The two repositories also hold personal
papers of individuals, as well as records from some inter-Mennonite
organizations, such as Mennonite
Central Committee.
For the collections of Mennonite
Church USA--North Newton, go to North
Newton ArchIves web site.
Here follows a guide to the collections housed at Mennonite
Church USA Archives--Goshen. Names in bold have some inventories
published on the web.
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