Historical Committee

IX-34
Mennonite Central Committee, 1920-
Korea Field Records, 1951-71
4 Boxes (2 Prontos, 1 Gray, 1 Oversize File)

    These records were deposited into the archives by Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Pennsylvania, in 1972 (Accession #3124, 2 Prontos, September 18, 1978 / slk).

Box 1 (Pronto)

0/1    Collected materials, 1995-2006.  Includes some introduction to persons working on history of MCC Korea.  File includes excerpts from MCC minutes, 1950-78, having to do with Korea.  Also contains some documentation on the original property of the Mennonite Vocational School, and the file also contains some essays on this topic:

    Choi, Sang Jin.  "A Study of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)'s Policy toward South Korea, from 1950-1971," Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, June 2, 1995.
    Hess, Donald, "MCC Korea," Goshen College, March 7, 1973.  [Copy available from Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College, or MCC Report files, IX-12-6 "Korea MCC".]
    Kim, Kyong-Jung, "Mennonite Vocational School in Korea," April 3, 1996, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    Lee, Jae Young, "Mennonite Vocational School in Korea and Beyond, The Voice from its Staff and Graduates," April 21, 1998, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    Sahm, Kim Eel, [Book pending, 2006]
    Voth, Leland and Joanne, "Come See What God has Done!: 1952-1971, MCC Korea Memories Book", June 1997.

1/1    Correspondence, General, 1952-55
1/2    Correspondence, General, 1963-66
1/3    Correspondence, General, 1867-70
1/4    Correspondence, Christian Child Care Training, 1962-71
1/5    Correspondence, Clothes Dryer, 1970-71

1/6    Correspondence, Deaths of Dyck and Kornelson, 1956
1/7    Correspondence, Family Child Assistance, 1962-69
1/8    Correspondence, Family Child Assistance, 1970-71
1/9    Correspondence, Leatherman, Andrew & Dorothy, 1967-70

1/10    Correspondence, Lee, Chull Oong, 1965-70
1/11    Correspondence, Lee, Joung Sook, 1969-70
1/12    Correspondence, Mennonite Vocational School, 1967-70
1/13    Correspondence, Ministry of Health & Social Affairs, 1970-71
1/14    Correspondence, Nebel, Dale, 1952-53
1/15    Correspondence, Park, Young Hee, 1967-71

1/16    Correspondence, Personnel, 1962-71
1/16a    Correspondence, Personnel, 1958
1/17    Correspondence, Rhee, Chin Sam, 1969
1/18    Correspondence, Suh Kwang Eel, 1967-68
1/19    Correspondence, Tieszen, Helen, 1962-70
1/20    Legal Documents, 1953-71

1/21    Legal Papers, 1967-71
1/22    Insurance Policies, 1969-71
1/23    Tax Receipts - Korean Staff, 1970-71
1/24    Reports - 1951-62
1/25    Reports - Activity, 1952, 1959-62

1/26    Reports - Family Child Assistance, 1964-69
1/27    Reports - Korea Association of Voluntary Agencies Statistics on
        Child Adoption & Abandonment, 1953-1971
1/28    Reports - Ministry of Health & Social Affairs, 1954-71
1/29    Purposes & Types of Programs, 1964-67
1/30    Personnel - Policies and Job Descriptions, 1966-68

1/31    Personnel - 15th Anniversary List, 1968
1/32    Personnel - Staff Histories, 1968
1/33    Personnel - Registrations, 1969-71
1/34    Family Child Assistance - Data 1970-71
1/35    Family Child Assistance - Terminations, 1962-71

1/36    Heifer Project, 1953-70
1/37    Korea Association of Voluntary Agencies, Membership Certificate - 1954
1/38    Korea Express Co./ Korea Church World Service - Shipping Records, 1968-71
1/39    Korea - Japan Relations, 1964-67
1/40    Mennonite Vocational School - Land 1967-68

1/41    Mennonite Vocational School Reports, 1954-70
1/42    Mennonite Vocational School - Tool & Equipment Lists, 1961-69
1/43    Work Camp - Japan, 1968-70
1/44    Work Camp Materials, Taipei, 1967-68

1/45    U.N. Korea Reconstruction Agency Reports and Korea Data, 1953-54
1/46    Korea MVS Dormitory Blueprints, 1963
1/47    Korea MVS Classroom Blueprints, 1964
1/48    MCC Data Book on Asia, to 1965, Report Booklet, 1953-64

(Materials not contained in folders)

1/49    Book:  McGee, T.G., The Southeast Asia City  (1967)
1/50    Book:  Stevick, Earl W., Helping People Learn English  (1957)
1/51    Book:  Finocchiaro, Mary, English As A Second Language  (1964)

1/52    One Box of rubber stamps, plus, one large stamp outside of box
1/53    Check register & stub book, 1969-70
1/54    Family Child Assistance finance notebook, 1970-71
1/55    Lapel pins (4)

1/56    Booklet:  Proceedings of the 14th Annual Korea Association of
            Voluntary Agencies Conference, 1970
1/57    Booklet:  MCC Korea 15th Anniversary Booklet (7 copies)
1/58    Booklet:  Songs Children Sing
1/59    Booklet:  Handbook for Recreation
1/60    Booklet:  Child Welfare League of America Standards for Day Care Services

1/61    Booklet:  Institutional Care of Children  (UN)
1/62    Booklet:  Parent and Family-life Education
1/63    Booklet:  Selected Films on Child Life
1/64    Booklet:  Guide for Board Organizations & Administrations Structures
1/65    Booklet:  Juvenile Delinquency:  A theoretical study of the Cottage
            Parent position
1/66    Booklet:  Publications of the Children's Bureau

Box 2 (Pronto)

Financial Ledgers

2/1    Ledger:  April 1953-March 1956
2/2    Ledger:  May 1954-March 1962
2/3    Widows Project, 1955-57
2/4    Ledger:  Oct. 1954 - Feb. 1955, March 1959-Dec. 1961
2/5    Ledger:  April 1956 - June 1959

2/6    Shipment Ledger, 1958-67
2/7    Ledger:  May 1959 - Aug. 1963
2/8    Mennonite Vocational School / Mat. Aid / Mennonite Boys Hostel,
        July 1959 - Sept. 1960
2/9    Ledger:  Jan. 1960 - March 1962
2/10    Mennonite Boys Hostel / Mennonite Vocational School / Mat. Aid,
        Oct. 1960 - Feb. 1962

2/11    General District Ledger, Jan. 1962 - July 1962
2/12    Commodity Balance ledger, Jan. 1962 - Oct. 1963 (Placed in Oversize File, Box 4)
2/13    Ledger:  1962 - 1964
2/14    Issue Slip Ledger, May 1962 - May 1970
2/15    Ledger:  March 1, 1962 - March 31, 1963

2/16    Child Care Training Program Ledger Book #1, Dec. 1962 - Nov. 1966
2/17    Ledger:  AFK / Christian Children Fund / World Vision etc., 1963-68
2/18    Family Child Assistance Loan Fund Ledger, March 1963 - Dec. 1965
2/19    Ledger:  April 1963 - June 1964
2/20    Ledger:  Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1968

2/21    Family Child Assistance Ledger, April - Oct. 1964
2/22    Ledger:  July 1 - Oct. 1964
2/23    General Cash-Book, Nov. 1964 - Dec. 1965
2/24    Ledger - Sect. Cash-Book #1, Nov. 1964 - April 1965
2/25    Ledger:  Sect. Cash-Book #2, April - Dec. 1965

2/26    Account Ledger, Nov. 1964-65
2/27    Ledger:  Dec. 1964 - April 1965
2/28    Cash and Bank Ledger:  1965-1967 Fiscal Years
2/29    General Cash-Book / Loan Fund, Jan. 1966 - Nov. 1966
2/30    Sectional Cash-Book - 1966
2/31    Child Care Training Program Ledger Book #2, Dec. 1966 - Feb. 1969
2/32    General Cash-Book / Loan Fund, 1967 Fiscal Year
2/33    Subsidiary Ledger, 1967 Fiscal Year

Box 3 (Gray)

3/1    Ledger:  1968 Fiscal Year
3/2    Subsidiary Ledger - Korea Ad. / Family Child Assistance / Loans, 1968 Fiscal Year
3/3    Won Accounts Transactions, Dec. 1968 - April 1970
3/4    Ledger - Korea Administration / Family Child Assistance / Family Child
        Assistance Loan, 1969 Fiscal Year
3/5    Child Care Training Program Ledger Book #3, Feb. 1969 - Aug. 1970
3/6    Ledger - Korea Administration  1970  Fiscal Year
3/7    Vehicle Financial Record  May - July  (year undated)

Box 4 (Oversized)

4/1    Fan from Korea                      Mapcase 2, Drawer 2
4/2    Kimchi Certificate for support of Pusan Children's Charity
        Hospital, Korea, 1963            Mapcase 2, Drawer 1
4/2    Commodity Balance Ledger  Jan. 1962 - Oct. 1963    Mapcase 2, Drawer 11

July 19, 2006 / Inventory of files typed into the computer by Nelda Nussbaum
February 18, 2006 / Administrative Information and Introduction prepared by Dennis Stoesz
September 18, 1978 / Files listed by Sharon L. Klingelsmith
File: "IX-34 MCC Korea 1950-71.doc"
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