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  Historical Committee
Directory of Mennonite and Related Church Historians and Committees
This directory lists North American Mennonite, Amish and related
historical committees, societies, conference historians, and
interpretation centers. Mennonite Historical Bulletin publishes this
list annually and would appreciate any updates or corrections from our
readers. You will also find this listing on our web site:
http://www.mcusa-archives.org/directory.html
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Mennonite Church USA
Historical Committee, John E. Sharp, director, 1700 S Main St,
Goshen, IN 46526, 574-535-7477, Fax: 574-535-7756, E-mail:
JohnS@MennoniteUSA.org, Web site: http://www.mcusa-archives.org
Mennonite Church USA
Archives—Goshen, Dennis Stoesz, Archivist, 1700 S Main St,
Goshen, IN 46526, Telephone: 574-535-7477, Fax: 574-535-7756, E-mail:
archives@goshen.edu, Web site:
http://www.mcusa-archives.org/Archives/GuideAMC.html
Mennonite Church USA
Archives—North Newton,
John D. Thiesen, Archivist, 300 E 27th St, North Newton, KS 67117,
Telephone: 316-284-5304, Fax: 316-284-5286, E-mail: mla@bethelks.edu,
Web site: http://www.bethelks.edu/services/mla
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Allegheny
Conference Historical Committee, Mark Moyer, chair, Archives at
PO Box 12, Somerset, PA 814-443-2007
Amish &
Mennonite Heritage Center, Paul J. Miller, 5798 County Road 77,
PO Box 324, Berlin, OH 44610-0324, 330 893-3192, Fax: 330
893-3529, E-mail: behalt@sssnet.com, Web site:
http://pages.sssnet.com/behalt
Archives of
Evangelical Mennonite Conference, PO Box 1268, Steinbach,
MB R0A 2A0
Atlantic
Coast Conference Historian, Margaret Derstine, 2001 Harrisburg
Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601, 717 390-4116
Bluffton College Archives, Paul L. Weaver, 280 W College Ave,
Bluffton, OH 45817, 419 358-3286, Fax: 419 358-3384, E-mail:
weaverp@bluffton.edu
Brethren in
Christ Historical Library and Archives, Dori I. Steckbeck,
director, One College Ave, PO Box 3002, Grantham, PA 17027, 717
691-6048, Fax: 717 691-6042, E-mail: archives@messiah.edu, Web site:
http://www.messiah.edu/archives
Brethren in
Christ Historical Society, E. Morris Sider, Executive director,
PO Box 310, Grantham, PA 17027, 717 766-7767, Fax: 717 691-6042,
E-mail: msider@messiah.edu, Web site:
http://www.bic-church.org/ministries/histsoc
California
Mennonite Historical Society, 4824 E Butler, Fresno, CA
93727, 209 453-2225, E-mail: kennsrem@fresno.edu, Web site:
http://www.fresno.edu/affliliation/cmhs
Casselman River Area Historians, David I. Miller, PO Box 591,
Grantsville, MD 21536, 301 895-4488
Center for
Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1717 S Chestnut Ave, Fresno,
CA 93702, 209 453-2225, Fax: 209 453-2124, E-mail:
kennsrem@fresno.edu, Web site: http://www.fresno.edu/affiliation/cmbs
Center for
Mennonite Brethren Studies, Peggy Goertzen, Center for MB
Studies, Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS 67063, 316 947-3121, Fax:
316 947-2607, E-mail: peggyg@tabor.edu, Web site:
http://www.tabor.edu/library/center.php
Central
District Conference Historical Committee, Gordon Oyer, 110 Flora
Dr, Champaign, IL 61821-3215, 217 398-0914, E-mail:
goyer@oba.uiuc.edu
Central
Plains Mennonite Conference Historian, Barb Troyer, 1001 8th
Ave, Wellman, IA 52356, 319 646-2151
Centre for
Mennonite Brethren Studies (Canada), Abe Dueck, director, 1-169
Riverton Ave, Winnipeg, MB R2L 2E5, 204 669-6575, Fax: 204
654-1865, E-mail: adueck@mbconf.ca, Web site:
http://www.mbconf.ca/mbstudies/
Chrisholm
Historic Farmstead, Anne Koch Jantzen, 218 W Elkton Rd, Seven
Mile, OH 45062, 513 726-5265, E-mail: jantzeak@fuse.net
Conference
of Mennonites in Alberta, Henry D. Goerzen, Box 7, Site 18, RR
1, Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0, 403 335-8414
Conference
of Mennonites in British Columbia Archives, 303-32025 Dahlstrom
Ave, Clearbrook, BC V2T 2K7, 604 850-6658, Fax: 604 850-9372
Conservative
Mennonite Conference Historical Committee, Elmer S. Yoder, 1136
S Prospect Ave, Hartville, OH 44632-8708, 330 877-9566
Delaware
Mennonite Historical Association, 11123 Wood Lane, Greenwood, DE
19950 E-mail: revzehr@mac.com, Web site:
http://delmennohist.mennonite.net/Home
Eastern
Mennonite Associated Libraries and Archives, Edsel Burdge,
chair, E-mail: ebbpinola@innernet.net, Lloyd Zeager, secretary, E-mail:
lzeager@lmhs.org, 2215 Millstream Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602,
Essex-Kent
Mennonite Historical Association, Bruno Penner, 31 Pickwick Dr,
Leamington, ON N8H 4T5, 519 322-0456, E-mail: freebru@wincom.net
Franconia
Historical Society, Jacob Kratz, president, PO Box 160,
Franconia, PA 18924, 610 584-5536, E-mail: jacobkratz@msn.com
Freeman
Academy Heritage Archives, Cleon Graber, 748 S Main St, Freeman,
SD 57029, 605 925-4237
Germantown
Mennonite Historic Trust, Randall Nyce, 6133 Germantown Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19144, 215 843-0943, Fax: 215 843-6263, E-mail:
gmht@meetinghouse.info, Web site: http://www.meetinghouse.info
Gulf States
Mennonite Conference Historian, Robert O. Zehr, 134 Maloney Rd,
Des Allemands, LA 70030, 985 758-2974 (cell – 504 559-2980),
E-mail: bobzehr@cox.net, Web site: http://members.cox.net/bobzehr
Hanover-Steinbach
Historical Society, Delbert Plett, PO Box 1960, Steinbach,
MB R0A 2A0,
204 326-6454
Hans Herr
House Museum, Douglas J. Nyce, 1849 Hans Herr Dr, Willow Street,
PA 17584, 717 464-4438, E-mail: director@hansherr.org, Web site:
http://www.hansherr.org
Heritage
Historical Library, David Luthy, 52445 Glencolin Line, RR 4,
Aylmer, ON N5H 2R3
Howard-Miami
Counties Heritage Society Inc., PO Box 156, Greentown, IN
46936, 765 628-2280
Illinois
Amish Interpretive Center, Stella Eads, 111 S Locust St, PO Box
413, Arcola, IL 61910, 217 268-3599, 888 45AMISH, E-mail:
iaic@one-eleven.net, Web site: http://www.amishcenter.com
Illinois
Mennonite Conference Historical Committee, Edwin J. Stalter, PO
Box 576, Flanagan, IL 61740-0576, 815 796-2918, E-mail:
staltere@frontiernet.net
Illinois
Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society, Carolyn Nafziger,
Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center, 675 State Route 116, Metamora, IL
61548-7732, 309-367-2551, Fax: 309 392-2518, E-mail: imhgs@comcast.com,
Web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmhgs
Indiana-Michigan
Mennonite Conference Historian, Leonard Gross, 1700 South Main
St., Goshen, IN 46526, 574 535-7473, E-mail: leonardg@goshen.edu
Juniata
College Archives and Special Collections, Donald F. Durnbaugh,
1700 Moore St, Huntingdon, PA 16652-2119, 814 641-3484; Fax: 814
641-3435; E-mail: durnbaughd@juniata.edu
Juniata
Mennonite Historical Society, Noah L. Zimmerman, The Historical
Center, HCR 63, Richfield, PA 17086, 717 694-3543
Kauffman
Museum, Rachel Pannabecker, director, Bethel College, North
Newton, KS 67117-0531, 316 283-1612, Fax: 316 283-2107, E-mail:
kauffman@bethelks.edu
Kidron
Community Historical Society, Bruce Detweiler Breckbill,
director, Kidron-Sonnenberg Heritage Center, 13153 Emerson Rd, PO Box
234, Kidron, OH 44636, 330 857-9111
Lancaster
Mennonite Historical Society, Brinton L. Rutherford, director,
2215 Millstream Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602, 717 393-9745, Fax: 717
393-8751, E-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org, Web site: http://www.lmhs.org
Lower
Salford Historical Society, Joshua Kratz, president, PO Box 150,
Lederach, PA 19450, 610 584-5536, Fax: 610-584-1491, E-mail:
lowersalford@hotmail.com
Manitoba
Mennonite Historical Society, Jake Peters, president 169
Riverton Avenue, Winnipeg MB R2L 2E5, 204 888-6781, E-mail:
jacob.peters@uwinnipeg.ca, Web site: http://www.mmhs.org
Masthof
Press and Bookstore, J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast, 219 Mill Road,
Morgantown, PA 19543, Telephone: (610) 286-0258 or Fax: (610) 286-6860,
E-mail: mast@masthof.com, Web site: http://www.masthof.com
Menno Simons
Historical Library and Archives, Lois B. Bowman, Eastern
Mennonite University, 1200 Park Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, 540
432-4177, Fax: 540 432-4977, E-mail: bowmanlb@emu.edu, Web site:
http://www.emu.edu
Menno-Hof,
Joseph Yoder, PO Box 701, Shipshewana, IN 46565-0701, 260
768-4117, Fax: 260 738-4118, E-mail: mennohof@tln.net, Web site:
http://www.mennohof.org
Mennonite
Archives of Ontario, Samuel Steiner, Conrad Grebel University
College, 140 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6, 519 885-0220
ext. 238, Fax: 519 885-0014, E-mail: steiner@uwaterloo.ca, Web
site: http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/
Mennonite
Brethren Churches (Canada) Historical Committee, Abe Dueck,
director, Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1-169 Riverton Ave,
Winnipeg, MB R2L 2E5, (204) 669-6575, Fax: (204) 654-1865, E-mail:
adueck@mbconf.ca, Web site: http://www.mbconf.ca/mbstudies/
Mennonite
Brethren Conference (USA) Historical Commission, Paul Toews,
Executive Secretary, Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 4824 E
Butler, Fresno, CA 93727, Telephone: (209) 453-2225, E-mail:
pttoews@fresno.edu, Web site:
http://www.fresno.edu/affiliation/hc/index.htm
Mennonite
Church Canada Heritage Committee, Alf Redekopp, director,
Mennonite Heritage Centre, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3P
0M4, 204 888-6781, Fax: 204 831-5675, E-mail:
aredekopp@mennonitechurch.ca, Web site:
http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/
Mennonite
Genealogy Inc., PO Box 393, Winnipeg MB R3C 2H6, (open 2-4
pm, Tuesday-Friday), 204 772-0747, Fax: 204 832-6727; E-mail:
Margaret_Kroeker@UManitoba.ca
Mennonite
Heritage Centre, Alf Redekopp, director, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd,
Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4, 204 888-6781, Fax: 204 831-5675, E-mail:
aredekopp@mennonitechurch.ca, Web site:
http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/
Mennonite
Heritage Museum, Darlene Schroeder, director/curator, 200 N
Poplar, PO Box 231, Goessel, KS 67053, 620 367-8200, E-mail:
mhmuseum@mtelco.net, Web site:
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/museums/goessel
Mennonite
Heritage Village, Sue Barkman, Executive director, PO Box 1136,
Steinbach, MB R0A 2A0, 204 326-9661, Fax: 204 326-5046, E-mail:
mennovil@mb.sympatico.ca, Web site:
http://www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com/
Mennonite
Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Sarah Wolfgang Heffner,
Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Rd, PO Box 82, Harleysville,
PA 19438-0082, 215 256-3020, Fax: 215 256-3023, E-mail:
info@mhep.org, Web site: http://www.mhep.org/
Mennonite
Historical Association of the Cumberland Valley, Merle Cordell,
chairman, Roy M. Showalter, curator, 4850 Molly Pitcher Hwy S,
Chambersburg, PA 17201, 717 375-4544 (Library) or 301 733-2184,
Edsel Burdge, editor, Conococheague Mennonist, E-mail:
ebbpinola@innernet.net
Mennonite
Historical Library, Ann Hilty, 280 W College Ave, Bluffton,
OH 45817, 419 358-3365, Fax: 419 358-3384, E-mail:
hiltya@bluffton.edu, Web site:
http://www.bluffton.edu/academiclife/library/
Mennonite
Historical Library, John D. Roth, Goshen College, 1700 S Main
St, Goshen, IN 46526, 574 535-7418, Fax: 574 535-7438, E-mail:
mhl@goshen.edu, Web site: http://www.goshen.edu/library/
Mennonite
Historical Society of Alberta, Colin Neufeldt, chair, Judith
Rempel (Library & Archives coordinator), 2946-32 St NE, Calgary,
AB T1Y 6J7, E-mail: mhsa@mennonites.ca, Web site:
http://www.mennonites.ca/mhsa/
Mennonite
Historical Society of British Columbia, Hugo Friesen, archivist,
211-2825 Clearbrook Rd, Abbottsford, BC V2T 6S3, 604 853-6177,
Fax: 604 853-6246, E-mail: archives@mhsbc.com, Web site:
http://www.mhsbc.com
Mennonite
Historical Society of Canada, Royden Loewen, PO Box 21441,
Steinbach, MB
R0A 2T3, 204 326-2715 or 204 786-9391, Fax: 204 774-4134, E-mail:
mhsc@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca, Web site: http://mhsc.ca
Mennonite
Historical Society of Iowa and Archives, Lois Swartzendruber
Gugel, PO Box 576, Kalona, IA 52247, 319 656-3271, 319 656-3732,
E-mail: lgugel@kctc.net
Mennonite
Historical Society of Ontario, Sam Steiner, Conrad Grebel
University College, 140 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON N2L
3G6, 519 885-0220 ext. 238, Fax: 519 885-0014, E-mail:
mhso@uwaterloo.ca, Web site: http://www.mhso.org/
Mennonite
Historical Society of Saskatchewan, Inc., Leonard Doell,
president, PO Box 364, Aberdeen, SK S0K 0A0, 306 253-4419,
E-mail: ldoell@mccs.org, Dick H. Epp, editor, Saskatchewan Mennonite
Historian, 2326 Cairns Ave, Saskatoon, SK S7J 1V1, 306 343-1238,
E-mail: dhepp1@shaw.ca
Mennonite
Historical Society, Susan Biesecker-Mast, Chair, Bluffton
College, 1166 280 W College Ave, Ste 1, Bluffton, OH 45817-1196
Telephone: (419) 358-3082, Fax: (419) 358-3232, E-mail:
bieseckermasts@bluffton.edu
Mennonite
Information Center, R. Wesley Newswanger, 2209 Millstream Rd,
Lancaster, PA 17602-1494, 717 299-0954, Fax: 717 290-1585,
E-mail: menninfctr@desupernet.net, Web site:
http://www.mennoniteinfoctr.com
Mennonite
Library and Archives, John D. Thiesen, 300 E 27th St, North
Newton, KS 67117, 316 284-5304, 316 284-5360, Fax: 316 284-5286,
E-mail: mla@bethelks.edu, Web site: http://www.bethelks.edu/services/mla
Michiana
Anabaptist Historians, Theron Schlabach, 1503-1 Kentfield Way,
Goshen, IN 46526, 574 533-2280, E-mail: theronfs@goshen.edu
Mifflin
County Mennonite Historical Society, Zelda Yoder, PO Box 5603,
Belleville, PA 17004, 717 935-5574, E-mail: zay701@acsworld.com;
Web site: http://mifflincomhs.mennonite.net/
Millbank
Information Centre, Glenn Zehr, PO Box 35, Millbank, ON
N0K 1L0,
519 595-8037, E-mail: megzehr@perth.net
Missionary
Church Archives and Historical Collections, Tim Erdel, Bethel
College, 1001 W McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545, 574 257-2570,
Fax: 574 257-3499, E-mail: erdelt@bethelcollege.edu
Muddy Creek
Farm Library, Amos B. and Nora B. Hoover, 376 N Muddy Creek Rd,
Denver, PA 17517
North
Central Mennonite Conference Historian, Fred Kanagy, 753 Road
523, Bloomfield, MT 59315, 406 583-7782, kanagyf@midrivers.com
Northwest
Mennonite Conference Historian, Harry Stauffer, RR 1, Tofield,
AB T0B 4J0
403 662-2144
Ohio Amish
Library Inc., Paul Kline, 4292 State Route 39, Millersburg,
OH 44654,
330 893-4011
Ohio
Conference Historical Committee, Celia Lehman, 13170 Arnold Rd,
Dalton, OH 44618, 330 857-7302, E-mail: cbl@bright.net,
Conference History: http://www.mcusa-archives.org/library/omh/index.htm
Oregon
Mennonite Archives and Library, Margaret Shetler and Violet
Burley, 9045 Wallace Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304, 503 363-2000, 503
873-6406, E-mail: ralphshetler@juno.com
Oregon
Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society, Willard Kennel,
9045 Wallace Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304, 503 363-2000, 503 873-6406,
E-mail: ralphshetler@juno.com, Web site: http://mhgsor.mennonite.net/
Pacific
Northwest Mennonite Conference Historian, Ray Kauffman, 1105 S
Broadway, Albany, OR 97321, 541 926-5046, E-mail: kmanrt@msn.com
Peace and
Anabaptist Library, The, 314 E. 19th St, New York, NY 10003, 212
673-7970, 212 677-1611, Fax: 212 673-7970, E-mail:
manager@mennohouse.com, mmfastor@yahoo.com
People’s
Place, The, PO Box 419, Intercourse, PA 17534-0419, 717
768-7171, E-mail: custserv@thepeoplesplace.com, Web site:
http://www.thepeoplesplace.com
Pequea
Bruderschaft Library, John F. Stoltzfus, chairman, 124 Maxwell
Hill Rd, Morgantown, PA 19543, 610 286-9217, Leon Ebersol, 586
Red Hill Rd, Narvon, PA 17555, 717 661-5692
Pioneer
Mennonite Adobe House Museum, David F. Wiebe, 501 S Ash St,
Hillsboro, KS 67063, 316 947-3775, 316 947-3506
Saskatchewan
Mennonite Brethren Archives, Bethany Bible Institute, Hepburn,
SK S0K 1Z0
Shenandoah Valley Mennonite Historians, H. Michael Shenk, 1345
Hillcrest Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, 540 434-0578, E-mail:
shenkp@emu.edu
Sider
Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, The,
Eric A. Siebert, director, Messiah College, One College Ave, PO Box
4033, Grantham, PA 17027, 717 796-5235, E-mail:
eseibert@messiah.edu, Web site: http://www.messiah.edu/siderinstitute
South
Central Mennonite Conference Historian, Bernice L. Hostetler,
149 E US Highway 160, Harper, KS 67058, 316 896-2040
Stark County
Mennonite and Amish Historical Society, Elmer S. Yoder, 1136 S
Prospect Ave, Hartville, OH 44632-8708, 330 877-9566
Swiss
Community Historical Society, Keith Sommer, PO Box 5, Bluffton,
OH 45817
Swiss Heritage Society, Claren Neuenschwander, 805 W Van Buren,
Berne, IN 46711, 260 587-2784
Swiss
Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association, Delbert Goering,
treasurer, 1711 Buckskin Rd, Moundridge, KS 67107, Web site:
http://www.swissmennonite.org
Valley
Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center, Al Keim, director (540)
438-1275
711 Garbers Church Road, P. O. Box 1563, Harrisonburg 22803,
E-mail: info@vbmhc.org , Web site: http://www.vbmhc.org/
Virginia
Conference Mennonite Historical Committee, James Rush, chairman,
Eastern Mennonite High School, 801 Parkwood Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22802,
540 432-4500, Fax: 540 432-4528
Visitor
Centre –Telling the Mennonite Story, Del Gingerich, 33 King St,
Saint Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0, 519 664-3518, Fax: 519 664-3786, Web
site: http://visitorcentreon.mennonite.net/
Washington
County (MD) Mennonite Historical Library, James Lowry, curator,
19308 Air View Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21742, Web site:
http://www.mennohouse.org/PAL_FAQ.html
Western
District Conference Historical Committee, Roger Juhnke, 328
Lakeshore Dr, Newton, KS 67114, 316 283-0452
Young Center
for the Study of Anabaptist and Pietist Groups, David B. Eller,
director, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, 717
361-1470, E-mail: youngctr@etown.edu, Web site:
http://www.etown.edu/youngctr/
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