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  Historical Committee
Scrapbook Page, Goshen
By Dennis Stoesz, Archivist
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S. F. Coffman, seen here at the Historical Committee
meeting held in the home of Ira D. Landis, Bareville, Pa., June 13,
1951. Coffman was part of the first committee of ten members appointed
in 1911 and served for over 50 years, 39 as chair. He died in 1954.
Photographer: Stanley
Shenk. Source: Historical Committee Collection. |
| Another long time member of the Historical Committee
was J. C. Wenger (on left),
seen here in his home in 1987 with Leonard
Gross (right). Gross served as
executive secretary and archivist for
the committee from 1970 to 1990 and as consulting archivist, 1991-97.
Photographer: Jan
Gleysteen. Source: Historical Committee Collection. |
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The Historical Committee of 1960 is gathered for the
dedication of the new Goshen College Biblical Seminary Chapel . Ira
Landis gave a meditation on the Holy Spirit on this occasion. (Left to
right) John A. Hostetler, Melvin Gingerich, John W. Snyder, Harold S.
Bender, Gerald Studer, Ira D. Landis, Irvin Horst, Cornelius J. Dyck,
Grant Stoltzfus, Herman Ropp, Samuel S. Wenger, and John C. Wenger.
Dyck served as a representative of the Institute of Mennonite Studies.
Source: Historical
Committee Collection.
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| The members of the Historical Committee of 1996 met for
their spring meeting at Bayshore Mennonite Church, Sarasota, Fla.
Members: (standing, left to right)
John D. Thiesen, Carolyn Wenger,
Lawrence Klippenstein, Hope Kauffman Lind, Nate Yoder, and Kimberly
Schmidt; (seated): Marcus
Miller, John Sharp (director), Arlin Lapp,
and John D. Roth. Klippenstein and Thiesen were representing the
General Conference Mennonite Church. Source: Historical
Committee
Collection. |
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Mennonite Historical
Bulletin
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Mission
Statement:
"God calls us to preserve our faith heritage, to interpret our stories,
and to proclaim God's work among us."
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