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I. Mennonite Church, 1898-2002
Mennonite
General Conference, 1896-1971
Mennonite
Church General Board and General Assembly 1971-2002
Records, 1890-2002
480 Boxes (187 Green, 12 Long Green, 25 Gray, 2 Long Gray, 167 Large,
53 Prontos, 25 Files, and 9 Oversize) (385 linear feet)
Photographs See Hist. Mss. 4-66
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Table of Contents
Series and Box Listing
Historical Sketch
Inventory Listing [Found under Series and Box
listing]
Series and Box Listing
I-1. Mennonite
General Conference, 1898-1971
1. Constitutions,
Minutes, Programs, etc., 1890-1971
7 Boxes (6 Gray, 1 Oversize)
2. Moderator’s Record, 1963-65
2 Boxes (Green)
3. Original minute books, 1898-1935
2 Boxes
(Long Green)
4. Executive
Secretary, 1954-71 --
9 Boxes (Prontos)
Paul Erb, 1954-1961
A. J. Metzler, 1961-1966
Howard J. Zehr,
1966-1971
5. Treasurer, 1951-71
6 Boxes
(3 Green, 2 Long Green, 1 Large)
I-2. Standing
Committees, 1898-1971
1. Executive Committee, 1942-71
3 Boxes (Green)
2. Committee on Arrangements, 1943-47
1 File
3. Interboard Committee, 1928-49, 1977
1 Box (Green)
4. General Problems / Welfare Committee,
1935-71
3 Boxes (Green)
5. General Council, 1949-70
5 Boxes
(Green)
6. Nominating Committee, 1959-63
1 File
I-3. Continuing
Committees, 1909-1971
1. Music and Worship Committee, 1909-67,
1989-92
34 Boxes
(28 Green, 2 Long Green, 2 Long Gray, 2 Large)
2. Young People's
Meeting Topics Committee,
1909-37
1 Box (Green)
3. Historical
Committee, 1911-2003
134
Boxes (42 Green, 6
Gray, 78 Large, 8 Oversize)
4. General Sunday School Committee,
1913-37
3 Boxes (2
Green, 1 Long Green)
5. Peace Problems
Committee, 1917-73
67
Boxes (43 Green, 4 Long Green, 20 Large)
6. Young People's
Problems Committee, 1921-27
3 Boxes (2
Green, 1 Large)
7. Committee on Economic & Social
Relations,
1939-71
10 Boxes (Large)
8. Mennonite Commmission on Christian
Education,
1909-71
44 Boxes (18 Green, 26 Prontos)
11. Secretary of Stewardship,
1960-71
4 Boxes (Prontos)
I-4.
Ad hoc Committees
12. Hospital Committee, 1919-23
1 Box (Long Green)
16. Church Polity Committee, 1935
1 Box (Green)
19. Stewardship Study Committee
1 Box (Green)
21. Civilian Service Investigating Committee
1 File
24. Educational Study Committee
1 Box (Green)
26. Reorganization Study Committee, 1947-49
1 File
27. Life Insurance Committee
1 File
28. Ministerial Committee, 1935-71
9 Boxes (Green)
29. Committee Studying Visual Aids, 1952-53
1
File
30. Committee on Coordination of Church Program,
1951-71 1 Box (Green)
34. Educational Study Committee, 1947
1 Box (Green)
35. Confession of Faith Committee, 1958-63
2 Boxes (Green)
36. Study Commission on Church Organization,
1966-71
4 Boxes (Large)
37. Interchurch Relations Committee, 1965-71
3 Boxes (Green)
38. Resolutions Committee, 1959
1 File
39. Topics Committee
1 File
40. Coordination of Field Services, 1968
1 File
41. Coordination of Interpretation and Promotion of Church
Program,
1966-69 2 Files
42. Coordination of Research Projects, 1969-70
1 File
43. Committee on Christian Standard of Living,
1962 1
File
44. Managing Committee, 1949
1 File
45. Periodicals Study Committee, 1950-51
1 File
46. Program and Budget Reviewing Committee, 1951-53,
1960-69 5 Files
47. Committee to Study Retirement of Church Workers,
1948-50 1 File
48. Committee to Study the Place of Women on Church
Board 1 File
I-5. General
Assembly, 1971-2002
1. Reports and Proceedings, 1971-2001
4 Boxes (3 Green, 1 Gray)
2. Biennial Conferences, 1971-2001
5 Boxes (4 Large, 1 Gray)
I-6. General Board,
1971-2002
1. Constitution, By-laws, Interpretive statements,
1975-94
1 Box (Gray)
2. Minutes and Dockets, 1970-95
3 Boxes (Large)
3. Dockets, 1975-83
2 Boxes
(1 Large, 1 Gray)
4. MEMO to Pastors, 1990-95
2 Boxes
(Gray)
5. Official Files,
1971-95
(1971-86)
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14 Boxes (Prontos)
Files,
1971-74
Files,
1975-77
Files,
1978-80
Files,
1981-83
Files,
1984-86
Files,
1987-89
5
Boxes (Large)
Files,
1990-92
3 Boxes (Large)
Files,
1993-95
4 Boxes (Large)
6. Office of Latin Concerns, 1969-89 /
Hispanic Mennonite Convention
12 Boxes (6 Gray, 5 Large)
7. Office of Black Concerns, 1969, 1976-1991, 2001 /
African American Mennonite Association
40 Boxes (2 Gray, 38 Large)
8. Regions I-V, 1971-83
5 Boxes
(Green)
9. Churchwide Youth Council, 1972-
1 Box (Green)
10. Personnel Committee, 1971-80
2 Files
11. Council on Faith, Life and Strategy, 1977-
1 Box
(Green)
12. Coordinating Council, 1977-86
3 Boxes (Green)
13. Conversations on Faith II, 1985
1 Box (Green)
14. Photographs and Audiovisuals,
1971-99
1 Box (Gray)
Includes notes on
sources for additional historical photographs
15. Council of Mennonite Computer Users,
1985-93
1 Box (Large)
Historical Sketch
1. List of
Conferences and Moderators, 1897-2005
2. List of Executive Secretaries, 1954-1991
3. Article by Melvin Gingerich?, "Outline History of
Mennonite General
Conference" (1951), 5 pages
4. Article by Paul Erb, "The Mennonite Church at the
Beginning of
1962," Mennonite Yearbook and Directory, 1962
5. Article by Paul Erb, "Historical Development of General
Conference
Standing Committees (not
including Commission for Christian
Education)," 7 pages. Prepared for the meeting of the Study
Commission on Church Organization, Pittsburgh, April 26 and 27, 1966
6. Article by Leonard Gross, "The (Old) Mennonite Church:
History and
Faith," Mennonite Historical Bulletin, January
1988, 8 pages
7. Article by Robert J. Baker, "The General Board and its
general,"
Gospel Herald, June 12, 1990
8. Index to Committees both REAL and imagined
9. Employees, 1971-1995 (by name, and chronologically)
July 31, 2006 / Posted by Cathy Hochstetler
July 3, 2006 / Posted des
May 9, 2006 / Update by Dennis Stoesz from earlier January 14, 1993
listing
File: "I-0-000 Mennonite Church 1898-2002.doc"
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