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MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS

IV

MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS  1882-2002

             Current, Inactive and Archival Records, 1882-2001
             Deposited 1940-1995

Table of Contents

                              Series Listing                                              pages 2-11
                              Historical Sketches                                    pages 12-20
                              Officers, 1906-1985                                    pages 21-37
                              Location of Oversize Materials                     pages 38-40
                              Box Listing                                                      page 41
                              Name and Subject Tracings                        pages 42-49

Series and Box Listing

IV-1     Mennonite Evangelizing Committee, 1882-1892

                        Box 1 (Green)

IV-2     Mennonite Evangelizing Board of America, 1892-1896

                        Box 1 (Green)

IV-3     Benevolent Organization of Mennonites, 1890-1896

                        Box 1 (Green) (Continued from IV-2)

IV-4     Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board, 1896-1906

                        Box 1a and 1b (Green), Box 2 (Green), Box 3 (Long Green)

V-5     Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions, 1899-1906

                        Box 1 (Green)

IV-6     Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1906-2002

            IV-6-1             Mission Committee and Personnel

                                                .1 Mission Committee, 1906-1947

                                                            Box 1 (Gray)

                                                .2 Applications from Missionary Candidates,
                                                    1904-1917

                                                            Boxes 2-3 (Gray)

                                                .3 Applications from Missionary Candidates,
                                                    1918-1950

                                                            Boxes 3-6 (Gray)

            IV-6-2             Executive Committee

                                                .1 Official Documents, 1906-1968

                                                            Box 1 (Large)

            .2 Minutes of Executive Committee and Annual
                Meetings, 1906-1971

                        Boxes 1-2 (Large)

            IV-6-3             Annual Meetings

                                                Boxes 1-3 (Green), Boxes 4-7 (Large)

            IV-6-4             Correspondence

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-6-5             Tapes of Annual Meetings

                                                Boxes 1-3 (Large)

            IV-6-6             Tapes, 1956-1983

                                                Box 3 (Large)

            IV-6-7             Board of Directors

                                                Box 1 (Green), Boxes 2-3 (Large)

            IV-6-8             Executive Council, Minutes, 1981-1983

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-6-9             Miscellaneous Administrative Committees

                                                Box 1 (Green)

IV-7     Executive Office, 1906-1987

Persons who served in executive office:

                                    J. S. Shoemaker, 1906-1920, Secretary
                                    S. C. Yoder, 1921-43, Secretary
                                    J. D. Graber, 1943-59, Executive Secretary
                                    H. Ernest Bennett, 1960-80, Executive Secretary
                                    Paul M. Gingrich, 1980-94, President

            IV-7-1             Correspondence, 1908-1945 (Bulk, 1921-45)

                                                Boxes 1-2, 2a, 3-4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6-9, 9a,
                                               10-31 (Green)

            IV-7-2             Correspondence, 1938-1968

                                                Boxes 32-39 (Pronto)

            IV-7-3             J.D. Graber

                                                Box 40 (Green)

            IV-7-4             H. Ernest Bennett, 1959-1972

                                                Boxes 40-41 (Green)

            IV-7-5             General Correspondence, 1944-1950

                                                Boxes 42-46 (Pronto)

            IV-7-6             Data Files, 1967-1987 (Bulk, 1975-82)

                                                Box 1 (Pronto)

IV-8     Treasurer, 1908-2002

            IV-8-1             Financial Reports, 1909-1970

                                                Boxes 1 and 1a (Large)

            IV-8-2             Final Books of Entry, 1919-1950

                                                Boxes 2-6 (Large), Box 20 (Pronto)

            IV-8-3             Conference Financial Reports, 1909-1948

                                                Boxes 7-9 (Large)

            IV-8-4             City Mission Financial Reports, 1908-1951

                                                Boxes 10-12 (Large)

            IV-8-5             Contributions and Miscellaneous Listings, 1917-1971

                                                Boxes 13-14, 14a-b (Large), 20-21 (Pronto)

            IV-8-6             Quarter (Coin) Fund, 1921-1948

                                                Boxes 15-16 (Large)

            IV-8-7             Civilian Public Service Dependency Fund, 1941-1945

                                                Box 17 (Large)

            IV-8-8             Miscellaneous Financial Matters, 1905-1947

Boxes 18-19 (Large), Box 39 (Oversize; Middle Room, West Wall), Box 40 (Long Green)            

            IV-8-9             India Files, 1911-1940

                                                Box 19a (Large)

            NOTE:             Boxes 20-21 (Pronto) (For housing oversize materials, IV)

            IV-8-10           Correspondence; Chronological, 1908-1934

                                                Boxes 22-23 (Pronto)

            IV-8-11           Correspondence; Alphabetical, 1909-1943

                                                Boxes 23-32 (Pronto)

            IV-8-12           Correspondence; Alphabetical, 1944-1945

                                                Box 33 (Pronto)

IV-8-13           Correspondence; Civilian Public Service Dependency Fund, [1941-1945]

                                                Box 34 (Pronto)

            IV-8-14           Correspondence; Foreign, Alphabetical,
                                    1941-1951                                                                                
   
                                                Box 35 (Pronto)

            IV-8-15           Correspondence; Alphabetical, 1946-1956

                                                Boxes 36-38 (Pronto)

            IV-8-16           Correspondence, 1951-1955

                                                Boxes 38-41 (Pronto)

NOTE:                        Boxes 39 and 40 used twice (39: Oversize; IV-8-8)
            (40: Long Green; IV-8-8)

            IV-8-17           Correspondence, Foreign, 1951-1955

                                                Boxes 41-42 (Pronto)

            IV-8-18           Treasurer’s Office, E. C. Bender, Correspondence,
                                    1915-1959

                                                Box 1 (Pronto)

            IV-8-19           Legal and Finance Committee, Minutes, 1978-1982

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-8-20           Investment Committee, 1959-1968

                                                Box 1 (Green) (Continued from IV-8-19)

            IV-8-21           Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1971

                                                Box 1 (Green) (Continued from IV-8-19)

            IV-8-22           Treasurer's Office, Correspondence, Feb. 1978-Jan. 1983

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-8-23           Correspondence, Vouchers, 1920-1950

                                                Boxes 1-2 (Large)

IV-9     Student Services Committee

            IV-9-1             Minutes and Reports, 1958-81

                                                Box 1 (Large)

            IV-9-2             Mennonite Graduate Fellowship, 1959-78

                                                Box 1 (Large) (Continued from IV-9-1)

            IV-9-3             Correspondence, Albert J. Meyer, 1958-1966

                                                Box 1-2 (Green)

            IV-9-4             Student Census Materials

                                                Box 2 (Large)

            IV-9-5            Miscellaneous

                                                Box 2 (Large) (Same box as IV-9-4)

            IV-9-6             Paul Erb Materials

                                                Box 2 (Large) (Same box as IV-9-4)

            IV-9-7             Philadelphia Office, 1970-1980

                                                Box 2 (Large) (Same box as IV-9-4)

            IV-9-8             Files A-Z, 1958-1972; Printouts 1970-1974

                                                Boxes 1-2 (Pronto)

            IV-9-9             Booklets, 1976-85

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-9-10           Student and Young Adult Services, 1970-1990

                                                Boxes 1-3 (Pronto)

IV-10   Communication Division, 1954-  [Earlier called Information Services]

                        Table of Contents:
                        Series and Box Listing
                        Historical Sketch of Department, 1953-1992

            IV-10-1           Official Records (Manual, 1961-1962)

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-10-2           Correspondence, 1953-1965

                                                Box 1 (Pronto)

            IV-10-3           Printed materials, 1953-1985

                                                Box 1 (Green), Box 2-3 (Large)

IV-10-4           News Releases, 1974-1985

                                                Box 1-2 (Large)

            IV-10-5           List of Audiovisuals, 1961-1977 (Currently unsorted)

Boxes 1-3 (Green), Box 3b (Large), Box 4 (Large), Box 4b (Large), Boxes 5-6, 6b, 6c (Green), Box 7a (Large), Box 7b (Oversize), Boxes 8-11 (Oversize), Box 12 (Green), Box 13 (Large), Box 14 (Oversize)

Includes filmstrips (with guides, scripts, and tapes), films, tapes, records, slides and videotapes

                        IV-10-5.1        Slides, 1949-1993

                                                            Boxes 1-5 (Large), Boxes 5-6 (Green)

                        IV-10-5.2        Slide Sets, 1991

                                                            Box 1 (Green)

                        IV-10-5.3        Filmstrips, 1961-77

                                                            Box 8 (Large), Boxes 9a-g (Large)

            IV-10-6           Audiovisuals Department, Correspondence, 1962-1973

                                                Box 1 (Large)

            IV-10-7           Photographs, 1906-1985

                                                Box 1 (Green)

IV-10-7.1        Photographs, 1952-1973 of MBM officers who served 1906-1985

                                                Box 1 (Green)

IV-10-7.2        Photographs, 1900-1970 (Bulk, 1937-1970)

                                                Box 1-12 (Large), Box 13 (Oversize)

IV-10-7.3        Photographs, 1971-1995; Negatives, 1980-1995

                                                Photographs: Boxes 14-16 (Pronto)
                        Negatives: Boxes 17-19 (Pronto)

IV-10-7.4        Photographs, 1989-1998

                                                Boxes 1-8 (Large)

IV-10-7.5        Photographs, 1998-2003 (Some earlier); History of MNN; News-releases; Printed and Published materials, 1996-2001

                                                Boxes 1-20 (Large)

            IV-10-8           Mission Education Materials, 1970-2001

                                                Boxes 1-2 (Large)    

IV-11   Human Resources, 1953-

            Earlier called Personnel Department, -1995.

                        Table of Contents:
                        Historical Sketch, 1953-1999
                        Series and Box Listing

            IV-11-1           Minutes, 1953-1982

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-11-2           Official Records, 1955-1986

                                                Box 1 (Large)

            IV-11-3           Assorted Materials, 1946-1965

                                                Box 1 (Large) (Continued from IV-11-2)

IV-12   Personnel Files, 1899-1993 (Bulk, 1949-84)

                        Table of Contents:
                        Introduction, 1917-2001
                        Series and Box Listing
                        Boxes 1-23

            IV-12-1           Personnel Files, Voluntary Service 1962-1984

                                                Boxes 24-44 (Large)

            IV-12-2           Personnel Files, 1900-1965 (Miscellaneous)

                        IV-12-2.1        Personnel Files, 1904-1950

                                                            (transferred to IV-6-1)

                        IV-12-2.2        Personnel Files, 1944-1960

                                                            Boxes 3-4 (Large)

                        IV-12-2.3        Personnel Files, MCC, 1935-1965

                                                            Boxes 4-7 (Large)

                        IV-12-2.4        I-W Sponsors Personnel Reports, Forms,
                                               1958-1965

                                                            Box 7 (Large) (Continued from IV-12-2.3)

            IV-12-3           Personnel Files, Overseas, 1899-1984

                                                Boxes 1-3 (Large)

            IV-12-4           Personnel Files, Combined, 1992-1993

                                                Boxes 1-4 (Large)

IV-13   Media Ministries, 1951-1952

            IV-13-1           Minutes and Reports, 1951-1981

                                                Box 1 (Large)

            IV-13-2           Assorted Materials collected by MBM, 1956-1969,                                        1975-1977

                                                Box 1 (Green), Box 2 (Gray),
                                                Boxes 3-4 (Long Gray)

            IV-13-3           Mennonite Broadcasts - Central Files, 1952-1985

Boxes 2-10 (Pronto), Boxes 10A-B (Pronto),
            Boxes 11-13 (Pronto)

            IV-13-4           Mennonite Broadcasts - Tapes, 1951-1993

                                                Box 01 (Gray), Boxes 11-40 (Large),
                                                Boxes 41-48 (Pronto), Boxes 49-50 (Long Green),
                                                Boxes 51-54 (Pronto),
Box 55 (Long Green)

            IV-13-5           Mennonite Broadcasts - Transcripts, 1958-1976

                                                Boxes 1-7 (Pronto), Box 8 (Large)

            IV-13-6           JELAM, 1972-1984 (Junta Ejecutiva Latinoamericana de
                                    Audiciones Menonitas

                                                Box 1 (Large), Box 2 (Long Green)

            IV-13-7           Media Ministries - Videos, 1969-1992

                                                Box 1 (Green)

            IV-13-8           Puerto Rico Media, Field Records, 1947-1972

                                                Boxes 1-6 (Pronto)

            IV-13-9           Choice Books, 1968-1991

                                    Table of Contents:
                                    Series and Box Listing
                                    Administrative Information
                                    Brief Historical Sketch
                                    Inventory Listing
                                    Name and Subject Tracings

                                                Boxes 1-5 (Pronto)   

            IV-13-10         Program and Project Files  1945-1994

                                    IV-13-10.1      All God's People  (#'s 1-16)

                                                                        Box 1 (Pronto), Box 2 (Gray)

                                    IV-13-10.2      Art McPhee in Touch , Encore, The Jesus
                                                            Connection

                                                                        Box 1 (Pronto), Box 2 (Gray)

                                    IV-13-10.3      Choice, 1969-1985

                                                                        Boxes 1-3 (Pronto)

                                    IV-13-10.4      General Program , 1956-1990

                                                                        Boxes 1-2 (Pronto)

                                    IV-13-10.5      Home Bible Studies

                                                                        Box 1 (Pronto)

                                    IV-13-10.6      JELAM  1967-1992

                                                                        Boxes 1-2 (Pronto)

                                    IV-13-10.7      Mennonite Hour (MH) 1954-1974

                                                                        Boxes 1-2 (Pronto), Boxes 3-4 (Gray)

                                    IV-13-10.8      Mennonite Identity Media and New
                                                            MembersResearch 1989-1991

                                                                        Box 1 (Pronto)

                                    IV-13-10.9      Newsletter, News Releases  1955-1988

                                                                        Box 1 (Pronto), Box 2 (Gray)

                                    IV-13-10.10    Radio Spots Minutes/ Seasonal, (#'s II-33),
                                                            1965-83

                                                                        Box 1 (Pronto), Box 2 (Gray)

                                    IV-13-10.11    Non-English Overseas, 1960-1994

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