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IV-10-7.1
Mennonite Board of Missions
Communication Division, 1954-
Photographs, 1952-1973, of MBM Officers who have served, 1906-1985
1 Box (Green)

Introduction

One box of photographs of MBM Officers were deposited into the Archives by Ethel Hoffman, Mennonite Board of Missions, in 1986. Some photographs (negatives) of the Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago were deposited by Simon Gingerich, Elkhart, Indiana, in 1992.

Inventory

Box 1 (Green)

Photographs, 1952-73, of Officers of Mennonite Board of Missions, 1906-1985

These photographs were assembled to document the various officers that have served with the Mennonite Board of Missions from 1906-1985. See the Subject Index below for the persons found in these photos. Included with each file is also a list of all the persons who have served in a particular office.

1/1 Executive Committee / Board of Directors, Photos, 1952-73 (18 photos)
1/2 Chairpersons, Photos, ca. 1950s-60s (3 photos)
1/3 Vice-Chairpersons, Photos, 1961-72 (12 photos)
1/4 Chief Executive Officers (President), Photos, 1966 (3 photos)
1/5 Treasurers, Photos, 1952 (2 photos)

Subject Index of Photographs (See following pages)

Photographs of Mennonite Home Mission, Chicago, Illinois, 1893-1957

1/6 Mennonite Home Mission, Chicago, Illinois, 1893-57

    Photographs (negatives), dating from 1894-1957, were selected by Simon Gingerich from various photograph collections at the Archives for use in a slide set he prepared on the Chicago Home Mission in 1991. Negatives were made of these photographs, which were then used to make the slides by photographer Alvin Hostetler. More photographs (negatives) were added to this file of Mennonite involvement in Chicago by Steve Estes, and from the book by Emma Oyer, What God Hath Wrought: History of the Chicago Home Mission, 1949.

Photographs found in various parts of MBM's Archival Collection, IV

Note should be made of several specific photograph files found throughout the MBM Archival Collection. A list has been begun below:

IV-13-8.2 MBM, Mennonite Media, Puerto Rico, Photograph Album, 1950-72

Found in Box 6 (Pronto). Includes 53 black and white photographs of persons, quartets, choruses, and groups involved in this media ministry in Puerto Rico. Also includes photograph of outside of the "Luz y Vedad, Inc." radio station; outside view of Betania Mennonite Church; of the interior of the Abinotio Mennonite Church; and of the director of JELAM, Armando Hernandez, 1972.



May 10, 2001 / Update by Dennis Stoesz
August 14, 2000 / Dennis Stoesz
November 24, 2008/ Posted by Alex Lake

SUBECT INDEX OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MBM OFFICERS

1/1 Executive Committee / Board of Directors, Photos, 1952-73 (18 photos)

File includes names of all persons who served on this Executive Committee / Board of Directors, and their term of office, 1906-1985.

Annual Mission Board Meeting, 1964. (Photo #13) Includes David Mann, Ivan Kauffman

Augsburger, Esther, at Women's Prayer Breakfast, 1972 (Photo #18

Baum, Richard - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Beachy, Miriam - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Bender, E.C. - See Executive Committee photo, 1958
Bender, Harold S. - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952

Bennett, Ernest - See Executive Committee photo, 1965
Bennett, Ernest - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Bennett, H. Ernest - See Executive Committee photo, 1958
Bennett, H. Ernest - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952
Birky, Glen - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)

Board of Directors, 1972. (Photo #7) Includes Gerald E. Good,
        David W. Mann, Roy Vallarta,

Board of Directors, 1973. (Photo #4) Includes Louis Strite, Robert
        Summers, Jim Detweiler, James Mullet, Gerald Good,
        Leamon Sowell, Sam Jantzen, Donald Yoder, Doris Kramer.

Buckwalter, Earl - See Executive Committee photo, 1958
Buzzard, Joe - See Executive Committee photo, 1965
Clemens, Jacob - See Executive Committee photo, 1964
Clemens, Jacob - See Executive Committee photo, 1965
Derstine, Norman - See Executive Committee photo, 1964

Detweiler, James - See Executive Committee photo, 1965
Detweiler, James - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Detweiler, Jim - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Erb, Paul - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952

Executive Committee, 1958. (Photo #11) Includes Paul M.
        Miller, C.K. Lehman, John Mosemann, J.D. Graber, H. Ernest
        Bennett, E.C. Bender, Earl Buckwalter

Executive Committee, 1964.(Photo #10) Includes Jacob Clemens,
        Norman Derstine, John Mosemann, Lawrence Horst, Rufus Jutzi

Executive Committee, 1965. (Photo #9) Includes Ernest Bennett,
        Jacob Clemens, Joe Buzzard, Rufus Jutzi, James Detweiler, John
        Mosemann, Lawrence Horst..

Executive Committee, 1970. (Photo #16) Includes Ernest Bennett,
        Donald Yoder, Samuel Janzen, Lloyd Weaver Jr., John Mosemann,
        James Detweiler, Leamon Sowell

Gingrich, Paul (no date)(Photo #15)
Good, Gerald - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Good, Gerald E. - See Board of Directors photo, 1972
Graber, J.D. - See Executive Committee photo, 1958
Graber, J.D. - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952

Hartzler, Levi C. - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952

Horst, Laurence, 1969 (Photo #1)

Horst, Lawrence - See Executive Committee photo, 1964
Horst, Lawrence - See Executive Committee photo, 1965

Jantzen, Sam - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Janzen, Samuel - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Jutzi, Rufus - See Executive Committee photo, 1964
Jutzi, Rufus - See Executive Committee photo, 1965

Kauffman, Ivan - See Annual Mission Board Meeting photo, 1964
King, Eldon - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Kiser, Roy D. - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Kramer, Doris - See Board of Directors photo, 1973

Kramer, Doris, (no date)(Photo #6)

Lehman, C.K .- See Executive Committee photo, 1958
Mann, David - See Annual Mission Board Meeting photo, 1964
Mann, David W. - See Board of Directors photo, 1972
Martin, Lewis - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952
Martin, Sam - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)

Mennonite Board of Missions Corporation (no date) (Photo #17)
        Includes Eugene Seals, Roy D. Kiser Arlie Weaver, Ron Schertz,
        Richard Baum, Glen Miller, Sam Martin, Glen Birky, Miriam
        Beachy Guillerno Tijerna, James Metzler, Eldon King

Mennonite Relief Committee, 1952. (Photo #2) Includes Levi C.
        Hartzler, Paul Erb, H. Ernest Bennett, Orie O. Miller, John
        H. Mosemann, Harold S. Bender, A. Lloyd Swartzendruber,
        J. D. Graber, Lewis Martin, and Boyd Nelson.

Metzler, James - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Miller, Glen - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Miller, Orie O. - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952
Miller, Paul M. - See Executive Committee photo, 1958

Miller, Vern, 1969 (Photo #8)
Mininger, Paul, 1959 (Photo #12)

Mosemann, John - See Executive Committee photo, 1958
Mosemann, John - See Executive Committee photo, 1965
Mosemann, John - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Mosemann, John - See Executive Committee photo,. 1964
Mosemann, John H. - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952

Mullet, James - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Nelson, Boyd - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952
Schertz, Ron - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)

Seals, Eugene - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Sowell, Leamon - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Sowell, Leamon - See Executive Committee photo, 1970

Strite, Lewis, 1972 (Photo #3)

Strite, Louis - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Summers, Robert - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Swartzendruber, A. Lloyd - See Mennonite Relief Committee photo, 1952

Tijerina, Jacobo, at Church Planting seminar, 1984 (Photo #14)

Tijerna, Guillerno - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Vallarta, Roy - See Board of Directors photo, 1972
Weaver, Arlie - See MBM Corporation photo (no date)
Weaver, Lloyd Jr. - See Executive Committee photo, 1970

Weaver, Lloyd Jr., 1972 (Photo #5)
Yoder, Donald - See Board of Directors photo, 1973
Yoder, Donald - See Executive Committee photo, 1970

1/2 Chairpersons, Photos, ca. 1950s-60s (3 photos)

File includes names of all persons who have served as chairpersons, 1906-1985.

Miller, D.D. (no date) (negative only) (Photo #3)
Mosemann, John (no date) (negative included)(Photo #1)
Yoder, Edwin (no date) (negative included) (Photo #2)
Yoder, S.C. (no date) (negative included) (Photo #2

1/3 Vice-Chairpersons, Photos, 1961-72 (12 photos)

File includes names of all persons who have served as Vice-Chairperson, 1906-85.

Annual Mission Board Meeting, 1962 (Photo #10) Includes H. Ernest Bennett, J.B. Martin
Annual Mission Board Meeting, 1962 (Photo #11) Two men, unidentified
Annual Mission Board Meeting, 1964.(Photo #1) Includes Loren King, Norman Derstine

Bennett, H. Ernest See Annual Mission Board Meeting photo, 1962

Board of Directors, 1972 (Photo #5) Includes Samuel Janzen, Doris Kramer
Board of Directors, 1972 (Photo #8) Includes Donald E. Yoder, Leamon Sowell
Board of Directors, 1972 (Photo #9) Includes James Detweiler, Lloyd Weaver Jr.

Buckwalter, Earl - See Executive Committee photo, 1963
Buckwalter, Earl - See Executive Committee photo, fall 1961
Clemens, Jacob - See Executive Committee photo, 1963
Clemens, Jacob - See Executive Committee photo, fall 1961

Derstine, Norman - See Annual Mission Board Meeting photo, 1964
Detweiler, James - See Board of Directors photo, 1972 (Photo #9)
Detweiler, James - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Detweiler, James - See MBM photo, 1972 (Photo #3)

Executive Committee, 1963 (Photo #4) Includes Earl Buckwalter,
        Jacob Clemens, Simon Gingerich

Executive Committee, 1970 (Photo #12) Includes Samuel Janzen,
        Leamon Sowell, John Mosemann, Donald Yoder, Lloyd
        Weaver Jr., James Detweiler

Executive Committee, fall 1961 (Photo #6) Includes J.B. Martin,
        Simon Gingerich, John Mosemann, Earl Buckwalter, Jacob Clemens

Gingerich, Simon - See Executive Committee photo, 1963
Gingerich, Simon - See Executive Committee photo, fall 1961
Good, Gerald E. - See MBM photo, 1972 (Photo #3)

Jansen, Samuel - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Janzen, Samuel - See Board of Directors photo, 1972 (Photo #5)
King, Loren - See Annual Mission Board Meeting photo, 1964
Kramer, Doris - See Board of Directors photo, 1972 (Photo #5)

Mann, David W. - See MBM photo, 1972 (Photo #2)
Martin, J.B. - See Annual Mission Board Meeting photo, 1962
Martin, J.B. - See Executive Committee photo, fall 1961

Mennonite Board of Missions, 1972 (Photo #3) Includes James
        Detweiler, Gerald E. Good
Mennonite Board of Missions, 1972. (Photo #2) Includes Don Yoder,
        David W. Mann

Mosemann, John - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Mosemann, John - See Executive Committee photo, fall 1961
Sowell, Leamon - See Board of Directors photo, 1972 (Photo #8)
Sowell, Leamon - See Executive Committee photo, 1970

Sowell, Leamon, 1972 (Photo #7)

Weaver, Lloyd Jr. - See Board of Directors photo, 1972 (Photo #9)
Weaver, Lloyd Jr. - See Executive Committee photo, 1970

Yoder, Don - See MBM photo, 1972 (Photo #2)
Yoder, Donald - See Executive Committee photo, 1970
Yoder, Donald E. - See Board of Directors photo, 1972 (Photo #8)

1/4 Chief Executive Officers (President), Photos, 1966 (3 photos)

File includes names of all persons who have served as Chief Executive Officer, 1906-85. (Name of this office has changed several times, from Secretary 1906-66, to Executive Secretary 1967-80, and then to President, 1981-)

Annual Meeting, 1966 (Photo #3) Includes David Leatherman, H. Ernest Bennett

Bennett, H, Ernest - See Annual Meeting photo, 196

Graber, J.D., (no date) (Photo #1) (negative included) Two copies
Graber, J.D., (no date) (Photo #2) (negative included)

Leatherman, David - See Annual Meeting photo, 1966


1/5 Treasurers, Photos, 1952 (2 photos)

File includes names of persons who have served as Treasurer, 1906-81

Bender, E.C. - See Executive Committee photo, 1952
Bender, G.L.?, (no date) (Photo #1) (negative only)
Bennett, H. Ernest - See Executive Committee photo, 1952

Executive Committee, 1952. (Photo #2) Includes J.D. Graber,
        H. Ernest Bennett, John H. Mosemann, Levi C. Hartzler, J.B.
        Martin, E.C. Bender

Graber, J.D. - See Executive Committee photo, 1952
Hartzler, Levi C. - See Executive Committee photo, 1952
Martin, J.B. - See Executive Committee photo, 1952
Mosemann, John H. - See Executive Committee photo, 1952


May 11, 2004 / Posted on Web by Kathryn Yoder
August 11, 2000, Subject Index of Photographs of MBM Officers by Rhoda Stoesz
November 24, 2008/ Posted by Alex Lake
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