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IV-12-1
Mennonite Board of Missions
Personnel Files, Voluntary
Service
Records, 1949-1984
44
Boxes (Large)
RESTRICTED
Scope and Content
These files consist of individual personnel files of
terminated voluntary service workers, and contain a personnel
application form,
a photograph of the individual, personal references, and correspondence
between
Mennonite Board of Missions and the individual concerning their
application and
work assignment. Some of these forms are
for the Voluntary Service assignments and Christian Service assignments.
Departmental History
These personnel files belonging to
Voluntary Service has its roots in 1917 as the Mennonite Relief
Commission for
War Sufferers, directed by the Mennonite Board of Missions and
Charities. This commission came to an end
in 1926 and
its work was taken over by the Mennonite Relief Committee (MRC). The
Voluntary
Service Program began in 1943 and was administered by the MRC. The MRC
worked
closely with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in relief work
starting in
WW II. Levi C. Hartzler became the first
full-time secretary of the MRC in 1948.
An I-W (military alternative service
program) counseling service was
begun in 1952 with the implementation of the draft.
In 1953, the MRC was renamed the
Mennonite
Relief and Service Committee. In 1971,
the MBMC changed to the Mennonite Board of Missions.
The Voluntary
Service Personnel files were
originally maintained within the Mennonite Relief and Services
Committee, but
within a few years, a centralized filing system for personnel records
was
implemented and seems to continue to the present. In
1952-54, the personnel files were likely
maintained by the Personnel director and Office Manager of the
Mennonite Relief
and Services Committee, Dorsa Mishler. A Personnel Committee formed in
1953. In 1955 - 59, Dorsa Mishler became
the Personnel secretary of the MBMC and there was no Personnel director
for the
Voluntary Services. In 1960-67, there
was a Voluntary Service Personnel Secretary under the Personnel
Committee. From
1968 to the present there was no individual position responsible for
the
Voluntary Service Personnel Files, but the Personnel Committee and MRSC
continued as before.
Administrative History
The first set of personnel
files, dating from 1949-66, were
deposited into the archives by Mennonite Board of Missions in 1962-72.
The next
set of files, dating from 1962-72, were deposited in 1983. A
microfilming
project of the first A-D files was attempted in 1984, although the
status of
this project is uncertain. The terminated personnel files dating from
1973-84,
and organized by year, were deposited on a regular basis from 1985-95
by Ethel
Hoffman, Services and Facilities Department.
The series
list in this cover page for the detailed
personnel files was summarized by Dennis Stoesz, April 22, 1998. The Scope and Content, and departmental
history, and administrative information was added by Serena Bracewell.
August
2, 2004.
Series and Box Listing
Years
Box
#
Inventory
Listing
Files,
1949-66, A-Z Boxes 1-23
34 pages
Files,
1962-72, A-Z Boxes 24-33
26 pages
Files,
1973, A-Z
Boxes 33-34
4 pages
Files,
1974, A-Z
Boxes 34-35
4 pages
Files,
1975, A-Z
Boxes 35-36
3 pages
Files,
1976, A-Z
Boxes 36-37
3 pages
Files,
1977, A-Z
Boxes 37-38
3 pages
Files,
1978, A-Z
Boxes 38-39
3 pages
Files,
1979, A-Z
Box 39
3 pages
Files,
1980, A-Z
Box 40
3 pages
Files,
1981, A-Z
Boxes 41-42
2 pages
Files,
1982, A-Z
Box 42
2 pages
Files,
1983, A-Z
Box 43
2 pages
Files,
1984, A-Z
Box 44
2 pages
August
2, 2004 / Updated by Serena Bracewell
November 24,
2008 / Posted by Alex Lake
Mennonite
Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St.,
Goshen, Indiana 46526
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