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XI-14
International Voluntary
Service, Inc., 1952-
1625
K Street, NW, Suite 102
Washington, D.C. 20006
Records,
1952-1996
12
Boxes (9 Large, 1 Gray, 2 Oversize)
Administrative
Information
The IVS Archival Collection was
begun at the Archives of the Mennonite Church in 1997, with the deposit
of
several series of records. The initial
contact was made by Professor Perry Bush, Bluffton College, with Anne
Shirk,
IVS, in 1996, when Bush was doing research into IVS’s history. The photographs were deposited
by Parker Halberg, Executive Director
of
International Voluntary Services. The program files of Bolivia and
Ecuador, and
some more audiovisual materials were deposited by Anne Shirk, Program
Development Director of IVS. The minutes
and reports of IVS, as collected by Secretary William T. Snyder, were
transferred from the Mennonite Central Committee Collection (found at
the
Archives) into the newly begun IVS Collection.
In 1998, IVS worker Roderick MacRae,
from Minneapolis, Minnesota, were deposited the records he had
collected over
the years, from his work in Laos, 1963-66, in Washington, 1966-68, and
as one
who continued to be interested and involved in IVS. And in 2001, Robert
Knoernschild deposited his materials from Vietnam, 1955-66.
Note that Mennonite Central
Committee kept in touch with IVS from 1954-1974, and that this working
relationship is reflected in the MCC correspondence files (IX-6-3)
through this
time period. Some IVS correspondence and
reports, 1957-60, are also found among the personal papers of William
T. Snyder
(Hist. Mss. 1-709, Box 1, Files 36-39).
Two good secondary sources on IVS
are: The IVS Experience: From Algeria to
Viet Nam, edited by Stuart Rawlings (IVS, Washington, D.C., 1992),
178
pages; The Vietnam Story of
International Voluntary Services, Inc., 1956-1972, by
Winburn T.
Thomas, (Washington, D.C., June 30, 1972), 294 pages.
Both are available from the Mennonite
Historical Library, Goshen College.
Series and Box
Listing
-1
Executive Committee and Board of
Directors
Boxes 1-2
.1
Minutes, 1953-1970
.2
Reports, 1952-1969
-2
Program Files: Bolivia and Ecuador,
1989-1996
Boxes 2-3
-3
Audiovisual Materials, 1959-1993
Boxes
4-8
-4
IVS Worker, Roderick MacRae, 1963-1968
Boxes
9-11
Laos, 1963-66 and
Washington, 1966-68
Includes
collected
materials, 1961-1996
-5
IVS Worker, Robert Knoernschild,
Vietnam, 1961-64
Box 12
& Agency for
International Development, 1964-66
Inventory
Box 1 (Large)
-1 Executive
Committee and Board of Directors, 1952-1970
The minutes and reports of the IVS
Executive and Board were collected by William T. Snyder, who was on the
Board
of IVS from 1953-1970. Snyder was the
Assistant Executive Secretary, 1950-59, and then Executive Secretary,
1959-82,
of Mennonite Central Committee (1920- ), a relief and voluntary service
organization of the Mennonites, with headquarters in Akron,
Pennsylvania.
1.1 Minutes,
1953-1970
1/1 Minutes,
July 8, 1953 - December 18, 1956
1/2 Minutes,
March 27, 1957 - September 1, 1960
1/3 Minutes,
February 8, 1961 - November 17, 1965
1/4 Minutes,
November 29-30, 1967 - August 27,
1968
1/5 Minutes,
March 2, 1966 - December 21, 1970
1.2 Reports,
1952-1969
1/1 Organization Chart,
Articles & By-laws, Basic Statements, Contracts, etc., 1953
1/2
International Voluntary Service, 1952-61
Includes newspaper clippings,
government reports, agendas
for board meetings, financial statements, various activities reports
from the
field like Iraq, Jericho, and Egypt, agreements between IVS and U.S.
Government, 1953, By-laws of the Near East Foundation, copies of
By-laws and
Incorporation of IVS, 1952
1/3
IVS Newsletter, 1955-56
1/4
International Voluntary Services, Reports, 1956-59
1/5
International Voluntary Services, 1957-59
Includes progress reports on the work
being done in the
field.
1/6
International Voluntary Services, Reports, 1958-60
1/7
International Voluntary Services, 1960-61
More reports, published pamphlets,
some correspondence,
financial statements, and some notes by William T. Snyder, etc.
1/8 International Voluntary
Service, 1961-64
(includes some 1953-60 materials)
1/9
International Voluntary Services, 1965-66
Box 2 (Large)
2/1
International Voluntary Services, Executive Committee, 1965-68
(includes some earlier 1957-64
materials)
2/2
International Voluntary Services, 1967
2/3
International Voluntary Services, Board of Directors, 1967-68
2/4
International Voluntary Services, 1968-69
-2 Program
Files: Bolivia and Ecuador, 1989-1996
Box 2 (Large) (Continued)
Contains reports &
working papers of IVS's program in
Bolivia & Ecuador, 1989-1996.
Box 3 (Large)
Program Files: Bolivia and Ecuador,
1989-1996 (Continued)
-3 Audiovisual
Materials, 1959-1993
Box 4 (Large)
Includes black and white, and color
photographs, and slides of IVS involvement in
Algeria,
Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Honduras, Southern Africa, Sudan,
Thailand, Yemen and Zaire,
1971-1993. Also includes photographs of
IVS involvement in Vietnam,
1959-72. Also includes videos and tape
recordings.
Box
5 (Large)
Audiovisual Materials, 1959-1993
(Continued)
Box 6 (Large)
Audiovisual Materials, 1959-1993
(Continued)
Box 7 (Large)
Audiovisual Materials, 1959-1993
(Continued)
Box 8 (Oversize)
Audiovisual Materials, 1959-1993
(Continued)
-4 IVS
Worker, Roderick MacRae, 1963-1968
Box 9 (Large)
Includes materials collected by MacRae
in his work in
Laos 1963-66, and as an IVS worker in Washington, 1966-68.
Also includes other materials
collected by
him, such as IVS’s involvement in Cambodia and Vietnam, annual reports
of IVS,
1986-96; newsletter Developments, 1988-96; and IVS information,
1968-75,
etc.
Box 10 (Gray)
Materials collected by MacRae, 1961-96
(Continued)
Box 11 (Oversize)
Bangkok Magazines, 1965
(Materials from MacRae)
-5 IVS
Worker, Robert Knoernschild, Vietnam, 1961-64
& Agency for International
Development, 1964-66
Knoernschild worked with the IVS
agriculture team in Vietnam from 1961 to 1963, and then worked for the
Agency
for International Development.
Box 12 (Large)
Includes books and
pamphlets, dating from about 1955-1966, including:
The Study of a Vietnamese Rural Community –
Admnistrative Activity,
Michigan State University,
Viet-Nam Advisory Group, May 1960, published by Washington, D.C., USA
Department of State, Agency for International Development
Report, 1963, United States Operations Mission to
Vietnam, Agriculture Division,
Agency for International Development, July 1, 1963.
Includes also some
unpublished items, such as:
“Dilemna in Vietnam, July 1963, “ by
Dang Van Sung, 45
pages
Name and
Subject Tracing
Algeria
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Cambodia
Ecuador
Egypt
Honduras
International
Voluntary Services, 1953- , Washington, D.C.
Iraq
Knoernschild,
Robert
Laos
MacRae,
Roderick
Palestine
Snyder,
William T.
South
Africa
Sudan
Thailand
Vietnam
Yemen
Zaire
February 28, 2008 / Posted on the Internet by
Dennis Stoesz
June
21, 2002 / Update of Box 12 by Dennis Stoesz
August
30, 1999 and July 18, 1997 / Inventory by Dennis Stoesz and Kent
Holsopple
File:
"XI-14 International Voluntary Service.doc"
Mennonite
Church USA
Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526
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