Historical Committee IV-20 Women's Missionary and Service Commission (WMSC), 1915-1997 Records, 1921-1984 23 Boxes (24.5 linear feet) Table of Contents Series and Box Listing                 Page 1 Historical Information on WMSC   Page 3     Administrative Information            Page 3    Series and Box Listing IV-20-1    Executive Committee Records, 1920, 1924, 1929-1977, 1989-1994                   1 Box (Pronto) (shared with IV-20-2) (14 linear inches) IV-20-2    Treasurer's Records, 1924, 1929-1987                  2 Boxes (Pronto shared with IV-20-1, 10 linear inches) and (Large) IV-20-3    Publications, 1921-1995.  1 Box (Pronto) IV-20-4    Miscellaneous, 1954-86.  1 Box (Pronto) (shared with IV-20-5, 4") IV-20-5    Executive Secretary Correspondence, 1921-36, 1950, 1954-65 (Bulk)                   Secretaries for the time period, 1956-66 were: Florence Shantz, (1956-58), Doris                    Snyder (1958-59) and Dorothy McCammon (1960-66)                   2 Boxes (Pronto) (20 linear inches) (Box 4 shared with IV-20-4) (Box 5 shared                       with IV-20-6, IV-20-7, and IV-20-8 through IV-20-20) IV-20-6    Executive Committee Correspondence, 1944-1985                  1 Box (Pronto) (8 linear inches) (Box shared with IV-20-5, IV-20-7, and IV-20-8                       through IV-20-20) IV-20-7    Girl's Missionary and Service Auxiliary (GMSA), 1956-83                  1 Box (Pronto) (1 linear inch) (Shared with IV-20-5, IV-20-6, and IV-20-8 through                         IV-20-20)) IV-20-8 to IV-20-20    WMSC District Conferences. 1 Box (Pronto) (10 linear inches) (Box                                         shared with IV-20-5, IV-20-6 and IV-0-7)     IV-20-8      Indiana-Michigan WMSC District    (See II-5-6)     IV-20-9     Allegheny WMSC District.  Records, 1963, 1975     IV-20-10    Illinois WMSC District.  Records, 1956-80     IV-20-11    Iowa-Nebraska WMSC District.  Records, 1955-83     IV-20-12    Lancaster Conference.  Records, 1925-28, 1933, 1975     IV-20-13    North Central WMSC District.  Records, 1961-66     IV-20-14    Ohio and Eastern WMSC District.  Records, 1921-81     IV-20-15    Ontario Meetings.  Records, 1953-1972     IV-20-16    Rocky Mountaion WMSC District.  Records, 1962-65     IV-20-17    Pacific Coast WMSC District.  Records, 1957-72     IV-20-18    South Central WMSC District    See II-14-5     IV-20-19    South Pacific WMSC District.  Records, 1960, 1961     IV-20-20    Virginia WMSC District.  Records, 1959-82     IV-20-20a   Franconia WMSC District.  Records, 1961-81                     Northwest WMSC District    See II-1-1                     Southwest WMSC District    See II-15-13 IV-20-21    General Secretary of Literature, Alice Lapp. Records, 1955-78                    2 Boxes (Green) IV-20-22    President Files, Minnie Graber, 1951-59.  Records, 1947-61                     1 Box (Large) IV-20-23    Executive Secretary.  Records, 1944-84                     Secretaries for this time period were: Dorothy McCammon (1960-66), Beulah                     Kauffman (1966-78) and Barbara Reber (1979-86)             .1  Beulah Kauffman, 1966-78.  Records Set #1, 1960-78                         2 Boxes (1 Large, 1 Oversize)             .2  Beulah Kauffman, 1966-78.  Records Set #2, 1944-73                         3 Boxes (1 Large, 1 Gray, 1 Long Gray)             .3  Beulah Kauffman, 1966-78, and Barbara Reber, 1979-84                         Records Set #3, 1968-84                         2 Boxes (1 Gray, 1 Large) IV-20-24    Books Abroad Program, 1961-  .  Records, 1961-1988                            2 Boxes (Large) IV-20-25    Executive Secretary, Marian Hostetler, 1987-1997.                       Records, 1958-97 (Bulk 1987-93)                      5 Boxes (3 Gray, 2 Pronto) IV-20-26    Mennonite Women, 1997- .  Records, 1997-2001                     1 Box (Gray) Historical Information on WMSC Organization listed in the Mennonite Yearbook and Directory under:     Mennonite Board of Missions, 1930-71     Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries, 1971-83     Mennonite Church General Board, 1984-     Mennonite Women, 1997- Executive Secretaries, 1956-1996     Florence Shantz, 1956-58     Doris Snyder, 1958-59     Dorothy McCammon, 1960-66     Beulah Kauffman, 1967-78     Barbara Reber, 1979-86     Marian Hostetler, 1987-96 Voice Editor, Eve MacMaster 75th Anniversary celebrated in 1990 (1915-1990) Some relevant articles and books on this organization include:     Melvin Gingerich.  THE MENNONITE WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 1963.  32 pages. (Reprinted from Mennonite Quarterly Review, April and July 1963).     Sharon Klingelsmith, "Mennonite Women in Mission: Mennonite Women's Missionary Society," MENNONITE HISTORICAL BULLETIN (January 1980): 1-8.     Sharon Klingelsmith, "Women in the Mennonite Church," MENNONITE QUARTERLY REVIEW (July 1980): 163-207.     Elaine Sommers Rich, MENNONITE WOMEN: A STORY OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS, 1683-1983.  (Herald Press, 1983). See also Clara Eby Steiner Collection (Hist. Mss. 1-201), Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, Indiana, for correspondence and records dating prior to 1930. Administrative Information     These records were deposited into the archives from 1950-1991. August 15, 2006 / Inventory typed into the computer by Marilyn Voran March - August, with Series and Box Listing updated by Dennis Stoesz, and then posted on Internet.  Inventory listing and posting on Internet funded by Showalter Foundation May 12, 2004 / Posted on Web by Kathryn Yoder Updated May 11, 2004 / June 8, 1993 / Series Listing and Historical Sketch / des File: "IV2000 Women's Missionary and Service Comm.doc" Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526   Back to Goshen Archives Main Page Webmaster: John E. Sharp [SharpRoots.com] | Redesign: Tim Nafziger| Last updated: 7/24/2003 sss

Back to Personal Collections Index Minding Mennonite Memory Mission Statement: "God calls us to preserve our faith heritage, to interpret our stories, and to proclaim God's work among us."