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IV-20-23.2 
Women’s Missionary and Service Commission
Executive Secretary, Beulah Kauffman (1966-78)
Records Set #2, 1944-73  (Bulk, 1960-73)
3 Boxes (1 Large, 1 Gray, 1 Long Gray)

Scope and Content

The bulk of these files date from 1960-73, when Beulah Kauffman (1966-78) was the Executive Secretary.  Among here are also some earlier files, such as publications, 1956-73, Treasurer's files, 1954-66, and the Minutes, 1944-66. 

Administrative Information

    These materials were transferred to the archives by Beulah Kauffman in 1987.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Large)

Correspondence, 1963-71 (includes one file from 1953, 1959-60)

1/1    Amanda Frey orders, Kidron, Ohio, 1964-66
1/2    Annual Meeting, 1964, La Junta, Colorado  (Mission Board and WMSA)
1/3    Annual Meeting, 1965, Goshen, Indiana (Mission Board and WMSA)
        (Includes the 50th Anniversary Program, WMSA)
1/4    Annual Meeting, 1966, Kitchener, Ontario  (Mission Board and WMSA)

1/5    Annual Meeting, 1967, Hesston, Kansas  (Mission Board and WMSA)
1/6    Annual Meeting, 1968, Kidron, Ohio  (Mission Board and WMSA)
1/7    Annual Meeting, 1969, Kalona, Iowa  (Mission Board and WMSA)
1/8    Annual Reports, 1965-68

1/9    Executive Committee Corr., 1964-67
1/10    Executive Committee Corr., 1969
1/11    Executive Secretary Appointment, 1953, 1959-60

1/12    General Correspondence, 1969-70
1/13    General Correspondence, 1967-68
1/14    General Correspondence, 1964-66

1/15    Handbook (WMSA), 1964-65
1/16    Nominees, 1963-68

1/17    SCCO [Study Commission on Church Organization]- February 20, 1970 Review and Project Packet
1/18    SCCO - June-September, 1970, Responses re WMSA / SCCO
1/19    SCCO - September 9-10, 1970 mtg., Pennsylvania
1/20    SCCO - October 20-22, 1970 mtg., Indiana
1/21    SCCO - Correspondence, 1970-71

Publications, 1956-73

1/22    WMSA Handbook, 1959
    Women’s Missionary and Service Auxiliary Monthly, January 1956 – February 1960
    Melvin Gingerich, "The Mennonite Woman’s Missionary Society", 1963. (Reprinted from the Mennonite Quarterly Review, April and July 1963).

1/23    Devotional Guides, 1960-72

    1960-61, WMSA & GMSA (Program Guide)
    1962-63, WMSA       (Program Guide)
    1963-64, WMSA       (Program Guide
    1964-65, WMSA       (Devotional Guide)
    1965-66, WMSA       (Devotional Guide)
    1966-67, WMSA       (Devotional Guide, VOICE, February 1966)
    1967-68, WMSA       (Devotional Guide)
    1968-69, WMSA        (Devotional Guide)
    1969-70, WMSA         (Devotional Guide)
    1970-71, WMSA         (Devotional Guide)
    1971-72, WMSA       (Devotional Guide)

1/24    Girls Missionary and Service Auxiliary (GMSA), 1957-73

    Frieda Amstutz, GMSA Handbook, 1957
.    Winifred Erb Paul, Manual for GMSA Leaders, 1964
    Devotional Guide, 1970-71
    Devotional Guide, 1971-72
    Devotional Guide, April-August 1972
    Devotional Guide, September 1972-August 1973

Executive Committee Correspondence, 1963-69

1/25    Correspondence received by committee member, Doris Kramer, 1963-69

Box 2 (Long Gray)

Treasurer’s Files, 1954-66

2/1    Ledger, 1954-64
2/2    Ledger, 1965-66
2/3    Ledger, 1966 (With heavy black covers)

Photographs, 1964-69

2/4    Pictures
    Annie Vallaton, American Bible Society, 1969
    Assorted, 1964-68 (2 files).  Many undated (needs sorting and identification) Includes photographs of annual meetings, various supported projects, of a board meeting, and one of Quintis Leatherman.

Box 3 (Gray)

Minutes of Executive Committee, 1944-66

3/1    Minutes, 1944-66

August 15, 2006 / Posted on Internet by Dennis Stoesz
June 6, 2006 / Files numbered and checked by Marilyn Voran
June 8, 1993 / Inventory listing by Dennis Stoesz
File: "IV202302 Executive Secretary Series #2 1960-73.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526

 

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