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Daniel H. Bender 1866-1945
Papers, 1889-1944
9 boxes (Green)
Biographical Sketch
Daniel H. Bender
(1866-1945) was a bishop and a leader in the Mennonite Church. He was
the principle of Hesston Academy and Bible School and later the
president of Hesston College.
| 1866 |
Born on January 18 near
Grantsville, Maryland |
| 1880 |
Baptized |
| ---- |
Graduated from the Preparatory and
Normal School at Meyersdale, Pennsylvania |
| 1887 |
Ordained as a Mennonite minister in
November at Springs, Pennsylvania |
| 1896 |
Married Ida E. Miller on July 19;
together they had three children |
| 1902 |
Wife Ida died on May 4 |
| 1903-1912 |
Wrote the Advanced Sunday School
Lesson Quarterly |
| 1904-1906 |
Edited the Herald of Truth |
| 1906 |
Married Sallie L. Miller; together
they had two children; moved to Scottdale, Pennsylvania, became office
editor of the Gospel Witness |
| 1909 |
Appointed principal of Hesston
Academy and Bible School and later Hesston College |
| 1912 |
Ordained as a Mennonite bishop on
February 9 in the Hesston, Kansas congregation |
| 1918 |
Wife Sallie died in Newton, Kansas
on November 29 |
| 1929 |
Married Anna M. Krieder on March
27; together they had two children |
| 1930 |
Retired from presidency of Hesston
College |
| 1930-1945 |
Lived in North Dakota, California,
and Kansas and Albany, Oregon |
| 1945 |
Died on January 22 in Albany, Oregon |
Sources:
"Bender, Daniel
Henry," The Mennonite Encyclopedia Vol. I
Gospel Herald obituary, February 9, 1945
Administrative
Information
Collection processed by Sharon
Klingelsmith, April 17, 1975. Biography written and typed into computer
by Zach Landis, April 6, 2000. Update by Monica Zimmerman, July 19,
2001. Web update by Israel Ditzler, January 24, 2006.
Series Headings
| Diaries |
Boxes 1-2 |
| Class lecture notes |
Box 3 |
| Bible Conference charts |
Box 4 |
| Sermon and lecture outlines |
Box 5 |
| Sermon and Bible Conference notes |
Box 6 |
| Miscellaneous |
Boxes 7-9 |
Inventory Listing
Box 1 (Green) Diaries 1889-1920
1/1 Diary, 1889
1/2 Diary, 1890
1/3 Diary, 1891 - no. 1
1/4 Diary, 1891 - no. 2
1/5 Diary, 1892
1/6 Diary, 1983
1/7 Diary, 1894
1/8 Diary, 1895
1/9 Diary, 1896
1/10 Diary, 1897
1/11 Diary, 1898
1/12 Diary, 1899
1/13 Diary, 1900
1/14 Diary, 1901
1/15 Diary, 1902
1/16 Diary, 1903
1/17 Diary, 1904
1/18 Diary, 1905
1/19 Diary, 1906
1/20 Diary, 1907
1/21 Diary, 1908
1/22 Diary, 1909
1/23 Diary, 1910
1/24 Diary, 1911
1/25 Diary, 1912
1/26 Diary, 1913
1/27 Diary, 1914
1/28 Diary, 1915
1/29 Diary, 1916
1/30 Diary, 1917
1/31 Diary, 1918
1/32 Diary, 1919
1/33 Diary, 1920
1/34 Diary/Notebook
Box 2 (Green) Diaries 1921-1944
2/1 Diary, 1921
2/2 Diary, 1922
2/3 Diary, 1923
2/4 Diary, 1924
2/5 Diary, 1925
2/6 Diary, 1926
2/7 (empty)
2/8 Diary, 1927
2/9 Diary, 1928
2/10 Diary, 1929
2/11 Diary, 1930
2/12 Diary, 1931
2/13 Diary, 1932
2/14 Diary, 1933
2/15 Diary, 1934
2/16 Diary, 1935
2/17 Diary, 1936
2/18 Diary, 1937
2/19 Diary, 1938
2/20 Diary, 1939
2/21 Diary, 1940
2/22 Diary, 1941
2/23 Diary, 1942
2/24 Diary, 1943
2/25 Diary, 1944
Box 3 (Green) Notes
3/1 Bible Geography Quizzes
3/2 Old Testament History Quizzes
3/3 Notebooks: Ancient History and O.T. History
3/4 Notebooks: I Civics and II Phys. Geography and Epistles
3/5 Notebooks: Epistles Test, 2/11/16 & Gospels
3/6 Notebooks: Tests and Exams, Sept.
21,14 & Matthew
3/7 Notebooks: Geography & Teacher Training
3/8 Notebooks: Minister's Problems & History of Kansas
Box 4a (Green) Bible
Conference Charts (Cloth)
4a/1 Christian Character
4a/2 Discipleship
4a/3 Evil
4a/4 God
4a/5 Going To Law
4a/6 Heaven
4a/7 Hell
4a/8 Holy Spirit
4a/9 Life Insurance
4a/10 Parental Training
4a/11 Practical Piety in the Home
Box 4b (Green) Bible
Conference Charts (Cloth)
4b/1 Repentance
4b/2 Sanctification
4b/3 Temperance
Bible Conference Charts (Paper)
4b/4 Baptism Design
4b/5 Children in the Home
4b/6 Evils of the Tongue
4b/7 Indifference
4b/8 Judgement
4b/9 Relation of Church to State
4b/10 Swearing of Oaths
Box 5 (Green) Sermon and
lecture outlines
5/1 A - B
5/2 C
5/3 D - E
5/4 F - H
5/5 I - L
5/6 M - N
5/7 O - R
5/8 S
5/9 T - Y
Box 6 (Green) Sermon and Bible
Conference Notes
6/1 Sermons, 1888-1892 - Volume I
6/2 Sermons, 1892-1902 - Volume II
6/3 Sermons, 1902-1930 - Volume III
6/4 Bible Conference, Dec. 1896, Somerset, PA
6/5 Funerals, 1884-1930
6/6 Sermons and Essays
6/7 Sermon Outlines by Text
6/8 Sermon Notes, German
6/9 Sermon Notes, Miscellaneous
Box 7 (Green) Miscellaneous
7/1 Bender Family History
7/2 Bible Conference Reports, 1898
7/3 Correspondence Aug. – Nov., 1915
7/4 Correspondence 1896-1939
7/5 Daniel J. And Elisabeth Otto Memorial
7/6 General Conference
7/7 1904 Goshen College Baccalaureate Address
7/8 H.S. course of study, Kansas City
7/9 Indiana-Michigan Conference
7/10 Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
7/11 Minister’s Certificates
7/12 Miscellaneous
7/13 Misc. reports, constitutions, etc.
7/14 Non-resistance, 1917
7/15 Publishing Committee Report, 1913
Box 7 (Green) (Continued)
7/16 Russian Mennonites
7/17 Shank, J.W. Confession
7/18 U.S. Immigration Regulation 1924-25
7/19 Votes for Minister, Hesston 1923
7/20 War and the Christian Conscience by John Horsch
Box 8 (Green) Miscellaneous
8/1 Annuity Contract – Hesston College
8/2 Family letter
8/3 Jacob B. Smith will
8/4 List of pupils
8/5 Marriage Licenses, Maryland
8/6 Marriage Licenses
8/7 Probate Court
8/8 Teachers certificates
8/9 War Questionnaire
8/10 Deed
8/11 Baltimore Ohio Railroad, Clergyman's
Permit (Approx. 60) 1909
8/12 Union Pacific System, Clergy Permit, (/approx. 30) 1931
8/13 Pair of Spurs
8/14 Piece of petrified wood
Box 9 (Green) Two Books
9/1 The Life of Christ by Hofmann, Part
II, 1903
9/2 New Testament, presented to D. H. Bender, teacher of the Upper
Folk School, March 20th, 1887
Name and Subject Tracings
| Chronology, 1889-1994 |
|
| Bender family |
Box 7 folder 1 |
| Bible conferences |
Box 4 charts; Box 6 notes |
| Mennonites – Doctrine |
Boxes 5 & 6 Sermon Notes |
| Nonresistance |
Box 7 folder 14 |
| Russian Mennonites |
Box 7 folder 16 |
| Sermons |
Boxes 5 & 6 |
| Shank, Josephus W., 1881- |
Box 7 folder 17 |
| Smith, Jacob B. |
Box 8 folder 3 copy of his will |
January 24, 2006 / Web update Israel
Ditzler
December 22, 2005 / Files listed with Box and File Nos. by Nelda
Nussbaum
March 29, 2005 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
July 19, 2001 / Update by
Monica Zimmerman
April 6, 2000 / Biography written by Zach Landis
April 17, 1975 / Processed by Sharon Klingelsmith
File “HM1-017 Bender, Daniel H.doc”
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen,
1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526
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