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Hist. Mss. 1-904
Daniel E. (Daniel Erb) Kauffman, 1922-
Papers, 1940-1994
4 Boxes (1 Gray, 3 Large)

Biographical Sketch

1922             Born, June 19, 1922, Hesston, Kansas
1940-43       Hesston College and Goshen College
1944             Married Edith Yoder, May 27, 1944
1943-46       Civilian Public Service
1946-61       Business Manager, Hesston College
1961-71       Stewardship Secretary, Mennonite General Conference
1971-94       Director of College Relations, Goshen College
 

Administrative Information

These papers were deposited into the Archives by Daniel E. Kauffman in 1995 and 1997. The minutes of the Goodville Mutual Casualty Company, 1977-1994, during which time Kauffman was secretary, were transferred to the Goodville Company Archives Collection found at the Archives (VII-30-18).

Updated by Dennis Stoesz February 18, 1997.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Gray)

Memoirs, 1922-1994, by Kauffman

Written for family and relatives. Not for Publication. 102 pages.

Papers include essays from college, 1940-43; Chapel addresses at Hesston College, 1946-61; Civilian Public Service Unit #26, Hospital in Chicago, 1940s, plus reunion, 1985; Financial Journal, 1956.

Box 2 (Large)

Papers include materials on Stewardship, including outlines of sermons; writings of Kauffman; materials on College Mennonite Church; on Keystone Bible Institute; on Mennonite Disaster Service; and on Goshen College's fundraising efforts.

Box 3 (Large)

Papers include more stewardship writings on stewardship; and Kauffman's datebooks, 1961-94. 

Box 4 (Large)

Institutional Consultations, 1989-92

Directory of Civilian Public Service, May 1941 - March 1947 Revised and updated December 1993.

Name and Subject Tracings

(For Boxes 1-3)

Autobiographies
Civilian Public Service - Camp #26
Goshen College
Hesston College
Mennonite General Conference
Stewardship, Christian

 

February 11, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca Allen
November 25, 2003 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File: "HM1-904.doc"

Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526

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