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Hist Mss 1-422
Paul Lederach Collection
Papers,
contained in 2 Boxes (Large)

Introduction

Boxes 1 and 2 consist of Mennonite Youth Research papers. The survey was conducted 1968-1969. The purpose was to find out what the youth were thinking, how adults perceived what youth were thinking, and how the Church could then better educate its beliefs to the youth.

Inventory

Box 1 (Large)

Short answer questionnaires - Youth divided into 14 folders by number from #25793 to 36988 (not all #'s accounted for.) Approximately 1/3 of box.

Short answer questionnaires - Adults divided into 8 folder by number from 25792 36999 (not all numbers accounted for.) About ¼ Box.
Correspondence
1968
1969
1970
Strommen, Merton, 1968-71
Youth Profile Mailing
Youth Service Office
Interviews
List of Interviewers
Bender, Paul
Erb, Fred
Horst, Ray
Hackman, Walter
Lederach, Paul
Liechty, Russ
Mishler, Dorsa
Nusbaum, Elton
Peachy, Lorne
Peachy, Mark, & Richard Showalter
Schwartzentruber, Milton
Smith, Ken
Smoker, Art
Thiessen, John
Yoder, Lee
Responses - Negative
Responses - Miscellaneous
Minutes - Research Coordinating
Subcommittee, 1968-69
Reports
Mennonite Youth Research
Final Report, May 1969
Miscellaneous 6-20-69
"Mennonite Youth" book report form

Box 2 (Large)
Data File
Brochures
Brochures - Mennonite Youth Research publishing layout (legal)
Census - High School age
Clippings
Congregations Participating
Congregational Service
Index to Congregations
Mailing List of Conference Data
Paper - Goshen College Sociology Class, 1968
Research Proposal, 1968
Research Visit - Forms
" " - Manual
" " - Questionnaires
Scales - Validity
Youth Survey - Question Evaluation
Youth Research Survey - Percentages
" " " - Samples
" " " - Booklet, 1966
" " " - Notes
Congregational Results
#591-592
#593-594
#606
#683-685
#9021-9023
#9116
#9117
#9118
#9119
Youth Research Center
Church Youth Research
Manual - Lutheran Youth Research Youth Inventory
Profile Study
"Toward Identifying the Criteria of an Effective Leader", Strommen
Youth Research Survey - Manual
" " " - Booklets, 1969
" " " - Book 1
" " " - Data
Congregational Reports
Listings, #1-25
" #26-60
" #61-85
Interviews, #1-25
" #26-60
" #61-85
Lancaster Conference Youth Survey (Legal)
Miscellaneous



April 29, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 7, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
March 26, 2001 / Typed into computer and posted on web by Erin Wilson
File "Hm1-422.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526

 

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