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Hist. Mss. 1-110
David A. and Wilma Edith (Hollopeter) Shank Collection
Records, 1943-95
15 Boxes (9 Green, 6 Large)
Restricted


Introduction

These papers were transferred to the Archives by David A. Shank from 1973-76, in 1985 and 1987, and from 1990-95. Collection may be used with consent of David A. Shank.

Inventory

Boxes 1-9 (Green)
Correspondence, reports, manuscripts, papers, etc., dating from 1943-60, have been organized and labelled, but file folder titles have not been listed.

Box 1 (Green) Correspondence

Family letters 1943
Family letters 1944
1945
Family letters 1945-46
Class of 1946 letter, 1949
A - 1950-1955
Form letters 1950-54
Concern - 1950-55
Concern #2 - 1950-55
B - 1950-55
Ernest Bennett - 1950-55
C - 1950-55
Centre Evangelique D'Information
D-E - 1950-55
Eglise Evangelique de Bruzelles - 1950-55
F-H - 1950-55

Box 2 (Green) Correspondence

Orley Swartzentruber 1950-55
John H. Yoder 1950-55
T - 1950-55
J.D. Graber - 1950-51
J.D. Graber - 1952-53
J.D. Graber 1954-55
Levi Hartler - 1950-55
Andre Van der Mensbrugghe
K-L - 1950-55
M-N - 1950-55
O-S - 1950-55
W-Z - 1950-55
1954-1955 Unsigned

Box 3 (Green)

Peace Witness
Peace Team (Vesper Quartet) 1948-49
Dennison, Iowa

Belgian Witness
Displaced persons in Belgium
Filed Report of Belgium 1951
Monthly Activities Report January 1952
European Mennonite Bible School
Jules Lambotte
Andrew Van Der Mensbrugghe
Roger Rimbert

Box 4 (Green) Algerian Correspondence

Manuscripts and Papers
"Anabaptism, An Interpretation"
Anabaptist Material in Gospel Herald
Debate: de Rore and Corneille
Dortrecht Confession
Occupations of Mennonite Men
"A Peace to End All Wars"
The Shorter Catechism
Sleeping Preacher - Kauffman
"Who Will Answer"
Words

Box 5 (Green) Algerian Correspondence

January -June 1958
July - December 1958
1954-1955
1956
1957
1959-60

Box 6 (Green) General Correspondence

MCC - MRC
Immigration - D.P.'s
Italian Evangelism Community
Pierre Widmer
1948-51
1954-56
1957
1958-59

Box 7 (Green) General Correspondence

1958
1959
1960

Box 8 (Green)

Conseil Eurpeen de la Mission 1956-59

Mennonite Relief Committee
Relief Calls
Reconstruction Unit
Ministry of Reconstruction - Agreements
Ministry of Reconstruction
Ministre de l'interieur
Cooperative des Sinistres de Haute Gelgique

Box 9 (Green)

"A Time of Loss and a Time for Repentance" A review of Kingdom, Cross and Community by Burkholder, Richard and Redekop
Letter to Assembly Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana, Jan 5, 1984
Bulletins of Rixensart Church, Belgium
Goshen College Standards of Life
Chinese Missionaries
Sarin (lethal chemicals)
Intineraire and family correspondence

Miscellaneous
Newsletter (Brussels)
Poughkeepsie CPS Unit; misc.
Poughkeepsie Unit the "May 15" Situation
Misc. Programs

Box 10 (Large)
CPS Diary, 1943, by Rik
Diary (photocopy) of December 1943, 4 pages, from Rik, who served at the CPS Camp #35, North
Fork, California, in 1943. Original diary is a part of the Socialist Party of America Collection, Duke University.
Papers, including correspondence, books, periodicals, pamphlets, articles, 1930-90

Box 11 (Large)
Papers, including mostly periodicals, books and pamphlets, 1930-90

Box 12 (Large)
Papers, including clippings (1900s) and church bulletins, booklets, clippings, newsletters, etc, circa
1945-77, as well as some correspondence from Lydia F. (Shenk) Shank (Mrs. C.L. Shank).

Worship Service Record Book, 1947
Record of sermons preached during the first half of the year 1947 at the Bethel Mennonite Church,
Wadsworth, Ohio. Ministers were J. Robert Kreider and S.D. Rohrer. Record kept by Wilma Hollopeter.

Box 13 (Large)
Papers, 1940s-1990s, including Goshen College's YPCA Handbook, 1943-44; Jacyo History Booklet, 1968-88; Booklet on Harold and Wilma Good Library, Goshen College; Goshen College Christmas record, 1978; photo of Herb and Dorothy Yoder family, ca. 1958; and other materials related to Shank's involvement in church and community.


Box 14 (Large)
Papers, 1940s-90s (Bulk, 1990s)

Box 15 (Large)
Papers, 1940s-90s (Bulk, 1990s)

 
Name and Subject Tracings
(For Boxes 1-9)

Algeria-Missions
Belgium-Missions
Mennonite Relief Committee
Peace Witness


May 3, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
July 26, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
Previously posted on web
January 9, 1997 / Updated by Nancy Nussbaum
November 22, 1995 / Processed and typed by Dennis Stoesz
File: "HM1-110.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Mai St., Goshen, IN 46526

 

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