Hist Mss 1-208
Josephus Wenger Shank (1881-1970)
Papers,
14 Boxes (Green) 1 Folder (Long)
Biographical Sketch
Son of Lewis H. and Mary Wenger Shank. He was the first (Old) Mennonite missionary to go to South America. He remained in South America from 1917-1950. During this time, his first wife, Emma Hershey, died (1939). He later remarried Selena Gamber, who was also working in South America.
Upon their return from South America, J. W. Shank taught at Eastern Mennonite College. Then they helped at the Mennonite Hospital in La Junta, Colorado. They later retired at Showalter Villa, Hesston, Kansas.
Inventory
Box 1 (Green)
Diaries 1908-1943
Box 2 (Green)
Diaries 1944-1959
Box 3 (Green)
Diaries 1960-1970
Box 4 (Green)
Diary Transcripts
Diary Transcripts 1908-1942
Diary Excerpts 1911-1942
Chronology of Events in South America 1917-1933
Summary of Diary Notes 1940-1949
Chaco Diary Notes 1942-1950
Diary Transcripts 1950-1959
Diary Transcripts 1960-1968
Chronology of Events at Showalter Villa, Hesston, Ks 1961-1965
Diary Excerpts 1967 Lewis Shank Diary 1871 & excerpts (2 folders)
Box 5 (green)
Family Correspondence
Shank, Emma - November-December 1911
Shank, Emma - January - April 1912
Shank, Selena - December 1957-February 1958
Shank, Selena - Copies of Letters, December 1957-February 1958
Shank, Selena - February- March 1961
Shank, Selena - April 1961
Shank, Selena - April - June 1961, 1964
Letters to Children 1943-1949
Letters to Children 1953-1961
Letters from Parents 1919-1929
Letters to Family Circle 1924-1935
Letters to Family Circle - Excerpts 1918-1935
Letters with Relatives 1951-1957
Letters with Relatives 1964-1969
Box 6 (Green)
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Argentine Missionaries 1950-1959
Argentine Missionaries Circle Letter 1960-1968
Arguello, Domingo 1955-1969
Bender, E. C. 1942-1949
Buckwalter, Albert & Lois 1951-1969
Buckwalter, Ralph
Executive Committee of Argentine Mission 1943-1948
Gingerich, Melvin 1960
Graber, J. D. 1945-1949
Hershey, T. K. 1948; 1963
Holderman, Calvin 1946-1963
Box 7 (Green)
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Indians in Latin America 1945-1952
Litwiller, Nelson 1943-1965
Luayza, Albano 1951-1970
Mennonite Board of Missions 1962-1970
South America Missionaries 1955-1969
South American Correspondence - Miscellaneous 1949-1969
Swartzendruber, Amos 1942-1949
Trip to U.S.A. 1941
Tuck, John & Edith 1950-1954
Yoder, S.C. 1943-1949; 1960
Miscellaneous Correspondence 1912-1969
Box 8 (Green)
Data Files
Argentine Mennonite Church - 50th Anniversary Clippings
Argentine Mennonite Church - 50th Anniversary Speeches
Bible Studies
Biography of J. W. Shank by Doris Snyder
Book Reviews
Capital Punishment
Catholicism
Christian Doctrine (Spanish Translation)
Christianity and Cults
Clippings - Gospel Herald
Clippings - Spanish
Clippings - Miscellaneous
Guest Lists & Family Visits
Family History Material
Hesston Mennonite Church
Lessons for Converts
Box 9 (Green)
Data Files
Listings of Gospel Herald Articles on South America
Maps - Lancaster County Mennonites
Maps - Latin America
Mission Beginnings in the Mennonite Church
My Vision of the Future by Daniel Kauffman
New York City Mission Tour - Report 1954
New Tribes Mission 1961
Notes - Argentine Presidents
Notes - Driver, John "Juan de Valdes"
Notes - Mormonism
Notes - Readings
Notes - South American Indians (2 folders)
Box 10 (Green)
Data Files
Notes - Miscellaneous
Obituaries
Programs
Race Relations
Revised Standard Version
Snakes
Songs & Poems
Lecture Notes
From Malachi to Matthew
Matthew
Missionary Methods 1952
Missions Course (Spanish)
Religious Education (Spanish )
South American Mission Experience
Spanish Classes
Spanish Literature
Study of Isaiah
Miscellaneous - Given in Puerto Rico
Miscellaneous
Box 11 (Green)
Sermon Notes & Articles
Mission Sermon Notes
Miscellaneous Sermon Notes - English
Miscellaneous Sermon Notes - Spanish
Sermon Notes & Index 1951-1963
Articles (2 folders)
Indexed Articles
Articles on Indians
My Life Work, and Why?
Notes on my Personal History
Published Articles on South America
Songs
Box 12 (Green)
Writings by J.W. Shank
Autobiographical Notes on the Life
on J. W. Shank
Establishing Christ's Church under the Southern Cross
Memories of Three Decades in South America, 1917-1950
Box 13 (Green)
Bethany Biblical Seminary
Thesis for B. D. - "Central Argentina as a Background for Christian Evangelism"
Notes from Class
Report Card, Diploma & Memorabilia
South American Tour
Diaries from Argentine Trips, 1918; 1957-1958
Loewen, Jacob - Report on Toba Indians of the Argentine Chaco 1964
Nam Cum Mission, Chaco - Reports 1943-1949
Seeing South America
Shank, J. W. & D. Parke Lantz - Paraguay Report 1941
Solicitations for Mission Funds 1912-1913
Testimonies of Argentine Friends
Box 14 (Green)
Memorabilia & Miscellaneous Pamphlets
Memorabilia
Pamphlets - English Tracts
Pamphlets - Evangelical Church of Pehuajo
Pamphlets - Home Bible Studies Course
Pamphlets - Mennonite Biblical Institute (Bragado) Yearbook 1947
Pamphlets - Mennonite , General
Pamphlets - South America
Pamphlets - Miscellaneous
1 Folder (Long) (housed with small collection)
Argentine Mennonite Conference - Minutes 1968-1969
Subject Tracings
Argentina Passim
Buckwalter, Albert & Lois 6/5
Missions - Argentina Passim
Missions - Toba Indians Passim
Shank Family 8/15
May 3, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 3, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
February 23, 2001 / Typed into computer and posted on web by Erin Wilson
November 12, 1986 / Processed by Sharon Klingelsmith, Rachel Shenk and Jeanne Liechty
File "Hm1-208.doc"
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