Historical Committee

Hist. Mss. 1-113
Elvin V. Snyder Collection, 1900-
Papers, 1923-1968
4 boxes (Large)

Biographical Sketch

Elvin V. Snyder was a Missionary to Argentina; a Church worker in South Texas; and worked under the Mennonite board of Missions and Charities in Puerto Rico.

Administrative Information

Collection processed by Bryan Kehr, J. Kevin Miller, Pat Swartzendruber and Ann Weber, October 6, 1983. Update by Monica Zimmerman, July 26, 2001. Series Headings and Box Listing previously typed into computer and posted on Web. Web update on February 22, 2006, by Israel Ditzler.

Series Headings

Box Listing

Note on the arrangement of the collection: Most of the materials in the Elvin V. Snyder Collection have remained in the folders as labeled by Snyder. The arrangement is simply an A - Z data file. Correspondence can be found throughout the materials.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Large)

Argentina Materials A-J

• Annuncios - publicidad
• Argentina Mennonite Convention Programs, 1924-1945
• Argentina Mennonite Convention Minutes, 1923-1947
• Armanio, Elvira - 1941-1946
• Battaglia, Carlos - 1938
• Bender, E. C. - 1941-1943
• Bible Colleges
• Bible School, 1927-1946
• Bible School Library
• Bible Sunday
• Biblical Dramas
• Bottaro, Dullio - 1940
• Camp Amento
• Cavadore, Pablo - 1937-1972
• Cedula de Identidad (Elvin and Maria Snyder identification)
• Choric Reading
• Christmas Programs
• Clippings
• Commission Intermedia Minutes, 1942-1946
• Committee on Cooperation in Latin America, 1932-1949
• Constitutions
• Correspondence, Misc., 1932-1947
• Correspondence, Mae Hershey to Artentine msisionaries, 1931
• Correspondence, Lester T. Hershey trip to Argentina, 1965
• Correspondence, T. K. Harshey to Artentine missionaries, 1930-1940
• Correspondence, W. G. Lauver to Argentine missionaries, 1930-1931
• Correspondence, J. W. Shank to Argentine missionaries, 1931
• Correspondence, Elvin Snyder to Argentine missionaries, 1933
• Correspondence, Elvin Snyder as Secretary for Argentine missionaries, 1933-1934
• Correspondence to MBMC (S. C. Yoder, Sec.) and Argentine missionaries, 1933-1934
• Dehn, Juan Jorge, 1946
• Directories, Missionary, 1929, 1936, 1938
• Durksen, M., 1946
• Escuela Jardin de Infantes, 1938
• Evangelical Conference, 1940
• Evangelical Conference of Churches in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, 1945
• Executive Committee of Argentine missionaries Minutes and Correspondence, 1929-1940
• Financial Statements of the Argentine Mission, 1938-1941
• Fiftieth Anniversary of Mennonites in Argentina, 1969
• Fiftieth Anniversary Booklet, 1969
• Gorjon, Faliciano, 1946
• Harrison, J., 1938-1939
• Hebrew Christian Alliance, 1941
• Hendrickson, Ford, 1938-1939
• Himnos de Alegria
• Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church, 1941-1944 (Misc. re translation)
• Iniciacion de la Obra Evangelica en 30 de Agusto, 1930
• Institutos por Jovenes, 1941-1947
• Junta Directiva de la Convencion Argentina, 1969-1972

Box 2 (Large)

Argentina Materials K-Z

• Lanik, Pedro, 1942
• Luayza, Albano, 1932-1945, 1977
• Litwiller, Nelson
• Memorabilia
• Menno Simons, su Vida y Escritos, Misc. re publication, 1943-1946
• Mennonite Mission Council Minutes (Argentina), 1936-1946
• Mennonite Mission Council Secretary's Reports, 1934-1946
• Mennonite Mission Council Secretary's Reports, 1934-1943
• Mennonite Mission Council Correspondence, 1929-1932
• Miscellaneous Minutes and Reports, 1947-1948
• Missionary Orientation, 1932
• Notes regarding South American Missions Orphanage, 1932-1944
• Orphanage, 1932-1944
• Paloweque, Senorita Carmen, 1938-1947
• Paraguay, Trip to, 1940
• Paraguay, Investigation of New Russian Colonies by T. K. Hershey, 1930
• Pro-Ancianos (Questionnaire)
• Programs, Miscellaneous
• Questionnaire for Foreign Missionaries
• Rest Home Negotiations
• Reunion Celebada, 1939
• Romanenghi, Roberto, 1938-1941
• Sociedad Cristiana de Jovenes, 1930-1942
• Sermon Notes
• Steggerda. Dr. Morris, 1941
• Sunday Schools
• Temas del Esfuerzo Cristiano, 1929-1930
• Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Mennonites in Argentina Committee, 1943-1945
• Vacation Bible School
• Vilela, Ernesto Suarez, 1947-1962
• [La] Voz Menonita, 1944-1947, 1961
• Yoder, S. C., 1936-1944
• Miscellaneous

Puerto Rico Materials A-L

• Agricultural Service Program
• Annual Report of the Puerto Rico Mennonite convention, 1959-1970
• Betania Elementary School, 1964
• Betania Elementary School, School Board, 1955-1958
• Bible Passages (Radio)
• Catalogues, IBM
• Correspondence, La Plata Language School, 1953-1954
• Correspondence, La Plata Language School, 1955-1956
• Correspondence, La Plata Language School, 1957-1959
• Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1960-1964
• Crusade, Billy Graham, 1958
• Cuerpo Ministerial Evangelico de Puerto Rico, 1961
• Evangilico, 1964
• Family Relations Institute, 1960-1961
• Famous Hurricanes
• Fraternidad Evangelica de Pauerto Rico, 1956
• Garcia, Raul
• Graber, J. D.
• "Great" ideas of Man
• Hershey, Lester T.
• JEMP Assembly, 1961-1964
• Journalism (teaching)
• La Junta de Pastores, 1963-1965
• La Plata Elementary School
• La Plata Elementary School, 1955
• La Plata Language School Bulletins, 1952-1957
• La Plata Language School Misc.
• La Plata Mennonite Church, 1956-1957
• Leatherman, David C.
• Literatura Evangelica para America Latina
• Literature: Hispanic American

Box 3 (Large)

• Puerto Rico Materials M-Z
• Mennonite Convention, 1955-1965
• Mennonite General Hospitals in Puerto Rico, 1950-1957
• Miller, George, 1958-1961
• Mennonite Bible Institute, History and Constitutions
• Mennonite Bible Institute Correspondence, 1954-1962
• Mennonite Bible Institute Minutes and notes, 1954-1965
• Mennonite Bible Institute Miscellaneous
• Mennonite Broadcasts, 1960-1963
• Mission Service Treasurer's Reports, 1960-1961
• Menno Travel Service, 1956-1958
• Music, Special
• Ornementacion Casera (home decorating), 1957-1958
• Parent Teacher Organization, 1962
• Pescadores
• Plantification Eclesiastical
• Publications, Miscellaneous
• Puerto Rico, Notes, Clippings, etc.
• Rabanal Church, 1963-1964
• Radio Programs
• Radio Programs, Music
• Radio Programs, Miscellaneous
• Radio, Publication about, 1957
• Sanchez, Sr. Isabel, 1962
• Snyder, Mario and Barbara, 1963-1964
• Spanish Correspondence course (Goshen College), 1960
• Spanish Literature Conference, 1963
• TV - WAPA
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• YMCA - Cayoy
• Yoder, John H., 1961-1968

Texas Materials A-C

• "Accomplices With God," Texas Youth Bible Study Guide by E. V. Snyder
• Alianza Ministerial de Corpus Christis, 1965-1968
• Alice Mennonite Church Council, 1966-1968

Box 4 (Large)

Texas Materials C-Z

• Clippings
• Correspondence, 1948-1953
• Correspondence, 1964-1965
• Correspondence, 1966
• Correspondence, 1967
• Correspondence, 1968
• Correspondence regarding finances, 1965-1968
• Correspondence, Keith Schrag, 1967 (RESTRICTED)
• Echo Valley Camp, 1965-1966
• Minissters meetings, 1965-1968
• Miscellaneous Notes
• Prince of Peace Mennonite Church, 1960-1966
• South Texas Miscellaneous
• Who's Who in Texas Today

Miscellaneous Materials, A-Z

• Cuba Trip, 1963
• Hymnology Project, 1930
• India Mission, 1930
• Mennonite Camping Association
• Roman Catholicism, by Elvin Snyder
• Biography of Joseph Sanderson Trever by Frederic Fadner and Esther M. Brunk Fadner Snyder ca. 1973
• Also 1 oversize folder, a map of Argentina

Subject Tracings

February 22, 2006 / Web update by Israel Ditzler
August 2, 2005 / Updated by Helen Hostetler

File “HM1-113.doc”
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526

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