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Hist. Mss. 1-300
Harold L. Swartzendruber, 1924 -
Papers 1957-62, 2003
3 Files,  (Small Archives Collection)


Biographical Sketch

1924    Born, January 1, Manson, Iowa, spent his growing up years there.

1941    Graduated from Manson High School

1944    November, went into Civilian Public Service at Downey Idaho.

1947    May, married Lucile Graber in Goshen Indiana

1947    Fall, enrolled at Goshen College, part time work with MMA

1951-1978   MMA employment

Administrative Information

    The Christmas letters were deposited into the archives in 1964 by Nelson Springer, Goshen, Indiana.  Harold L. Swartzendruber deposited his autobiography in 2003.

Inventory Listing
3 Files (Small Collection)

1/1    Christmas Letters, 1957, 1961, 1962

1/2    Autobiography, 2003 “An Autobiography by Harold Leon Swartzendruber, While the Corn Grew…Water Flowed Over the Dam”, August 2003, 185 pages, plus Prologue, Introduction, Acknowledgements and Index.

1/3       Menno Travel Service beginnings, February 2002    

Name and Subject Tracings

Anabaptist Brethren Agency  (ABA)
Association of Mennonite Aid Societies (AMAS)
Civilian Public Service
Goshen College
Graber Swartzendruber, Lucile
Menno Travel Service Goshen, Indiana  (MTS)
Menno Travel Service, Akron, Pennsylvania  (MTS)
Mennonite Indemnity, INC.  (MII)
Mennonite Mutual Aid  (MMA)
Mennonites – Iowa
Mutual Aid eXchange (MAX)
Swartzendruber, Harold L., 1924-


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February 7, 2005/ Reformatted and posted on the Web by Martha Miller
July 20, 2004 / Inventory by Marilyn Voran / File: “Hm1-1-300 Harold L. Swartzendruber.doc”
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526




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