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Hist. Mss. 1-337
J. C. Wenger Collection, 1910 - 1995
Papers,  1928-1993 (Including Historical Documents, 1710-1949)
55 Boxes (53 Large, 1
Oversize, 1 Restricted)

Table of Contents


    Biographical Sketch                   Page 1
    Series and Box Listing                Page 1
    Administrative Information         Page 2
    Inventory Listing                       Pages 3-82
    Name and Subject Tracings        Page 82

Biographical Sketch


    Bishop;  Professor at Goshen College, Goshen College Biblical Seminary, and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries;  Member, Mennonite Board of Education;  Member, IN/MI Conference Committee;  Member, Mennonite Publishing House Executive Committee;  Associate Editor, The Mennonite Quarterly Review;  Assistant Editor, The Mennonite Encyclopedia;  Moderator, Mennonite General Conference;  President, Mennonite World Conference, Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church, Board Member;  Author.

Series and Box Listing

Series Heading                                 Box Number               Page

Inventory of Boxes 1-27

Curriculum Vitae                               Box 1 (Large)                  3   
Correspondence, 1928-1983               Boxes 1-20 (Large)          3
Data - Organizational materials            Boxes 20-27 (Large)        31   

Inventory of Boxes 28-35

Articles and Manuscripts of J.C. Wenger  Boxes 28-29 (Large)    40
Articles and Manuscripts of others       Boxes 30-31 (Large)        46
Notes as a student                              Boxes 32-33 (Large)        58
Notes as a teacher                              Boxes 34-35 (Large)        61

Inventory of Boxes 36-54

Research Notes, Misc.                        Box 36 (Large)                62
Source materials on History of Mennonites
    in Indiana & Michigan, 1961           Boxes 37-38a & 38b (Large)    64   
Sermon Notes, and Programs, 1911ff  Boxes 39-40 (Large)         70
Family History Materials                     Box 41 (Large)                73

Historical Documents, 1710-1949        Box 41 (Large)               74
Mennonite Yearbooks, 1935-1979       Box 42 (Large)               74
Correspondence, 1985-90                   Boxes 43-45 (Large)       75
Collected Items                                  Box 46     (Large)           77

Lecture Notes, and Programs, 1911ff. Boxes 47-48 (Large)        77
Diaries, 1931-91 (Restricted)              Boxes 49-50 (Large)        77
Autobiography, Collected items, 1972-1993    Box 51 (Large)     78       
Oversize Materials (3 Files)                Box 53, Mapcase Drawer 79

Restricted Correspondence, 1944-84    Box 54 (Restricted File Cab)   81

Administrative Information


    These materials were deposited into the Archives by J. C. Wenger, Goshen, Indiana, from 1964-1994, the bulk of which came in 1980.

    This collection was processed and organized from August 1982 through to June 1985 by Bryan Kehr and Janet Lind, along with Mary Amstutz, Elizabeth Bauman, Arlene Bencer, David Graber, Suzanne Gross, Valerie Gross, Mervin Horst, John Keim, John F. Lapp, Julie Reimer, Paul Reimer, Edmond Springer, Susan Strimple, and Marilyn Voran.  Project Director was Leonard Gross, and this project was made possible with special funding from a Showalter Foundation Grant.

    Inventory updated of Boxes 44-54, 1996-2002, by Dennis Stoesz.  Partial inventory was posted on the Internet in about 1999, and updated by Monica Zimmerman, August 6, 2001.  Entire inventory was typed into the computer by Nelda Nussbaum and Marilyn Voran, and posted on the Internet by Dennis Stoesz in 2006.  This was made possible from a grant from Showalter Foundation.


November 16, 2006 / Posted on Internet,
  made possible by funding of Showalter Foundation.
November 15, 2006 / Updated by Dennis Stoesz
File "Hm1-337 J C Wenger.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen,
1700 S. Main St. Goshen, Indiana 46526


 

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