I. General Conference 1859-1969
A. Board of Missions
10. Taiwan
a. Inter-field files 1954-1969 (1 cu. ft.)
b. Field files 1954-1972 (6.6 cu. ft.)
c. Clippings 1960s and 1970s (3 cu. ft.)
d. 1953-1969 (.6 cu. ft.) (These are files that were transferred to the MLA at various times before 1994. Apparently these items never got incorporated into any regular filing system of the Board of Missions.)
e. Cash disbursements and receipts 1966-1970 (.5 cu. ft.)
Total volume: 11.8 cu. ft.
MLA.I.A.10.a Board of Missions Taiwan inter-field files 1954-1969
Box Folder Contents
Field correspondence
1 1 William C. Voth (chairman) 1955
2 William C. Voth (chairman) 1956
3 Roland Brown and Hugh Sprunger (treasurer) 1956
4 William C. Voth and Hugh Sprunger (chairman) 1957
5 Hugh Sprunger and Johan N. Vandenberg (treasurer) 1957
6 Miscellaneous (undated) 1957
7 Hugh Sprunger (chairman) 1958
8 Johan N. Vandenberg (treasurer) 1958
9 Hugh Sprunger (chairman) 1959
10 Johan N. Vandenberg (treasurer) 1959
11 Glen Graber (chairman) 1960
12 Johan N. Vandenberg and Esther Mae Andres (treasurer) 1960
13 Glen Graber and Peter Kehler (chairman) 1961
2 14 Esther Mae Andres (treasurer) 1961
15 Peter Kehler (chairman) 1962
16 Esther Mae Andres and Hugh Sprunger (treasurer) 1962
17 Peter Kehler and Roland Brown (chairman) 1963
18 Hugh Sprunger (treasurer) 1963
19 Roland Brown (chairman) 1964
20 Hugh Sprunger (treasurer) 1964
21 Milk feeding program, January-March 1964
22 Sprunger’s stolen check, October 1964-January 1965
23 Roland Brown and Johan N. Vandenberg (chairman) 1965
3 24 Hugh Sprunger (treasurer) 1965
25 Johan N. Vandenberg (chairman) 1966
26 Hugh Sprunger, Al Friesen, and Loren Reusser (treasurer) 1966
Other correspondence
27 Bo-Ai Jye church (Palmer Becker) 1960-1964
28 Hwalien-Meilun evangelistic workers’ meetings and conferences 1957-1960
29 Meilun church 1962-1963
30 Mennonite Central Committee 1954-1955
31 Mennonite Central Committee 1956
32 Mennonite Central Committee 1957
33 Mennonite Central Committee 1958-1959
34 Mennonite Central Committee - relief supplies 1958-1961
35 Miscellaneous
36 Radio 1961-1962; and Students from Taiwan in Mennonite schools 1959
37 Winter Bible school - Meilun and Hwalien 1961-1963
38 Yu Shan Agricultural Training Center and Yu Shan Theological Institute 1960-1961
39 Yu Shan Agricultural Training Center and Yu Shan Theological Institute 1964-1965
40 Yu Shan Agricultural Training Center and Yu Shan Theological Institute 1966-1967
41 Yu Shan Agricultural Training Center and Yu Shan Theological Institute 1968
3 42 Yu Shan Agricultural Training Center and Yu Shan Theological Institute 1969
MLA.I.A.10.b Board of Missions Taiwan field files 1954-1972
(processed by David A. Haury, January 1986)
Box Folder Contents
1 1 Asia Mennonite Conference 1969-1971
2 Asia - Southeast Asia correspondence 1968
3 Asia - Southeast Asia correspondence 1969
4 Asia - Southeast Asia correspondence 1970
5 Bartel, George and Hilda
6 Bookstore - Audio visual 1965
7 Bookstore - Contracts and policy
8 Bookstore - correspondence 1959-1960
9 Bookstore - correspondence 1961
10 Bookstore - correspondence 1962
11 Bookstore - correspondence 1963
12 Bookstore - correspondence 1964
13 Bookstore - correspondence 1965
14 Bookstore - correspondence 1966-1969
15 Board of Christian Service 1967
16 Board of Christian Service 1968
2 17 Cables 1954-1972
18 China Sunday School Association 1964-1966
19 Christ’s College 1962-1967
20 Claassen, Elwin and Vonnie, 1970-1974
21 Early policy for workers 1958
22 Enns, Madeleine, 1970-1972
23 Evangelical Committee correspondence 1961-1963
24 Evangelical Committee correspondence 1964
25 Evangelical Committee correspondence 1970-1972
26 Evangelical Committee correspondence 1972
27 Evangelical Committee correspondence 1973
28 Executive Committee correspondence 1955-1959
29 Executive Committee correspondence 1960-1964
30 Executive Committee correspondence 1965
31 Executive Committee correspondence 1966
3 32 Executive Committee correspondence, January-April 1966
33 Executive Committee correspondence, May-December 1966
34 Executive Committee correspondence, January-June 1967
35 Executive Committee correspondence, July-December 1967
36 Executive Committee correspondence, January-April 1968
37 Executive Committee correspondence, May-December 1968
38 Executive Committee correspondence 1969
39 Executive Committee correspondence, January-July 1969
40 Executive Committee correspondence, August-December 1969
41 Executive Committee correspondence 1968-1970
4 42 Executive Committee correspondence 1970
43 Executive Committee correspondence 1970-1973
44 Executive Committee correspondence 1971-1972
4 45 Expo ‘70 - Tour #1, 1969-1970
46 Expo ‘70 - Tour #2, 1969-1971
47 Expo ‘70
48 Field correspondence 1963-1965
49 Field correspondence 1966-1967
50 First Century Movement 1965
51 Financial 1955
5 52 Financial 1956
53 Financial 1956
54 Financial 1956-1959
55 Financial 1956-1966
56 Financial 1956-1966
57 Financial 1957
58 Financial 1958
59 Financial 1959
6 60 Financial 1960
61 Financial 1960-1969
62 Financial 1961
63 Financial 1962
64 Financial 1963
65 Financial 1964
66 Financial 1965
67 Financial 1966
68 Financial 1966
69 Financial 1967
70 Financial 1968
7 71 Financial 1969-1973
72 Financial 1970-1972
73 Financial, January-June 1971
74 Financial, July-December 1971
75 Financial 1971
76 Financial 1971-1973
77 Financial 1972
78 Financial - Anywhere USA NT Board 1967-1969
79 Financial - Bank correspondence 1957-1968
80 Financial - Bank statements NT 1967-1968
81 Financial - Bank statements NT 1972
82 Financial - Bank statements US 1957-1968
83 Financial - Bank statements US 1972
8 84 Financial - Bookstore 1960-1969
85 Financial - Evangelical Committee account 1966-1969
86 Financial - Land Rover imports 1965-1967
87 Financial - Ma-Na and FOMCIT
88 Financial - Mennonite Christian Hospital 1956-1965
89 Financial - Mennonite Christian Hospital 1957
90 Financial - Mennonite Christian Hospital 1972
8 91 Financial - Mennonite Christian Hospital - statements 1966
92 Financial - Mennonite Christian Hospital - statements 1967
93 Financial - Mennonite Christian Hospital - statements 1968
94 Financial - Petty cash 1967-1968
95 Financial - Petty cash 1969
96 Financial - Petty cash 1972
97 Financial - Quarterly remittances 1966-1968
98 Financial - Proposed budget 1967
99 Financial - Special project 1960-1966
9 100 Financial - Taiwan Christian Service 1963-1964
101 Financial - Taiwan Christian Service 1965-1973
102 Financial - Voluntary service 1966
103 Financial - Voluntary service 1967
104 Financial - Voluntary service 1967
105 Financial - Voluntary service 1968
106 FOMCIT minutes 1971-1972
107 Foreign correspondence 1970-1971
108 Furniture Committee 1959-1964
109 Furniture Committee chairman 1966-1967
10 110 Government 1969-1972
111 Habegger/Unruh schedule 1972
112 Higher education consultation 1967
113 Hildebrandt, Dick and Margaret, 1971-1973
114 Hualien Christian School 1968-1972
115 Hualien Christian School 1972
116 Hunsberger, Merrill and Mable, 1970
117 Interdenominational relationships and cooperation 1965-1966
118 International workcamp 1966-1967
119 International workcamp 1967-1968
120 International workcamp 1969
121 International workcamp 1970
122 International workcamp 1972
123 Krehbiel, Beth Anne, 1973
124 Language Committee 1964-1973
125 Lin Sin Lo church - tenth anniversary booklet
126 Local mission 1957-1958
127 Local mission - Hualien 1967
128 Local mission - Hualien 1968
11 129 Local mission - Hualien 1969
130 Local mission - Hualien 1972
131 Local mission - Taichung 1967
132 Local mission - Taichung 1968
133 Local mission - Taichung 1969
134 Local mission - Taichung 1970
135 Local mission - Taichung 1971-1972
136 Local mission - Taipei 1966
137 Local mission - Taipei 1967
11 138 Local mission - Taipei 1968
139 Local mission - Taipei 1969-1970
140 Local mission - Taipei 1971-1972
141 Mennonite Central Committee 1972
12 142 Mennonite Central Committee 1966
143 Mennonite Central Committee - Trainee program 1970-1972
144 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Annual reports 1954-1963
145 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Annual reports 1964-1971
146 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Annual reports 1972-1976
147 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Department head meeting 1969-1972
148 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Evangelical Committee minutes 1960
149 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Gifts correspondence 1971-1972
150 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Hospital shipments 1971-1972
151 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Medical Board 1969-1972
152 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Medical Board, January-June 1973
13 153 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Medical Board, July-December 1973
154 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Medical Board minutes 1958-1968
155 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Medical Board minutes 1969-1971
156 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Miscellaneous 1969-1972
157 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Miscellaneous reports 1970-1972
158 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Project application 1967 (see also “box” 21)
159 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Summary reports 1957-1967
160 Menno Travel Service 1971-1973
161 Menno Travel Service - Mission study tour 1969
162 Mennonite World Conference correspondence 1970
163 Miscellaneous correspondence 1966-1967
14 164 Miscellaneous correspondence 1971-1973
165 Miscellaneous reports 1960-1965
166 Miscellaneous committee minutes 1968-1972
167 Mission correspondence 1967-1971
168 Mission house dedication service 1970
169 Mobile clinic 1957
170 Morrison Academy 1966
171 Morrison Academy 1970-1972
172 News releases 1964-1971
173 News services 1964-1972
174 Non-mission related correspondence 1967-1969
175 Other organizations - correspondence 1967-1970
176 Other organizations - correspondence 1954-1967
15 177 Overseas correspondence 1969-1972
178 Overseas correspondence 1972
179 Passport and visa application 1966-1970
180 Personnel Committee 1965-1970
181 Personnel Committee 1965
182 Personnel Committee 1966
183 Personnel Committee 1967-1970
15 184 Poverty Fund 1971-1972
185 Property Committee correspondence 1961-1971
186 Property Committee correspondence 1964-1972
187 Property Committee correspondence 1964
188 Property Committee correspondence 1965
189 Property Committee correspondence 1966
190 Property Committee correspondence 1967
191 Property Committee correspondence 1970-1972
192 Property Committee information 1970
193 Property Committee minutes 1962-1972
16 194 Property Committee miscellaneous 1962-1968
195 Publicity Committee 1958-1965
196 Publicity Committee 1958-1972
197 Publicity Committee 1966-1968
198 Publicity Committee 1969-1973
199 Publicity Committee - Taiwan Home Bond 1954-1972
200 Quarterly reports 1954-1956
201 Quarterly reports 1957-1958
202 Quarterly reports 1959-1960
203 Quarterly reports 1960-1962
204 Quarterly reports 1962
205 Quarterly reports 1963
206 Quarterly reports 1964
207 Quarterly reports 1966
17 208 Quarterly reports 1967
209 Quarterly reports 1968
210 Radio listener correspondence 1961-1963
211 “Response 12,” 1972
212 Reusser, Loren, 1974
213 Ramseyer, Robert, 1969-1970
214 Senner, Edward, 1962-1968
215 Schowalter Foundation 1966-1967
216 Siemens, Bill and Elsie, 1970-1972
217 Stolifer, Albert and Lois, 1969-1971
218 Survey of Christian medical program in Taiwan 1967
219 Taipei area business 1966-1967
220 Taipei Language Institute 1969-1970
221 Taipei Language Institute 1969-1972
222 Taipei Language Institute 1971-1972
223 Taipei Language Institute 1970-1973
224 Taroko Community Development Program 1971
18 225 Taroko Community Development Program 1972
226 Taroko Community Development Program 1973
227 Taiwan Christian Service - Executive Committee 1963-1965
228 Taiwan Christian Service - Executive Committee 1966-1973
229 Taiwan Christian Service - Executive Committee minutes 1963-1964
230 Taiwan Christian Service - Executive Committee minutes 1964-1967
18 231 Taiwan Christian Service - Executive Committee minutes 1968-1973
19 232 Taiwan Christian Service - Organization 1954-1972
233 Taiwan Christian Service - Projects and programs 1954-1972
234 Taiwan Christian Service - Social and Economic Services Department 1954-1972
235 Ten-year booklet 1963
236 Travel arrangements 1959-1972
237 Tribal work
238 USA trip 1965-1966
239 Voluntary service correspondence 1965-1967
240 Voluntary service correspondence 1966
241 Voluntary service correspondence 1968
242 Voluntary service personnel A-P 1954-1972
243 Voluntary service personnel Q-Z 1954-1972
244 Voluntary service personnel - Nussbaum, Karen, 1968-1970
245 Voluntary service personnel - Pauls, Mary, 1969-1971
246 Voluntary service personnel - Rumer, Elizabeth, 1968-1970
247 Voluntary service personnel - Senner, Edward 1969-1970
Appendix (added 15 July 1992)
20 248 Christian Yearbook of Taiwan, Centennial Edition 1965
249 Financial - Account book 1955-1957
250 Financial - Account book 1973-1975
251 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Ten-Year Plan 1973
252 Taiwan Christian Service - Annual reports 1967-1971
253 Taiwan Christian Service - Annual report 1972
“21" - Blueprints pulled from folder 158
MLA.I.A.10.c Board of Missions Taiwan clippings, 1960s and 1970s
Box Folder Contents
Note: A number of folders have original correspondence rather than only clippings and printed matter.
1 1 AIO Comment: China Briefing
2 Asia Magazine/China Post (2 folders with same number)
3 Asia Mennonite Conference
4 Asian Report (2 folders with same number)
5 Booklets/posters (2 folders with same number)
6 Challenger
7 China - CIM (Council of International Ministries)
8 China and the Church Today
9 China News
10 China News and Views
11 Chinese Around the World
12 Christianity in Asia - clippings
13 Christianity in China - clippings (2 folders with same number)
14 Christianity in Taiwan - clippings (2 folders with same number)
15 Church bulletins (2 folders with same number)
15a Church growth
16 Church in China (2 folders with same number)
17 Evangelism - clippings (2 folders with same number)
2 18 FOMCIT (Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan) - Minutes, reports, correspondence (2 folders with same number)
19 FOMCIT (Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan) - Reports and membership data (2 folders with same number)
20 GPS (Goals, Priorities, Strategy) conference (2 folders with same number)
21 JPB (Juridical Person Board) and Mennonite Christian Hospital
22 LWF (Lutheran World Federation) Marxism and China Study Information Letter
23 Milligan Missiogram
24 Pray for China Fellowship Bulletin
25 Mennonite Christian Hospital - Minutes, correspondence
26 Missions - clippings (2 folders with same number)
27 Missions - clippings
28 Mission methods - clippings
29 Mission problems - clippings (3 folders with same number)
30 Missionaries - clippings (2 folders with same number)
3 31 Taiwan Church Growth Bulletin
32 Taiwan church materials - general
33 Taiwan General Conference church - minutes
34 Taiwan - guide books
35 Taiwan Ladies Choir trip to Wichita 1978
36 Taiwan Mennonite Church - clippings (2 folders with same number)
37 Taiwan mission orientation materials
38 Taiwan publicity materials
39 Taiwan wedding invitations
49 Theological Education, Committee for (2 folders with same number)
3 41 Theological Education, Committee for (2 folders with same number)
42 Watchman on the Great Wall
43 Yi-China Message
MLA.I.A.10.d Taiwan files 1953-1969
Box Folder Contents
1 1 Correspondence 1953-1960
2 Correspondence 1953-1960
3 Correspondence 1953-1960
4 Correspondence 1953-1960
5 Mennonite Christian Hospital annual reports 1954-1964 (missing 1954 (1st annual), 1959, 1960)
6 Mennonite Christian Hospital annual reports 1965-1969
2 7 Minutes 1955-1963
8 Minutes 1954-1959 (bound volume)
9 Quemoi war pictures, J. N. and Martha Vandenberg
10 Book, Report on the Control of the Aborigines in Formosa (Taihoku, Formosa: Bureau of Aboriginal Affairs, 1911)
MLA.I.A.10.e Cash disbursements and receipts 1966-1970
Box Folder Contents
1 1 Cash disbursements and receipts 1966-1970 (record book)