I.            General Conference 1859-1969

              D.          The Mennonite

                            1.           1945-1971 (1.6 cu. ft.)

Note: Most of the papers relating to The Mennonite between 1961 and 1971 (while Maynard Shelly was editor) were integrated by the General Conference office into the general files of the Board of Education and Publication. See the finding aid for the Board of Education and Publication series to find these materials.

MLA.I.D.1 The Mennonite 1945-1971

Box       Folder                 Contents

 1             1                        Arena survey 1970

                2a                        Book reviews 1955-1960

                2b                       Book reviews 1957-1961

                3                         Centennial study conference 1960

                4                         Christian Education in the General Conference - interview 1963

                5                         Church record 1962-1969

                6                         Directories 1966-1971

                7                         District insert proposal 1963

                8                         Employees Manual for the General Conference 1960

                9a                        Estes Park - General Conference sessions 1968

                9b                       Estes Park - General Conference sessions 1968

               10                        Garden church - concerns about the General Conference 1969

               11                        Handout - short story 1971

               12                        Hattiesburg minister's project

               13                        Letter to VSers 1969

               14                        The Mennonite - articles 1965

               15                        The Mennonite - church paper survey 1970

               16                        The Mennonite - consultation 1969

               17                        The Mennonite - correspondence 1958-1968

               18                        The Mennonite - correspondents 1966-1971

               19                        The Mennonite - issues of, 1931-1964

 2             20                       The Mennonite - list of articles 1945-1965

               21                        The Mennonite - minister's survey 1963

               22                        The Mennonite - negatives

               23                        The Mennonite - reader's survey, April 23, 1963

               24                        The Mennonite - reader's survey, April 30, 1963

               25                        The Mennonite - reader's survey, May 7, 1963

               26a                       The Mennonite - reader's survey - tabulation of three spring surveys 1963

               26b                      The Mennonite - reader's survey - tabulation of three spring surveys 1963

               27                        The Mennonite - reader's survey, October 8, 1963

               28                        The Mennonite - reader's survey - tabulation of four surveys 1963

               29                        Mennonite editors' meeting 1971

               30                        Mennonite News Service 1963

               31                        Mennonites - papers, articles 1971

               32                        Overseas missionaries 1971

               33                        Papers 1969-1971

               34                        Peace seminar 1963

               35                        Presidential poll 1964

               36                        Report - Mennonite World Conference Presidium meeting, Mennonite Brethren conference 1969

               37                        Vocational interest 1958

               38                        "War Taxes and the Christian Response" - paper 1968

               39                        "We Are Pilgrims" - filmstrip script

               40                        Writing

               41                        Zion Mennonite Church building plans

 3                                         The papers in boxes 3 and 4 relate primarily to the period 1956-1963 and mainly consist of the correspondence of J. N. Smucker.

                                           General correspondence - J. N. Smucker

 3             1                        1949-1955

                2                         January-May 1956

                3                         June-December 1956

                4                         1957

                5                         1958

                6                         January-June 1959

                7                         July-December 1959

 4             8                        January-June 1960

                9                         July 1960-January 1961

                                           Correspondence - miscellaneous

               10                        Art requests

               11                        Associate editors

               12                        Claassen, Willard K.

               13                        Critical letters

               14                        Fretz, J. Winfield

               15                        Goering, Erwin C.

               16                        MCC

               17                        Shelly, Andrew

               18                        Shelly, Maynard

               19                        Thiessen, Muriel (youth editor)

                                           Miscellaneous papers

               20                        Minutes of associate editors

               21                        Leadership leads

               22                        Miscellaneous memos and reports - Every Home Plan

               23                        Ecumenical coverage

               24                        News content analysis - Walter Wiebe

 5                                         The papers in box 5 (except for the appendix) relate to the period 1945-1957 and came from the Board of Education and Publication files.

               25                        Anonymous letters

               26                        Critical letters

               27                        Every Home Plan

               28                        History

               29                        Philosophy

               30                        Readers' reaction

               31                        Reports to Publication Board by editor

               32                        Study

               33                        Survey of reader interest

                                           Appendix (added 2 November 1992)

 5             34                       "How Mennonites Read The Mennonite: A Report on Four Surveys of Readers in 1963," 1965