I.            General Conference 1859-1969

              I.            Executive secretary

                            1.           1943-1950 (7.75 cu. ft.)

On July 18, 1943, the Krehbiel Building, donated by Eva Krehbiel Leisy, at 722 Main Street, Newton, Kansas, was dedicated as the General Conference headquarters building. P. A. Penner, a retired missionary from India, served as the first office manager, and this series contains his files (August 1943 to March 1946) and those of his successor, Walter H. Dyck (April 1946 to June 1950). Thus this series consists of the first centralized records of the General Conference. During Dyck’s administration, the title of Executive Secretary replaced Office Manager.

The series consists almost entirely of the correspondence between the office manager and General Conference committees, boards, and congregations. There is also a smaller quantity of correspondence with external organizations.

Several items are of special interest. P. A. Penner served as treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions, and folders 71-80 contain his correspondence with overseas missionaries. Many of the General Conference’s financial records and office reports for this period are also cataloged as “Office Records.”

Walter Dyck served on the Western District Peace Committee during World War II and continued his extensive efforts in this capacity while office manager. His personal correspondence thus became integrated with the General Conference’s files. The records include a complete tabulation of the Mennonite draftees and Peace Certificates issued in each Western District congregation during World War II.

                            2.           1950-1966 (10 cu. ft.)

                            3.           1967-1968 (2 cu. ft.)

                            4.           1966-1969 (.6 cu. ft.)

(This subseries is apparently stray records that did not come in to the MLA along with the other files of the proper time period.)

                            5.           Minutes and correspondence from various committees and boards (administrative and otherwise) 1945-1964, also papers related to office building 1945-1950 (1 cu. ft.)

                            6.           Minutes and correspondence from various committees and boards 1950-1977 (1.6 cu. ft.)

                            7.           Canadian reports and minutes 1962-1970 (.45 cu. ft.)

                            [8.          Miscellaneous minutes, printed matter, etc. 1935-1995] [shifted to MLA.VII.I.30 since most of it is post-1970]

                            9.           1953 correspondence concerning tax exemption (.15 cu. ft.) (transferred 22 Dec 2010)




Note: The executive secretary (at first called office manager) must be distinguished from the conference secretary position (series MLA.I.J). The conference secretary is an elected conference officer. The executive secretary was a hired staff person, an employee of the conference, not an elected officer.




Total volume: 23.55 cu. ft.



MLA.I.I.1 Executive secretary 1943-1950


Box       Folder                 Contents


 1             1                        Algemeene Doopsgezinde Societeit, Amsterdam

                2                         American Bible Society

                3                         American Council of Churches

                4                         Applications for membership 1941

                5                         Applications for membership 1945

                6                         Applications for membership 1947

                7                         Articles of faith

                8                         Berean Christian Laymen’s Organization

                9                         Bethel College proxies 1953

               10                        Bible correspondence courses - Goshen

               11                        Board of Education correspondence 1944-1947

               12                        Board of Education correspondence 1948-1950

               13                        Board of Foreign Missions - American Mission to Lepers correspondence 1943-1949

               14                        Board of Foreign Missions - Annuity plans 1943

               15                        Board of Foreign Missions - Budget reports 1947-1948


 2             16                       Board of Foreign Missions - Canadian receipts 1944-1948

               17                        Board of Foreign Missions correspondence 1944-1947

               18                        Board of Foreign Missions correspondence 1948-1950

               19                        Board of Foreign Missions - Financial reports

               20                        Board of Foreign Missions - Indigenous helpers

               21                        Board of Foreign Missions - Names of foreign missionaries

               22                        Board of Foreign Missions - Postwar fund

               23                        Board of Foreign Missions - Remittances to China

               24                        Board of Foreign Missions - Remittances to India 1943-1945

               25                        Board of Foreign Missions - Remittances to India 1946-1948

               26                        Board of Foreign Missions - Remittances 1946-1948


 3             27                       Board of Foreign Missions - Reports of missionaries 1943-1944

               28                        Board of Mutual Aid correspondence 1945-1946

               29                        Board of Mutual Aid correspondence 1947-1949

               30                        Board of Publication correspondence 1945-1947

               31                        Board of Publication correspondence 1948-1950

               32                        Board of Trustees correspondence 1945-1950

               33                        Business Committee correspondence 1945-1950

               34                        Canadian District correspondence 1948-1950

               35                        Canadian Mennonite Bible College

               36                        Central District correspondence 1946-1950


 4             37                       Christian Amendment Movement

               38                        Christian Life and Times

               39                        Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP)

               40                        Church of the Brethren

               41                        Church Unity Committee

               42                        Church World Service

                43                       Committee on Doctrine and Conduct

               44                        Congo Inland Mission 1944-1945

 4             45                       Congo Inland Mission 1946-1948

               46                        Congregational survey 1940

               47                        Constitution - General Conference

               48                        Coordinating Committee

               49                        Council of Boards 1949

               50                        Deaconess work

               51                        Eastern District correspondence 1942-1948


 5             52                       Eastern District correspondence 1946

               53                        Eastern District correspondence 1947

               54                        Eastern District correspondence 1948-1949

               55                        Emergency Relief Board 1943-1945

               56                        Emergency Relief Board 1946

               57                        Emergency Relief Board 1947-1950

               58                        Evangelism Committee

               59                        Executive Committee correspondence 1945-1947

               60                        Executive Committee correspondence 1948-1950

               61                        Executive Committee minutes and reports 1942-1945


 6             62                       Executive Committee minutes and reports 1946-1947

               63                        Executive Committee minutes and reports 1948-1949

               64                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, August-December 1943

               65                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, January-June 1944

               66                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, July-December 1944

               67                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, January-June 1945

               68                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, July-September 1945

               69                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, October-December 1945

               70                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner, January-March 1946

               71                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence 1943

 

 7             72                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, January-March 1944

               73                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, April-June 1944

               74                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, July-September 1944

               75                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, October-December 1944

               76                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, January-March 1945

                77                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, April-June 1945

               78                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, July-September 1945

               79                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, October-December 1945

 7             80                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner missionary correspondence, January-March 1946

               81                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner personal correspondence 1943-1944

               82                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - P. A. Penner - P. P. Wedel correspondence 1943-1945

               83                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck - A. E. Kreider correspondence

               84                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck - D. W. Friesen correspondence

 

 8             85                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, April-June 1946

               86                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, July-September 1946

               87                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, October-December 1946

               88                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, January-March 1947

               89                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, April-June 1947

               90                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, July-September 1947

               91                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, October-December 1947

 

 9             92                        Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, January-February 1948

               93                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, March-April 1948

               94                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, May-June 1948

               95                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, July-August 1948

               96                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, September-October 1948

               97                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, November-December 1948

               98                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, January-June 1949

               99                         Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, July-December 1949

              100                       Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck, January-June 1950

 

10          101                       Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck - Howard Nyce correspondence 1946-1948

              102                       Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck - Officers’ correspondence 1945-1947

              103                       Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck - Officers’ correspondence 1948-1950

              104                       Executive secretary (office manager) correspondence - Walter H. Dyck - personal correspondence 1934-1945

              105                      Federal Council of Churches

              106                      Friendship Train - Kansas 1947

              107                      General Conference 1950 - correspondence

10          108                      General Conference 1950 - resolutions and reports

              109                      General Conference churches list 1946

              110                      Go Ye Mission reports 1947-1948

              111                      Grace Bible Institute

              112                      Headquarters Consultative Committee

              113                      Historical Committee


11          114                      Home Mission Board correspondence 1943-1945

              115                      Home Mission Board correspondence 1946

              116                      Home Mission Board correspondence 1947

              117                      Home Mission Board correspondence 1948

              118                      Home Mission Board correspondence 1949-1950

              119                      Internship - Ministerial

              120                      Kansas Council of Churches

              121                      Laymen’s Organization (Mennonite)

              122                      The Mennonite

              123                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary 1945-1947

              124                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary 1948-1950

              125                      Mennonite Central Committee - Agricultural trainees


12          126                      Mennonite Central Committee - CARE

              127                      Mennonite Central Committee correspondence 1942-1945

              128                      Mennonite Central Committee correspondence 1946-1948

              129                      Mennonite Central Committee correspondence 1949-1950

              130                      Mennonite Central Committee - Refugee resettlement loans

              131                      Mennonite Encyclopedia

              132                      Mennonite Hilfsplan

              133                      Mennonite Industrial Association

              134                      Mental hospital program

              135                      Middle District Conference correspondence 1942-1946

              136                      Middle District Conference correspondence 1947

              137                      Middle District Conference correspondence 1948-1949


13          138                      Ministers’ Handbook

              139                      Ministers’ pension - laymen’s list

              140                      National Association of Evangelicals

              141                      National Mental Health Foundation

              142                      National Service Board for Religious Objectors

              143                      Northern District correspondence 1942-1945

              144                      Northern District correspondence, January-June 1946

              145                      Northern District correspondence, July-December 1946

              146                      Northern District correspondence, January-June 1947

              147                      Northern District correspondence, July-December 1947

              148                      Northern District correspondence, January-June 1948

              149                      Northern District correspondence, July-December 1948

              150                      Northern District correspondence 1949-1950


14          151                      Office records - Audit 1945

              152                      Office records - Balance sheets 1948

14          153                      Office records - Blue Cross 1944-1947

              154                      Office records - Blue Cross 1948-1949

              155                      Office records - Financial reports 1945-1948

              156                      Office records - Financial statements 1948

              157                      Office records - General materials

              158                      Office records - Office management

              159                      Office records - Office memoranda

              160                      Office records - Office reports 1944-1945

              161                      Office records - Office reports 1946

              162                      Office records - Office reports 1947

              163                      Office records - Office reports 1948

              164                      Office records - Office secretary (applications)


15          165                      Office records - Printing quotations

              166                      Office records - Receipts

              167                      Office records - Salaries 1946-1950

              168                      Office records - Treasury Department - Internal Revenue records

              169                      Ordinations - Ministerial

              170                      Organization of boards

              171                      Organization of district conferences

              172                      Pacific District correspondence 1942-1943

              173                      Pacific District correspondence 1946

              174                      Pacific District correspondence 1947

              175                      Pacific District correspondence 1948-1950

              176                      Peace Committee correspondence 1946-1950

              177                      Peace Committee secretary correspondence

              178                      Peace Committee treasurer correspondence

              179                      Pension Committee

              180                      Placement Committee correspondence 1941-1944


16          181                      Placement Committee correspondence 1945-1950

              182                      Placement Committee questionnaires 1945

              183                      Promotional material

              184                      Recognition of organizations and institutions

              185                      Relief shipments - UNRRA

              186                      Relief, wheat for, 1948-1949

              187                      Remarriage of broken families

              188                      The Reporter

              189                      Retreat - Ministers’

              190                      Retreat - Youth

              191                      Seventy-fifth anniversary of immigration

              192                      South America correspondence 1947-1949

              193                      Statistics - Canadian

              194                      Statistics - Central District

              195                      Statistics - Eastern District

              196                      Statistics - General

              197                      Statistics - Middle District

              198                      Statistics - Northern District


17          199                      Statistics - Pacific District

              200                      Statistics - Religious census

              201                      Statistics - Western District

              202                      Stewardship emphasis

              203                      Toronto Bible College

              204                      Tracts

              205                      Visual education

              206                      Voluntary Service

              207                      Western District correspondence 1941-August 1942

              208                      Western District correspondence, September-December 1942

              209                      Western District correspondence 1943

              210                      Western District correspondence 1944-1945


18          211                      Western District correspondence, January-April 1946

              212                      Western District correspondence, May-August 1946

              213                      Western District correspondence, September-October 1946

              214                      Western District correspondence, November-December 1946

              215                      Western District correspondence, January-February 1947

              216                      Western District correspondence, March-April 1947

              217                      Western District correspondence, May-August 1947

              218                      Western District correspondence, September-December 1947

              219                      Western District correspondence, January-April 1948


19          220                      Western District correspondence, May-August 1948

              221                      Western District correspondence, September-December 1948

              222                      Western District correspondence 1949-1950

              223                      Western District Ministers’ Conference 1909-1947

              224                      Western District - miscellaneous 1913-1947

              225                      Western District Peace Committee 1940-1949

              226                      Western District Peace Certificates, A-Be

              227                      Western District Peace Certificates, Br-F

              228                      Western District Peace Certificates, F-G

              229                      Western District Peace Certificates, H-K


20          230                      Western District Peace Certificates, L-Z

              231                      Western District - Record of draftees

              232                      Western District - Sunday School Convention

              233                      Women’s Missionary Association - Accounts and receipts

              234                      Women’s Missionary Association correspondence 1945-1949

              235                      Young People’s Union correspondence 1945-1947

              236                      Young People’s Union correspondence 1948-1950


                                           Appendix (added at unknown date)


21          237                      Survey - Committee on the Ministry 1950

              238                      Survey - Committee on the Ministry 1950

              239                      Western District - Draftees in World War II


21                                       Appendix (added at unknown date)


                1                         Bethel College correspondence 1946-1949

                2                         Bundesbote correspondence 1947-1948

                3                         Christian Workers Institute correspondence 1945-1946

                4                         Central Conference affiliation correspondence 1945-1947

                5                         CARE correspondence 1946-1949

                6                         CPS reports, November 1946

                7                         Council of Board correspondence 1946-1949


22           8                        Foreign mission reports

                9                         General Conference session 1947 - resolutions

               10                        General Conference Session 1947 - correspondence

               11                        Inter-Church Prison Evangelism Association correspondence 1946-1947

               12                        Mennonite Central Committee correspondence 1946-1949

               13                        Minutes - General Conference - correspondence 1945-1946

               14                        News releases - “Headquarters Office Corner”

               15                        Peace Committee correspondence 1947-1948

               16                        Refugee lists - Germans to South America


23           17                       Refugee relief correspondence 1947-1948

               18                        Relief, wheat for - correspondence 1947-1948

               19                        Relief - Displaced Mennonites - correspondence 1945-1948

               20                        Retreat - Young Adults - correspondence 1946

               21                        Retreat - Young People’s (California) - correspondence 1946

               22                        Western District Peace Committee correspondence 1947-1949

               23                        World Conference of Mennonites correspondence 1947-1948

               24                        Yearbook materials 1947


                                           Appendix (added 25 September 1992)


24           25                       Board of Foreign Missions correspondence 1947



I.I.2 Executive secretary 1950-1966

(originally processed by “mv” (Mary Valencia?) Oct. 1970)



Box       Folder                 Contents


 1             1                        Advertising statement by conference

                2                         Africa

                3                         Aging

                4                         Aging - Harvey County - Community

                5                         Airlines clergy

                6                         Allegheny Mennonite Missions Board

                7                         Alternate service

                8                         American-Arab Relations Committee

                9                         American Bible Society correspondence

               10                        Annuities - Special gifts

               11                        Anthropology

               12                        Archives report, December 1963, Melvin Gingerich - memorandum

               13                        Archives - General Conference

               14                        Articles

               15                        Articles - manuscripts to

               16                        Audio-visual library

               17                        Back to the Bible Broadcast

               18                        Baptism

               19                        Believers Church Conference (concept of), June 26-30, 1967

               20                        Believers Church Study Conference 1955

               21                        Believers Church Study Conference 1955

               22                        Bergthaler churches - Canada

               23                        Bethel College Board 1950-1960

               24                        Bethel College correspondence

                25                       Bibel und Pflug Committee

               26                        Bienenberg Bible School

               27                        Block, Tina

               28                        Block, William

               29                        Budgets

               30                        Board of Business Administration correspondence

               31                        Board of Business Administration data

               32                        Business and the Christian (paper)

               33                        Camping and retreats

               34                        Canadian Mennonite correspondence

               35                        Canadian Mennonite Bible College

               36                        CAP - Executive Committee meeting - tape transcript

               37                        Capital punishment

               38                        Catechism Revision Committee correspondence

               39                        Catechism Revision Committee data

               40                        Catechism Revision Committee data

               41                        Catechism Revision Committee minutes

               42                        Centennial pageant 1960

               43                        Centennial Study Committee correspondence 1960

               44                        Centennial Study Committee data 1960

               45                        Centennial Study Conference correspondence 1960

 1             46                       Centennial Study Conference data 1960

               47                        Centennial Study Conference papers 1960

               48                        Centennial Study Conference evaluation 1960

               49                        Central District Conference


 2             50                       Central office salary study

               51                        Christian Education Seminar 1965

               52                        Christian College Convocation 1962

               53                        Christian Minister, Role and Education of

               54                        Board of Christian Service correspondence

               55                        Board of Christian Service data

               56                        Christian Unity Study Conference 1961 - unpublished papers

               57                        Church Building Service

               58                        Church and Society Conference 1961 - correspondence

               59                        Church and Society Conference 1961 - correspondence

               60                        Church and state

               61                        Church Bulletin Service

               62                        Church-college relationship

               63                        Church Extension Service

               64                        Church growth

               65                        Church Growth Institute - McGavran

               66                        Church in the City seminar 1964

               67                        Church of the Brethren study conference, August 1960

               68                        Church Organization and Administration study conference (Old Mennonite) 1955

               69                        Church polity and conference relations

               70                        Church Renewal Committee

               71                        Church renewal seminar 1965

               72                        Church Unity Committee correspondence 1950-1954

               73                        Church Unity Committee correspondence 1955-1959

               74                        Church Unity Committee correspondence 1960-1966

               75                        Church Unity Committee correspondence

               76                        Church Unity Committee minutes

               77                        Church World Service data

               78                        Churches joining General Conference 1965 - correspondence

               79                        City Churches Committee

               80                        City church survey - Harder and Franz 1960

               81                        Civil defense mobilization

               82                        Civil rights

               83                        Clergy certificates

               84                        Clippings

               85                        Colombia

               86                        COMBS (Council of Mission Board Secretaries) data

               87                        Commissioning services 1967

               88                        Committee on City Churches

               89                        Concordant teaching (Meno, Oklahoma; J. B. Frey)

               90                        Conference Opportunity Hour

               91                        Conference of Mennonites in Canada correspondence - through 1967

               92                        Conference of Mennonites in Canada data

               93                        Conference relationship - district level

2             94                       Conference Sunday

               95                        Conference symbol

               96                        Conference Visitor correspondence


 3             97                       Conrad Grebel College

               98                        Conscientious objection

               99                        Constitution revision 1950-1959

              100                      Constitution (revision 1967, comments, etc.)

              101                      Constitution and Polity Committee correspondence

              102                      Constitution and Polity Committee data

              103                      Consultation on International Conflict, Minneapolis, December 3-4, 1966

              104                      Consultation: Luke-Acts

              105                      Contacting Creative Congregations 1967

              106                      Convention facilities

              107                      Constitution Revision Committee 1955-1959

              108                      Cooperative Publication Association

              109                      Council of Boards correspondence 1965-1969

              110                      Council of Boards correspondence 1955-1959

              111                      Council of Boards correspondence 1960-1964

              112                      Council of Boards correspondence 1950-1954

              113                      Curriculum

              114                      Deaconess

              115                      Der Bote

              116                      Discipline Study Committee 1957

              117                      Discussion group summaries (reports)

              118                      Discussion groups - General Conference

              119                      Display Committee - General Committee

              120                      District conference correspondence

              121                      District conference-General Conference relationship (paper)

              122                      District conference presidents correspondence

              123                      District conference reports

              124                      Divorce

              125                      Dual conference affiliation

              126                      Dyck, C. J.

              127                      Dyck, Gordon

              128                      Eastern District Conference correspondence

              129                      Eastern District Conference reports and programs 1955-1959

              130                      Eastern District Conference reports and programs 1960-1964

              131                      East Wayne Street Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana

              132                      Ecumenical correspondence

              133                      Ecumenical data

              134                      Ecumenical Scholarship Fund

              135                      Ecumenical Institute - Chicago

              136                      Board of Education and Publication 1960-1964

              137                      Board of Education and Publication 1965-1968

              138                      Ediger, Peter J.

              139                      Employees Manual

              140                      Epp, Frank H.

              141                      Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference

 3            142                      Evangelism

              143                      Evangelism Committee correspondence

              144                      Evangelism Committee minutes

              145                      Evangelical Covenant Church of America

              146                      Evangelism Study Conference 1958

              147                      Evangelism Study Conference 1958 - papers

              148                      Every Home Plan

              149                      Executive Committee correspondence 1950-1954

              150                      Executive Committee correspondence 1965-1966


 4            151                      Executive Committee correspondence 1960-1964

              152                      Executive Committee correspondence 1965-1966

              153                      Executive Committee

              154                      Executive secretary duties

              155                      Executive secretaries correspondence 1950-1954

              156                      Executive secretaries correspondence 1955-1959

              157                      Executive secretaries correspondence 1960-1964

              158                      Executive secretaries correspondence 1965-1969

              159                      Executive secretaries

              160                      Executive secretary expense account

              161                      Facilities Study Committee

              162                      Faculty Salary Service Study Commission

              163                      Faith and Order Conference 1963

              164                      Faith and Order Conference - draft statement

              165                      Faith and Order Conference - sermons and lectures

              166                      Faith in Life Dialogue, Minnesota, October 24-31, 1965

              167                      Finance Corporation

              168                      Foreign Missions 1962-1963

              169                      Fretz, J. Winfield - correspondence

              170                      Friesen, Elmer R. - Western District Conference minister

              171                      Friesen, William

              172                      Freeman Junior College

              173                      Friends General Conference

              174                      Fort Wayne Children’s Home

              175                      Garrett Theological Seminary

              176                      General Conference 1947

              177                      General Conference 1953

              178                      General Conference 1956

              179                      General Conference 1959

              180                      General Conference 1959

              181                      General Conference delegate packet 1962

              182                      General Conference 1962 (information for conference)

              183                      General Conference Nominating Committee 1962

              184                      General Conference organizational pattern

              185                      General Conference planning 1962

              186                      General Conference planning 1962

              187                      Applications for membership in 1968 at Estes conference

              188                      General Conference - ecumenical relationship

              189                      General Conference - general materials

 4            190                      General Conference Information Service

              191                      General Conference institutions

              192                      General Conference - MCC relationship

              193                      General Conference officers correspondence 1950-1953

              194                      General Conference officers correspondence 1954-1959

              195                      General Conference Secretary

              196                      General Conference self-study correspondence

              197                      General Conference staff travel

              198                      General Conference structure and purpose

              199                      General Conference Treasurer

              200                      General Conference voting procedures

              201                      Gering, Walter, correspondence

              202                      Goering, Erwin C., correspondence

              203                      Germantown Mennonite Church

              204                      Germantown Board of Trustees

              205                      Gideons

              206                      Goshen College Biblical Seminary

              207                      Government correspondence

              208                      Handbook of Information 1950-1954

              209                      Handbook of Information 1955-1960


 5            210                      Handbook of Information 1961-1965

              211                      Handbook of Information

              212                      Harding, Vincent

              213                      Hartzler, Robert L., 1961-1965

              214                      Hartzler, Robert L., 1956-1960

              215                      Hartzler, R. L.

              216                      Headquarters correspondence 1951-1952

              217                      Hesston Foundation, Inc.

              218                      Hesston, Kansas - new congregation

              219                      Higher Education Study Commission correspondence

              220                      Higher Education Study Commission data and papers

              221                      Historic Peace Churches

              222                      Historical Committee correspondence

              223                      Historical Committee and archives data and minutes

              224                      Historical Library correspondence

              225                      Horst, Laurence M.

              226                      Human Relations Fellowship of Newton 1968

              227                      Identification markers

              228                      India correspondence

              229                      India data

              230                      Indian American work

              231                      Indonesia

              232                      Inspiration of Scriptures - correspondence

              233                      Inspiration of Scriptures - data and minutes

              234                      Institute of Mennonite Studies

              235                      Integrated reporting 1968 (continental)

              236                      Inter-Board Seminary Committee

              237                      Interchurch Relations Committee correspondence

 5            238                      Inter-Mennonite Consultation 1965

              239                      Inter-Mennonite cooperation 1966

              240                      Inter-Mennonite Ministers Consultation 1965

              241                      Inter-Mennonite Ministers Conference

              242                      International Education Conference 1966

              243                      International Peace Gardens

              244                      Institutional Financing Study Conference 1957

              245                      Inter-office memos

              246                      Internal Revenue Service

              247                      International Health Conference, January 1967

              248                      Jantzen, Albert J.

              249                      Japan

              250                      Jehovah Witness

              251                      Kansas Council of Churches

              252                      Kaufman, Orlo - director of Camp Landon

              253                      Klassen, William

              254                      Koontz, Elbert

              255                      Korea

              256                      Krahn, Cornelius

              257                      Krehbiel, Olin A., 1950-1953

              258                      Lehman, Carl M.

              259                      Literature distribution

              260                      Lodges

              261                      Lutheran Churches in America

              262                      Materialism Study Conference 1965

              263                      Menno Travel Service

              264                      The Mennonite

              265                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary correspondence

              266                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary minutes and reports

              267                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary - Conference financial relationship - correspondence

              268                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary - Conference financial relationship - data

              269                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary promotion

              270                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary student contacts

              271                      Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities

              272                      Mennonite Boys League

              273                      Mennonite Brethren Church

              274                      Mennonite-Brethren-Friends Consultation 1964

              275                      Mennonite Central Committee correspondence

              276                      Mennonite Central Committee data


 6            277                      Mennonite Central Committee - European trainees 1951-1953

              278                      Mennonite Central Committee minutes

              279                      Mennonite Encyclopedia

              280                      Mennonite Graduate Fellowship correspondence

              281                      Mennonite Graduate Fellowship papers

              282                      Mennonite Information Center

              283                      Mennonite Life

              284                      Mennonite Medical Association

              285                      Mennonite Men

 6            286                      Mennonite Mutual Aid

              287                      Mennonite Mental Health Services

              288                      Mennonite mobility study

              289                      Mennonite Press

              290                      Mennonite reference system

              291                      Mennonite theological conference

              292                      Mennonite unity - correspondence

              293                      Mennonite Voluntary Service - Europe

              294                      Mennonite World Conference 1967

              295                      Mennonite World Conference - delegates

              296                      Mennonite World Conference - travel

              297                      Mennonite World Conference - “The Witness of the Holy Spirit” - 1967

              298                      Mennonite World Conference - constitution

              299                      Mennonite World Conference 1952

              300                      Mennonite World Conference 1957

              301                      Mennonite World Conference 1962

              302                      Mennonite World Conference tours 1962

              303                      Mennonite Writers Conference

              304                      Mennonite Yearbook

              305                      Mental health

              306                      Metzler, A. J.

              307                      Mexico

              308                      Middle District

              309                      Ministerial chaplaincy, clinical training

              310                      Ministerial ethics

              311                      Ministers’ birthdays

              312                      Ministers Book Club

              313                      Ministers Conference, Baptist

              314                      Ministers, inactive

              315                      Ministers Guide for Income Tax

              316                      Ministers Identification Card

              317                      Ministers licensing

              318                      Ministers loans, scholarships, etc.

              319                      Ministers Manual

              320                      Ministers not in 1962-63 Handbook of Information

              321                      Ministers orientation

              322                      Ministers pension

              323                      Ministers placement - correspondence

              324                      Ministers ordination and certification - correspondence

              325                      Ministers recruitment

              326                      Ministers Retreat 1951


 7            327                      Ministers Role and Education Consultation 1965

              328                      Ministers salary study 1951-1959

              329                      Ministers salary survey 1960-1965

              330                      Ministers - student correspondence

              331                      Ministers Training Study Conference, October 1953

              332                      Ministers vacancies and changes

              333                      Minister’s wife

 7            334                      Ministry articles

              335                      Ministry Committee correspondence 1961-1965

              336                      Ministry Committee correspondence 1954-1960

              337                      Ministry Committee - district level

              338                      Ministry Seminar - Canadian 1965

              339                      Ministry - data and pamphlets

              340                      Ministry - deacon

              341                      Ministry - Guidelines for pastoral changes

              342                      Ministry - William Unrau paper

              343                      Miscellaneous correspondence

              344                      Mission Board correspondence

              345                      Mission Board reports

              346                      Missionary children education

              347                      Missionary Manual

              348                      Missionary News and Notes

              349                      Missionary preparations

              350                      Missionary Research Library

              351                      Mississippi project

              352                      Moyer, S. T.

              353                      Muslim religion

              354                      Mutual Aid-CES (Church Extension Services) merger relationship

              355                      National Association of Evangelicals correspondence

              356                      National Association of Evangelicals data

              357                      National Council of Churches correspondence

              358                      National Council of Churches data

              359                      National Council of Churches - AFPRO (Action for Food Production) department

              360                      National Council of Churches - Africa Committee

              361                      National Council of Churches - Asia Committee

              362                      National Council of Churches - Christian Education and Ministry

              363                      National Council of Churches - Congo

              364                      National Council of Churches - Goals for Missions in the 70s, Consultation on

              365                      National Council of Churches - Division of Foreign Missions

              366                      National Council of Churches - India Committee

              367                      National Council of Churches - Medical Missions

              368                      National Council of Churches - Mutual Aid

              369                      National Council of Churches - Overseas Ministry

              370                      National Council of Churches - Overseas Personnel

              371                      National Council of Churches - Peace Corps

              372                      National Council of Churches - Religion and Race

              373                      National Council of Churches - Religious Liberty


 8            374                      National Council of Churches - Structure and organization

              375                      National Council of Churches - Yearbook of American Churches

              376                      Neufeld, David P., correspondence

              377                      Neufeld, Vernon H.

              378                      New churches

              379                      Newton Community Council

              380                      Newton Mennonite churches

              381                      News Service

 8            382                      Nickel, Arnold

              383                      Northern District Conference

              384                      Our Church Yearbook - Bargen’s

              385                      “One Lord, One Faith” filmstrip

              386                      Other denominations - information

              387                      Pacific District Conference correspondence

              388                      Pacific District Conference data

              389                      Paetkau, Walter

              390                      Parliamentary procedure

              391                      Pastor’s salary survey

              392                      Pastor’s Seminar 1966

              393                      Pastor’s Seminar 1965

              394                      Pastor’s Seminar

              395                      Peace Conference - Prague

              396                      Peace Corps

              397                      Peace literature

              398                      Peace and Service Committee correspondence

              399                      Peace and Service Committee data

              400                      Peace, War, Military Service statement of General Conference

              401                      Peacemaker workshops

              402                      Pensions

              403                      Personnel forms

              404                      Personnel Office correspondence

              405                      Personnel Office data

              406                      Poettcker, Henry, correspondence

              407                      Project Equality

              408                      Proclamation of the Gospel

              409                      Promotion

              410                      Pulpit Book Club

              411                      “Queer People”

              412                      Radio Committee

              413                      Raid, Howard

              414                      Ramseyer, Lloyd L.

              415                      Reba Place Fellowship, Evanston, Illinois

              416                      Receivership program

              417                      Relief, Service, and Mission Consultation 1964

              418                      Retarded People, Newton Council

              419                      Retirement policies

              420                      Retreat

              421                      Retreat workshop

              422                      Revised Standard Version

              423                      Riddick, George Ed.

              424                      Rural Church Seminar 1963

              425                      Rural Missions Cooperating Committee

              426                      Russian Baptists

              427                      Schowalter Foundation data

              428                      Schowalter Foundation annual reports

              429                      Schowalter Foundation correspondence 1954-1962


 9            430                      Schowalter Foundation grants

              431                      Schowalter Foundation correspondence 1963-1968

              432                      Schowalter Foundation, October meeting 1967

              433                      Schowalter Memorial Address

              434                      Selective Service

              435                      Seminar, Churchmen’s

              436                      Service

              437                      Shamanism

              438                      Shelly, Andrew R., 1966

              439                      Shelly, Maynard, “Elkhart County Christian Teaching Mission” (paper)

              440                      Short term service director

              441                      Simultaneous evangelism

              442                      Snyder, William T., correspondence

              443                      Social Security

              444                      South America correspondence 1958-1962

              445                      South America correspondence 1963-1968

              446                      South America data 1958-1962

              447                      South American churches correspondence

              448                      South American Interboard Coordinating Committee

              449                      Sprunger, V. J.

              450                      Statistical information

              451                      Steinbach Post

              452                      Stewardship

              453                      Stewardship Council

              454                      Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

              455                      Student Services Committee correspondence

              456                      Student Services Committee data

              457                      Student Services Committee - Graduate student survey

              458                      Student survey - General Conference Mennonite

              459                      Student Services Committee - Personnel assignments

              460                      Student Services Committee - Structure and organization

              461                      Student Services Committee - Student survey

              462                      Student Services Committee - Student survey (Old Mennonite)

              463                      Student Services Committee - Survey correspondence

              464                      Student Services Committee - Visitations

              465                      Student Services Committee - Workshops, seminars, etc.

              466                      Student survey - Mennonite Brethren Church

              467                      Student survey - Mennonite Church (Old)

              468                      Study conference at Bossey

              469                      Subscriptions - Books and magazines

              470                      Sunday School conventions

              471                      Taiwan

              472                      Tenure

              473                      Theological Education Consultation 1966

              474                      Theological Education Fund correspondence

              475                      Theological Education Fund data

              476                      Theological Study Group

              477                      Theology of missions

              478                      Tieszen, A. F.

 9            479                      Town and Country Church Seminar 1965

              480                      Tracts

              481                      Trust funds

              482                      Trustees and Finance Board

              483                      UNESCO

              484                      Uniform Lesson Series

              485                      Uniform travel expense report

              486                      Varnoff, Peter

              487                      Vietnam

              488                      Vocations

              489                      Voluntary Service and I-W

              490                      Waltner, Erland

              491                      Waltner, Erland, correspondence 1959-1960


10          492                      Waltner, Erland, correspondence 1961-1962

              493                      Waltner, Erland, correspondence 1963

              494                      Waltner, Orlando, correspondence

              495                      Western District Conference correspondence 1960-1968

              496                      Western District Conference, prior to 1960

              497                      Western District Conference data 1960

              498                      Western District Ministers Conference

              499                      Western District Young People’s Union

              500                      Wiens, “New Wineskins for Old Wine,” study of the Mennonite Brethren Church

              501                      Wisconsin property

              502                      Women in Church Vocations

              503                      Women’s Missionary Association

              504                      World Congress on Evangelism - Berlin

              505                      World Council of Churches correspondence

              506                      World Council of Churches data

              507                      World Council of Churches - 1964 sessions

              508                      World Council of Churches - 1954 sessions

              509                      World Order Study Conference 1965 - correspondence

              510                      World Order Study Conference 1965 - data

              511                      World’s Fair Mennonite Exhibit correspondence 1965

              512                      World’s Fair Mennonite Exhibit data

              513                      World’s Fair minutes and correspondence 1964

              514                      Worship and Music Committee

              515                      Xerox copier

              516                      Young People’s Union data 1950-1960

              517                      Young People’s Union data 1961-1968

              518                      YMCA

              519                      Yoder, John Howard

              520                      Young People’s Union correspondence 1950-1966

              521                      Zehr, Howard J.


                                           Appendix (added 30 September 1992)


10          522                      Constitution - Various drafts of proposed constitution and bylaws

              523                      General Conference session 1962 - prepared statements

10          524                      Self-study - “General Conference Mennonite Church Self-Study” by Arnold Nickel, 1967

              525                      Theology of Worship Consultation 1965



MLA.I.I.3 Executive secretary 1967-1968


Box       Folder                 Contents

 

(No, as a matter of fact, I don’t have any idea why the folder numbers start at 459 instead of 1. I left them this way because I didn’t want to relabel all the folders.)


 1            459                      Allegheny Mennonite Mission Board

              460                      Alternative service

              461                      Application for membership - Estes Park conference 1968

              462                      Bethel Deaconess Hospital

              463                      Board of Christian Service correspondence

              464                      Board of Education and Publication

              465                      Board of Missions correspondence

              466                      Board of Missions data

              467                      Budgets

              468                      Central District Conference

              469                      Central office building and renovation

              470                      Christian Education, Division of

              471                      Church Building Service

              472                      Church of the Brethren

              473                      Church and Community, Section on

              474                      Church of God

              475                      Church Renewal, Department of (Evangelism Section)

              476                      Church Unity Committee correspondence

              477                      City Churches Committee

              478                      Conference of Mennonites in Canada

              479                      Conference Sunday

              480                      Conference symbol

              481                      Conference Visitor correspondence

              482                      Constitution comments - revised

              483                      Constitution and Polity Committee

              484                      Constitution and Polity Committee

              485                      Constitution and Polity Committee data


 2            486                      Constitution and Polity minutes - self study reports

              487                      Consultation for Administering Financial Aid for Theological Students

              488                      Crossroads

              489                      Delta Ministry, Commission on

              490                      District conference correspondence

              491                      District conference presidents correspondence

              492                      Dual conference affiliation

              493                      Dyck, Gordon R.

              494                      Eastern District Conference

              495                      Ecumenical Evangelism Conference

              496                      Estes Park discussion - seminaries 1965

              497                      Evangelical Covenant Church of America

              498                      Evangelical Mennonite Church

              499                      Evangelism

              500                      Evangelism Committee correspondence

              501                      Every Home Plan

 2            502                      Executive Committee

              503                      Executive secretaries

              504                      Faith and Order, Department of

              505                      Friends United Meeting

              506                      Garrett Theological Seminary

              507                      General Board

              508                      General Conference delegates - correspondence 1965

              509                      General Conference fraternal guests

              510                      General Conference group discussions

              511                      General Conference - Information for conference

              512                      General Conference - My Dedication 1965

              513                      General Conference Nominating Committee 1965

              514                      General Conference officers

              515                      General Conference planning 1965

              516                      General Conference programs 1965

              517                      General Conference programs 1965


 3            518                      General Conference program - Continental reports 1965

              519                      General Conference - Youth Convention 1965

              520                      Germantown Mennonite Church

              521                      Goering, Walter - correspondence

              522                      Historic Peace Churches

              523                      Inter-Mennonite Ministers Conference

              524                      Interoffice news sheet

              525                      Klassen, William

              526                      Lutheran Churches in America

              527                      Materialism Study Conference

              528                      The Mennonite

              529                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary correspondence

              530                      Mennonite Biblical Seminary reports, etc.

              531                      Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities

              532                      Mennonite Central Committee

              533                      Mennonite Central Committee - General Conference representation

              534                      Mennonite Council on Mass Communications

              535                      Mennonite Disaster Service

              536                      Mennonite General Conference (Old Mennonites)

              537                      Mennonite Library and Archives

              538                      Mennonite Men

              539                      Mennonite Mutual Aid

              540                      Mennonite Mutual Aid - Fraternal Activities Program

              541                      “Mennonites - The Peaceful Revolution” (CBS film)

              542                      Mennonite World Conference

              543                      Ministerial loans, scholarships, aid, etc.

              544                      Ministerial ordination and certification

              545                      Ministerial placement

              546                      Ministers’ identification cards


 4            547                      Ministry and Personnel Services, Ad Hoc Committee on

              548                      Ministry, Committee on - correspondence

 4            549                      Ministry, Committee on - District level

              550                      Ministry, Department of Vocation and Pastoral Services

              551                      Miscellaneous

              552                      Miscellaneous correspondence

              553                      Miscellaneous correspondence

              554                      Miscellaneous correspondence

              555                      Miscellaneous correspondence

              556                      National Association of Evangelicals

              557                      National Association of Evangelicals

              558                      National Clergy Conference

              559                      National Council of Churches of Christ - Department of Research

              560                      National Council of Churches of Christ - Division of Planning and Program

              561                      National Council of Churches of Christ - General Secretary, Office of

              562                      National Council of Churches of Christ - miscellaneous file

              563                      National Council of Churches of Christ - miscellaneous file

              564                      Negroes


 5            565                      North American Mennonite Bible Congress

              566                      Northern District Conference

              567                      Operation Understanding assignments

              568                      Operation Understanding correspondence

              569                      Operation Understanding correspondence

              570                      Operation Understanding data

              571                      Operation Understanding - Heinz Janzen’s visits

              572                      Overseas Ministries, Division of

              573                      Pacific District Conference

              574                      Pacific District Conference correspondence

              575                      Peace and Social Concerns

              576                      Peace and Social Concerns, Committee on

              577                      Pensions

              578                      Personnel Office

              579                      Personnel Office correspondence

              580                      Poettcker, Henry

              581                      Poverty Fund

              582                      Poverty Fund

              583                      Poverty Fund


 6            584                      Prairie View Hospital

              585                      Project Equality

              586                      Promotion

              587                      Radio Committee

              588                      Ramseyer, Lloyd L.

              589                      Renewal

              590                      Research, Department of

              591                      Retreat, June 24-25, 1970

              592                      Russian Baptists in Kansas, August 9-11, 1969

              593                      Scheduled meetings 1968

              594                      Schowalter Mennonite address

              595                      South America correspondence

 6            596                      Statistical information

              597                      Student Services Committee

              598                      Subscriptions

              599                      U. S. Conference on Church and Society

              600                      Waltner, Erland - correspondence

              601                      Waltner, Orlando - Commission correspondence

              602                      Waltner, Orlando - correspondence

              603                      Western District Conference

              604                      Yearbook of American Churches

              605                      Young Men’s Christian Association


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              606                      Bethel Church, Hammon, Oklahoma



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 1             1                        American Bible Society

                2                         Bethel College

                3                         Bethel Deaconess Hospital

                4                         Budget

                5                         Business Administration

                6                         Church Unity applications

                7                         Church Unity applications

                8                         Church Unity correspondence 1952-1965

                9                         Church Unity correspondence 1966-1968

               10                        District conference correspondence

               11                        District presidents

               12                        Dyck, Gordon R.

               13                        Executive Committee

               14                        Executive Secretary

               15                        Freeman Junior College

               16                        Garrett Theological Seminary

               17                        General Conference office


 2             18                       General Conference self-study

               19                        Gering, Walter

               20                        Germantown Mennonite Church

               21                        Handbook correspondence 1961-1968

               22                        Handbook correspondence 1969-1972

               23                        Klassen, William

               24                        Mennonite Biblical Seminary

               25                        New churches 1965

               26                        Department of Corrections

               27                        Department of Corrections

               28                        Department of Corrections



MLA.I.I.5 Minutes, correspondence from various committees 1945-1964


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Administrative Committee 1955-64

 

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Bd. of Education & Pub. Committee 1955-64

 

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Bd. of Ed. & Publication Committee 1955-64

 

4

Building Renovation Plans 1945-50

 

5

Christian Service 1955-64

 

6

Christian Service 1955-64

 

7

Consultative Committee 1955-64

 

8

Editorial Committee 1955-64

 

9

Editorial Committee 1955-64

 

10

Ed. in Church, Home & Community 1955-64

 

11

Educational Institutional 1955-64

 

12

Executive Secretary 1955-64

 

13

Executive Secretary 1955-64

 

14

Finance Committee 1955-64

 

15

Historical Committee 1955-64

 

16

Radio Committee 1955-64

 

17

Retreat Committee 1955-64

 

18

Visual Committee 1955-64

 

19

Worship Committee 1955-64

 

20

Youth Work 1955-64



MLA.I.I.6 Minutes and correspondence from various committees 1950-1977


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Bethany Laboratory for Peacemakers 1957 August

 

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Church & Society Conference Preliminary correspondence & paper 1961

 

3

Committee on Church Unity 1952-64

 

4

Committee on Church Renewal 1966-1967

 

5

Commission on Polity & Conference Relations, December 1960

 

6

Commission on Polity & Conference Relations, Dec. 1960- June 1961

 

7

Committee on Church Unity 1952-1964

 

8

Committee on Economic & Social Relations, 1963

 

9

Constitution, 1968 Revision

 

10

Consultation on Triple C project

 

11

Council of Boards 1958

 

12

Doctrine & Conduct Committee 1929-33 correspondence

 

13

Executive Secretary - reports to the Council of Boards 1954,1955

 

14

Executive Secretary - reports to the Council of Boards 1957

 

15

Executive Secretary - reports to the Council of Boards 1958, 1959

 

16

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1959-64

 

17

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1960-62

 

18

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1964-67

 

19

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1967-68

 

20

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1967-1970

 

21

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1971-75

 

22

Executive Secretaries Minutes 1972-77

 

23

General Board Minutes 1969-71

 

24

General Board Minutes 1969

 

25

General Board Minutes 1972-74

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General Board Minutes 1970-71, 1977

 

27

General Board Minutes 1972-75

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GCMC Auxiliaries 1950-68

 

29

GCMC Executive Committee 1950-68

 

30

GCMC Executive Committee 1950-68

 

31

GCMC Executive Committee 1950-68

 

32

GCMC Mennonite Biblical Seminary 1950-68

 

33

G.C. Publicity Posters

 

34

Inter-Board Committees - reports to the Council of Boards 1963-4

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Miscellaneous 1952-76

 

36

News Service - GC to 1969

 

37

Poverty - Affluence Reference Council 1976

 

38

Project Proposals, Poverty Fund 1970

 

39

Project Proposals, Poverty Fund 1970 - Overseas

 

40

Salary Study 1958

 

41

Women in Mission 1969-73

 

42

Women in Mission Report 1981

 

43

Women in Mission Report 1982




MLA.I.I.7 Canadian reports and minutes 1962-1970


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Annual Report - Board of Christian Service - January 20-22, 1966

 

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Annual Reports -BCS, Jan.26-27, 1967

 

3

Annual Sessions - BCS, Jan.25-27, 1968

 

4

Annual Sessions - BCS, Jan. 29-31, 1970

 

5

Annual Sessions - BCS, Jan. 29-31, 1970

 

6

Canadian Council of Boards, Jan. 25-27, 1968

 

7

Canadian Council of Boards, Jan. 25-27, 1968

 

8

Council of Boards, Jan. 26-28, 1967

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Council of Bds. Jan. 26-28, 1967

 

10

Conference of Mennonites in Canada 1962

 

11

Conference of Mennonites in Canada, July 6-10, 1968

 

12

Various Committee Minutes 1968 - Hamilton, Ontario



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Correspondence concerning tax exemption 1953