I.            General Conference 1859-1969

              Y.          Mennonite Publication Office

                            1.           1935-1963 (4.3 cu. ft.)

                            2.           Cut books, ca. 1949 (.3 cu. ft.)

(These are books of numbered prints of cuts used in various General Conference publications. They were with the MLA photo collection and were transferred here on 2 May 1996. A second set found with the MLA photo collection Sept. 2011.)

                            3.           Mennonite Publication Office and Bookstore Financial Reports/Statements 1946-1964, Sales Analysis 1953-60, Board of Control Annual Reports 1954-1972 (1 cu. ft.) (transferred to the MLA by Eric Boschmann, 29 January 1997)

                            4.           Documentation related to cuts (2 cu. ft.) (retrieved from the attic of the old Science Hall at Bethel College, July 2008)










Total volume: 7.6 cu. ft.



MLA.I.Y.1 Mennonite Publication Office 1935-1963


Box       Folder                 Contents


 1             1                        Correspondence and minutes 1935

                2                         Correspondence and minutes 1936

                3                         Correspondence and minutes 1937

                4                         Correspondence and minutes 1938

                5                         Correspondence and minutes 1939

                6                         Correspondence and minutes 1940

                7                         Correspondence and minutes 1941

                8                         Correspondence and minutes 1941

                9                         Correspondence and minutes 1942

               10                        Correspondence and minutes 1942

               11                        Correspondence and minutes 1943

               12                        Correspondence and minutes 1944


                                           Subject files


 2             1                        A 1950-1963

                2                         B 1950-1954

                3                         B 1955-1957

                4                         B 1958-1962

                5                         Bargen, Bennie, 1949-1951

                6                         Baumgartner, Elmer, 1950

                7                         Beaverson, George & Son, 1955-1956

                8                         Becktold Co., 1952

                9                         Berne Witness Co., 1950-1951

               10                        Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Mountain Lake, 1960-1962

               11                        Bethesda Mennonite Church, Henderson, 1959-1961

               12                        Brethren Publishing House 1950-1953


 3             13                       C 1950-1955

               14                        C 1956-1962

               15                        Calvary Mennonite Sunday School, Hubbard, 1960-1962

               16                        Central Mennonite Publication Board 1950-1957

               17                        Christian Press 1951-1954, 1960-1962

               18                        Christian Service Board 1952-1959

               19                        Claassen, Willard, 1951-1961

               20                        D 1950-1962

               21                        Deep Run Mennonite Church, Bedminster, 1950-1960

               22                        Der Bote 1950-1957

               23                        Der Kinderbote 1950-1951

               24                        Derksen Christian Supply 1956-1961


 4             25                       E 1950-1954

               26                        E 1955-1962

               27                        Editors - Junior Messenger 1950-1956

               28                        Editors - The Mennonite 1950-1954

               29                        Education and Publication, Board of, 1950-1957

               30                        F 1950-1954

               31                        F 1955-1959

 4             32                       F 1960-1962


 5             33                       Foreign Mission Board 1950

               34                        Freeman Junior College Bookshop 1951-1963

               35                        Friesen, D. W. & Sons, Ltd., 1950-1961

               36                        G 1950-1955

               37                        G 1956-1962

               38                        Gossen, A. J. & Co., 1955

               39                        H 1950-1956

               40                        H 1957-1962

               41                        Heese, John, 1955-1956

               42                        Herald Book and Printing Co., 1950-1954

               43                        Hiebert, Kenneth, 1951

               44                        Home Mission Board 1950-1951

               45                        Hostetler, Lester, 1950-1956


 6             46                       I 1950-1962

               47                        J 1950-1962

               48                        K 1950-1956

               49                        K 1957-1963

               50                        Krahn, Cornelius, 1950-1963

               51                        L 1950-1956

               52                        L 1957-1962

               53                        Layman's organization 1949-1950

               54                        Lewis Film Service, Wichita, 1960-1962

               55                        Linscheid, Marvin, 1949-1950

               56                        Litho shop 1949

               57                        Lohrentz, A. M., 1949-1951


 7             58                       M 1949-1951

               59                        M 1952-1955

               60                        M 1956-1959

               61                        M 1960-1962

               62                        Mennonite Biblical Seminary 1949-1962

               63                        Mennonite Book Concern 1949-1962

               64                        Mennonite Book Store, Newton, 1949-1953

               65                        Mennonite Book Store, Rosthern, 1949-1954


 8             66                       Mennonite Book Store, Rosthern, 1955-1958

               67                        Mennonite Book Store, Rosthern, 1959-1961

               68                        Mennonite Book Store, Rosthern, 1962-1963

               69                        Mennonite Brethren Church headquarters 1958-1961

               70                        Mennonite Brethren Publishing House 1950-1963

               71                        Mennonite Central Committee 1949-1953

               72                        Mennonite Central Committee 1954-1963

               73                        Mennonite Cooperative Bookstore 1956-1961

               74                        Mennonite Encyclopedia 1950

               75                        Mennonite missions - India Jubilee 1949-1950


 9             76                       Mennonite Press 1949-1954

 9             77                       Mennonite Press 1955-1962

               78                        Mennonite Publishing House 1949-1954

               79                        Mennonite Publishing House 1955-1958

               80                        Mennonite Publishing House 1959-1963

               81                        Mission Board 1951-1959


10           82                       N 1949-1961

               83                        North River Press 1949-1956

               84                        O 1950-1962

               85                        P 1949-1955

               86                        P 1956-1962

               87                        Protestant Church-Owned Publishers Association 1953, 1963

               88                        Publication, Board of, 1959-1960

               89                        Q and Quiring, Walter, 1954-1962

               90                        R 1949-1955

               91                        R 1956-1963

               92                        Rempel, Dick, 1963

               93                        Rempel, John G., 1949


11           94                       S 1949-1953

               95                        S 1954-1957

               96                        S 1958-1960

               97                        S 1961-1962

               98                        Scripture Press 1955-1959

               99                        Secretary - General Conference 1949-1950

              100                      Shelly, Andrew R., 1955-1956

              101                      Shelly, Maynard, 1955-1961

              102                      Shelly, Paul R., 1950-1955

              103                      Smucker, J. N., 1956-1957

              104                      Sommer, O. J., 1949

              105                      South American Sunday School 1959-1963

              106                      Standard Publishing Co. 1950-1959

              107                      Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church 1949


12          108                      T 1949-1962

              109                      U 1949-1963

              110                      Union Gospel Press 1963

              111                      Unrau, Walter D., 1957-1963

              112                      V 1949-1963

              113                      van der Smissen, Mrs. T. A. (Margaret), 1949

              114                      W 1949-1954

              115                      W 1955-1959

              116                      W 1960-1963


13          117                      XYZ 1949-1962

              118                      Young People's Union 1949-1954

              119                      Zeiler, Paul, 1949

              120                      Zion Mennonite Church, Souderton, 1949-1956

 

14                                       microfilm copy of 1948 (contrary to what the microfilm box says) general correspondence; the folder titles of the microfilmed folders are listed below; the whereabouts of the microfilms of the rest of the D through Z correspondence for 1948 or for any others years is unknown


                                           Addressograph Sales Agency

                                           Adrian, H. H.

                                           Aeschliman, E. A.

                                           Alberta Community Church, Portland, Oregon

                                           Alberta Community Sunday School, Portland, Oregon

                                           Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Kansas

                                           Alexanderwohl Mennonite Sunday School, Goessel, Kansas

                                           Altona Sunday School, Altona, Manitoba

                                           American Baptist Publication Society

                                           American Numbering Machine Co.

                                           American Sunday School Union

                                           American Tag Co.

                                           Amstutz, Miss Odula

                                           Andres, H. J.

                                           Andres, Joanna

                                           Archer, Eugene

                                           Arlington Mennonite Sunday School, Arlington, Kansas

                                           Arnaud Mennonite Sunday School, Arnaud, Manitoba

                                           Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe

                                           A

                                           Baergen, P. G.

                                           Baptist Sunday School Board

                                           Barg, Bernhard

                                           Bargen, B.

                                           Bargen, Eldon

                                           Bargen, Esther

                                           Bargen, Evelyn Joyce

                                           Bargen, Mary

                                           Bartel, Arthur

                                           Baumgartner, Elmer

                                           Baumgartner, Howard E.

                                           Beatrice Mennonite Church, Beatrice, Nebraska

                                           Beatrice Mennonite Sunday School, Beatrice, Nebraska

                                           Bergtal Mennonite Sunday School, Corn, Oklahoma

                                           Bergtaler Sunday School, Plum Coulee, Manitoba

                                           Bergthal Mennonite Sunday School, Didsbury, Alberta

                                           Bergthal Sunday School, Pawnee Rock, Kansas

                                           Bergthaler Rosenfeld Church, Rosenfeld, Manitoba

                                           Bergthaler Mennonite Sunday School, Winkler, Manitoba

                                           Berky, N. K.

                                           Berky, Ralph W.

                                           Bethany Mennonite Church, Freeman, South Dakota

                                           Bethany Mennonite Sunday School, Cleveland, Kansas

                                           Bethany Mennonite Sunday School, Freeman, South Dakota

                                           Bethany Mennonite Sunday School, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

14                                       Bethany Mennonite Sunday School, Watrous, Saskatchewan

                                           Bethany Sunday School, Teddington, Saskatchewan

                                           Bethany Union Church, Upland, California

                                           Bethel College

                                           Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton, Kansas

                                           Bethel College Mennonite Church Building Council

                                           Bethel College Mennonite Church Evangelism Committee

                                           Bethel College Mennonite Sunday School

                                           Bethel College Press

                                           Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton, Kansas

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Enid, Oklahoma

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Hydro, Oklahoma

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Lustre, Montana

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Perkasie, Pennsylvania

                                           Bethel Mennonite Church, Winton, California

                                           Bethel Mennonite Mission Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                           Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Enid, Oklahoma

                                           Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Mayfair, Saskatchewan

                                           Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

                                           Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Perkasie, Pennsylvania

                                           Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Winton, California

                                           Bethel Mennonite Sunday School, Wolf Point, Montana

                                           Bethel Mission Sunday School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                           Bethel Publishing Co.

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Fortuna, Missouri

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Lustre, Montana

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Hydro, Oklahoma

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Inman, Kansas

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Langdon, North Dakota

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Marion, South Dakota

                                           Bethel Sunday School, Waka, Texas

                                           Bethesda Mennonite Church, Henderson, Nebraska

                                           Bethesda Mennonite Sunday School, Henderson, Nebraska

                                           Bethesda Mennonite Sunday School, Henderson, Nebraska

                                           Bethesda Sunday School, Marion, South Dakota

                                           Bethlehem Mennonite Church, Bloomfield, Montana

                                           Bethlehem Sunday School, Bloomfield, Montana

                                           Bethlehem Mennonite Sunday School, Bloomfield, Montana

                                           B

                                           Bloomfield Sunday School, Plum Coulee, Manitoba

                                           Bluffton College

                                           Blumenort Mennonite Church, Gretna, Manitoba (no documents microfilmed, only folder)

                                           Board of Christian Education (Westminster Press), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                                           Bi

                                           Brauen, A. S.

                                           Braun, Jacob

                                           Brethren Publishing Co.

                                           Brethren Publishing House

14                                       Bromley, Ernest R. (no contents, only folder)

                                           Brudertal Sunday School, Hillsboro, Kansas

                                           Brudertaler Sunday School, Lustre, Montana

                                           Bruderthal Mennonite Church, Hillsboro, Kansas

                                           Br

                                           Bueckert, A. P.

                                           Buhler Mennonite Church, Buhler, Kansas

                                           Buhler Mennonite Sunday School, Buhler, Kansas

                                           Burrton Mennonite Sunday School, Burrton, Kansas

                                           Bush, Emma

                                           Calvary Mennonite Sunday School, Canby, Oregon

                                           Canadian Mennonite Bible College

                                           Canadian Mennonite Bible College students

                                           Canadian Mennonite Conference

                                           Copeland Mennonite Sunday School, Main Centre, Saskatchewan

                                           Carmen Sunday School, Waldheim, Saskatchewan

                                           The Castle Press (no contents, folder only)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board, Bloomington, Illinois

Central Mennonite Publication Board (Miss Maude A. Osthoff, Belleview Sunday School, Columbus, Kansas)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Clifford F. Dovel, Carlock, Illinois)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Miss Betty Shantz, Comins, Fairview, Michigan)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Everett Yoder, Danvers, Illinois)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Harold Oyer, Goshen, Indiana)

Central Mennonite Publication Board (Flanagan Mennonite Sunday School, Gridley, Illinois)

Central Mennonite Publication Board (Boynton Mennonite Sunday School, Hopedale, Illinois)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Bill Turner, Jr., Ligonier, Indiana)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Merle Augsburger, Meadows, Illinois)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Middlebury)

Central Mennonite Publication Board (Marjorie Yoder, New Paris, Indiana) (no contents, folder only)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Mrs. Vera Crawford, Pekin, Illinois)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Mennonite Gospel Mission, Peoria, Illinois)

                                           Central Mennonite Publication Board (Washington, Illinois)

                                           Central Publishing House

                                           Christian Board of Publication, St. Louis, Missouri

                                           Christian Cards Co.

                                           Christian Publication Service, Steinbach, Manitoba

                                           Christian Publications, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

                                           Church of God in Christ (Mennonite)

                                           Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Middleton, Michigan

                                           Church Unity Committee

                                           Claassen, H. Albert

                                           Claassen, Willard

                                           C

                                           Coghlan Mennonite Sunday School, Coghlan, British Columbia

                                           Concordia Publishing House

                                           Conference bookstores

                                           David C. Cook Publishing Company

14                                       Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE)

                                           Coxhead, Ralph C.

                                           Cross Reformed Sunday School, Berne, Indiana

                                           Crossroads Cooperative Association, Newton, Kansas

                                           Co

                                           Dalke, Herbert M. (no contents, folder only)

                                           Davidson Sales Agency

                                           Decker, Ewald

                                           Deckert, Kermit

                                           Deep Run New Mennonite Sunday School, Perkasie, Pennsylvania

                                           Deer Creek Mennonite Church, Deer Creek, Oklahoma

                                           Bi (folder apparently filmed out of order)



MLA.I.Y.3 Mennonite Publication Office and Bookstore Financial Reports/Statements 1946-1964, Sales Analysis 1953-60, Board of Control Annual Reports 1954-1972

Box

Folder

Contents

1

1

1963, 1964 & 1967 Annual Report - Bd. of Control, Menn. Press, Newton - Walter Unrau

 

2

1967-70 Annual Report - Bd. of Control, Men. Press, Newton

 

3

1971-72 Annual Report - Bd. of Control, Menn. Press, Newton

 

4

1973-74 Annual Report - Bd. of Control, Menn. Press, Newton

 

5

Financial Reports, Publication Office

 

6

Financial Reports, Bookstore, Newton

 

7

Financial Reports, branches: Headquarters

 

8

Financial Reports: consolidated

 

9

Financial Reports: Reconciliations

 

10

Financial Reports, 1946-47

 

11

Financial Reports, Annual: working papers, 1947-50

 

12

Financial Reports, Branches: Income Analysis, office auditors

 

13

Financial Reports, 1952-53

 

14

Financial Reports 1953-55

 

15

Financial statements 1954-57

 

16

Financial statements 1958-59

 

17

Financial statements 1959

 

18

Financial statements 1960

 

19

Financial reports 1961

 

20

Financial statements 1962

 

21

Financial statements, March/June 1963

 

22

Financial statements, Sept./Dwc. 1963

 

23

Financial statements March, June & Sept. 1964

 

24

Financial statements Dec. 1964

 

25

Mennonite Press Appraisals 1949-54

 

26

Mennonite Press, Inc.

 

27

Menn. Press Bd. Meeting 1954-70 (minutes)

1

28

Sales Analysis 1954

 

29

Sales Analysis 1955

 

30

Sales Analysis 1956

 

31

Sales analysis 1957

 

32

Sales analysis 1958

 

33

Sales analysis 1959/60

 

34

Vehicle - Carryall



MCA.I.Y.4 Documentation related to cuts



Box

Folder

Contents

1

 

proofs of General Conference cuts

2

 

proofs of General Conference cuts

3

 

cut catalog (maybe Christlicher Bundesbote?)

4

 

cut catalog (1920s-1940s?)

5

 

cut proof sheets (map folder, blueprint drawer 7)

6

 

cut proof sheets for Exiled by the Czar (map folder, blueprint drawer 7)

7

 

General Conference cuts numerical (card file)

8

 

General Conference cuts alphabetical (card file)