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Reference Tools
- The Civilian Public Service Story
- GAMEO Anabaptist / Mennonite Encyclopedia
- Global Anabaptist Wiki
- MennObits
- Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Indiana) Catalog
- Mennonite Library and Archives (North Newton, Kansas) Catalog
- Online Confessions, Catechisms, and Position Statements (via the Global Anabaptist Wiki)
Search Archival Collection Descriptions
Our archival collection descriptions can be found at MAID (Mennonite Archival Information Database)- a discovery site for Mennonite archives.
Search Digital Collections
Please use this form to submit birth, marriage, and death information for persons in Mennonite and Anabaptist communities. Use it for life events since July 2020 or in cases where the information was not submitted to the Gospel Herald or The Mennonite.
NOTE: Records of the former General Conference Mennonite Church are housed at the Mennonite Library and Archives at Bethel College (N. Newton, KS). For inquiries, please contact archivist John Thiesen at jthiesen@bethelks.edu.
Mission:
The Mennonite Church USA Archives seeks to inspire people worldwide to follow Jesus Christ by engaging them with the historical record of Mennonite Christian discipleship.
What we do:
- We serve as the official repository for the historical records of Mennonite Church USA and its predecessors, the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.
- We manage the current records of Mennonite Church USA both to hold denominational leaders accountable and to ensure that today’s examples of Mennonite Christian discipleship are not lost to future generations.
- We maintain a manuscript collection documenting Mennonite history, theology and faith practices.
- We provide resources for worship, faith formation and evangelism that exemplify Mennonite Christian discipleship and trust in the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
- We support Christian communities spanning time and distance through the use of Internet technologies. We strongly value online access to archival materials.
- We empower regional Mennonite historical organizations, area conferences and local congregations to collect, preserve and provide access to their historical collections by offering education, advice and technical support.
- We partner with Mennonite schools, colleges, universities and seminaries to improve access to, provide the care of and education through historical records documenting Mennonite Christian discipleship.
- We strive to deal honestly and openly with individual, community, and corporate failings of North American Mennonites. Corporately, the church seeks forgiveness for those failings.
Adopted 9/2012
- Citation Guide
- Camera Use Policy
- Collection Development Policy
- Guides for Conference and Congregational Archives
- Copyright Statement
- Fees for Services
- Interlibrary Loan Policy for Mennonite College and University Archives
- Lending Guidelines
- Permission to Publish Images
- Reading Room Policies
- Researcher Registration Procedure
- Scanner Use Policy
