Missionary letters

Title: Missionary letters collection

Scope and content: This series includes printed letters from Mennonite missionaries to North American congregations. This was a common method for maintaining "ownership" in mission programs in local congregations.

Custodial history: The series is collected by the Mennonite Archives of Ontario

1. Albert & Lois Buckwalter (Argentina), 1953-1963
2. Cyril & Ruth Gingerich (Nigeria), 1962-1964
3. Edna Good, Mabel Cressman (Argentina), 1953-1958
4. Victor & Viola Dorsch (Somalia), 1961-1964
5. David & Wilma Shank (Belgium), 1952-1954
6. Harold & Sandra Shantz (India), 1961-1964
7. Cecil & Margaret Ashley (Brazil), 1961-1963
8. Joe & Helen Burkholder (Ethiopia), 1956-1963
9. Jesse & Naomi Martin (Israel trip), 1953-1954
10. Elsie Cressman (Tanzania), 1960-1967
11. Florence Snyder (India), 1964
12. Robert & Lois Witmer (France), 1961-1963
13. Elva Snider (Germany), 1954
14. Mary Groh (Kenya), 1962
15. Ralph & Genny Buckwalter (Japan), 1954
16. Mel & Leeta Horst (Quebec), 1961
17. Elvin & Mary Snyder (Argentina), 1930
18. Nelson and Ada Litwiller  (Argentina), 1925-1956
    Note:prayer card only, 1953
19. Susan Allison-Jones and Glyn Jones (Botswana with Mennonite Church Canada Witness), 2003-2009
    Note: Includes 3 photographs, "From our street to yours" newsletter (Oct 2005-Jun 2009). Received from Shantz Mennonite Church in 2019.

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