Epp, Frank H. -- 103. Writing

103 Writing

103 -g General, 1959-1979. Includes: articles on writing and journalism education; The Writer, Oct. 1962.
Removed: "It's the secret dream of thousands" in Winnipeg Free Press, Jan. 17, 1959; "Unsere Lebensformen muessen dynamisch sein..." in Der Bote, Sept. 20, 1960 which includes a section on influencing youth for the good; 2 issues of New Tips, "Timely information for every Christian education worker of the local church," Apr. and May 1960; 4 issues of The Writer (published monthly in Boston, Mass.): Feb., Apr., May and July 1963; Columbia Journalism Review (Fall 1962), requested by Frank H. Epp; article on new journalism center at Syracuse University in Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 4, 1964; an issue of Press Journal, Nov. review and holiday edition, 1966; articles on writing and journalism in Saturday Review: Sept. 26, 1959, p.12f., Oct. 1, 1960, p.12f., June 4, 1960, p.8f, Dec. 4, 1965, p.36f., May 6, 1967, p.19f., Jan. 13, 1968, p.112f.; 1979 calendar attached to letter from Herald Press to its authors, Dec. 11, 1978; article on Iacoca's autobiographer, William Novak in The Sunday Star, June 30, 1985, p.D5.

103 -g - ACP Associated Church Press, 1961-1971. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp as editor of The Canadian Mennonite with Alfred Klausler, ACP executive secretary regarding Epp's work on the membership committee and concerning Epp's article on human rights which he submitted to them for publication (see file

103 -Ar - 68 Human Rights and Christian Responsibility, 1968, below); convention report and minutes for Apr. 1967 meeting including an article by Maynard Shelly; J. Lorne Peachey, "Protestant magazine editorials and the Vietnam war" in Copy Log, Apr. 1967. See:

103 -Ar - 71 - HL "His Land", 1971-1972 below for letter of Apr. 7, 1971 and two articles submitted to ACP. 

103 -g - Ar Archives - Included only the news clipping: "Writers find scribbling pays off" in Toronto Star, Sept. 21, 1981, p.A10, which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -g - Bi Bibliography, 1958-1961. Includes: lists of recommended books for journalism (from the 1940s and 1950s) including one from Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa. 
Removed: "The Growing phenomenon of the journalism review" in Saturday Review, Sept. 11, 1971, p.59f.

103 -g - Combined file, 1950s, 1960s. Includes papers from the following: - g - files: CAA Canadian Authors Association; CAG Christian Authors Guild, 1962-1963 (see below); CCP Canadian Church Press, 1961, 1970; ELO Evangelical Literature Overseas, 1959, 2 issues of; CW Christian Writers Assoc. of Can. (see below); CW - CC Canada Council Task Force (see below). 

103 -g - CAG Christian Authors Guild, 1962-1963. Included - 4 issues from 1962 of the American Baptist monthly publication, Compass, published in Valley Forge, Pa. Removed: Feb. and May 1962 issues of Compass. Papers moved to Combined file above. File withdrawn. 

103 -g - CP Canadian Press - Included one article: "CP will allow news coverage of some parts of 1971 meeting" inGlobe and Mail, Apr. 15, 1970, p.9, which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -g - Co Counselling, 1955-1957, 1964. Includes: articles on Christian journalism; series of pamphlets on various careers for men and women, published by the New York Life Insurance Company, 1950s?; "The Right Job for you," pamphlet by Alfred Klausler on careers for Christian young people; "Career and service opportunities," pamphlet of the Board of Christian Service, Mennonite Church, Newton, Kan., 1950s? 
Removed: article on Christian journalism in Mennonite Observer, Aug. 25, 1961, p.2; "Should a public man write?" inSaturday Review, Apr. 9, 1960, p.24f.

103 -g - CM Canadian Mennonite, 1967-1974. Includes: several tribute letters to Frank H. Epp after he left the CM and moved to Ottawa, Sept. 1967; correspondence with the new editor, Larry Kehler and Dave Kroeker, managing editor; minutes of Canadian Mennonite Publishing Association (CMPA) annual meetings, committee meetings and annual reports for 1967 to 1970; some notes for the indexing of The Canadian Mennonite June to Aug. 1974. Frank H. Epp was founding editor of The Canadian Mennonite, the first English language Mennonite newspaper in Canada.

103 -g - CMR Canadian Mennonite Reporter, 1971. Includes: correspondence, minutes of ad hoc planning meetings (including some hand written notes from July 7 by Frank H. Epp) and meetings of the Mennonite Publishing Service for the establishment of the inter-Mennonite newspaper called the Canadian Mennonite Reporter of which Frank H. Epp was the founding editor.

103 -g - CMR/MR (Canadian) Mennonite Reporter, 1972-1974. Includes: minutes of meetings and annual reports (including membership list) for the Mennonite Publishing Service; Frank H. Epp, "An Editor's agenda for Mennonite Reporter," Paper prepared for Editorial Advice Group, Dec. 21, 1971 and meeting of Mennonite Publishing Service, Jan. 3, 1972, 10p. The Mennonite Reporter began publication Aug. 3, 1971 (see MR Information Sheet, Oct. 1, 1972). The new paper was called Canadian Mennonite Reporter for the first few months.

103 -g - CMR/MR Mennonite Reporter, 1975-1985. Includes: minutes of meetings and annual reports (including membership list) for the Mennonite Publishing Service; letter of Oct. 20, 1982 from Sam Steiner to Ron Rempel, editor of the MR regarding microfilming of the MR and the CM.

103 -g - CW Christian Writers Assoc. of Can. - Included: The Christian Writer (Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, 1960, 1964), of which Vol. IX, No.3 (July-Sept. 1960) was removed and Vol. Xiii, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were transferred to CGUC Library and Archives; letter of Oct. 31, 1966 which was moved to Combined file above. File withdrawn.

103 -g - CW - CC Canada Council Task Force - Included only: Memo from the Canada Council Committee Members, June 21, 1983, which was moved to Combined file above. File withdrawn.

103 -g - EBi Epp Bibliography (1), 1971-1980. Includes: individual pages listing his periodicals, chapters in books, etc., from 1967 to 1978; Ron Orgam, "A Bibliography of the publications of the Ottawa Mennonite Fellowship," (University of Ottawa Library School, 1971), 16p., in which Part II, pp.7-9 lists the publications of Frank H. Epp; letter of Nov. 16, 1976 in which Epp mentions where his thesis is available and obtaining a copy of his radio sermons of 1957-1963; See, 8 - g - Pe - EFH - AR Annual Reports, Personal, 1975-1985, for his Annual Reports to the college which include his publications; letter of invitation, Mar. 28, 1980, from the Women;s Committee of Mennonite Educational Society, Westgate Mennonite Collegiate in Winnipeg to exhibit his books; letter from The Canada Council on compensation to whom he sent 12 items Apr. 1, 1980.

103 -g - EBi Epp Bibliography (2), 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. Includes: a select bibliography of entries both handwritten and typed of Frank H. Epp's publications, organized by headings under, books, chapters, pamphlets, publications inThe Canadian Mennonite, publications in the Mennonite Reporter, The Mennonite and other Mennonite and church publishing houses as well as in Mennonite Central Committee News Service, Akron, book reviews, sermons (which includes a list of 139 sermon titles, 1958-1961, prepared for the Abundant Life radio broadcasts) and publications in Mennonite Quarterly Review and Mennonitische Geschichtsblaetter. At the end of the Miscellaneous section is the article, John H. Redekop, "Mennonites and politics in Canada and the United States The State of the analysis," June 13, 1982, 29p., which is a survey of the literature and mentions Frank H. Epp on p.18. 
Of note: Not all the articles listed in this bibliography are included in the following section,103 -Ar Articles and some of the articles in 103 -Ar Articles, are accompanied by correspondence. This select bibliography was originally in a black binder. 

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103 -g - EP Evangelical Press, 1960-1962. Includes: program and notes Jan. 1960 convention held in Minneapolis, MN; EP membership list; EP Constitution and by-laws, Jan. 1, 1960; information on 1962 convention. 
Removed: editoral on EP in Evangelical Visitor, Feb. 19, 1962, p.2.

103 -g - GR Good, Reginald, 1977-1979. Includes: copies of Bowden's Press Clippings from newspapers all across Canada discussing Reg Good's book on the fraktur artist Anna Weber. Originals transferred to CGUC Library and Archives.

103 -g - Hi History, 1956-1961. Includes: miscellaneous articles; 2 1957 memos from Mennonite Central Committee. 
Removed: "The coming revolution in literature" in Saturday Review, Aug. 21, 1965, p.14f.

103 -g - Ma - devotional, 1963. Includes: series of five devotional writings for, "Light for the Day," written for Sept 1 to 5, 1959 and seven written for Oct. 21, 1963 to Oct. 27, 1963. 

103 -g - MPS Mennonite Publishing Service - Included papers which were integrated with 103 -g - CMR/MR (Canadian) Mennonite Reporter, 1972-1974, above. File withdrawn.

103 -g - NG Negotiated Grant, 1981. Includes: correspondence and information regarding a possible research grant from the Canadian government, called a Negotiated Grant, to work on various projects related to the History of Mennonites in Canada such as an encyclopedia, a computer data bank, bibliographies and anthologies, record collection and indexing. Discussion was initiated and led by Frank H. Epp with Harry Loewen (University of Winnipeg), Leo Driedger (University of Manitoba) and Ted Regehr (University of Saskatchewan) as the other members of the proposed research team. Also included: a statement regarding Mennonite Encyclopedia, Volume V from the annual meeting of the Institute of Mennonite Studies, June 12, 1981; report of an ad hoc meeting of Sept. 18, 1981, attended by the above named Mennonite scholars.

103 -g - OR Ottawa Report, 1968-1971. Includes: correspondence regarding this information sheet of the Canadian Board of Christian Service which was prepared by Frank H. Epp and Ernie J. Dick in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Frank H. Epp's article, "The Ottawa presence of the Christian churches" which was published in Ottawa Report, No.23, July 1, 1970; "Monthly Report of the Ottawa Service Program" for Sept. 1970 by Ernie Dick; letter from the Canadian Secretary of State, Mitchell Sharp, responding to Ernie Dick's letter to him on Sept. 11 about southern Africa (see Ottawa Report, No.24, Sept. 1, 1970; Ottawa Report, No.25, Oct. 20, 1970 which includes the article by Frank H. Epp, "There must be a better way, Some reflections on the Canadian crisis"; "Ottawa Report," Dec. 1, 1970, prepared by Ernie Dick and Ernie Regehr; correspondence regarding a Peace Consultation held in March, 1971 in Manitoba at which Frank H. Epp was a presenter; articles by Larry Kehler in Der Bote, Vol.48, No.18, Apr. 27, 1971, p.1 and Vol.48, No.19, May 4, 1971, p.2, reporting on the consultation and the discussions on Christianity and politics, the church and militarism, etc.; letter of Apr. 21, 1971 from Ernie Dick and Ernie Regehr to the Board of Christian Service to carry on the Ottawa Report. 

103 -g - PA Press Agents, 1959. Includes: a memo of July 13, 1959 stating Frank H. Epp's appointment on a publicity committee for the General Conference Mennonite Church; Report of the publicity chairman to the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1956, attached to the July 13 memo; Frank H. Epp's letter of inquiry on July 24, 1959, to the United Church Observer regarding the Canadian Church Press and the Associated Church Press. 
Removed: "Mennonite Information Service" in Gospel Herald, Jan. 13, 1959.

103 -g - Pe Periodicals/ Friesen printers, 1958. Includes: 2 page feature article on P.T. Friesen & Son, publishers ofThe Pembina Triangle Progress, Winkler, Man., Jan. 2, 1958. 

103 -g - Pe-AP American Press - Included one issue of The American Press, an independent magazine for home town newspapers, Oct. 1958, Vol. 76, No.12, published monthly in Lebanon, NJ, which was removed. File withdrawn. 

103 -g - PM Preparing Manuscripts - Included a general mailing from Benson Barrett Publishers and 2 sheets of instructions on "Preparing Copy," both of which were removed. File withdrawn.

103 -g - Rep Reprints - Included: several reprints of Farnk H. Epp's articles, which were moved to 103 -Ar - Misc Miscellaneous, 1959-62, 1969-1974, below; also included were the following: H. S. Bender, "The Measure of a minister" in The Evangelical Mennonite, Mar. 15, 1961, p.4f.; The Evangelical Mennonite, Vol.9, No.10, Apr. 15, 1962, p.1-2, both of which were removed. A copy of the news clipping on Reinhard Vogt from the Winnipeg Tribune, Dec. 22, 1962, was moved to 103 -g General, 1959-1979, above. File withdrawn.

103 -g - WC-63 Writers Conference, Mennonite, 1961-1963. Includes: correspondence and minutes regarding plans for the Mennonite Writers Conference, held in Winnipeg, July 14-18, 1963; report including list of registrants; budget and financial report for the conference. Frank H. Epp was on the planning committee, arranged for some tours and presented on news writing (see yellow and orange sheets for schedule). 
Removed: "Let's talk about writing" in Gospel Messenger, Jan. 26, 1963, p.13f.

103 -g - WL World Literacy, 1962-1967. Includes: materials from the World Literacy and Christian Literature, division of Foreign Missions, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; a few of the general mailings and a selection of the 16 issues of their monthly Lit-Lit Newsletter that were in the file.

103 -g - WUC Writers Union of Canada, 1980-1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp's biographical sketch and list of books published, 1980?, submitted to Canada Writes, a directory of The Writers' Union of Canada; constitution, by-laws and guidelines of the WUC, 1980; a selection of the monthly newsletter and general mailings of the WUC; membership list of WUC which includes Epp's name; copy of letter from Frank H. Epp, Aug. 4, 1982 regarding remuneration for public presentations on his book(s); copy of letter of Aug. 1982 to WUC members, signed by Frank H. Epp, for a protest to the Canadian parliament against testing cruise missiles (Rudy Wiebe was one of the authors supporting this). 

103 -g - WUC83-85, 1983-1986. Includes: a selection of the monthly newsletter and general mailings of the WUC; membership lists for the WUC up to 1986, which include Frank H. Epp's name; copy of "Authorization for Reprography" signed by Frank H. Epp for his books published by Macmillan of Canada and McClelland & Stewart, Sept. 3, 1983; agenda and information sent to Friends of the Canada Council, July 1985.

103 -g - WUC - Can. Council Task Force '82, 1982-1983. Includes: letters and notes of meetings for this Task Force of which Frank H. Epp was a member.

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103 -Ar Articles

103 -AF Articles - Factual - Included: notes by George Durksen on article writing, 1963 and "Mechanics of article writing - Erb" which were removed. File withdrawn.
 

103 -Ar - Misc Miscellaneous, 1959-62, 1969-1972. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: "Learn to say no" in Christian Living, Apr. 1959, p.14-15; 2 items in The Mennonite: article, "Say it again" in Nov. 3, 1959, p.680 and his contribution to the article "Why am I doing what I am doing?" in May 10, 1960, when he was editor of The Canadian Mennonite on leave for graduate study at U of Minnesota, p.303; 2 articles in Pulpit Preaching: "Search the Scriptures" in Vol.XIII, No.2 (February 1960) when Epp was on The Abundant Life, radio program, Altona, Man., p.25-28 and "Speak up for our youth" in Vol.XIV, No.9 (September 1962), p.24-26; "A Pat on the back" in Christian Witness, Sept. 15, 1960, p.4-5, reprinted from The Canadian Mennonite; "The Church in the nuclear age" brochure, 1960, written for the Historic Peace Church Council of Canada, 1960; "A Name and a faith," editorial in The Evangelical Visitor, Vol.9, No.4, Oct. 15, 1961, p.2; his views on the new Youth Peace Corps inChristian Living, June 1961, p.11; "Greater universe - greater God," guest editorial in Ontario Mennonite Evangel, Vol.VII, No.5 (May 1962), p.3; "Mennonites in Canada" brochure, written for Mennonite Central Committee, 1967?; "The Unrealism of militarism: a practical look at war and preparation for war," prepared for Peace Teach-In, Winnipeg, Mar. 22, 1969; "The Almost separated society A tentative approach to the history of Mennonites in Canada," Paper presented 1969 to Ontario Mennonite Historical Society in Apr. and the History of Mennonites in Canada Committee in Nov., published as "Research Notes" in Mennonite Quarterly Review, undated; written response to article of Russel B. Nye on draft dodgers in Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Aug. 26, 1970, p.13, unpublished?; "Chosen people, holy places, holy land and just wars" in The Mennonite, June 8, 1971; book review of Calvin Redekop's book for Mennonite Quarterly Review, written Sept. 1, 1971.
 

103 -Ar - Misc Personal (1), 1956-1982. Includes: copies of articles by and about Frank H. Epp and some of his early speeches. The topics include: his term as President of Conrad Grebel College, his honorary degree, his role in a Mennonite film, Mennonites exempted from car insurance, his political campaigns, his books, MCC involvements, with the Soviet delegation and various other topics he wrote on, or about which he was reported on, in theMennonite Reporter in the 1981 and 1982.

103 -Ar - Misc Personal (2), 1984. Includes: 32 pages of copies of newspaper articles (including pictures) from the 1984 election campaign in which he is discussed. These articles and the ones in the Personal file, 1956-1982, above, were originally in 2 black binders from Frank H. Epp's office at the college.

103 -Ar - Misc - Writing, Free Lance, 1958-1959. Includes: short pieces written by Frank H. Epp, humorous in nature, which he submitted to popular publications such as Magazine Digest and "Life's Like That" in The Reader's Digest; a submission of Frank H. Epp to Liberty Magazine on "Why I believe in God"; correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding publication of some of his inspirational articles in Youth Christian Companion, Mennonite periodicals as well as in The Winnipeg Tribune. A series of devotionals, "Light for the Day," written for Sept 1 to 5, 1959 that were in this file were moved to 103 -g - Ma - devotional, above.

103 -Ar - 60 Canada in the Nuclear Age - Included: "The Church in the nuclear age" brochure, 1960, which was moved to 103 -Ar Articles, Miscellaneous, 1959-62, 1969-1974, above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 65 Articles '65 - Included: letters from Bruno Epp brother of Frank H. Epp requesting him to write articles for Bibel und Pflug, which were moved to 103 -Ar Articles, Miscellaneous, 1959-61, 1969-1974, above. File withdrawn.
 

103 -Ar - 66 Asia, 1966-1967. Includes: correspondence about publishing Frank H. Epp's series of articles from The Canadian Mennonite on Asia in other Mennonite publications; offprints of most of the articles in the series: Mar. 8 to Dec. 13, 1966, numbers 1-9, 15, 19-20, 24 and 28-34. 
 

103 -Ar - 67 Misc, 1967. Includes: correspondence regarding Frank H. Epp writing book reviews for the Provident Bookstore, etc.; Frank H. Epp's manuscript for "Ferment" Magazine, Dec. 18, 1967, 16p. See also, 29 - g - General, 1967? 1971, which includes Frank Epp's speech to the Mennonite World Conference (1967?).

103 -Ar - 67 Maclean's, 1967-1969. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Maclean's Magazine regarding the publication of his articles in this magazine; copies of Epp's article in The Canadian Mennonite, June 13, 1967, pp.3 and 68, on the Steinbach Village Museum that was being built; copies of photos of museum buildings and artifacts and of J. J. Reimer, his son Norman Reimer and others, that were sent by Epp to Maclean's Magazine(those that were published in The Canadian Mennonite are indicated). 
Transferred to CGUC: photos from the Steinbach Village Museum and the people involved in establishing it, some of which were used in The Canadian Mennonite.

103 -Ar - 67 Provident - Included correspondence regarding Frank H. Epp writing book reviews for the Provident Bookstore which was transferred to

103 -Ar - 67 Misc, 1967, above. File withdrawn. 
Removed: Provident Book Reviews. Vol.VI, Issue 11, Nov. 1968.

103 -Ar - 67 Urban Mennonites/Government Service, 1965-1968. Includes: papers and on Mennonites in government services, namely, information from the Canadian Board of Christian Service, Conference of Mennonites in Canada, June 1965, typed, undated notes from a panel discussion on the topic in which Frank H. Epp participated, a paper by T. D. Regehr, May 10, 1968, 3p. and Leo Driedger, ed., Mennonites in urban Canada : proceedings of the 1968 conference on urbanization of Mennonites in Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, reprinted from Mennonite Life, Vol.XXIII, No.4 (Oct. 1968) which includes, Frank H. Epp, "Mennonites and the Civil Service." Also includes: questionnaire responses from Ottawa Mennonites, collected by Frank H. Epp, for his paper on urban Mennonites in Mennonite Life (Oct. 1968) and for a resource of the Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1967-1968.
 

103 -Ar - 68 Misc, 1968. Includes: correspondence; Frank H. Epp's articles: "New book adds understanding of Mennonites in Soviet Union," Jan. 5, 1968; book review of Donald Evans, Peace, Power and Protest for MCC Information Services, 1968?; book review of John H. Redekop, The American Far Right, for MCC Information Services, Feb. 12, 1968; "The Unilateral disarmament of the church," Feb. 29, 1968, 18p.; book review in theOttawa Citizen, Mar. (described below); "American draft-resisters and Canadian Mennonites," Apr. (described below); "NAE convention hears words on war, poverty and race," in MCC News Service, May 17, 1968; "Mennonites in the civil service," June 15, 1968, 10p.; "On being afraid of Communism," Oct. 20, 1968, 10p.; "On taking part in a revolution," prepared for Peace Days at Goshen College, Oct. 20-23, 1968, 14p.; "A Christian response to national disorder," An Introductory statement for a theological symposium in Conrad Grebel Music Lecture Series, Sun., Nov. 10, 1968, 14p.; "The Ecumenical movement and the Mennonite Churches," A position paper prepared for presentation in the Church and Word series of Rockway Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ontario, Nov. 17, 1968, 14p.; CBC Viewpoint articles (described below); correspondence regarding book reviews.

103 -Ar - 68 CBC, 1968?-1969. Included - 2 articles by Frank H. Epp for CBC "Viewpoint," "Hitchhikers: you pick them up, they give you a list," typed and edited manuscript with handwritten notes attached and "Separatism in Quebec,"typed manuscript, 5p. attached to letter of Mar. 7, 1969. The CBC could not use the latter, no information about the use of the former. Transferred to

103 -Ar - 68 Misc, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 68 - CM Canadian Mennonite, 1967-1969. Includes: correspondence regarding The Canadian Mennoniteand Frank H. Epp's "Viewpoint" column in this newspaper during 1969; drafts for 3 unpublished "Viewpoint" columns: "The Religious impact of a general," "The Sixties have come and almost gone," "The Dutch and Brazil". 
Removed: drafts for Frank H. Epp's articles published in 1969 in The Canadian Mennonite: "A Woman at MCC! An omen?" in Vol.17, No.8, Feb. 25, p.3; "Separatism in Quebec" in Vol.17, No.10, Mar. 11, p.3; "Poor people on the march" in Vol.17, No.13, Apr. 1, p.3; "The President in pursuit of peace" in Vol.17, No.20, May 23, p.3; The Justice minister: an ambitious reformer" in Vol.17, No.22, June 6, p.3; "Who are the real savages?' in Vol.17, No.39, Oct. 10. 
Removed also: "United Nations Day, 24 October 1969, XXIV anniversary of the organization," Paper prepared by the Office of Public Information, covers developments up to May 1969, #69-0867. 

103 -Ar - 68 - DD Draft Dodger, 1968. Included: Frank H. Epp, "American draft-resisters and Canadian Mennonites" in MCC News Service, Apr. 23, 1968, which was transferred to

103 -Ar - 68 Misc, 1968, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 68 Human Rights and Christian Responsibility, 1968. Includes: correspondence on plans, origins and distribution of this booklet; see also

103 -g - ACP Associated Church Press, 1961-1971, above regarding correspondence on its publication. Also includes: manuscript copy of the booklet; copies of this article published in: Michigan Christian Advocate, June 27, 1968; Herald of Holiness, Church of the Nazarene, July 24, 1968; World Call, July-Aug. 1968; The Church Advocate, Oct. 1968; World Outlook, Oct. 1968; Resource, Magazine of parish education, Dec. 1968; The Lamp A Christian unity magazine, Dec. 1968.
Removed: the booklet, Frank H. Epp, Human Rights and Christian Responsibility, (Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1968?), 16p.

103 -Ar - 68 - OC Ottawa Citizen, 1968. Included: Frank H. Epp's book review of Donald Evans, ed., Peace, Power and Protest published in the Ottawa Citizen, Mar. 16, 1968, p.24; correspondence with the Ottawa Citizen on publishing articles, all of which was transferred to

103 -Ar - 68 Misc, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 68 Palestine, 1968. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Land of promise is a land without peace" which was published in The Canadian Mennonite, Vol.16, No.47, Dec. 10, 1968, pp.1, 9-14 (not included) and in Mennonite Central Committee News Service, Dec. 6, 1968, pp.1-21; Frank H. Epp, "The Land of promise, a land without peace: A Report on Middle East study trip" (To MCC Peace Section executive committee, Aug. 17, 1968). 

103 -Ar - 68 Vietnam, History of, 1968. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "A Brief history of Vietnam," Jan. 17, 1968, 17p.

103 -Ar - 68 - WCC World Council of Churches (Uppsala), 1968. Includes: 5 articles by Frank H. Epp on the Fourth World Council Assembly held in Uppsala, Sweden, published in 1968 in MCC News Service: ""Youth participants impatient," July 16, 11p.; "Russian churchmen report new freedoms while critics point out restrictions," July 26, 5p; "Renewal, and the lack of it, at the Fourth WCC Assembly," Aug. 2, 12p.; "More Mennonite participation in world council encouraged," Aug. 16, 9p.; "Large Congo non-resistant church seeks WCC membership," Aug. 23, 11p.
 

103 -Ar - 69 Mennonites in Canada, History, 1969. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Almost separated Society A Tentative approach to the history of Mennonites in Canada," paper presented to the Ontario Mennonite Historical Society Annual Meeting on April 26, 1969, which was revised in the present form for the Annual Meeting of the Joint Committee for the History of Mennonites in Canada held in Waterloo, Nov. 22, 1969, 9p. and published under "Research Notes" in Mennonite Quarterly Review, Vol.XLIII, No.4 (October 1969), pp.393-398. The latter was moved here from,

103 -B - JR John Redekop, 1969-1974.

103 -Ar - 69 Middle East, 1969. Includes: articles by Frank H. Epp: "Whose land is Palestine? The Middle East problem in historical perspective A study paper," presented to Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., Jan. 23, 1969, 44p. The title page of this article from a duplicate copy is included, which has the note on it, "This manuscript has been expanded to book length and will be published in April 1970 by Eerdmans of Grand Rapids, Michigan."; "Palestina im Jahre 1968 Das Land der Verheissung ist ein Land ohne Frieden" in Bibel und Pflug, 16 Januar 1969, pp.1f.; "Towards a Christian 'strategy' vis-a-vis the Middle East" (A Paper presented at a strategy study of the Canadian Council of Churches, November 18, 1969), 13p.
 

103 -Ar - 70 Misc, 1970-1971. Includes: correspondence regarding Frank H. Epp's articles in: Christian Living andThe Canadian Mennonite; Frank H. Epp, "White paper on foreign policy, Government proposes new international role based on independence and sovereignty," June 29, 1970, 4p.; article in World Federalist, Nov./Dec. 1970 (see

103 -Ar - 70 Middle East, below); reader responses and Frank H. Epp, "Dialogue and world federalism" in World Federalist, Jan./Feb. 1971, pp. 3-5 and C1f. (See also Frank Epp's own comments in his handwritten letter of Mar. 1, 1971 in 98 - F - ME70 - Af After, 1970-1971.)

103 -Ar - 70 Middle East - Included - Frank H. Epp, "The Palestinians... A hijacked people," in World Federalist, Nov./Dec. 1970, p.6f., which was moved to

103 -Ar - 70 Misc, 1970, above. File withdrawn.
 

103 -Ar - 71 Misc, 1971. Includes: correspondence; Frank H. Epp's articles: "The Church and Nationalism" (Summary of a lecture given for the Peace Service Committee of Franconia Conference at Blooming Glen, Pa., Oct. 3, 1971) in Mission News, Franconia Conference, Jan.-Feb. 1972 and part two in Mar.-Apr. 1972; "French-English Relations in Canada" (A Statement presented to Central Committee meeting of Canadian Council of Churches, Kitchener, Ontario, Nov. 23, 1971), 2p. (typed manuscript).
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Editor's interview Bishop Swalm talks about the Brethren in Christ" in Mennonite Reporter, Nov. 1, 1971, p.7, 8; Frank H. Epp publications: "The international church," guest editorial in Christian Living, Dec. 1971, p.48.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: On the line Junior Messenger, publication of Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa., for 1971, Jan. 3, 10 and 17, which were attached to letters addressed to Frank H. Epp.

103 -Ar - 71 - CM Canadian Mennonite, 1971. Includes: correspondence; article by Frank H. Epp, "We died many times, but in those deaths we lived, reflections of a former editor" in The Canadian Mennonite, Feb. 12, p.7 and reprint of it under the title "Death of a church paper and resurrection" in The Mennonite, Apr. 6, 1971, p.226f.; brochure for The Canadian Mennonite newspaper.

103 -Ar - 71 Church and Nationalism - transferred to

103 -Ar - 71 Misc, 1971 above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 71 French - English Relations - transferred to

103 -Ar - 71 Misc, 1971 above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 71 - HL "His Land", 1971-1972. Includes: letters, bulletin and information sheet regarding the showing of this film, and Epp's presentations on the Middle East at the Monterey Mennonite Church, Pa., Jan. 1971; correspondence; article by Frank H. Epp, "'His Land' in New Testament perspective" film review, published inMennonite Brethren Herald, Apr. 16, 1971, p.13 with Epp's title and in The Mennonite, Apr. 27, 1971 under a different title: "Graham film on Israel - good photography and bad theology"; the "His Land" film review and a second article, "Toward greater holiness in Holy Land travel" are attached to the letter of Apr. 7, 1971 to the Associated Church Press, but were removed from the letter of Apr. 29, 1971 to The Methodist Churchman, to which they also had been attached; "Summary evaluation of the film 'His Land' shown at Elkhart 23 Aug. 1972," notes by JHY, likely John Howard Yoder; 

103 -Ar - 71 - HLT Holy Land Travel, 1971. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Toward greater holiness in Holy Land travel," the manuscript version for release May 1, 1971 and the single page, double-sided print version with photos which was published and distributed by the Americans for Middle East Understanding; correspondence with Menno Travel Service and Harry Dorman of Americans for Middle East Understanding regarding publication of this article; Sept. 14, 1971 followup letter of Frank H. Epp to Menno Travel Service after his trip to the Middle East, with letter from the Ministry of Tourism in Jerusalem of May 10, 1971 attached. 
Removed: 11 duplicate copies of "Toward greater holiness in Holy Land travel," typed manuscript copy marked, "For release May 1, 1971"; 3 cm stack of single sheets of double sided one page flyer "Toward greater holiness in Holy Land travel," published by AMEU.

103 -Ar - 71 - LMH Lessons from Mennonite History, 1970-1971. Includes: letter of request from Hans-Jurgen Goertz, new editor of the Mennonitische Geschichtsblaetter, to Frank H. Epp to write an article for the 1971 issue; Frank H. Epp, "Lessons from Mennonite History for World Conference," Apr. 20, 1971, 9p. 

103 -Ar - 71 Middle East, 1971. Includes: articles by Frank H. Epp: Reading 29, "The Mennonite presence in the Middle East: its length, its breadth, and its depth," A paper presented to annual meeting of Mennonite Central Committee, Chicago, January 22-23, 1971, by Frank H. Epp; in The Mennonite Central Committee story Volume 2. Documents, Responding to worldwide needs (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1980), pp.64-69; "Chosen People Holy Places Holy Land and Just Wars" in The Mennonite, June 8, 1971, p.375f.; a note that this article was also published in Gospel Herald, Apr. 1971.
 

103 -Ar - 72 Misc, 1971-1972. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: "The MB church and all of us at a crossroad," 7p., written for the Mennonite Brethren Herald, attached to letter sent to Harold Janz, Dec. 30 1971 for his personal reading but not for publication; "New world within you," Eastern Mennonite College commencement address, May 28, 1972; "Mennonite-Quaker cooperation," from talks given at a consultation at Grindstone Island, Sept. 11-13, 1972 in The Canadian Friend Quaker News and Thought, Oct.-Nov. 1972, p.8; "A Bible school's beautiful conversion," manuscript for publication in Mennonite Reporter, Oct. 2, 1972, p.6; "Evangelism and peace," working draft, undated (see Frank H. Epp, A Strategy for peace: reflections of a Christian pacifist (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973), chapter 3 which has the same title). Also included: letter from Doug Snyder of Mennonite Central Committee, Kitchener, Ontario regarding Frank H. Epp's request to have students use their files for research and a reference by Doug Snyder to the Grindstone Mennonite-Quaker dialogue attended by members of the MCC executive.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Peace witness as evangelism," Paper prepared for Probe '72. 

103 -Ar - 72 Bolivia, 1972. Includes: note cards of Frank H. Epp from speaking to people at the Mennonite World Conference in Curitiba, Brazil; handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp from spiral bound notepad; copies of the 5 contact sheets and a group of 7 photos (3.5 by 5 inches in size) that were transferred out as well as an additional 9 photos, 9x13 cm in size, that are the same as on the contact sheets, of the presidium meetings, of a church building and of native Indian children in school.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: photographs and negatives from photographs taken by Frank H. Epp in Bolivia; 5 contact sheets, #830 to 834, black and white from which some of the photos were published in theMennonite Reporter, Vol.2, No.22, Oct. 30, 1972; 7 black and white photos (3.5 by 5 inches in size): 2 from the Neuland Colony, the large stone monument and the cooperative building on the main street, 2 showing roads through the forest, one with a truck and person beside it, felled trees in a forest, a sawmill and headquarters of the MCC Heifer Project in Bolivia, southeast of Santa Cruz with 5 young people in front of the small building; group of 6 negatives, of which four, 4A, 6A, 9A and 10A were published in the Mennonite Reporter, Vol.2, No.22, Oct. 30, 1972, p.8; 7 packages of negatives developed by Benjamin Film Laboratories in Toronto; white envelope with 5 negatives, speakers and workshops from the conference in Bolivia? 
Transferred also were 9 photos, 9x13 cm in size, as described above.

103 -Ar - 72 Bolivia, Correspondence, 1972. Includes: correspondence with Prof. Leonard Sawatsky and Mennonite Central Committee and others following Frank H. Epp's trip to Bolivia in relation to the Mennonite World Conference and the use of his materials on Bolivia. Epp planned to use them his history on the Mennonites in Canada and for a special issue of the Mennonite Reporter. The chart, "Summary of Mennonite colonies in Bolivia" differs slightly from the published version in Mennonite Reporter, Vol.2, No.22, Oct. 30, 1972, p.7, so was left in the file.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "A Brief history of the Mennonites in Bolivia," Aug. 15, 1972, published in Mennonite Reporter, Vol.2, No.22, Oct. 30, 1972, pp. 10-11. 

103 -Ar - 72 Bolivia in MR. Included the following articles by Frank H. Epp published in the Mennonite Reporter, Vol.2, No.22, Oct. 30, 1972: Editorial, "Bolivia: the volunteers, the colonists, the missionaries," p.6, "`Conservative' colonists on the Bolivian frontier," p.7; "Summary of Mennonite colonies in Brazil," p.7 (see

103 -Ar - 72 Bolivia, Correspondence, 1972. above); description of photos, p.8; "The `Privelegium' of Bolivia," p.9; "A Brief history of the Mennonites in Bolivia," pp.9-10, all of which were removed. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 72 CMBC, 1971-1972, 1978. Includes: correspondence regarding the writing of Frank H. Epp's chapter "The Struggle for recognition" in the book, Henry Poettcker, Rudy A. Regehr, Call to Faithfulness essays: in Canadian Mennonite studies (Winnipeg, Man.: Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1972), pp.167-173,
written for the 25th anniversary of the college and to recognize J. J. Thiessen, published April 1972; 1 reprint of the chapter; letter of Frank H. Epp to Irene Friesen Petkau, Dec. 21, 1978 regarding a quotation used from this chapter. 
Removed: a 3 cm stack of reprints of Epp's chapter in Call to Faithfulness (1972). 

103 -Ar - 72 Draft-Dodger, 1972. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Canada and the American Draft-Dodger in World War I," (A paper prepared for the 51st annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, Montreal, June 6-9, 1972), 17p.; handwritten notes.

103 -Ar - 72 Latin America - See

103 -Ar - 72 Bolivia, 1972, above.

103 -Ar - 72 Probe '72, 1971-1973. Includes: correspondence regarding publishing the papers presented at Probe '72, an all Mennonite consultation on evangelism; letter to Jim Fairfield (ed. of Probe book) on Sept. 26, 1971 to which a draft of Frank H. Epp, "Peace witness as evangelism," Paper prepared for Probe '72 was attached; letter from Donald D. Kaufman, Jan. 2, 1973 has the flyer, "Taxes for war purposes A statement of the Church of the Brethren General Board, Nov. 1967" and a brochure, "War tax refusal campaign" attached.
Removed: Evangelism good news or bad news, which Call? which Gospel? which Kingdom? Key 73 (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1972), 22p. A copy of this pamphlet was attached to Jan. 2, 1973 letter from Donald Kaufman and duplicate copies of it were in the file that were also removed. This pamphlet was published in Nov. 1972 and reprinted in Feb. 1973, May 1976 and 1981. CGUC has a copy of the 1976 reprint which has a different cover, shortened title ( Evangelism good news or bad news) and updated author information on the back inside cover. See

103 -Ar - 73 Misc, 1973 below; Frank H. Epp, "Peace witness as evangelism," Paper prepared for Probe '72 which was published in Jim Fairfield, ed. Probe For an evangelism that cares (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1972). 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Evangelism good news or bad news Key 73 (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1972), 22p. This pamphlet was published in November 1972 and includes Frank H. Epp, "Which Call?" pp.1-9.
 

103 -Ar - 73 Misc, 1973. Includes: correspondence; "The Hutterites and their communities," Paper sent from Canadian Ethnic Studies to Frank H. Epp for comments, Feb. 28, 1973; letters, May 10, 1973 and Frank H. Epp, "1923: The Beginnings of the Great Migration," in Mennonite Life, December 1973, pp. 101-103, which consisted of 8p. of excerpts from Mennonite Exodus (1962), "From Russia to Rosthern," Chapter 11, pp.139-146, for a special issue of the journal; Frank H. Epp, "Christian men must make voluntary choices," in View beyond the pew" column in the Elmira Signet, Aug. 15, 1973, p.4 and a letter to the editor responding to it from H. V. Wildwood in theElmira Signet, Aug. 29, 1973, p.5. 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Evangelism good news or bad news which Call? which Gospel? which Kingdom? Key 73 (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1973), 22 page pamphlet (reprinted February 1973), which includes an edited version of Frank H. Epp's paper presented at Probe '72 (see Probe '72 file above) which, as stated on the inside cover, was to be an aid "for use in this year of evangelism emphasis in North America."

103 -Ar - 73 Canadian-American Mennonite Church Relations, 1973-1974. Includes: correspondence and responses related to: Frank H. Epp, "Improving relations between Canadian and American Mennonite churches" (A discussion paper prepared for use by interested people as they see fit), Oct. 15, 1973, 5p. This paper was published, word for word, in The Mennonite, 88:43, Nov. 27, 1973, pp.682-683 under the title, "U.S. and Canadian churches: Time to rearrange relationships"; H. J. Gerbrandt, Jake Tilitzky, "United States-Canadian relationships within the General Conference" undated, 6p.; "Offener Brief an Dr. Frank Epp" (Open letter to Dr. Frank Epp) in Der Bote, Nr. 5, Jan. 29, 1974, p.3. The writer of the article in Der Bote (from Saskatoon?) who came to Canada from Germany, responds to Frank H. Epp's article of Nov. 27, 1973 in The Mennonite. He expresses disappointment that the "brotherly relationship" he thought existed between Mennonites in Canada and the U.S. is seemingly not there. Frank H. Epp's views are also mentioned in Larry Kehler, "Consultation proposes MCC restructuring," in The Mennonite, 88:43, Nov. 27, 1973, p.686-87.

103 -Ar - 73 Meetinghouse, 1973-1974. Includes: Frank H. Epp's article, "The Migrations of 100 years and their meanings," in both The Mennonite, Feb. 26, 1974, pp.130-31 and the Gospel Herald, Feb. 26, 1974, pp.170-172; letters of 1973 on Meetinghouse publications; letter of Mar. 1974 critiquing one aspect of the article.

103 -Ar - 73 Mennonite Life - Included correspondence which was moved to 103 -Ar - 73 Misc, 1973, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 73 Mennonitische Blaetter, 1973-1974. Includes: correspondence with Hans-Juergen Goertz, an editor for the Mennonitische Geschichtsblaetter regarding an article by Frank H. Epp for the journal and other matters; a copy of the paragraphs changed by Frank H. Epp from, "The Immigrants and Citizenship," in Mennonite Exodus(1962), Chapter 21, pp.319-34 for his paper, "Canadian Mennonites, the Third Reich, and World War II." The article was published in German as, "Kanadische Mennoniten, das Dritte Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg," in Mennonitische Geschichtsblaetter, Vol.31, Nr.26 (1974), pp.91-102. Also in the file is "Satzung des Mennonitischen Geschichtsvereins e. V.," undated, which was in the copy of the journal in which Epp's article was published that was removed from the file.

103 -Ar - 73 Renewal, 1973. Includes: a series of 11 editorials by Frank H. Epp, "Essays on renewal" in theMennonite Reporter, 1973: (1) "Strong affirmations and serious questions," Feb. 5, p.6; (2) "Renewal delayed is renewal denied," Feb. 19, p.6; "Varieties of worship (3) Immigrant experience in a `high church' setting," Mar. 5, p.5; (4) Renewal in spirit and in truth," Mar. 19, p.6; (5) "Lessons from the last century," Apr. 2, p.6; (6) "Reading the Bible in reverse," Apr. 16, p.6; (7) "The priest and the Godfather," Apr. 30, p.6; (8) "Godfather and priest at the Watergate," May 14, p.6; (9) "The Challenge of a heritage," May 28, p.6; (10) "Religion helps make it happen," June 11, p.6.; (11) "Religion helps make it happen-2," June 25, p.6, all of which were removed. File withdrawn.
 

103 -Ar - 74 Misc, 1974. Includes: correspondence; "The 100th Anniversary of Mennonite Migration from Russia," inJewish Immigrant Aid Service News, (Winter 1974), p.4; letter from G. K. Epp regarding the new book authored by the Mennonite Historical Society of Manitoba, Anthology Committee, Harvest, an anthology of Mennonite writing in Canada, 1874-1974 ([Winnipeg]: Centennial Committee of the Mennonite Historical Society of Manitoba, 1974), in which Frank H. Epp had an article; two reviews of Harvest (1974) in Der Bote, March 9, 1974 and in The Red River Valley Echo, September 4, 1974; a notice that the expanded Joint Committee of Mennonite historical societies of Manitoba and Ontario will sponsor the second volume of Mennonites in Canada.

103 -Ar - 74 Anthology - Included 2 reviews of the new book Harvest (1974), which were moved to 103 -Ar - 74 Misc, 1974, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 74 German Yearbook, 1973-1976. Includes: offprint of Frank H. Epp, "Mennonites in Canada," in theGerman Canadian Yearbook, Vol.1 (1973), pp. 141-143; correspondence with Hartmut Froeschle, editor of theGerman Canadian Yearbook; "Rundschreiben" (news) sent to contributors to the German Canadian Yearbook and members of the German-Canadian National Historical Association.

103 -Ar - 74 Immigration - Included Frank H. Epp, "The Migrations of 100 years and their meanings," in Gospel Herald, Feb. 26, 1974, pp.170-172 and 1974 correspondence, both of which were moved to 103 -Ar - 73 Meetinghouse, 1973-1974, above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 74 - TN True North, 1973-1974, 1981. Includes: correspondence on sending a shortened version of the two Mennonite newspapers, the Mennonite Reporter and Der Bote to 2000 addresses in the Canadian Northwest, to people in the 50 congregations whom Frank H. Epp had discovered on a trip he took with his wife Helen to northern Alberta and B.C. in the summer of 1973. (Since 1968 he had been collecting information on Mennonites in Canada for a history volume on that topic, commissioned by the Joint Committee of the Mennonite Historical Societies of Manitoba and Ontario for publication in 1974.) Also included in the file are: index cards (orange) with names of people, addresses, etc.and notes called "addresses and resources"; copy of the first in the series of 14 articles written by Frank H. Epp for these promotional issues: "The true north (1): Nine movements northward produced about 50 communities," in Mennonite Reporter, Mar. 18, 1974, p.10; three letters from 1974 and 1975 responding to the "True North" series of articles of which the letter of July 4, 1974 has a note attached addressed to Helen, wife of Frank H. Epp, regarding filing of this correspondence; letter of Feb. 10, 1981 giving permission to reprint articles by Frank H. Epp from 2 Mennonite Reporter issues of 1974.
Removed: series of articles from the Mennonite Reporter, 1974 (numbers 2-13) and 1975 (number 14), written by Frank H. Epp: "The true north (2): The church that disappeared, whose influence lives on," Mar. 18, p.11; "The story of a pioneering settlement only thirty years ago," Mar. 18, p.12; "A short description of individual family circumstances," in Mar. 18, p.13; "The true north (3): Land of milk and honey not without its bitterness," Apr. 29, p.9; "The true north (4): The Holdeman people form strong communities," May 13, p.9; "The true north (5): Movement into northern isolation began in 1930s," May 27, p.13; "The true north (6): Burns Lake - where a settlement came and went," June 10, p.9; "The true north (7): Vanderhoof - prosperity and stability for those on relief," June 24, p.9; "The true north (8): Clergyman turned contractor becomes Peace River leader," July 22, p.9; "The true north (9): Mennonite Brethren form chain or urban churches," Aug. 5, p.9; "The true north (10): Most recent immigrants come from the United States," Aug. 19, p.9; "The true north (11): Struggles with the world and the wilderness," Sept. 30, p.9; "The true north (12): Mennonite rebel becomes mayor of Peace River town," Oct. 28, p.9; "The true north (13): The many migrations into non-Mennonite worlds," Dec. 9, p.13; "The true north (14): 'Lieber Bruder in Christo' - the happy lasting reality," Feb. 3, 1975, p.9. Removed also, 3 articles written by Frank H. Epp in 1974 in Der Bote, for the column "Am Feierabend": "Der wirkliche Norden, die Gemeinde die verschwand und deren Einfluss weiterlebt," in Nr. 16, Apr. 16, 1974, p.9; "Der wirkliche Norden, Land von Milch und Honig nicht ohne Bitterkeit," in Nr.17, Apr. 23, 1974, p.9 and "Der weite Norden (13), Die vielen Wanderungen in nichtmennonitischen Welten," in Sept. 3, 1974, p.9. 

103 -Ar - 74 - TN Maps, 1974. Includes: original maps and lists on parchment paper and copies with instructions on them for their use in the publication of the "True North" series of articles written by Frank H. Epp for theMennonite Reporter in 1974: map of "Areas of Mennonite Settlement in Northern Alberta and British Columbia," and "Summary of Mennonite Movements in Northern Alberta and British Columbia," used with "The true north (1): Nine movements northward produced about 50 communities," in Mar. 18, p.10; map of "Mennonite Congregations in Peace River District 1973," and "Key to Affiliation," used with "The true north (2): The church that disappeared, whose influence lives on," Mar. 18, p.11 as well as with "Am Feierabend": "Der wirkliche Norden, die Gemeinde die verschwand und deren Einfluss weiterlebt," in Der Bote, Nr. 16, Apr. 16, 1974, p.9; map of "Mennonite Congregations in North-Central British Columbia 1973," used with "The true north (6): Burns Lake - where a settlement came and went," in the Mennonite Reporter, June 10, p.9; copy of "Mennonite Congregations in Fort Vermillon 1973," not used. 

103 -Ar - 74 - TN Notes, 1973. Includes: a few note cards but mostly 8 1/2 by 11 sheets of handwritten notes on people, churches and places, made by Frank H. Epp and his wife Helen on their trip to northern Alberta and B.C. in the summer of 1973 when they were collecting information for the history volume, Mennonites in Canada. A few have specific dates and appear to be notes made during interviews: Paul L. Burkholder, Bluesky, Alta., July 6, 1973, Wm J. Rempel, June 28, 1973.

103 -Ar - 74 - TN Photos, 1974. Includes: copies of photos returned to Frank H. Epp, used with the "True North" articles he wrote in 1974 for the Mennonite Reporter, (2), (3) and (5). Photos from (2) were also used in Der Bote, Apr. 16, 1974, p.9. See file

103 -Ar - 74 - TN True North, 1973-1974, 1981, above, for titles of articles. These photos were transferred to CGUC Library and Archives.

103 -Ar - 74 Woldemar Neufeld - file moved to 1982 section.
 

103 -Ar - 75 Misc, 1974-1975. Includes: letter to Frank H. Epp regarding corrections for his article in theMennonite Mirror, Jan. 13, 1975; letters regarding an article in a Canadian issue of Mennonite Life by Frank H. Epp and Ernie Dick, July 22, 1975; publications of Frank H. Epp: copy of slightly edited version of, "Toward greater holiness in Holy Land travel," in the Festival Quarterly, 2:2 (May-July 1975), pp.28-29, accompanied by an informal photo of him (see

103 -Ar - 71 - HLT Holy Land Travel, 1971, above regarding the original article); "Let the university be a university," in the Gazette of the University of Waterloo, March 1975 with a positive note of response attached that was sent to the editor, C. Redmond; "The American Revolution and the Canadian evolution." in Gospel Herald, Oct. 28, 1975, p.771-772, with correspondence attached; offprint of review of Joyce Bowling and M. H. Hykawy, eds., The Multilingual Press in Manitoba (Winnipeg: Canada Press Club, 1974) in Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol.VII, No.1, 1975, p.90-91, with correspondence attached; Frank H. Epp's unpublished typed articles or drafts of articles: "Agnostic draft-dodger re-enters America as minister," Feb. 1975, with notes from Nov. 2, 1974 on Raymond Elberson, subject of the paper, attached; "Miller - The bridge-builder," note on Orie Miller's contributions, requested by Dave Kroeker of the Mennonite Reporter, Sept. 1975; "A Canadian view of the bicentennial: how to 'contain' America," Sept. 1975; draft copy of review of John A. Toews, A Comprehensive history of the Mennonite Brethren: Pilgrims and Pioneers (Fresno: Board of Christian Literature, 1975), 3p.; "`For God and Christ and Freedom' by M. James Penton, An Evaluation," 3p. and handwritten by Frank H. Epp, "Meditation at Hornpayne," 5p., both undated. Also included: Frank H. Epp's letter to the editor in The Carillon, June 18, 1975, p.4 and affirmation of this letter in a note from Helen Janzen. 
 

103 -Ar - 75 American Revolution - Included Frank H. Epp, Gospel Herald, Oct. 1975, which was moved to 103 -Ar - 75 Misc, 1974-1975, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 75 Gazette - Included article sent to them by Frank H. Epp in March which was moved to 103 -Ar - 75 Misc, 1974-1975, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 75 Reviews, Multilingual Press - Included a review of a book by this title which was moved to 103 -Ar - 75 Misc, 1974-1975, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 76 Misc, 1976. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: book review for Mennonite Quarterly Review of Pannabecker, S. F., Open doors: A history of the General Conference Mennonite Church (Newton, Kan.: Faith and Life Press, 1975), 5p.; "Some thoughts on US-Canada relations in the context of General Conference (Recorded by F. H. Epp for use as anybody sees fit with or without attribution)," Apr. 22, 1976, 3p., sent to Ed Enns at Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Winnipeg, Man.; "Fullness and wholeness in education," in Conrad Grebel Annual Report 1976, pp.3-9, including a picture of Frank H. Epp holding a mace on p.8; "The Mennonites: genealogical opportunities and problems," in Families, issue entitled, "Following chain & compass: settlers & settlements in Old Ontario," Vol.15, No.4 (Fall 1976), pp.150-159.

103 -Ar - 76 CGC Annual Report, 1976- Included Conrad Grebel Annual Report 1976 with an article by Frank H. Epp, which was moved to 103 -Ar - 76 Misc, 1976, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 76 Evangelism - Included a duplicate copy of, Evangelism good news or bad news," (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1976), 22p. booklet of essays from the Probe '72 all Mennonite consultation on evangelism and includes, Frank H. Epp, "Which call?" pp.1-9, which was removed. See file,

103 -Ar - 72 Probe '72, 1971-1973, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 76 Meetinghouse, 1976-1977. Includes: article by Frank H. Epp, "Can Mennonite peoplehood by truly international?" which the Meetinghouse group asked him to write as a feature article, following his presentation of Oct. 7, 1976 on the U.S.-Canadian Mennonite situation. Responses from members of the constituency would also be printed. The article was published under this title in 1977 in the following Mennonite newspapers: The Mennonite, Feb. 22, pp.122-124; Mennonite Brethren Herald, Mar. 18, pp.16-17; Gospel Herald, Apr. 26, 1977, pp.339-342 with responses on pp. 341-342. Also included in the file are letters of response and critique written during 1977 from a number of individuals as well as members of Canadian and American organizations to which Frank H. Epp in turn responded, including in a letter to the editor responding to Leonard Gross (May 17) who reacted to Epp's article in the Gospel Herald of Apr. 26 (see memo of May 27, 1977). 
Removed: this article in the Mennonite Reporter, Mar. 7, pp.8-9, with responses on pp.8-9.

103 -Ar - 76 Missions, 1976-1977. Includes: Frank H. Epp, Missions: the end & a new beginning, pamphlet published Dec. 1976 by Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, for Urbana '6 and also sent to the Mennonite Press. It was also published under this title in: The Mennonite, Mar. 8, 1977, pp.165-166 and Gospel Herald, Jan. 25, 1977, pp.76-77. The shorter first draft is attached to a letter of Nov. 4, 1976 to Rev. John K. Stoner.

103 -Ar - 76 Pannabecker Review - moved to 103 -Ar - 76 Misc, 197, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 76 USSR, 1976. Includes 2 articles: Frank H. Epp, "Mennonites in Russia: An interrupted history (Some reflections on the experience of the Mennonites in Russia following a trip to the USSR in July of 1976 but based not only on that trip)," Aug. 16, 1976, 11p., marked, "Not for publication" and Helen and Frank Epp, "The Story of the Martin Epp (1860-1912) descendants in the USSR (Based on visits to the former Molotschna Colony, Ukrainian SSR, and with relatives from Karaganda in Alma Ata, USSR, July 8-23, 1976)," Aug. 16, 1976, 10p., both of which were attached to a letter of Sept. 6, 1978 sent to, Peter J. Dyck, MCC Akron, Pa., John A. Lapp, Goshen College, and J. M. Klassen, MCC (Canada).
 

103 -Ar - 77 Misc, 1977-1978. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp, "Listening to the Israelis: Suspicions and cooperation (A Special report)," May 18, 1977, 3p., marked "Not for publication," and "Listening to the Middle East - 1977 (A General report)," May 18, 1977, 2p.; book reviews by Frank H. Epp of: M. James Penton,Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada: Champions of Freedom of Speech and Worship (Toronto: Macmillan, 1976) published in The History and Social Science Teacher, Vol.13, No.2 (Winter 1978), initially requested July 2, 1977, copy of print version; Mykhaylo, Cataract, A Ukrainian poet's memoir of repression and resistance (Toronto: Cataract Press, 1976), written Feb. 24, 1977, 2p.; Al Reimer, ed. and trans., A Russian dance of death (Winnipeg: Hyperion Press, 1977) published in Mennonite Mirror, Jan. 1978, p.15, probably written by Epp in Dec. 1977. Draft for a tribute by Frank H. Epp to J. J. Thiessen, who supported Epp as a young man to write Mennonite Exodus, published as "He had the gift to encourage," in Mennonite Reporter, Vol.7, No. 19, Sept. 19, 1977, p.11. Two unpublished articles by Frank H. Epp: "The Anabaptist vision and world mission (A Conference statement by the expanded Mennonite World Conference Presidium meeting July 3-5, 1975, in San Juan, Puerto Rico)," 4p., labelled "Attachment 2" and "Division and Unity in Israel," 7p. sent to the Globe and Mail newspaper but returned to Epp Nov. 3, 1977 because they were "unable to use it."

103 -Ar - 77 Missions - Included a letter from Rev. Takashi Yamada of Japan which Frank H. Epp sent anonymously to Howard Habegger, General Conference Mennonite Church, July 11, 1977, which was moved to

103 -Ar - 76 Missions, 1976-1977, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 77 Palestinians, 1977. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Learning from the Palestinians," 22p., which was solicited for a special 1977 summer issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies, but then deemed to be "not suitable for the special issue" and sent on to the editor of the journal. 

103 -Ar - 77 Sojourners - Included: request in Feb. 1977 to Frank H. Epp for an article in this journal on religion and the Middle East conflict, which he did not accept at this time. The notes were moved to 103 -Ar - 77 Misc, 1977-1978, above. File withdrawn. 
Removed: Sojourners, Vol.5, No.7 (September 1977). 

103 -Ar - 77 Woher? Wohin? Mennoniten, 1977. Includes: series of 5 articles by Frank H. Epp, "Woher? Wohin? Mennoniten," in Die Mennonitische Post: 1. in June 16, 2. in July 7, 3. in July 21, continuation of 3. ("Fortsetzung") in Aug. 4, and 4. in Aug. 17.

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103 -Ar - 78 Misc, 1978-1979. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: "Experiencing the high schools," Rabble, Conrad Grebel College Bulletin, Spring (before Mar. 21), 2p.; "Foreward" for William Janzen, Walk Humbly with your God (Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 1979), written Mar. 1978 and related correspondence; review of Harry V. Herman Men in white arrows: A study in ethnicity and occupation (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1978), undated; "Getting behind the student newspaper," also undated. 

103 -Ar - 78 Benjamin Eby, 1977-1982. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto: University of Toronto Press) including suggestions by Frank H. Epp for writers and two drafts of his own article "Benjamin Eby" written for this dictionary.

103 -Ar - 78 CHA Canadian Historical Association, 1978. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Educational institutions and cultural retention in Canada: The Mennonite experience," paper prepared with assistance of Lyle Friesen for the 1978 CHA meetings at the University of Western Ontario, London, June 1, 1978, 17p. See also,

103 -Ar - 82 MSC Menno Simons College, 1982, below. 

103 -Ar - 78 Martin Epp Family, 1976-1979. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with his sister Anne Epp Enns regarding writing and publishing the history of the Epp family; Frank H. Epp, "The Story of the Martin Epp family," sent to Anne Feb. 27, 1978, 17p.
Removed: Helen and Frank Epp, "The Story of the Martin Epp (1860-1912) descendants in the USSR (Based on visits to the former Molotschna Colony, Ukrainian USSR, and with relatives from Karaganda in Alma Ata, USSR, July 8-23, 1976)," Aug. 16, 1976, 10p.

103 -Ar - 78 Mennonite Migrations, 1977-1978. Includes: article by Frank H. Epp, "The Migrations of the Mennonites (An article for the Mennonite World Conference Handbook), 25p. sent to Paul Kraybill (MWC exec. sec.), Jan. 5, 1978, and the correspondence regarding it and collecting information for it, for eg. on Africa and Asia.

103 -Ar - 78 Wichita, 1978. Included: draft copy of Frank H. Epp's article on the Mennonite World Conference held in Wichita, for the Mennonite Reporter; a page of handwritten notes on "Consultation on world mission, July 22-24, 1978; whole issue of the Mennonite Reporter, Aug. 21, 1978 which includes Frank H. Epp, "Reflections on 10th Assembly: A momentous occasion," p.7. A copy of the latter with a note from Dave Kroeker, editor of the newspaper requesting it and the handwritten notes were moved to

103 -Ar - 78 Misc, 1978-1979, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 78/79 Waterloo Chronicle, 1978-1979. Includes: list of articles written by Frank H. Epp in the Waterloo Chronicle, during his election campaign.
 

103 -Ar - 79 Misc, 1979. Includes: articles by Frank H. Epp: "C. A. DeFehr," 2p. sent on Feb. 6, 1979 to in theMennonite Brethren Herald for publication after his passing; review of Lawrence Klippenstein and Julius G. Toews,Mennonite Memories: Settling in western Canada (Winnipeg: Centennial Publications, 1977) in The Canadian Historical Review, Vol.LX, No.3 (September 1979), pp.365-366; "The Greening of Humanity," 1p., addressed to the college community at the beginning of the college year? when Epp was president of the college; "Editorial," written for the United Church Observer, Nov. 1, 1979; "Mennonites in the armed forces in WWII," letter or article, Dec. 3, 1979 for Mennonite Reporter (see

103 -Ar - 79 Armed Forces and Mennonites, below); review of Robert F. Drinan, Honor the promises: America's commitment to Israel (Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977) in Christian Scholar's Review, Vol.IX, No.2, pp. 174-75; review of Robert L. Ramseyer, ed., Mission and the Peace Witness: The Gospel and Christian Discipleship(Herald Press, Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1979) in Festival Quarterly, Nov., Dec. 1979, Jan. 1980, p.11 and related papers (see

103 -Ar - 79 Review: Missions and Peace Witness, 1979, below); evaluation of a manuscript for the Manitoba History journal; an issue of "Highland News," Mar. 1979 which includes "Reminiscences," by Erna Hauser Enns, a story from her teaching days; handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp, undated, on the topic of missions (see

103 -Ar - 79 Missions and Peace, 1979, below).

103 -Ar - 79 Armed Forces and Mennonites. Included - Frank H. Epp, "Mennonites in the armed forces in WWII," a letter or article written Dec. 3, 1979 for the Mennonite Reporter in which Epp solicits the help of readers to provide information about Mennonites who served in the military during WWII and comments on recent articles in the Mennonite Reporter by John Friesen, Ab Douglas and William Schroeder. These articles are named in Epp's article and copies of them were in the file but were removed. Epp's article was moved to 103 -Ar - 79 Misc, 1979, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 79 China, 1979. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Chinese Christian leader compares feeding of millions to gospel story," report from a meeting in Toronto on Nov. 4 where Dr. Ting, Anglican priest from China, spoke, which Epp was asked to attend on behalf of Mennonite Central Committee (Canada); bulletin of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church (United) with the order of service; letter to J. M. Klassen, exec. sec. of MCC (Canada), to whom Epp sent his report; handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp on Dr. Ting.

103 -Ar - 79 Israeli Peace Movement, 1979. Includes: materials from the New Outlook International Symposium, "The Middle East between war and peace," held in Washington, D. C., Oct. 27-30, 1979, which Frank H. Epp was asked to attend under the auspices of the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section (see letter from Urbane Peachey, Sept. 27, 1979); 2 journals which Epp received at the conference: Jewish Currents, Vol.32, No.10 (357) (November 1978) and Israel Horizons, Vol.27, No.6 (June 1979); report of Frank H. Epp, "MCC attends meeting-- Israeli Peace Movement in USA to mobilize American Jews" in MCC News Service, (6) Nov. 16, 1979, 3p.; 
Transferred to University of Waterloo Library (Dana Porter): 2 issues of New outlook, Middle East monthly: (Sept. 1979) and (Oct. 1979), the latter is called "The symposium issue."
Removed: 3 issues, all from 1979, of Worldview, May, July/Aug. and Sept.

103 -Ar - 79 John Lapp Book, 1979-1980. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Introduction," in John A. Lapp, The View from East Jerusalem (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1980), pp.13-16 and the correspondence related to it. 
Removed: a copy of the book that was in the file. 

103 -Ar - 79 Manitoba History - Included a copy of Frank H. Epp's evaluation of a manuscript for the Manitoba History journal and the correspondence related to it (all undated), which were moved to

103 -Ar - 79 Misc, 1979, above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 79 MCC (Canada), 1979-1980. Includes: 2 versions of, Frank H. Epp, "MCC and MCC (Canada) pursue mutuality," Nov. 1, 1979, responding to the request of Ron Rempel, MR editor, for responses from the MCC (Canada) exec. to the news release by William T. Snyder by this title in the Mennonite Reporter, Oct. 15 (on the topic of MCC US and Canadian structures); "MCC U.S. members organize," in MCC News Service, June 29, 1979, 3p.; responses to Frank H. Epp on the topic; related correspondence.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "A Response," (to W. T. Synder's news release of Oct. 15, "Mutuality in MCC: What is Canada's role in overseas work?" printed above Frank H. Epp's article) in Mennonite Reporter, Nov. 12, 1979, p.13; whole issue of Mennonite Reporter, Mar. 3, 1980, which includes, Daniel Tiessen, "Let's debate the real issue," under Letters, p.7 (discussing the issues raised by Frank H. Epp in this debate, which had been ignored in previous letters); "Some thoughts on US-Canada relations in the context of General Conference (Recorded by F. H. Epp for use as anybody sees fit with or without attribution)," Apr. 22, 1976, 3p., which is in

103 -Ar - 76 Misc, 1976, above.

103 -Ar - 79 Missions and Peace. Included - notes by Frank H. Epp on missions for book review which were attached to the book review of Mission and the peace witness and moved to 103 -Ar - 79 Misc, 1979, above; copies of, Frank H. Epp, Missions: the end & a new beginning, pamphlet published Dec. 1976 by Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section (see

103 -Ar - 76 Missions, 1976-1977, above), which were removed. File withdrawn. 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: William Janzen, Walk Humbly with your God (Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 1979) with a Foreward by Frank H. Epp (see 103 -Ar - 78 Misc, 1978-1979, above). 

103 -Ar - 79 Review: Missions and Peace Witness. Included - review by Frank H. Epp of Robert L. Ramseyer, ed.,Mission and the peace witness: The Gospel and Christian discipleship (Scottsdale, Pa.: Kitchener, Ont.: Herald Press, 1979) for Festival Quarterly, 2p., written Sept. 1979; 3 pages of handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp, undated, on the topic of missions where some of the writers for this book are noted. These notes, the review and the correspondence related to it were moved to

103 -Ar - 79 Misc, 1979, above. File withdrawn.

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103 -Ar - 79 Stanfield Statement, 1979. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Why Canada's embassy should not be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem (A statement prepared for the Hon. Robert Stanfield by Frank H. Epp), Aug. 14, 1979, 1p. and attached to it, Frank H. Epp, "The Seven dimensions of a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in the Middle East (A statement prepared by Frank H. Epp for the Hon. Robert Stanfield), Aug. 14, 1979, 5p. 

103 -Ar - 79 United Church Observer. Included - Frank H. Epp, "Editorial," written for the United Church Observer, Nov. 1, 1979, 3p., which was moved to 103 -Ar - 79 Misc, 1979, above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 79 Van Nostrand, 1979-1980. Includes: Frank H. Epp's review of Joanne Flint, The Mennonite Canadians(Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980), "Tells story of Mennonites for public school," in Mennonite Reporter, Sept. 29, 1980, p.8; Frank H. Epp's evaluation and critique of the original manuscript for this book.
Removed: Roy Ito, The Japanese Canadians (Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978), Multicultural Canada series.
 

103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980. Includes: articles by Frank H. Epp: "Letter to the editor, The Gazette, University of Waterloo," which was his response to the Gold-Zentner letter, "Frank Epp's view of Jews criticized," in the Feb. 6,The Gazette, 4p.; "Essential conditions for the establishment of a Mennonite liberal arts college" (A working paper prepared for Dr. David Friesen of Winnipeg at his request by Frank H. Epp, April 30, 1980), 13p.; "Relief sale arises from religious principles," in the Souvenir Program for the sale which was a supplement to the New Hamburg Independent, May 28, 1980; "On losing a political race," in Festival Quarterly, May, June, July 1980, p.15 (see

103 -Ar - 80 Festival Quarterly); "A Nation in search of her future," written in Sept. 1980 on the Quebec referendum, for the MCC Peace Section Newsletter; "Remembering also the soldiers," in Grebelspeaks, 3p., written for Remembrance Day, Nov. 25, 1980; 

103 -Ar - 80 Festival Quarterly. Included - Frank H. Epp, "On losing a political race," in Festival Quarterly, May, June, July 1980, p.15 which includes a photo of Epp with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and correspondence regarding the article. (In this article a friend called him a "church statesman.") These papers were moved to 103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 80 Grebelspeaks - Remembrance Day. Included - "Remembering also the soldiers," moved to 103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 80 Liberal Arts College. Included - Frank H. Epp's paper on a Mennonite college and correspondence, moved to 103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 80 MCC (Canada) Overseas, 1980. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Report of the committee to evaluate MCC (Canada) overseas department (To MCC (Canada) executive committee, Dec. 1980), 4p., with letter of Oct. 23, 1980; handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp, "Outline of evaluation committee report"; background materials for this evaluation; agendas for Aug. 6-7 and Nov. 5 meetings; letter of response and thanks, Nov. 12, 1980.

103 -Ar - 80 Mennonites from Russia in Canada, 1980-1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Mennonites from Russia," chapter for a book on Russian immigrants to Canada, attached to a memo sent to T. Jeletsky on Dec. 17, 1980 and the proofs, dated 1981, sent Aug. 4, 1983; related correspondence. See T. F. Jeletzky, ed., Russian Canadians: their past and present: collected papers (Nepean, Ont.: Borealis Press, 1983).

103 -Ar - 80 New Canadian Encyclopedia, 1980-1984. Includes: correspondence beginning May 22, 1980 when Frank H. Epp wrote to Hurtig publishers expressing interest in writing about Mennonites for the encyclopedia, to Aug. 14, 1984 when the computer printout of his article was sent; excerpts of a review article by Ramsey Cook which discusses Mennonites in Canada (1974) in Reflections, Vol.IV, No.1 (Summer 1977), pp.137, 145-46, attached to letter of June 4, 1980; Frank H. Epp, "The Mennonites," first draft (1982) for New Canadian Encyclopedia, 11p. and final draft (1984); 
Removed: original copy of the Table of Contents of, Mennonites in Canada, 1786-1920 : the history of a separate people (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974), pp,.v-xii, attached to letter of June 4, 1980; 

103 -Ar - 80 Peace Section Newsletter, 1980. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "A Nation in search of her future," written in Sept. 1980 on the Quebec referendum, for the MCC Peace Section Newsletter; related correspondence. These papers were moved to 103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980. File withdrawn.
Removed: MCC Peace Section Newsletter, Vol.X, No.2 (March-April 1980)

103 -Ar - 80 Relief Sale. Included - "Relief sale arises from religious principles," moved to 103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980. File withdrawn.
 

103 -Ar - 81 Misc, 1981. correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: "The Wider ecumenical fellowship (A Report to the annual meeting of MCC Canada 23-24 January 1981), for which there is correspondence in

103 -Ar - 80 Misc, 1980, above; "Peace is breaking out all over," in Grebelspeaks, Vol.II, No.3, Nov. 11, 1981, p.1f.; notes and MCC news release regarding languages and materials used by Soviet evangelicals (see

103 -Ar - 81 USSR, below); "MCC, with the millennium on its mind" (Transcription of a talk presented by Frank Epp to Mennonite Central Committee Overseas Task Group, 28 May 1981), 10p.

103 -Ar - 81 Defeat is Not Defeat, 1980-1981. Includes: several versions and formats of the article by Frank H. Epp, "When defeat is not defeat, (A sermon by Frank H. Epp given for the Rockway Mennonite Church retreat at the Chesley Lake Chapel, June 24, 1979)" and a copy, without the subtitle, sent with letter of Oct. 23, 1980 to Bernie Wiebe, editor of The Mennonite who requested it and published copies of it under this title in: The Mennonite, Dec. 9, 1980, pp.710-711. It was also published in Gospel Herald, Dec. 9, 1980, pp.998-999 and TheChristian Leader, Mar. 10, 1981, pp.6-7; correspondence related to these articles, responses to it from readers and letters to other publications which Epp sent it to. 

103 -Ar - 81 General Conference Vision, 1980-1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "A Look at North American conference structures," written (Feb. 1981?) in response to the appointment of a new Mennonite Voluntary Service staff person in Winnipeg to work for the office of the Commission on Home Ministries of the General Conference Mennonite Church in Canada and related correspondence in which Mennonite Central Committee structures and involvement were debated.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Improving relations between Canadian and American Mennonite churches" (A discussion paper prepared for use by interested people as they see fit), Oct. 15, 1973, 5p., which is filed in

103 -Ar - 73 Canadian - American Mennonite Church Relations, 1973-1974, above.

103 -Ar - 81 Grebelspeaks "Peace is Breaking " - Included this article, which was moved to 103 -Ar - 81 Misc, 1981, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 81 MCC (Canada) Food Bank, 1980-1981. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "MCC (Canada) executive committee position re: the future of the Food Bank," Draft, 4p., 1981? typed with editing marks; MCC(C) positional statements on the Food Bank, June 11, 1981; notes from May 21, 1981 meeting; Art DeFehr, "The Food Bank redefined" First Draft, June 19, 1981, 13p.
Removed: An evaluation of the Food Bank: final report to the Mennonite Central Committee (Canada) (Canada: MEDA?, 1980), 159p. 

103 -Ar - 81 MCC(O) Committee of Inquiry, 1981-1982. Includes: "Report on MCC (Ontario) book-writing project by MCC (Ontario) ad hoc committee of inquiry," Nov. 1981, submitted by Calvin Redekop and Frank H. Epp, the two members of the ad hoc committee, looking into the writing of a book on the Mennonites from Mexico in Ontario undertaken by Ron Sawatsky; correspondence from Bill Janzen, Director of the Ottawa MCC office; background materials; draft copy of the report, June 23, 1981; letter of thanks from MCC Ontario to the ad hoc committee, Apr. 16, 1982 (written by Helen L. Epp, secretary).

103 -Ar - 81 Middle East, 1981. Includes: "A Dialogue between Frank Epp and Professor Haim Shaked on the Middle East after Camp David," verbatim transcript from conference at University of Waterloo, Feb. 5, 1981 as well as the publication of part of this transcript in, "Frank Epp and Haim Shaked Dialogue the Middle East after Camp David,"inMiddle East Focus, Vol.4, No.1, (May 1981), pp.12-18; Frank H. Epp, "The Middle East `peace process' must now become real," in Mennonite Reporter, Oct. 12, 1981, p.1, attached to letter from the editor, Ron Rempel, Oct. 30, 1981.

103 -Ar - 81 Money and Economic Issues. Included - Frank H. Epp, "When defeat is not defeat," reprinted fromThe Mennonite, Dec. 9, 1980, pp.710-711 in Daniel Kauffman, Project Director, Money and economic issues in Mennonite congregations: A Report on a one-year special project on money and economic concerns (1980-81), (Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Mutual Aid, 1981), Attachment 20 and 20a. Pages from this kit and the reprint of Epp's article were moved to 103 -Ar - 81 Misc, 1981, above. File withdrawn.

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103 -Ar - 81 Reimer, Neil, 1981. Includes: letter to Neil Reimer from Frank H. Epp and 26 pages of Epp's handwritten notes from a conversation with Neil Reimer with whom Epp travelled on a flight from Toronto to Edmonton in Jan. 1981. 

103 -Ar - 81 USSR - Included - "Bible commentaries in Russian being published," in Mennonite Central Committee News Service, Jan. 30, 1981 attached to a memo from Peter J. Dyck on which Frank H. Epp wrote that he planned to write an article for the Mennonite Reporter on this language question; handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp on the languages used to preach the Gospel in the USSR. These papers were moved to 103 -Ar - 81 Misc, 1981, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 81 Wider Ecumenical Fellowship - Papers moved to

103 -Ar - 81 Misc, 1981, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 82 Misc, 1982. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp:"The Herald's future in light of the past," in Mennonite Brethren Herald, Jan. 15, 1982, pp. 6-7 and 2 letters of support for the article; Frank H. Epp: "Foreword" in Barbara F. Coffman, Samuel Fry the Weaver and the Mennonites of the Twenty (Kitchener, Ont.: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, 1982); "Das Interview Ein Gespraech mit Frank Epp Vorsitzender der MCC-Peace-Section," in Junge Gemeinde, Jugendblatt der Mennonitengemeinden, 6/82 (June 1981), pp. 17-19, attached to memo from Walter Sawatsky; "My experience with the Jewish people (A Personal statement by Frank H. Epp, being an abbreviated and edited version of a presentation made to the Inter-Religious Group meeting, 17 June 1982)," (p.3 is missing); "Ideas for a better Canada" (1) to (7) which includes sections on the Charter of Rights, employment, world peace, Native peoples, advancing democrary and "The Struggle against communism," 1982?, 7p., which was in a blue binder marked, 103 "Ideas." (Regarding the charter see also the paper, "Freedom of conscience and religion in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms," submission from MCC(C), Nov. 10, 1980, in a file transferred to the MAO.)
Removed: David Orlikow, M.P., Winnipeg North, "Report from Ottawa," June 1982

103 -Ar - 82 Canada and Palestine, 1967-1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Canada and Palestine," in United Nations, Special unit on Palestinian rights, Fifth UN seminar on the question of Palestine, Mar. 15-19, 1982, pp.181-193; Dept. of External Affairs, Ottawa, excerpts from annual reports, 1967-1980 and other materials on the Middle East.
Removed: copies of statements and speeches by ministers of the Canadian government: the Honourable Allan J. MacEachen, Apr. 29, 1976 and May 16, 1976; the Honourable Don Jamieson to the United Nations, Sept. 29, 1976, Sept. 26, 1977; the Honourable Mark MacGuigan, Feb. 25, 1982 and to the Canadian Arab Society of Windsor, Mar. 20, 1982; "Statements and Speeches," Dept. of External Affairs related to the Middle East in Nos. 67/30 to 81/27; Anne-Marie Jacomy-Millette, "Canada's voting pattern at 30th General Assembly," in International Perspectives, Sept./Oct. 1976 and J. F. Tanguay, "Recap of Canada's activities at thirty-third General Assembly," in International Perspectives, July/Aug. 1979; Dept. of External Affairs, Ottawa, "Communique," press releases, Mar. 28, 1977, Oct. 30, 1978, Dec. 4, 1979 and Mar. 25, 1982. 

103 -Ar - 82 Coffman Book - papers moved to

103 -Ar - 82 Misc, 1982. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 82 Czars, Soviets and Mennonites, 1981-1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Foreword" for, John B. Toews,Czars, Soviets & Mennonites (Newton, Kan.: Faith and Life Press, 1982), with letter of Nov. 26, 1981; related correspondence.

103 -Ar - 82 D. D. Klassen, 1982. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with members of the family regarding writing their history and attending family events; handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp, a sheet entitled, "The Marks of a good minister," and half sheets of paper, probably from his presentation at the 50th anniversary of D. D. Klassen's ordination as a Mennonite minister on June 15, 1980; W. Klassen, "My parents, David and Susan Klassen as pastors," 5p., June 15, 1980; article on the 50th anniversary in the Red River Valley Echo, July 16, 1980, p.6 which includes a discussion of the relationship between D. D. Klassen and Frank H. Epp; memo of June 13, 1980, from A. Siebert, editor of the Mennonite Reporter asking Frank H. Epp to write about the June anniversary. (See also Order of Canada file in Series 4: Early Files, where Frank H. Epp nominated D. D. Klassen for the Order of Canada.)

103 -Ar - 82 Defence - Included 2 articles from the Toronto Star, Aug. 1, 1982: Robert L. Jackson, "The Paradox of deterrence," p.G2 and Jacques Soppelsa, "Superpowers' hypocrisy danger to peace: diplomat, A talk about the pipeline and other gambits," p. S4, both of which were removed. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 82 Europe, 1980-1982. Includes: correspondence (see especially the letter of Feb. 4, 1982 from Walter Sawatsky, Europe secretary for MCC, which outlines the purpose of Frank H. Epp's trip); Frank H. Epp, "MCC Peace Section and Europe" (Being a report to MCC and MCC Peace Section on a 19-day trip to Europe 12 February to 2 March in my capacity as Chairman of the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section), 5p. and Frank H. Epp, "A Summary of experiences in Europe," which is a brief chronological account of the 1982 Feb. to Mar. trip; materials from Epp's European tour in Feb. and Mar. 1982 (see also

103 -Ar - 82 MCC - PS - Europe, 1982, below); materials on the Evangelical Church in the German Democratic Republic; information on nuclear disarmament from European sources; his handwritten notes from speaking with various people, for eg. with Larry Miller, dated Feb. 15 - Feb. 27; articles from various sources in 1981 includingMennonite Reporter and Urbane Peachey, "Christians spoke with their feet in Bonn," 3p.; Bienenberg 1980/81,(annual report of the European Mennonite Bible school at Bienenberg, Switzerland; Manfred Stolpe, "Anmerkungen zum Weg der evangelischen Landeskirchen in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik," guest lecture in the Theology Dept. at the Humboldt University, Dec. 9, 1981; "Gemeindeglieder der Berliner Mennoniten-Gemeinde (Jan. 1981), (Directory of the members of the Berlin Mennonite Church); "Nuclear Weapons," Women in Action for Peace(1981?); "Conscientious objection to military service in Europe," Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Aug. 27, 1981, No. 15. (See Peace Section Newsletter, July-Aug., 1982 for articles on West European peace movements including Mennonite ones.)
Removed: news clippings on the European anti-war movement in The Toronto Star, Mar. 29, 1981, p.A8 and Nov. 26, 1981, p.A8; the following issues of the World Federation of United Nations Association from Geneva: Bulletins No.17, Jan.-Mar. 1981, and No.18, Apr.-June 1981 as well as the "General Report, Presented to the Secretary-General," Parts I and II, Oct. 12-17, 1981, the "Report of the 28th Assembly," Oct. 12-17, 1981 and the WFUNAlist of Honorary Presidents; LWF Marxism & China Study, No. 32 (March 1981) and No. 34 (December 1981); Horst Klassen, Die Backnanger Mennoniten von Galizien, Preussen und Russland nach Wuerzberg (Karlsruhe: Mennonitengemeinde Backnang, 1976), 176p.; Johannes Harder, Gegen den Strom Aufsaetze zur Mennonitischen Existenz heute, ed. by Hans-Juergen Goertz (Hamburg: Vereinigung der Deutschen Mennonitengemeinden, 1978), 82p.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: the following issues of Reconciliation international, IFOR Report: Dec. 1980, from 1981: Mar. June and Nov. and Jan. 1982; W. Kurojedow, Kirche und Religion in der UdSSR (Moscow: APN-Verlag, 1977), 62p.; Op zoek naar een vredesgemeente, publication of the, Algemene Doopgezinde Societeit, Amsterdam, 1980; Eckehart Lorenz, ed. How Christian are Human Rights (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1981), 124p.; Unity in Service with the Palestinians (Cyprus: Middle East Council of Churches, 1980), 116p.; Michael Christopher King, The Palestinians and the churches, Vol.1: 1948-1956 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1981), 138p.; 4 issues of Church and Peace, Quarterly Report: Aug. 1980, Aug., Mar. and Dec. of 1981.

103 -Ar - 82 Junge Gemeinde - papers moved to 103 -Ar - 82 Misc, 1982. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 82 Lebanon, 1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp's handwritten notes on the topic, 12p.; first draft of an article? 

103 -Ar - 82 MB Herald. Included - Frank H. Epp's article for the 20th anniversary of the Mennonite Brethren Herald, Jan. 15, 1982 and related correspondence, which were moved to 103 -Ar - 82 Misc, 1982, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 82 MCC Peace Section Folder, 1981-1982. Includes: correspondence regarding a bulletin insert for the 40th anniversary of the Peace Section in Canada, different from the one used in the US; rough draft of "MCC Peace Section: A biblical heritage (or) A heritage of faith," edited (and written?) by Frank H. Epp. 

103 -Ar - 82 MCC - PS - Europe, 1982. Includes: correspondence; Frank H. Epp, "MCC peace section and Europe (Being a report to MCC and MCC Peace Section on a 19-day trip to Europe 12 February to 2 March 1982 in my capacity as Chairman of the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section)," 5p.; Frank H. Epp, "A Summary of experiences in Europe," 13p.; Frank H. Epp, "Europe persons and organizations" (An Address and telephone list of persons and organizations encountered by Frank H. Epp, 12 February-2 March 1982. For context see separate report "A Summary of Experiences in Europe"), 11p.; note cards; 2 printed speeches of the Honorable Mark MacGuigan, Sec. of State for External Affairs in Canada, Jan. 28 and 29, 1982.

103 -Ar - 82 MCC (C) - Assignments, G (General), 1981-1982. Includes: correspondence regarding special assignments undertaken by Frank H. Epp, secretary of MCC (Canada) in assisting and advising the Exec. Dir., J. M. Klassen regarding: anniversary celebrations, development education, information services and interpretive articles (see memo of understanding, Mar. 27, 1982). See also

103 -Ar - 82 Europe, 1981-1982, above.

103 -Ar - 82 MCC(C) - Anniversaries, 1981-1982. Includes: letters of Frank H. Epp and J. M. Klassen, Dec. 1981 and Feb. 1982, regarding the Moderators and Secretaries of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Conferences in Canada Consultation held in Jan. 1982 where Frank H. Epp reviewed the history of Mennonite involvement. See #9, p.9 in the minutes where the events he discussed are listed and the proposal for celebrations of the 20th anniversary in 1983 are given; Frank H. Epp's 2 page manuscript for the back of the MCC Peace Section anniversary folder, attached to letter of Apr. 1, 1982 to Ray Hamm, Dir. of Peace and Social Concerns, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. See also,

103 -B - MCC(C) - 20th Anniversary, below.

103 -Ar - 82 MCC(C) - Development Education, 1981-1983. Includes: correspondence; articles and notes about workshops in the different provinces of Canada; materials for a study about creating a development education staff position in MCC (Canada), for which Frank H. Epp wrote a detailed proposal, June 7, 1982; letters to Mennonite schools to include development education in their curriculum. Among the materials are papers on, "Theological reflections about northern development," by Menno Wiebe and Dan Zehr, July 11, 1977 and several papers from the Mennonite Peace Theology Colloquium II which discuss Canadian northern development and native concerns, by Menno Wiebe, David Schroeder and others, all dated May 1, 1979.
Removed: the catalogue, "North-South Dialogue A Series of films on the social, economic and cultural aspects of North-South relations, distributed by the National Film Board of Canada," 1981; Maurice Sinclair, Green finger of God (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1980). 

103 -Ar - 82 MCC(C) - Info Services, 1982. Includes: correspondence and materials related to Frank H. Epp's review of MCC (Canada)'s Information Services which was one of his assignments in assisting the executive director; Frank H. Epp, "A Limited report on MCC (Canada) information services (Prepared for the executive director)."
Removed: MCC News Service issues for Feb. 9 to Aug. 31, 1982.

103 -Ar - 82 MSC Menno Simons College, 1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "A New college for a new century The wisdom of the ages and the crises of our time," A brief examination of the needs for a new Mennonite college in Canada and a general outline of its possible shape prepared by Frank H. Epp for the Friends of Higher Learning, June 1982, 57p. plus exhibits and bibliography; Mennonite Reporter, Feb. 22, 1982, article on the proposal. See 41 - IC - MSC Menno Simons College (2), 1982 which includes surveys done by Frank H. Epp and research materials for this essay. See also,

103 -Ar - 78 CHA Canadian Historical Association, 1978, above, which includes a paper from 1978 on Mennonite educational institutions, which was in the same binder as the "A New college for a new century..." essay in this file. Both of these essays came from a binder that was originally in the office of Frank H. Epp. See also, articles on the subject in the Mennonite Reporter, all from 1982: Feb. 22, p. 3, Apr. 5, p.8, Sept. 20, p.4 and p.6.

103 -Ar - 82 Moscow, 1982. Includes: articles from the Interreligious Peace conference on the nuclear arms race held in Moscow, Russia, May 10-14, 1982 which Frank H. Epp attended on behalf of MCC Peace Section; John Asling, "Restraining world's superpowers Religious conference puts focus on nuclear catastrophe," in Kitchener-Waterloo Record, May 22, 1982, p.43; articles by Frank H. Epp: "Interfaith Moscow meeting called `religion's finest hour'" in The Toronto Star, May 29, 1982, p. H7 (see Peter J. Dyck's letter to Billy Graham, May 26, 1982, attached to April 19, 1982 at front of file); "The Moscow conference: A significant statement on war, religion, and freedom," in Mennonite Reporter, Vol.12, No.11, May 31, 1982, p.8; The Mennonite, June 8, 1982, p.282; "In defense of Billy Graham and the Moscow Conference," in: Mennonite Weekly Review, June 10, 1982, p.4; Gospel Herald, June 22, 1982, p.430. Articles released from Akron, Pa., based on the reports of Frank H. Epp and Peter J. Dyck, who also represented MCC at the conference, were published in: Mennonite Weekly Review, May 27, 1982, p.1f; Mennonite Reporter, Vol.12, No.11, May 31, 1982, p.1f.; The Mennonite, June 8, 1982, p.274-75; Gospel Herald, June 22, 1982, p.386 and translated into German for: Der Bote, 30 Juni, 1982, p.1f. and Die Mennonitische Post,18 Juni, 1982, p.1f. See also, 98 - F - USSR82 USSR files for materials from this conference. Also includes a few letters received by Frank H. Epp following the conference letters and letters from Franz Harder in Germany in 1982 and 1983 on issues related to the Germans (Mennonites) in Russia.

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103 -Ar - 82 NATO, 1982. Includes: materials on the theme of nuclear disarmament, from European and Canadian sources. 
Removed: 4 part series on Nato in Globe and Mail, Mar. 2, 3, 4 and 5, 1982, all on p.7; "White House softens president's arms tally," in Globe and Mail, Apr. 2, 1982, p.12; 2 articles from Newsweek: "A Pacifist wave in Europe," Aug. 24, 1981, p.28f. and "Defending the United States," Dec. 20, 1982, p.22f.; "The beginning of the end for Nato?" in Sunday Star, Sept. 19, 1982, p.F4; Ewald Bergen, "Nuclear disarmament: various approaches indicate complexity," in Mennonite Reporter, Sept. 6, 1982, p.7; The Defense monitor, Center for Defense Information, Washington, D.C., Jan. 1980, whole issue; Nato Review, No.1 (Feb. 1982), whole issue; "Disarmament committee notes" FMANU/WFUNA, No.7.

103 -Ar - 82 Neufeld, Woldemar, 1982. Includes: letter from Paul L. Rice, brother-in-law of Woldemar Neufeld who was writing a book about the family of his wife Elfriede Neufeld and requested permission to quote from the "Foreword" by Frank H. Epp in, Woldemar Neufeld An Exhibition of paintings of Waterloo County (Waterloo, Ont.: Conrad Grebel College, 1974), 32p. The book is included in the file.

103 -Ar - 82 Peace Leaders Dictionary, 1982-1985. Includes: biographies written for the Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders, by Frank H. Epp and Marlene G. Epp on the following Mennonite leaders: John A. Toews, Newton L. Gingrich, Jesse Bauman Martin, Samuel Frederick Coffman, Benjamin Eby, David Toews, Henry H. Ewert, Harvey W. Taves, Gerhard Wiebe, Harold J. Sherk; related correspondence.

103 -Ar - 82 Poland, 1982. Includes: original copy of Frank H. Epp's article on the Polish people, written Mar. 9, 1982 after his trip to Europe on behalf of Mennonite Central Committee, "Reaching out to the west but pushed toward the east," which was published in 2 newspapers (see news clipping file below); copies of newspaper articles from Feb. 1982 in which Epp was interviewed regarding Poland; handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp; article by Bill Yoder, a Mennonite who had lived in Poland from 1978-1980, attached to memo of Mar. 3, 1982; correspondence and responses to Epp's article, "Reaching out..."; a shortened form of the latter article was published as Frank H. Epp, "Commentary - The Polish people were reaching to the West, but were pushed to the Soviets," in Elmira Independent, June 2, 1982, p.6.

103 -Ar - 82 Poland, 1982. Complements the above file. News clippings only. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "How West pushed Poland further East," in Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Mar. 26, 1982, p.25; Frank H. Epp, "Poland: Reaching out to the west but pushed toward the east," in Mennonite Reporter, Mar. 22, 1982, p.5. 

103 -Ar - 82 The Prince of Peace as President, 1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Prince of Peace Our president," in The Mennonite, Dec. 21, 1982, p. 602-05; positive response to the article from Helen Janzen, Dec. 23, 1982. Also, Frank H. Epp, "The Prince of Peace as president," in Peace Section Newsletter, May-June, 1982, pp.1-5. 

103 -Ar - 82 State of the Art, 1982. Includes: handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp on the state of Mennonite studies and ways of viewing the different Mennonite groups; typed pages from his book, Mennonites in Canada, 1920-1940: A People's struggle for survival (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1982), pp.411-412 on community-building: congregations and the Epilogue, pp.1040-1050.
Removed: some pages from The Jonas Martin Era: presented in a collection of essays, letters, and documents that shed light on the Mennonite churches during the 50 year ministry (1875-1925) of Bishop Jonas H. Martin(Denver, Pa. (W. Muddy Creek Rd., Rt. no. 3, Denver 17517): A.B. Hoover: Available from Muddy Creek Farm Library, 1982), Table of Contents, pp.23-37 and 861 of the Appendix.

103 -Ar - 83 Misc, 1983. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: "A Prayer on going to Israel..." (see full title in

103 -Ar - 83 Dialogue - Resnick & Epp, below); "A Septenary on disarmament," written for Grebelspeaks (1983)?; "The Palestinians," handwritten article responding to Donald Carr, June 1, 1983 (see

103 -Ar - 83 Middle East Focus, below); "Decades and centuries, time and eternity," in Ontario Inter-Mennonite Conference Yearbook 1983, p.5-6; "Author's reply to critics of "Whose Land is Palestine (Prepared in the context of Inter-Religious Dialogue)," Oct. 1983 (see details in file

103 -Ar - 83 Reply to Critics of "Whose Land," below).

103 -Ar - 83 All-Canadian Conference, 1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Draft recommendation Re: All-Canadian Conference (To be submitted for approval to the 1984 Consultation at Tofield, Alberta)" and "Questions and Answers about the proposed National Assembly of Mennonites and Brethren in Christ," the latter (Prepared by Frank H. Epp as a contribution to the clarification and discussion of an idea whose time may have come, the idea of an all-Canadian Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conference.), written Aug. 1983 by Epp in his capacity as secretary of Mennonite Central Committee Canada; related correspondence and some responses to these documents; .

103 -Ar - 83 Asia, 1983. The article by Frank H. Epp, "Asia: The Masses teach profound lessons on the simple life," 9p. and the somewhat edited version which was published as "Simple living in the Philippines," in Gospel Herald, Sept. 13, 1983, pp.864-65, were both moved to 103 -Ar - 83 Misc, 1983, above. This article was one of four which he wrote following his trip to Southeast Asia in Aug. 1983 and sent to various daily and Mennonite newspapers (see copy of Sept. 14, 1983 letter to Bert Lobe). Included the file are edited versions of Frank H. Epp's article published in the following newspapers: "Simple living in Philippines stops at presidential palace," inKitchener-Waterloo Record, Oct. 27, 1983, p.A7, "First priority in China is to ensure that everyone has food, Asian masses can teach us profound lessons on the simple life," in Elmira Independent, Nov. 16, 1983, p.7 and "A Philippine call for foreigners and leaders to live simply, President Marcos and his wife live in splendour while their people starve," the second of a two-part commentary on simple lifestyle in Asia in Elmira Independent, Nov. 23, 1983, p.6. 

103 -Ar - 83 China, 1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "China: Capturing the future on a billion one-speed bikes," one of four articles he wrote following his trip to Southeast Asia in Aug. 1983 and sent to various daily newspapers across Canada, Mennonite newspapers and journals (see Sept. 14, 1983 letter to Bert Lobe and Sept. 20, 1983 letter toChristian Century); a sheet with biographical information on Frank H. Epp and his photo; letters of response from newspapers.

103 -Ar - 83 China, 1983-1985. Complements the above file. News clippings only. Frank H. Epp's article on China was published under the title, "The bicycle path may be the best route for China," in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Sept. 19, p.A7 and using his title, "China: Capturing the future on a billion one-speed bikes," in the Elmira Independent, Feb. 19, 1985, p.8.

103 -Ar - 83 Dialogue - Resnick & Epp - Included: Frank H. Epp, "A Prayer on going to Israel (On the eve of our departure to complete interviews and field work for The Israelis: Portrait of a people in conflict)," Apr. 22, 1977, 1p., which was moved to 103 -Ar - 83 Misc, 1983, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 83 Genealogy, 1982-1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Importance of genealogies," in the first issue of the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario's newsletter, Mennogespraech," Vol.1, No.1, (March 1983), pp.5-6, which was based on Epp's talk to the genealogical group of the society in Nov. 1982; copies of articles he quotes from.

103 -Ar - 83 Hong Kong, 1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Hong Kong: Thinking beyond 1997 when the British lease expires," one of four articles he wrote following his trip to Southeast Asia in Aug. 1983 and sent to various daily newspapers across Canada, Mennonite newspapers and journals. See copy of Sept. 14, 1983 letter to Bert Lobe.

103 -Ar - 83 Hong Kong, 1983. Complements the above file. News clippings only. Frank H. Epp's article on Hong Kong was published under the title, "A Colony frets about a new landlord," in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Sept. 26, p.A7 and under the title, "Present government of China has shown flexibility, pragmatism and creativity," in theElmira Independent, Aug. 7, 1983, p.7.

103 -Ar - 83 MCCO, 1983. Includes: Handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp on the theme, "Celebrating the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ witness in Ontario."

103 -Ar - 83 Middle East Focus - Included - Frank H. Epp, "The Palestinians," handwritten article responding to Donald Carr's article on the same topic in Middle East Focus, Vol.5, No.6, Mar. 1983, pp.2-4 (which is included) and memo of June 1, 1983 to the journal, all of which were moved to 103 -Ar - 83 Misc, 1983, above. File withdrawn. 

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section History, 1981-1984. Includes: "The Progressions of Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section (A topical history in outline form, 1939-1984, by Frank H. Epp and Marlene G. Epp)," 23p. which was published in spiral bound booklet form with the same pagination by MCC, Akron, Pa. in 1984; correspondence related to the historical article which Frank H. Epp wrote for MCC PS for its 40th anniversary (see letters of June 30, 1981 and Dec. 19, 1983); critique by John K. Stoner, exec. sec. of US PS in letter of Feb. 8, 1984. See files below,

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section History-1 and

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section History-2, for archival guide and copies of materials from 1939-1980.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, Marlene G. Epp, The Progressions of Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee, 1984), 23p. 

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section History-1, 1939-1970. Includes: copy of archival guide to "Pre-Peace Section (PS) Materials in MCC Correspondence Files IX-6-3 Boxes 1-4 and copies of the materials from the archives of The Mennonite Church Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., which were sent to Frank H. Epp in 1981 for use in his writing of the history of the PS. See the related correspondence in above file,

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section History, 1981-1984 and materials from 1971 to 1980 in file below. 

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section History-2, 1971-1980. Second file of "Pre-Peace Section (PS) Materials in MCC Correspondence Files IX-6-3 Boxes 1-4 and copies of the materials from the archives of The Mennonite Church Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., which were sent to Frank H. Epp in 1981 for use in his writing of the history of the PS. See above two files for first file of materials and related correspondence. Includes some discussion on the role of women in: "Marion Franz discusses ordination and the minister's wife," Fall 1973? and "Peace Assembly discusses male-female roles (4)," in MCC News Service, Nov. 16, 1973. 

103 -Ar - 83 Peace Section Newsletter, 1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Peacemaker of powdermonkey?" editorial for the Peace Section Newsletter, Vol.13, No.1 (March-April 1983), p.6f.; resource articles by John Siebert and John Wieler.

103 -Ar - 83 Philippines, 1983. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Philippines: A Violent revolution is on its way unless change is voluntary," 10p., one of four articles he wrote following his trip to Southeast Asia in Aug. 1983 and sent to various daily newspapers across Canada, Mennonite newspapers and journals (see copy of Sept. 14, 1983 letter to Bert Lobe); related correspondence; copies of the article as it was published in 1983 in: the Toronto Star, Oct. 1, p.B4; Gospel Herald, Oct. 11, pp.704-05; The Mennonite, Oct. 11, pp. 490-91; The National Christ Reporter, Oct. 14, p.4; the Elmira Independent, Oct. 19, p.7, Oct. 26, p.6 and Nov. 2, p.7; and the Mennonite Brethren Herald, Oct. 21, p.18, Nov. 4, pp. 16-17 and Dec. 2, p.27.

103 -Ar - 83 Philippines, 1983. Complements the above file. News clippings only. Includes: Frank H. Epp's article on the Philippines published as: "Philippines' choice: justice for the poor or a grass roots revolt" in Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Oct. 4, 1983, p.A7 and as "The Philippines: without voluntary change a violent revolution is on its way" inMennonite Reporter, Oct. 3, 1983, p.5.

103 -Ar - 83 Philippines - MCC, 1983. Includes: Frank H. and Helen Epp, "Voluntary change or violent revolution: MCC and the Philippines (A Report to MCC and MCC Peace Section by Frank and Helen Epp in consultation with Esther and Dan Epp-Tiessen, Aug. 1983)," 5p. with a summary of their experiences, and contacts in the Philippines, and pages from the "Situationer," document of the movement for general amnesty, Aug. 1983; letter of thanks from Bert Lobe, MCC secretary for East Asia, Sept. 27, 1983; a page of handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp.

103 -Ar - 83 Reply to Critics of "Whose Land" - Included - Frank H. Epp, "Author's reply to critics of "Whose Land is Palestine (Prepared in the context of Inter-Religious Dialogue)," Oct. 1983, which includes Exhibit C, Frank H. Epp, "Multiculturalism and the Jewish people (Notes for a talk by F. H. Epp, September 20, 1978, Beth Jacob Synagogue, Kitchener)," and Exhibit D, Frank H. Epp, "Epilogue" in The Israelis: Portrait of a people in conflict(Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1980), pp.189-195, all of which was attached to a letter of Dec. 19, 1983 to John Lapp who had requested information from Epp. These papers were moved to 103 -Ar - 83 Misc, 1983, above. File withdrawn.

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103 -Ar - 84 Misc, 1983-1984. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: "Success from apparent failure," in Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Jan. 20, 1984, p.A7; review of Jacques Hebert and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, "The Two innocents in China were prophetic about China (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1968), sent to Bert Lobe, director, China Educational Exchange, Apr. 18, 1984; "Israel and theological significance," published inThe Conrad Grebel Review Vol.2, No.2 (Spring 1984), pp.152-55 as a response to Paul R. DeKar (see

103 -Ar - 84 Israel's theological significance, below); "Frank H. Epp and the Middle East," May 30, 1984, marked, "For background only, not for publication without permission"; letter of request from the MB Conference, June 23, 1983; "Peace Section (Annual report to MCC Canada of its representative on the MCC Peace Section, December 1984)," 4p.

103 -Ar - 84 CG Review - Included - The Conrad Grebel Review Vol.2, No.2 (Spring 1984) (whole issue) in which Frank H. Epp responded to Paul R. DeKar (see below) and the related correspondence, which were moved to 103 -Ar - 84 Misc, 1983-1984, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 84 Israel's Theological Significance - Included - A copy of Paul R. DeKar, "Does the state of Israel have theological significance?" in The Conrad Grebel Review Vol.2, No.1 (Winter 1984), pp.31-46, to which Frank H. Epp wrote a response (see above) which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 84 CHA Paper ON, WWII, 1984. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Objectors and enemies in Canada in World War II (A brief commentary by Frank H. Epp on the Keyserlingk and Socknat papers presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, University of Guelph, 13 June 1984), 6p., which was read by Lucille Marr, Ph.D. student at the University of Waterloo, on his behalf; related correspondence; the papers he responded to: Thomas P. Socknat, "`More usefully employed': Canadian conscientious objectors and alternative service work during World War II," June 1984 and Robert H. Keyserlingk, "Which fatherland? The Canadian government's treatment of German Canadians during World War Two," 1984.

103 -Ar - 84 Ideas for a Better Canada - Included - "Jim Coutts Keynote address to Ontario New Liberals October 15, 1983," 19p. and article on Jim Coutts in The Toronto Star, Apr. 3, 1984, both of which were removed. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 84 Peace Network News, 1984. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "A World without war," in Peace Network News(April 1984), published in Kitchener, Ontario; related correspondence; Jonathan Schnell, "Reflections," in the New Yorker, Jan. 9, 1984, pp.43-94, the article which Epp was discussing in his article.

103 -Ar - 84 Trudeau Peace Initiative - Included - Frank H. Epp's article on Prime Minister Trudeau's peace initiative in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Jan. 20, 1984; correspondence with The Toronto Star regarding publication of this article and Frank H. Epp's four articles on Asia (see above). These papers were moved to 103 -Ar - 84 Misc, 1983-1984, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 84 Urry Response, 1984. Includes: schedule for "Images of Imperial Russia" Conference, sponsored by the Institute of Anabaptist/Mennonite Studies, Conrad Grebel College, May 9-10, 1984 at which Frank H. Epp gave a response to the keynote address by James Urry, "Through the eye of a needle: wealth and the Mennonite experience in Russia,"; copy of James Urry's paper, 42p.; 2 pages of Frank H. Epp's handwritten outline notes; letter of thanks from Sam Steiner on behalf of IAMS.
 

103 -Ar - 85 Misc, 1984-1985. Includes: correspondence; articles by Frank H. Epp: (in note form) "The French language in Manitoba: A universal issue," undated (see file, French language, below); "Losers and winners," in theUniversity of Waterloo Courier, March 1985, pp.12-13 (see file UW Courier, below); "General Conference Mennonites in Canada, Some stories from Canada," in The Mennonite, May 14, 1985, pp.239-45; "The Peace that need not pass us by," in Transformation, Vol.2, No.4 (Oct./Dec. 1985), pp.21-24; "Remember those who taught, those who led," 1 p., written for the Canadian Mennonite Bible College Bulletin, June 27; "The Peace that need not pass us by," Paper presented at the Evangelical Round Table, a conference on "Christianity and the Arab/Israeli Conflict," 5-7 June 1985 in Pennsylvania.

103 -Ar - 85 CMBC Anniversary - Included - article by Frank H. Epp, a 1953 alumni member of the college, which was moved to

103 -Ar - 85 Misc, 1984-1985, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 85 French language - Included - handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp on 7 half sheets of paper, discussing the Manitoba language issue, responding to the view of the federal member of the Canadian parliament for Provencher (a brother in the Mennonite church); Jeffrey Simpson's comments on the House of Commons discussion of the subject in Globe and Mail, Feb. 25, 1984, p.6. These papers were moved to 103 -Ar - 85 Misc, 1984-1985, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 85 The Mennonite - Included - Frank H. Epp's article for the 125th anniversary of the General Conference Mennonite Church and related correspondence, which was moved to 103 -Ar - 85 Misc, 1984-1985, above. File withdrawn.

103 -Ar - 85 Ontario Mennonite Women, 1984-1985. Includes: Frank H. Epp and Marlene G. Epp, "The Diverse roles of Ontario Mennonite women" (A Paper presented to "Immigration and Ethnicity in Ontario: An Exploration in Women's History," a Conference, 8-10 May 1985, sponsored at University of Toronto, St. Michael's College, by The Multicultural History Society of Ontario and the University of Toronto Ethnic and Immigration Studies program.), 34p.; "The following factors help to explain the diverse roles of Ontario Mennonite women, 2 p. of handwritten outline notes of Frank H. Epp; related correspondence. The Multicultural History Society of Ontario planned to publish the conference proceedings and asked them to submit this paper.

103 -Ar - 85 Ontario Portrait, 1985. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "One tree, many branches," and The Unity and diversity of the Mennonite and related people," 2 drafts of articles, parts of which were used in Mennonites in Ontario, A Mennonite Bicentennial portrait 1786-1986 ([S.l.] : Mennonite Bicentennial Commission, 1986), pp. 11-13; correspondence of Epp with Maurice Martin, the general editor of this book. 

103 -Ar - 85 UW Courier, 1985. Included - Frank H. Epp, "Losers and winners," being the spontaneous remarks made by Epp at a surprise testimonial dinner held for him "to recognize his efforts as the Liberal Party candidate in two federal elections, and his other community service." Epp later wrote down these remarks and allowed them to be published in the University of Waterloo Courier, March 1985, pp.12-13. A copy of the article and related correspondence were moved to 103 -Ar - 85 Misc, 1984-1985, above. The issue of the University of Waterloo Courier, March 1985 remains in the file.
Removed: 3 issues of the University of Waterloo Courier: June and September 1984 and March 1985.

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103 -B Books
 

103 -B - Misc Miscellaneous (1), 1950s?, 1962-1965, 1971-1975, 1978. Includes: miscellaneous correspondence; 2 articles related to Rudy Wiebe, Peace shall destroy many (1962); suggestions from Frank H. Epp on how to improve the book review section of The Canadian Mennonite, Apr. 1965; a proposal for a book of Mennonite biographies to Ted Friesen, 1950s? and for an anthology on the Middle East, 1971; flyer for Leo Driedger, ed., The Canadian ethnic mosaic: a quest for identity (1978), for which Frank H. Epp wrote a chapter. 

103 -B - Misc Miscellaneous (2), 1961, 1979, 1980-1981. Includes: the few papers that were in the following three files below.

103 -B - BU Bender, Urie - Four Earthen Vessels, 1979. Included: Frank H. Epp's preliminary comments on part of this book, for which he was on the readers' committee. Papers moved to 103 -B - Misc Miscellaneous (2), above. File withdrawn.

103 -B - BC Bergthaler Church, 1961. Included: program of the 125th anniversary of the Bergthaler Mennonite churches in Manitoba, Sept. 17, 1961; a few notes, typed notes on half sheets, undated. Papers moved to 103 -B - Misc Miscellaneous (2), above. File withdrawn.

103 -B - CS Chekov Society, 1980-1981. Included: a letter of inquiry from this Ottawa society to Frank H. Epp regarding "Umsiedler" (German people) who came to Canada in the 1970s. Papers moved to 103 -B - Misc Miscellaneous (2), above. File withdrawn.

103 -B - CP Conrad Press - One bankers box with correspondence files and extra copies of books were transferred to the CGUC Library and Archives.

103 -B - CPC Christian Peace Catechism, 1967-1971. Includes: "The Church, the state and Christian citizenship," Church of the Brethren pamphlet, June 1967; letters to Frank H. Epp on his article on Billy Graham's film in The Mennonite and from Atlee Beechy regarding his book and Middle East contacts, both from Apr. 28, 1971.
Removed: John G. Rempel, "A Catechism on non-resistance, A short set of questions and Biblical answers on non-resistance for the instruction of young people," Canadian Board of Christian Service, Conference of Mennonites in Canada, undated, which are abbreviated translations of the longer booklet by Rempel in German,Katechismus...(see the following entry); Johann G. Rempel, Katechismus in der Wehrlosigkeit: eine kurze biblische Unterweisung in der christlichen Wehrlosigkeit in Frage und Antwort fuer die Jugend (S.l.: s.n., 1940), printed by D. H. Epp, Rosthern, Sask., 19p.; Peter H. Richert, A Brief catechism on difficult Scripture passages and involved questions on the use of the sword (Newton, Kahn.: [s.n.], 1942), 20p.; Edward Yoder, in collaboration with Jesse W. Hoover and Harold S. Bender, Must Christians fight A Scriptural inquiry, second ed. (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee, 1943), 68p.; Peace and the Christian witness, Aug. 23, 1951, Canadian Board of Christian Service, Conference of Mennonites in Canada, 14p. pamphlet; Calvin Redekop, "Peace resources and people," inChristian Living, Aug. 1959, p.32f.; The Christian and war: a theological discussion on justice, peace and love(Amsterdam: Historic Peace Churches and the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1970), 51p.

103 -B - DTC Douglas, T.C., 1967-1975. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Tommy Douglas, Canadian national leader of the New Democratic Party, from 1967 when it was initiated by Epp who at that time was leavingThe Canadian Mennonite newspaper, from 1968 when Epp wrote encouraged Douglas following the defeat of many New Democrats in the election, from 1971 and 1972 when Frank H. Epp wrote to Douglas and others concerning the writing of a biography of Douglas; biographical information on Douglas, Nov. 1975; copy of, "The Tommy Douglas story," in Information, undated, pp.6-10. 

103 -B - Do Doukhobors, 1962-1982. Includes: materials on their history and activities; list of of the interviews done with them in June and July 1982; hand written interview notes of Frank H. Epp; "A Doukhobor history," brief account based on a speech delivered by John J. Verigin, Feb. 1963, in connection with Brotherhood Week, 9p.;The Doukhobors in Canada, 1970s? which includes many colored photographs from their life and history. 
Removed: "The Thorny pathway" 1899-1981, A Brief form the Union of spiritual communities of Christ (U.S.C.C.) - Orthodox Doukhobors in Canada to the Honorable Allan Williams, Attorney-General of British Columbia, 1981, 50p. See copy of the latter in, 88 - D - D Doukhobors. 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: copies of 4 contact sheets of black and white photographs with their negatives and copy of one colored picture, 11x9 cm, of M. M. Cheraoff and friend Mary. See also at CGUC Library and Archives, Historical Manuscripts 10:10 for slides of Doukhobors.

103 -B - DD Draft Dodger, 1970-1975, 1982. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with writers for the book, Frank H. Epp, ed., I would like to dodge the draft-dodgers, but (Waterloo: Conrad Press, 1970), 95p., as well as to establish Conrad Press, who published this book (see letters of May 5 and June 3, 1970); correspondence for promotion and sale of the book as well as reader responses from Mennonite people as well as other church denominations. Also includes: copies of photos, similar and related to ones published in the book: 1) John Webb in front of the Canadian parliament buildings, John, his wife Carol and a mounted policeman in front of the parliament buildings, the latter similar to photo on p.40 of the book (see also, 1 - Co - W Webb, Jon & Carol, 1969-1970 for papers related to them); 2) Bob Neufeld (a draft dodger counsellor), with a group of boys beside the Ottawa Mennonite church building and in his office (facing the camera) speaking with someone (see photo on p.76 in the book); 3) Laurenda Margaret Scott, Dr. of Veterinary Medicine and Jon B. Messer, draft dodger from Pennsylvania, studying at York University, speak to Bob Neufeld in his office; 4) Laurenda Margaret Scott and Jon B. Messer shown beside and in the Ottawa Mennonite Church, speaking with Frank H. Epp who married them and gave them marriage counselling, of which one of the photos is similar to p.8; 5) Canon Maurice P. Wilkonson, assoc. secretary of Canadian Council of Churches (left), author Jim Wert (centre) in discussion with John Liss, financial director of the Toronto Anti-draft program, similar to photo on p. 68 of the book; 6) negative of Cortez Kimble and Juaquin Fernandez, similar to p.6 of the book. See Christian Living (Nov. 1970), pp.35-28 and The Mennonite, Dec. 22, 1970, p. 784 in the review file below where similar photos were published.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: 11 photos and 1 negative, described above.

103 -B - DD Draft Dodger - Reviews, 1970. Includes: copies of book reviews of Frank H. Epp, ed., I would like to dodge the draft-dodgers, but (Waterloo: Conrad Press, 1970), 95p.

103 -B - FLM Faith and Life Manual, 1954-1960, 1977. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp concerning the revision of his "Christian faith and life" manuscript which he wrote in 1954 for the General Conference Mennonite Church, Young People's Union. The latter is in the file and includes editorial markings. Two letters from 1977 concern sending a copy of the published manual to the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies in Fresno, California.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, Christian faith and life: a guide for Faith and Life Committees in local youth groups(Newton, Kansas: Faith and Life Press, 1960), 61p.; 
Leola Schultz, Christian service: a guide for service committees in local youth groups (Newton, Kan.: Faith and Life Press, 1959), 32p.

103 -B - Gen Generations, Mennonites, 1971-1978, 1985-1986. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp in regard to writing a book on the Mennonites in Canada as part of the ethnic history series, which was supported by the Joint Committee of Mennonite Historical Societies (see letter of Dec. 30, 1971) and for which he received a grant from the Canadian government (see letter of June 8, 1972); further correspondence from 1976 to 1978 following the publication of Mennonites in Canada 1786-1920: The history of a separate people (Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1974), concerning Frank H. Epp's manuscript "Mennonites for the generations," for the Ethnic History Project which was interfering with his completion of "Mennonites in Canada, Vol. II" (see letter of Oct. 6, 1977) and his nomination for the Liberal riding of Waterloo (see letter of Feb. 20, 1978) and from which he resigned in June 13, 1978; letters from the Mennonite Media Society Inc. in 1985 and 1986 regarding a proposed film on Mennonites in Canada 1920-45 as a sequel to the film "And when they shall ask."
Removed: John A. Roberts, Style Manual Canadian Ethnic Series (Toronto: McClelland Stewart Limited, 1976), single sided copies of 106p.

103 -B - Gen, Mennonites, Manuscript, 1972-1978. Includes: manuscript of Frank H. Epp, "The Mennonite people: an alternate society" which was discussed in the correspondence in the above file. See especially Frank H. Epp's letter of Feb. 20, 1978 to the Dept. of the Secretary of State informing them that he would drop his involvement in this project if he won the nomination to enter the federal election.

103 -B - GS The Glory and the Shame, 1967-1972. Includes: correspondence regarding publication of a book containing Frank H. Epp's series of articles on the Mennonite church from The Canadian Mennonite newspaper, written in 1966 and 1967; flyers for the book, attached to letters of Jan. 8 and 12, 1968; correspondence with readers; review of the book by Paul Erb in Christian Living (July 1968), pp. 34-35; copies of three editorials that were not published in the book, "A Name and a faith," Jan. 17, 1958, pp.69-70, "Of no reputation (An Editorial for Christmas, 1966)," p.71-72 and "Man and his world of war (An Editorial for Peace Sunday," Nov. 1, 1966; copies of the editorials, dated and in the format in which they were originally published. See letter of Aug. 1, 1969 regarding the success of the book.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, The Glory and the shame (Winnipeg: Canadian Mennonite Publishing Association, Inc., 1968), 79p.

103 -B - HG Historical Geography, 1982. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp related to the Mennonite Bicentennial Commission's proposed "elaborate historical geography" (July 21, 1982), called "A Portrayal of Ontario Mennonites" on Mennonite and Brethren in Christ congregations in Ontario and funding for it; a list called a "Summary of Mennonite congregational communities in Ontario," 2p.; "Questionnaire on Mennonite Congregations for History of Mennonites in Canada" for Bethany Mennonite Church and the Aylmer EMMC Church; notes and maps from Bert Friesen for various Mennonite congregations in Ontario.

103 -B - In Indians, 1976-1984. Includes: correspondence and notes of Frank H. Epp related to the proposed manuscript, "Native Canadians: Portrait of a people in conflict,"; papers related to the work of his daughter, Marlene Epp, on the project (see letter of Dec. 22, 1981); notes and transcripts of interviews with members of the native community Dec. 16, 1981, Jan. 24, 1982 and July 13, 1982, conducted by Frank H. Epp and Marlene Epp;Mennonite Central Committee News Service, Dec. 10 and 17, 1981 and July 12, 1982; 4 unidentified photos of 2 different Native people, a man and a woman, in black and white and color; Donna Phillips, Harvey Whitecalf,Enewuk ([Saskatoon]: Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, 1977); a few items from meetings of the ICNI (Inuit Committee on National Issues), eg. booklet: Inuit and Constitutional Reform (Ottawa: Inuit Committee on National Issues, Sept. 1981) and their newsletter, Vol.1, No.3.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Project North Journal (Toronto: Project North, [1976]-): for 1997, Nov. and Dec.; Jan. 1978; Mar. 1979; for 1981, Sept.-Oct., Nov. and Dec.; for 1982, June and Sept.; for 1984, Fall and Winter; Spring 1985. See also issues transferred from 88 - DMCC - MCCC Project North, to CGUC Library and Archives.
Menno Wiebe, Native culture and Canadian law, A cultural look at Native people and the Canadian justice system(Kingston, Ontario: Queen's Theological College, 1984), pamphlet series, 34p.
Removed: Donna Philips, Robert Troff, Harvey Whitecalf, eds., Kataayuk: Saskatchewan Indian elders([Saskatoon]: Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, 1976).

103 -B - In Indians, 1981-1985. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Includes: a selection of the clippings that were in the file.
Removed: 2 Mennonite Reporter articles on Native peoples: by Menno Wiebe in Sept. 6, 1982, p.3 and by Neil Unrau in June 8, 1981, p.10.

103 -B - In Indians, 1957-1964. Includes: materials that were in storage, likely for use for proposed manuscript, "Native Canadians: Portrait of a people in conflict," most of which were removed (see list below); publications of the Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration; brochure, "Questions and answers about the Indian Settlement Project in Paraguay," 1963; The Indian in Transition - Indian Education (Ottawa: Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch, 1964). 
Removed: the following issues of Indian News, publication of Indian Affairs, Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Vol.4, No.4, Apr. 1961, Vol.5, No.4, Apr. 1962, Vol.7, No.1, Dec. 1963 and Vol.7, No.2, Mar. 1964; William Dunstan, "Canadian Indians today," Canadian geographical journal, reprint from, Dec. 196, 15p.; materials from the community welfare planning council in Winnipeg, Manitoba: "Annual Report 1963", their directory of welfare services, "Community welfare planning 1919-1961" and "The Volunteer bureau, 1939-1960"; Treaties 1 and 2 between Her Majesty the Queen and the Chippewa and Cree Indians of Manitoba and country adjacent with adhesions (1957); Treaty no. 5 between Her Majesty the Queen and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree tribes of Indians at Beren’s River and Norway House with adhesions (1957); Census of Indians in Canada, 1959; Office consolidation of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1952, c.149; "Facts and figures, Indian Affairs Branch," pamphlet (1964); 2 booklets, The Canadian Indian A Reference Paper, published by Canada, Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch in 1959 and 1961; Indians of British Columbia (An historical review) (Ottawa: Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch, 1960); Indians of the Prairie Provinces (An historical review) (Ottawa: Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch, 1960); Indian in Transition - The Meeting of the Ways, Learning for Earning (Ottawa: Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch, 1961); 
2 issues of Indian record A national publication for the Indians of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Vol.XXII, No.2, Feb. 1959 and Vol.XXVI, No.1, Jan.-Feb. 1963.

103 -B - In Grant Application, 1982. Includes: copies of application made by Frank H. Epp to the Multicultural Directorate of Ontario for a proposed book on Canadian native peoples (Indians), which was not accepted. See also file above.

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103 -B - IMH Introduction to Mennonite History, 1964-1977. Includes: correspondence and notes from meetings related to writing a Mennonite history text sponsored by the Institute of Mennonite Studies (IMS), to which Frank H. Epp was contributing a chapter; Gerald Wheeler, "Mennonite reaction and its rational to Russian reforms of 1860s and 1870s," student paper? (with letter of Sept. 29, 1965); Frank H. Epp's chapter, no. 10, "Nearly 200 years in Russia," 42p., with letter of Oct. 18, 1966; minutes of IMS executive and advisory councils, June 15, 1968 and IMS "Annual report," June 15, 1968-June 15, 1969; galley proofs of Frank H. Epp's chapter 10. 

103 -B - JR John Redekop, 1969-1974. Includes: correspondence in regard to the chapter by Frank H. Epp, "Amercian causes of World War III" in John H. Redekop, ed. The Star-Spangled beaver twenty-four Canadians look south (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1971), pp.118-133; a review of the book in Globe and Mail, Dec. 25, 1971, p.36. The file also included an offprint of, Frank H. Epp, "The Almost separated Society A Tentative approach to the history of Mennonites in Canada,"
published under "Research Notes" in Mennonite Quarterly Review, Vol.XLIII, No.4 (October 1969), pp.393-398, which was moved to 103 -Ar - 69 Mennonites in Canada, History, 1969, above.
Removed: the draft copy of this chapter which was the same as the published version. 

103 -B - LA Latin America, 1970-1971. Includes: correspondence, notes and articles for preparation for the Mennonite World Conference in Curitiba, Brazil; list of resource persons for Latin America (not exhaustive); 3 issues of Mennonite Central Committee News Service on Bolivia and Brazil, Dec. 18, 1970 (2); Jan. 29, 1971 (8) and Feb. 5, 1971 (9).
Removed: "Report from Brazil: what the left is saying," in The New York Times Magazine, Dec. 7, 1969, p.52f.; "Das Evangelium erobert den Urwald," ("Spreading the Gospel in the primeval forest") in Mennonitische Rundschau, Dec. 9, 1970, p.5.

103 -B - LA Latin America, 1969-1970. Complements the above file, news clippings only.

103 -B - MCC(C) - 20th Anniversary, 1982-1983. Includes: correspondence for the writing of, Partners in service : the story of Mennonite Central Committee Canada : prepared on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary, 1963-1982 (Winnipeg?: Mennonite Central Committee Canada?, 1983); materials for the introduction by Bert Friesen and some information sheets that were circulated; letters of response, especially the Jan. 7, 1983 letter of gratitude from J. M Klassen, executive director of Mennonite Central Committee, to Frank H. Epp and Epp's response of Jan. 18, 1983.
See also,

103 -Ar - 82 MCC(C) - Anniversaries, 1981-1982, above. 
Removed: the following issues from 1982 of Mennonite Central Committee News Service: July 16, Aug. 3, Aug. 5 and Aug. 23.

103 -B - M Mexico, 1971-1973. Includes: correspondence and memorandums regarding doing research on the "Adjustment problems of recent Mexico Mennonite immigrants" involving Frank H. Epp, initiator and coordinator of the project, Bill Janzen and Hildegard M. Martens. File also includes correspondence between Bill Janzen and Hildegard M. Martens not originally included in the Epp file; see additional note in file. See also, 41 - IU - UW U of Waterloo, 1974-1984, regarding Prof. Helling, friend of the Mexican Mennonites in Essex County.

103 -B - MM Mexico Mennonites, #1, 1972-1979. Includes: correspondence regarding a grant application of $6000 to the Dept. of Manpower and Immigration for a study on "Adjustment problems of recent Mexico Mennonite immigrants," submitted by Frank H. Epp and his assistants, Bill Janzen and Hildegard M. Martens (a graduate student working on a Ph.D.); papers related to the research; letter of Aug. 18, 1978 from Frank H. Epp to Sam Steiner regarding the deposition of the research materials of Hildegard M. Martens in the CGC archives. 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: 3 photos of Mexican Mennonites published in the Magazine section of the Star Weekly, Toronto, Aug. 14, 1954. A copy and description from the back of the photos is attached to letter of Sept. 4, 1973 sent to Hildegard. 
Removed: Bill Janzen, "Mennonites in Mexico (5): the move to Texas," in Mennonite Reporter, Vol.7, No.23, Nov. 14, 1977.

103 -B - MM Mexico Mennonites, #2, 1975 - Included - Hildegard Margo Martens, with an introduction by Frank H. Epp, "Mennonites from Mexico: their immigration and settlement in Canada: a research report," [Canada : s.n.], 1975, ca 100 leaves, submitted to Research Grants Program, Canada Manpower and Immigration and to Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), which was removed. File withdrawn. 

103 -B - M-MCC(O), 1980-1982. Includes: notice regarding a meeting of the ad hoc committee for the publication project on the Mennonites from Mexico in Ontario on which Frank H. Epp had agreed to serve; "A Feasibility study for an Inter Mennonite Centre, 50 Kent Ave., Nov. 6, 1980. 

103 -B - MCH Manual for Congregational Histories, 1975-1980. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding the writing of Frank H. Epp, Stories with meaning: a guide for the writing of local congregational histories(Winnipeg: Mennonite Historical Society of Canada, 1978), 32p. as well as requests for it and its distribution to all Mennonite archive centres, etc.; "Outline for congregational research" with Adof Ens' name on it, from AMBS, 1961, which is almost identical to Appendix B in the book; correspondence regarding a Workshop for Church Historians held Oct. 30, 1976, coordinated by Doris Gascho (School of Adult Studies, CGC) and Lorna Bergey, Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario and one coordinated by Doris in Nov. 1979; a review of the book in Festival Quarterly, Nov., Dec. 1979, Jan. 1980, p.10 and a brief description of it in The Christian Leader, Oct. 9, 1979 by the editor; Frank H. Epp, "Why congregational histories," handwritten outline notes to which the sheet "The Role of the church historian," is attached (undated); "Bibliography of Mennonite congregational histories" (with the ones located at CGC indicated), 6p.; "Bibliography of Mennonite congregational histories," which includes unpublished papers, had markings and titles added in handwriting.
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Stories with meaning: a manual for the writing of local congregational histories," 1978, 44p. in which the text was the same as the published book, with the only change being in the title, where the word "manual" was changed to "guide"; Frank H. Epp, "Manual for the writing of local congregational histories," 1976, Draft copy, 26p.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: 2 copies of the pamphlets, N. P. Springer, The Duties of the conference historian (Goshen, Ind.: Historical Committee of Mennonite General Conference, 1955), 8p. and Melvin Gingerich,The Work of the local church historian (Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Historical and Research Committee, 1962), 16p. One set of these 2 pamphlets was attached with the letters of July 11, 1979 and Nov. 12, 1975 from the Historical Committee in Goshen, Indiana. 

103 -B - MMil Menn. with the Millenium on their Mind, 1981. This is the title for the four J. J. Thiessen Lectures which Frank H. Epp gave Oct. 21, 1981 at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The file includes: his hand written notes in outline form and excerpts from his book manuscript, "Mennonites in Canada, 1920-1950: A People's struggle for survival" and other sources, not necessarily in the order in which they were presented; 3 articles by Waldemar Janzen: "Geography of faith: A Christian perspective on the meaning of places" in Studies in Religion 3:2 (1973), pp.167-182, "The Theological basis for stewardship of land," Mar. 15, 1980, 14p. and "The Great trek: episode or paradigm?" in Mennonite Quarterly Review, date? pp.127-139. 

103 -B - MP Mennonite Peoplehood, 1977-1979. Includes: correspondence, reader response, endorsements and reviews of, Frank H. Epp, Mennonite peoplehood: a plea for new initiatives (Waterloo, Ont.: Conrad Press, 1977), 120p. 
Removed: a new copy of Mennonite Peoplehood (1977), dedicated to Dorothy and John, July 26, 1977.

103 -B - MWC Mennonite World Conference, 1973-1980. Includes: Frank H. Epp's lists of MWC materials her was transferring to the CGC Library and Archives for "Permanent deposition"; correspondence of Frank H. Epp with persons involved in MWC in which, among other things, the vision for the organization was on the agenda (Nov. 1973) and Epp's article on immigration for the Handbook (Apr. 7, 1978); "Survey of North American Inter-Mennonite Cooperative Projects," a 3 page list written by Paul N. Kraybill, Feb. 28, 1974; Mennonite World Conference Newsletter, Vol.1, No.1 (April 1976). 
Removed: the following issues of the Mennonite World Conference Newsletter: Vol.2, No.1 (May 1977), for 1979: 3:1 (Feb.), 3:2 (June), 3:3 (Sept.) and 3:4 (Dec.).

103 -B - PC Peace Catechism - See

103 -B - CPC Christian Peace Catechism, 1967-1971, above. File withdrawn.

103 -B - Pa Palestinian Arabs, 1971-1974. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding support and a prospective publisher for his book of portraits on the Palestinians (which, as he states in a letter of Feb. 1, 1973, he envisioned as part of a series of publications "in book form of portraits of minority people" that is, "humanity-oriented photography integrated with their own words"); letters from Eerdmans who was considering publishing it (see letters from Nov. 1971, Mar. 17 and 31, 1972). 

103 -B - Pa - AC Arab Correspondence, 1972. Includes: form letter from Frank H. Epp, "Letter to 140 Palestinian Arabs," Feb. 15, 1972 with 2 attachments, list of occupations of Palestinian Arabs and list of themes sent out following the publication of Frank H. Epp, The Palestinians portrait of a people in conflict Photographs by John Goddard, published in Canada (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1976) and simultaneously in the US (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1976), 240p. (a number of these letters were unsent and removed from the file); letters from Palestinian Arabs and some of Frank H. Epp's responses, following his 1971 research trip to the Middle East (the letters of Mar. 29 and Apr. 5, 1972 both have photos attached to the letters, which were left in the file). The photos that were to be sent to people in the Middle East that were in this file attached to the unsent letters, were moved to 103 -B - Pa John Goddard, 1971-1976, below, and there transferred out with the other photos by John Goddard.

103 -B - Pa - LPS Let Palestinians Speak (1), 1971. Includes: pre-trip correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding travel to the Middle East and plans for research on a book, to be published together with photo-journalist John Goddard, which the Mennonite Central Committee, Peace Section was encouraging him to write. These letters also include information about sales and distribution for Frank H. Epp, Whose land is Palestine?: the Middle East problem in historical perspective (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970); Mennonite Central Committee News Service, May 14, 1971 in which the work of Mennonites in the Middle East is described.

103 -B - Pa - LPS Let Palestinians Speak (2), 1971. Includes: "Summary Middle East book project by Frank H. Epp and John Goddard," proposed list of persons to be interviewed, "Book proposal from Frank H. Epp," "Introduction of the team," "Clarification of Epp-Goddard mission," the initial list of those interviewed (different than printed list already mentioned), "Age and sex classification of Palestinian Arabs, their planned schedule for August, and handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp on note cards; lists of persons that were interviewed (Aug. 2-30, 1971); "Listening to the Middle East" (Being a report on the Epp-Goddard research trip Aug. 2-30, 1971) and a supplement to this report for the ME Reference Committee; booklet, "The Society of Arab women's union of Nabus The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan"; "Aref Al-Aref A Biographical sketch, 1892-1964" (Jerusalem: Al Ma' Aref Press).

103 -B - Pa - LPS Let Palestinians Speak (3), 1971. Includes: post-trip correspondence of Frank H.Epp, including a letter to Eerdmans Publishing Co. reporting on the trip.

103 -B - Pa - AMEU Americans for Middle East Understanding, 1973-1976. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with executive director of AMEU John Sutton regarding pre publication publicity for Frank H. Epp's book of interviews with the Palestinians in the AMEU journal, The Link; special issue of The Link, "The Palestinians speak. Listen!" Vol.VII, No.4, Sept./Oct. 1974, in which excerpts from the book by Frank H. Epp and John Goddard, The Palestinians portrait of a people in conflict and some of John Goddard's photos for the book were published. See

103 -B - Pa John Goddard, 1971-1976, regarding the photos used in this issue.

103 -B - Pa Contract, 1974-1976. Includes: agreement between Frank H. Epp and McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Mar. 25, 1974 for publication of "The Palestinians: A Portrait"; amendment to the original contract for in a letter of May 18, 1976.

103 -B - Pa Correspondence with Readers, 1975-1982. Includes: reader response in North American and the Middle East as well as the correspondence of Frank H. Epp following the publication of Frank H. Epp, The Palestiniansportrait of a people in conflict; list of people and organizations to receive the book, letter of June 30, 1976;

103 -B - Pa Herald Press, 1976-1979. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Herald Press in promoting the book of Palestinian portraits; announcements for the book, the flyer, reports on sales (Sept. 27, 1976, Jan. 31, 1979 and reviews of it.
Removed: Herald Press Books 1976-77 in which Frank H. Epp, The Palestinians is discussed on pp.8 and 45 (see copies of these pages in the file). 

103 -B - Pa John Goddard, 1971-1976. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with John Goddard, photographer for the book, Frank H. Epp, The Palestinians: portrait of a people in conflict. The file also includes copies of John Goddard's black and white photographs (see "Transferred" list below) and copies of 2 articles in The Citizen, Jan. 5, 1974, p.33 and Feb. 9, 1974, p.39, which include some of John Goddard's photos (some of which may also be in the contact sheets or negatives and a third article from this newspaper, filed separately below in,

103 -B - Pa John Goddard, 1971-1976. Complements the above file, news clipping only. Also included is a duplicate copy of the special issue of The Link, "The Palestinians speak. Listen!" Vol.VII, No.4, Sept./Oct. 1974, in which photos by Goddard were published. See 103 -B - Pa - AMEU Americans for Middle East Understanding, 1973-1976, in regard to the latter. Copies of the 12 photos, 12.5 x 17 cm, from the file,

103 -B - Pa - AC Arab Correspondence, 1972, are also in the file. (The letter of Mar. 3, 1976 refers to photos taken by Frank H. Epp's daughters.)
Transferred to CGUC Library: John Goddard's black and white photographs, some of which were published in the book (the pages are indicated) and some of which were not used in the book; 7 envelopes with negatives which included 2 photos (not used) and 3 negatives for photos which were published in the book on pp.107 and 146; about 50 contact sheets which include some of the photos published in the book as well as many others that were not used; a group photo of Palestinian women with Marianne and Esther Epp, daughters of Frank H. Epp who accompanied him in 1974 (see 98 - F - ME74 Middle East (3), 1974; a photo of Marianne and Esther with Wadad Nasif on the Golan Heights as well as 2 photos and 5 negatives of Wadad; 12 photos, 12.5 x 17 cm, from the file,

103 -B - Pa - AC Arab Correspondence, 1972.

103 -B - Pa John Goddard, 1974. Complements the above file, news clipping only. Includes: "Women's training centre buries tradition," in The Citizen, Feb. 19, 1974, p.39, which includes 3 of John Goddard's photographs of which the one "Hairdressing course is tackled with enthusiasm" was published in Palestinians on p.158.

103 -B - Pa Maps (1), 1976. Includes: some of the large, original, colored maps (45x60 cm), with notes attached, that were used in the Palestinian portraits book on pp. 18, 40, 41 and 61. 
Removed: the following copied pages, possibly from Martin Gilbert, Jewish history atlas (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969), of: the United Nations partition plan 29 Nov. 1947, Israeli conquests 1967, Jews of the Roman Empire 100-300 AD and Return of the Jews to Zion 1948-1964, were included in the box in storage with the interview transcripts

103 -B - Pa Maps (2), 1976. Includes: the original, colored maps in the source materials, called map 8, which were used in the book in black and white on p. 24. 

103 -B - Pa MCC, 1973-1977. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with members of Mennonite Central Committee regarding his book "Palestinian portraits" which they supported financially; Mennonite Central Committee News Service, June 11, 1976 in which Epp's book is discussed.

103 -B - Pa Notebooks, 1971. Includes: spiral notebooks of handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp, numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5, from his interviews for "Palestinian Portraits" in Aug. 1971 which include references to the interview tapes; also 3 loose note pages dated June and July 1971, that were in the file above,

103 -B - Pa - AC Arab Correspondence. 

103 -B - Pa Notebooks, 1974. Includes: 5 spiral notebooks of handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp from 1974. 

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103 -B - Pa Publishers, 1973-1980. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp beginning in 1973 regarding publication of his book of Palestinian portraits with McClelland and Stewart (Epp interviewed 172 people for this book, see letter of Dec. 29, 1975) (preceded by two letters of 1971 and 1972 with other publishers); correspondence with Eerdman's who published Epp's book, Whose Land and was reprinting it; correspondence with Mennonite Central Committee, Peace Section who was to receive some of the royalties; Frank H. Epp, "An author's statement to book salesman," Remarks made Jan. 14, 1976 at the concluding dinner of a national McClelland and Stewart sales conference at the Guild Inn, Toronto, Ontario; statements of royalty earnings.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Herald Press Books 1977-78 in which Frank H. Epp, The Palestinians is discussed on p.49, a copy of which is in the file. 

103 -B - Pa Reviews, 1976-1981. Includes: reviews of Frank H. Epp, The Palestinians and some related correspondence.

103 -B - Pa Reviews, 1976. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Includes: 2 clippings from Aug. 1976 and several undated and where the source is unknown. 

103 -B - Pa Tapes. Included - 7 reel to reel tapes (the Tape #5 box was empty) of interviews done by Frank H. Epp on his trips to the Middle East for "Palestinian portraits" in 1971 and one reel to reel tape with interviews and music, from Aug. 11 and 19, 1974, all of which were transferred to the CGUC Library and Archives. File withdrawn. 

103 -B - Pa Warbrooke Publishers, 1972-1977. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with the manager of this publishing company, Alfred Warkentin, regarding possible publication of the Palestinian portraits book with them (as well as some other publishing ideas); an issue of Flash of Damascus, No.13 (Aug. 1972), which includes "Open letter" to the Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre E. Trudeau from James Peters, regional spokesman for the Federation of Arab Canadian Societies and vice-president of the Canadian Arab Friendship Society, p.24f. 

103 -B - Pa Warbrooke Publishers, 1972. Complements the above file, news clipping only. Includes: Alfred Warkentin, " 'The major difference between the Liberals and Conservatives is social status' " in Carillon News, Aug. 23, 1972, section 3, p.1.

103 -B - Is The Israelis, 1977-1978. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding research and travel to Israel for the book, Frank H. Epp, The Israelis: portrait of a people in conflict Photographs by John Goddard, published in Canada (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1980) and simultaneously in the US (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1980), 205p.; "Summary of Interviews" (Israel - April -May 1977); papers related to transcription of the interview tapes (Oct., Dec. 1977); correspondence with members of the Jewish community, with persons responding to various parts of the manuscript and giving endorsements for the book; published notices about the forthcoming book; correspondence with McClelland and Stewart, Aug. 1984 and Jan. 1985; N. Brad Willms, "A Critique of a history of Israel," Prepared for Prof. Frank H. Epp, History 226, Apr. 19, 1985; the transcription of an interview with General Ariel Sharon, 16p. was moved to 103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 4, 1977, below. See also the 98 - F - ME travel files regarding Epp's trips to the Middle East.

103 -B - Is - IJ Israeli Jews, 1971, 1977. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp, with Mr. Shimoni, counsellor at the Embassy of Israel in Ottawa in the Spring of 1971 and with John Goddard about their next trip to Israel in April 1977; Frank H. Epp, "Listening to the Israelis: suspicion and cooperation," (A special report), May 18, 1977, 5p.

103 -B - Is Correspondence, pre publication, 1971-1977. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp; list of names of persons receiving a copy of Frank H. Epp, Whose land is Palestine? The Middle East conflict in historical perspective (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970), with letter of Oct. 1, 1971; planning for "Phase II `A Portrait of the Israeli Jews' " and another trip to Israel, to be supported by Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section (see letters of Nov. 16 and Dec. 9, 1971 in particular); "Letter to 105 Israelis," July 11, 1977 which was a letter of thanks accompanying a copy of The Palestinians, sent to the persons who gave interviews for the book, "A Portrait of the Israeli Jews." 

103 -B - Is Correspondence, post publication, 1980-1981. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp and reader response following publication of The Israelis: portrait of a people in conflict (1980); positive response from the executive secretary of Mennonite Central Committee, J. M. Klassen, May 23, 1980 and Frank H. Epp's response of May 15, 1980 in which he mentions some of the obstacles in writing this book; list of "Media interviews re: The Israelis" attached to letter of May 23, 1980; letters the Israelis who were included in the book, some positive, some negative (see June 16, 1980 for the latter and June 20, attached to July 15, 1980 for the former); reviews of the book, attached to letter of Jan. 6, 1981 in which Frank H. Epp was inviting persons to his slide lecture.

103 -B - Is Funding, 1976-1977. Includes: applications Canada Council and the Good Foundation for funding in the publication of "The Israelis: portrait of a people in conflict," neither of whom replied positively.

103 -B - Is Herald Press, 1977-1984. Includes: correspondence on promotion of the book, for which the tentative date of publication was Mar. 15, 1980 (see especially the list of Apr. 2, 1980); author data forms, with letter of Jan. 8, 1980; flyers and other promotional materials, some advertising both portrait books, on Palestinians and Israelis.

103 -B - Is Israelis, 1975-1978. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with persons in Israel who had received copies of his book on the Palestinians and transcripts of the Israelis manuscript.

103 -B - Is John Goddard, 1975-1980. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with John Goddard, the photo-journalist for the Canadian press in Montreal who was the photographer with whom Frank H. Epp worked on the book of Israelis portraits; article by John Goddard on Abdullah Abdullah in the Montreal Gazette, Apr. 30, 1980, attached to letter of May 15, 1980; Frank H. Epp, "Idea for newspaper/magazine story or radio/TV interview" in which the 2 portrait books, on the Palestinians and on the Israelis, were discussed, with letter of Mar. 1, 1980 to John Goddard.
Transferred to CGUC Library: postcard from John Goddard to Frank H. Epp with a photo adhered to it of Israeli soldiers at the western (wailing) wall, which was used in the Israelis book next to p. 80 and of which a copy was left in this file.

103 -B - Is John Goddard, 1974. Complements the above file, one news clipping. Includes: article by John Goddard on the Israeli kibbutz in The Citizen of Ottawa, Feb. 9, 1974, p.39 which includes 3 of Goddard's photos as well. 

103 -B - Is McClelland and Stewart, 1976-1983. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with the publisher regarding the publication of the book, "Israeli portraits"; 
biographical information, attached to letter of Sept. 27, 1979, letters on promoting the book; copy of agreement with the publisher, Nov. 29, 1979.

103 -B - Is Manuscript, 1979-1980? Includes: a typed manuscript of chapters 1 to 10 of Frank H. Epp, The Israelis: portrait of a people in conflict (likely the last draft), pp. 9-322, with minor deviations to the published text of the book, but not the same pagination. This manuscript does not include the Preface, Prologue or Epilogue and Part A, Books in "Selected Readings" is incomplete compared to pages 197-198 of the book. However, at the end of this manuscript, on pp.320-322, is a typed list called "Detail of Interviews" with 99 names in alphabetical order and the page numbers on which each person is discussed in the manuscript written in by hand beside each name. For the most part, the names and added page numbers correspond to the pages in this manuscript. The published book, on pages 201-205, also includes an alphabetical list of the names of the persons who were interviewed. But the list in the book is not numbered and has no references to the pages in the book on which each person is discussed. See 103 -I Interviews, below which includes transcripts of the interviews. 

103 -B - Is MCC Peace Section, 1975-1980. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with members of the Peace Section regarding his manuscript, field work and progress reports for the Israelis portrait book, which they were supporting financially; Frank H. Epp, "Epp completes Israel research," in Mennonite Central Committee News Service, June 24, 1977 (5). 

103 -B - Is Miscellaneous articles, 1969-1977. Includes: various articles, booklets and information, likely from Frank H. Epp's trip to Israel in 1977, which was originally stored separately in the box with the Israeli interview transcripts; Jos. W. Abileah of Haifa, "Gandhi - on the occasion of the centenary of his birth," 1969, 3p. 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: The pin attached to the Collection of articles on the Israeli defence forces and the Israel-Arab wars from the IDF Spokesman's Office in Tel Aviv, 1976, which was presented to Frank H. Epp "With compliments Israel defence forces spokesman," was removed and added to Series 5 Realia. 

103 -B - Is Newspapers, 1977. Includes: newspapers only: Jewish Press, Vol.27, No.19, for the week of May 13 to May 19, 1977, pp.1-6; selected pages from The Jerusalem Post, Apr. 27 to May 13, 1977, not continuous, includes May 16 Supplement: "United Jerusalem: a decade," 35p.; page one only of Herald International Tribune, for May 5, 10, 11, 12, 1977. 
Removed: The Jerusalem Post, May 5, 10 and 11, 1977, whole issues. 

103 -B - Is Notebooks, 1977. Includes: spiral notebooks of handwritten notes by Frank H. Epp, numbered 1 to 4, from his interviews for "Israeli Portraits" on his trip to the Middle East in May 1977 (for 2 notebooks the covers were copied and attached to the notes because not many sheets in the notebook had been used).

103 -B - Is Notes, 1977. Includes: handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp from his trip to Israel and cards and lists for persons to contact; "The West Bank: map and charts of Israeli settlements," compiled by Ann Lesch, Assoc. Middle East Rep., American Friends Service Committee, 1 November (first revision). 

103 -B - Is Photos, 1977. Includes: Copies of two articles in which one of the photos ("A Bedouin woman watches construction...) was from the Israelis book, p. 141; copies of a list of descriptions which more or less match the photos on the contact sheets, called " '77 mideast photos -- 1"; copies of 2 photos, 18.5x25.5 cm in size, one in which Frank H. Epp and another man are interviewing Areil Sharon and the other in which Frank H. Epp sits at a table at the seaside. Also included is a copy of the postcard, originally in file

103 -B - Is John Goddard, 1975-1980, which John Goddard sent Frank H. Epp with a photo adhered to it of Israeli soldiers at the western (wailing) wall, which was used in the Israelis book next to p. 80.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: 10 photos ( 5 are 25.5x17 cm and 5 are 13x18 cm in size) and 55 contact sheets of photos taken, some of which are similar to persons pictured in the book, Israelis (Frank H. Epp is shown in 2 of the larger photos and Ariel Sharon is shown on contact sheet #6).

103 -B - Is Reviews (1), 1980-1984. Includes: reader response including from members of the Mennonite Central Committee and correspondence of Frank H. Epp with reviewers and newspapers regarding Israelis and copies of reviews of the book sent out by Herald Press; memo from Bob Whitton regarding an autographing session and a review attached, May 20, 1980.

103 -B - Is Reviews (2), 1978-1984. Includes: articles and reviews of Israelis, that were in a red binder in Frank H. Epp's office, organized as they were in the binder, chronologically by country, that is, reviews published in Canada and the US; Reuben Slonim, "Book review" in the Weekend Banner, Orangeville, Ont., Mar. 14, 1980, notes at the end of the article that Slonim was a former Middle East correspondent (see also the copy of a news clipping on him from the Toronto Star, May 20, 1984, with this first review) .

103 -B - Is Reviews (2), 1980. Includes: 2 newspaper articles: "Epp sees new book as peace initiative" inKitchener-Waterloo Record, Mar. 22, 1980, p. 9 and "Frank Epp's third book on the Middle East" in the University of Waterloo Gazette, June 11, 1980, p. 4.

103 -B - Is Smoliar, Stephen, 1975-1977. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Smoliar, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania regarding contacts with people in Israel.

103 -B - Is Tapes, 1977. Includes: note about a missing interview on Tape 2 - Side I, part of Hay-Ami and Aliza Haberman and part of Michael De Vries. The 10 reel to reel tapes of interviews done by Frank H. Epp on his trip to the Middle East for "Israeli portraits" in 1977 (the one for Ariel Sharon is on Tape 2), were all transferred to the CGUC Library and Archives.

103 -B - Is - AOI Anguish over Israel - Manuscript, 1985. Includes: the final draft of Frank H. Epp, "Anguish over Israel one man's encounter with zionism," June 1985, 472p., which was "Not for publication, written quotation, or circulation in any form without permission."

103 -B - Is - AOI - Correspondence, 1984-1985. Includes: letters of 1984 regarding a legal appeal from the National Citizen's Coalition, Inc. to the Attorney General of Canada; correspondence related to publishing this autobiographical manuscript of Frank H. Epp; comments on the manuscript from Frank H. Epp's "colleagues in the dialogue with the Jewish community," Vernon Leis, Sheldon Rahn and Bob Verdun, as well as others; correspondence and comments related to presentation of the manuscript to a CGC Faculty Forum, Mar. 1, 1985; Frank H. Epp's revision of the manuscript was delayed due to the fact that he was "hospitalized for a while" (see his letter of May 22, 1985 to McClelland and Stewart); Frank H. Epp, "A Possible promo for "Anguish over Israel" and "A Possible foreword to "Anguish over Israel" (with Frank H. Epp's letter of June 13, 1985 to McClelland & Stewart Ltd.).

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103 -B - Is - AOI - Sources, 1960-1969. Includes: a selection of secondary sources, possibly used for the "Anguish" manuscript, namely: "Ben Gurion speaks," from The Arab Information Center (1960); a folder of information, "Israel 20 year anniversary" from Israel Information Services, which includes an article by David Reznick; pamphlet by Dr. Nabih A. Faris from the University Christian Center Forum (1967); 2 "Palestine Essays, No.2 by Hasan Sab (1968) and No.4 by Fayez A. Sayegh (1967); a selected reading list by Prof. Walid Khalidi; Near East Report (Aug. 1967); 2 German booklets, "Briefe von Freunden aus den Voelkern (1967) and one by Asher Eder, sent to Frank H. Epp by J. Loewen of Nelson, B.C.; 2 issues of The Link, published by AMEU from 1969, Jan. and Mar./Apr.; 2 booklets from the series World Public Opinion and Israel, No. 1 and 6.
Removed: Fritz Steppat, "Some Historical Aspects of the Clash Between Zionism and Arab Nationalism" University Christian Center, Beirut, Lebanon, 1968, which was transferred out from, 60 - ME - Zi Zionism, 1967-1977; an issue of the newspaper, The Jewish Canadian News, July 4, 1969; Isaac Tiessen, Behold, I come quickly: a brief study in prophecy (Toronto, Ont.: I. Tiessen, 1968).
 

103 -B - PP Portrait of Poland, 1982-1983. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Phyllis Krabill and Janine Wedel regarding publication of a portrait book on Poland, "A Portrait of a people in conflict," based on interviews which Herald Press was interested in publishing (see letter of Apr. 21, 1983 in which Frank H. Epp withdrew from the project); an issue of Katallagete, Summer 1982 Supplement, published by The committee of southern churchmen in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Removed: 2 clippings from 1982 in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 24, p.31 and Dec. 3, 27 and 1 clipping from the Toronto Star, Sept. 28, 1982, p.A7.
 

103 -B - PW Peace as a Whole, 1984. Includes: a few handwritten outline notes by Frank H. Epp on: "Why we need a holistic theological vision" and "The Four circles of peace" as well as one news clipping from the Toronto Star, Dec. 28, 1984, p.A18. 
 

103 -B - SCSH Small College Set on a Hill, 1979-1982. Includes: correspondence regarding the publication and distribution of the book, Frank H. Epp, Small college set on a hill: reflections on church college education in the university context (Waterloo, Ont.: s.n., 1980?); a review of the book in Mennonite Reporter, Jan. 5, 1981, p.8.
Removed: manuscript of the book, which was identical to the published copy.
 

103 -B - SH Stirling History, 1982-1984. includes: handwritten notes of Frank H. Epp for 2 congregational workshops at the Stirling Ave. Mennonite church, Mar. 7, 1982; typed notes (made by Anne Millar) from these meetings; "History of Stirling - committee to explore the possibilities," Apr. 7, 1982, attended by Frank H. Epp; letter of invitation, Sept. 10, 1982, to Frank H. Epp to "lead us in this research and writing project" with a "Proposal for discussion" written by Frank H. Epp and the report and recommendation of the ad hoc committee attached; memo of Mar. 7, 1984 to Douglas Millar from Frank H. Epp concerning "Stirling interviews"; list, updated in Sept. 1984, of persons from the congregation who had served as volunteers, 2p. (a copy of which was added to the Stirling Ave. Mennonite Church Collection in the Mennonite Archives of Ontario); program of 60th anniversary of Stirling, Oct. 1984. 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Stirling News, April 1982.
Removed: Stirling News, March 1983 (except for the pages with a note to Frank H. Epp, to see pp. 6 and 7 written by Doug Millar) and Sept. 1984.

103 -B - SP Strategy for Peace (1), 1964-1972. Includes: articles and presentations of Frank H. Epp, some of which were published in his book, A Strategy for peace: reflections of a Christian pacifist (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973). Included in the file are: "Sometimes I pray for nuclear war, but I've never yet said, Amen!" which Epp prepared for Peace Days at Goshen College, oct. 20-23, 1968 and which became chapter 1, "On being afraid of communism," which became chapter 2, "The Law above the law of the land," which became chapter 5, "The American causes of World War III," which became chapter 7, and "Towards a dialogue between pacifists and non-pacifists" (A sermon preached in the Ottawa Mennonite Church by Frank H. Epp on Peace Sunday, November 9, 1969) which became chapter 11; the following articles which were not part of the book: "The New world is within you," a commencement address written May 31, 1972, "A National capital calls the Christian church" (Fellowship Assembly, Christian Council for National Captial Area, Ottawa, November 6, 1971), "The Church's witness to society and state" (A paper presented to 1964 session of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, July 3-7, by Frank H. Epp), "Why I protest the war in Vietnam" (Address given on International Days of Protest on Parliament Hill, August 6, 1966); ideas of Frank H. Epp on how the book should be arranged. See 103 -Ar - 72 Misc, 1971-1972, a draft of a paper with the same title as chapter 3, "Evangelism and peace."
Removed: "Canada and the American draft-dodger in World War I" (A paper presented for 51st annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, Montreal, June 6-9, 1972), a copy of which is in 103 -Ar - 72 Draft-Dodger, 1972.

103 -B - SP Strategy for Peace (1), 1971-1972. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Includes: news clippings which were part of Frank H. Epp's book manuscript on peace.

103 -B - SP Strategy for Peace (2), 1972-1973. Includes: correspondence regarding the publication and endorsements for, Frank H. Epp, A Strategy for peace: reflections of a Christian pacifist (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973), 128p., which came out in Dec. 1973 (see the letter of Hubert Schwartzentruber to Frank H. Epp, attached to Dec. 21, 1973, and his strong commendation of the book); "Learning the lessons of history," originally entitled, "A Brief history of Vietnam," written by Frank H. Epp Jan. 17, 1968, attached to the letter of Mar. 9, 1973 along with a few other papers for the manuscript. See "Acknowledgments" on p.4 and "Notations on context" on p.10 which indicate the origin of some of the essays. 
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Why I protest the war in Vietnam," originally, an address given on International Days of Protest on Parliament Hill, August 6, 1966, a copy of which is included in the file above and which was also attached to the letter of Mar. 9, 1973; "A National capital calls the Christian church," originally presented by Frank H. Epp to the Fellowship Assembly, Christian Council for National Captial Area, Ottawa, November 6, 1971 a copy of which is also included in the file above and which was also attached to the letter of Mar. 9, 1973.

103 -B - SP Strategy for Peace (3), 1974-1981. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp to promote the book, with readers and with Eerdmans, the publisher; reviews of the book; letter of Jan. 14, 1974 from John N. Turner, Canadian Minister of Finance, thanking Frank H. Epp for a copy of the book; letter of Mar. 3, 1976 from William Janzen, Director of Mennonite Central Committee's Ottawa office, to General Cloutier, Minister of National Defence, sent with a copy of the book, recommending especially chatper 8, "The Unrealism of militarism," to the general; a collection of quotations in, Howard W. Lull, "Readings on war and peace," Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Sept. 1974.

103 -B - USSR Evangelicals in the Soviet Union, 1977-1981. Includes: correspondence regarding a book manuscript by Walter Sawatsky on the evangelical movement in the USSR since WW II, for which Frank H. Epp was a member of the Reading Committee and gave critical responses; outlines for chapters in the book are attached to a letter of June 2, 1978; a paragraph about the published book in "Book notes," from Herald Press, 1981.
 

103 -B - YNY Your Neighbour as Yourself. The following files related to, Frank H. Epp, Your neighbour as yourself: A Study in responsibility in Immigration (Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1968), 144p., were integrated here from two bankers boxes that were in storage. The single file that was in the cabinet included 2 letters, which were moved to 103 -B - YNY Correspondence, 1968-1974, and a new unmarked copy of the book which was transferred to the CGUC Library and Archives.
Removed: the following resource materials that were in the files in storage, Migration News (Geneva: International Catholic Migration Commission, 1960s), No.4 July-Aug. 1967, for 1968, Nos.2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, No.1 1969; 3 Annual Reports of the Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Mar. 31, 1964, Mar. 31, 1965 and Mar. 31, 1966; Immigration Statistics, Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration booklets for 1964, 1966 and 1967; International Migration ReviewVol.II, No.3 (Summer 1968); Canada The Immigration Act Regulations Sept. 15, 1953, Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration; Immigration Act, Immigration Regulations, Part I, Jan. 1962 and Part II, Feb. 1962; Citizenship, immigration and ethnic groups in Canada A Bibliography of research, 1962-1964; "West Indians in Canada," inCitizen Dept. of the Secretary of State, Vol.12, No.5 (Dec. 1966), p.6-16.

103 -B - YNY Your Neighbour as Yourself - Bibliography, 1960s. Includes: names of books on half sheets. This may have also been used for, 92 I Immigration.

103 -B - YNY Correspondence, 1967. Includes: correspondence for the book, a study sponsored by the Mennonite Central Committee (Canada) to help them formulate an immigration policy; correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Mennonite Central Committee (Canada) and various individuals (some of the latter letters are in German) and persons in the Canadian government, from whom Frank H. Epp requested sources and information; News Release, Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), June 12, 1967 which discusses the study; "To whom it may concern" letter regarding Frank H. Epp's appointment to conduct the study, June 15, 1967. 

103 -B - YNY Co - News clipping, 1967. Complements the above file. Frank H. Epp, "A Study on responsibility in immigration," published as part of the "Annual Report Mennonite Central Committee (Canada) 1967" (supplement toThe Canadian Mennonite?) pp. 3A and 9A in which he summarized his work up to that point. 

103 -B - YNY Correspondence, 1968-1974. Includes: a continuation of the correspondence related to the book, including feedback on the manuscript and distribution of the book; letter of 1974 with note attached giving 18 as the number of books left. See the following files for papers related to each of the chapters.

103 -B - YNY Ch Chapter 1, Immigration, 1959-1968. Includes various source materials: literature from the World Council of Churches and various other organizations; literature for World Refugee Year, 1959-1960; "Study of population and immigration problems," Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, USA, 1964; publication of the United States Committee for Refugees 1966-67.
Removed: UNRWA Reviews, Information Paper No. 1, "A Brief history of UNRWA, 1950-1962," Sept. 1962; UNRWA and the Palestine Refugees in Facts and Figures: 1962; article on problem of world population in The United Church Observer, Jan. 15, 1964, p.19f.; short article, "`Century of the homeless man," in Mennonite Brethren Herald, Sept. 15, 1967, p.12.

103 -B - YNY Ch 1, Immigration, 1961, 1967. Complements the above file. Includes a selection of the news clippings that were in the file.

103 -B - YNY Ch 1, UNHCR, 1962-1968. Includes: letters of inquiry of Frank H. Epp to UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) and some of the information he received. 
Removed: 2 issues of UNHCR: "Refugees in Africa," Dec. 1966 and "The Last of the many An account of the individual efforts made to resettle severely handicapped refugees," Sept./Oct. 1967; 4 issues of UNHCR ReportsMonthly Newsletter: Mar. 1966, Feb. 1967, Mar. 1967 and June/July/Aug. 1967

103 -B YNY Ch 2, 1963. Included: "Testimony on civil rights legislation presented to the judiciary house of representatives" by National Catholic Welfare Conference Synagogue Council of America, National Council of Churches of Christ in the US, July 24, 1963, which was moved to 103 -B - YNY Chapter 4, Churches. File withdrawn.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: A. Grace Wenger, " `No room' for Christ - in Lancaster?" (Salunga, Pa.: Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities,1960s?), 11p. pamphlet.
Removed: Russell L. Mast, Six fallacies about race (North Newton, Kan.: Bethel College Mennonite Church, 1960), 11p.; "Taking the nonsense out of racial origin" in Saturday Review, Feb. 6, 1960; "Early church decides for integration" in Gospel Herald, Feb. 7, 1959, p.3f.; draft notes for this chapter handwritten on half sheets of paper by Frank H. Epp. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 3, Source Materials, 1958-1968. Includes: letters (in German) from Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Kaethler answering questions of Frank H. Epp regarding the reunion of Mennonite families from Russia in Ontario and the emigration problems faced by Mennonites in Russia, based on their 8 1/2 years of working with immigrants; a copies of the Mennonite Central Committee "News and Notes," indexes and file names, 1959-1963; some information of the migration of Mexican Mennonites to Canada and back; notes from an interview with Abe Rempel, Mexican Mennonite, Apr. 3, 1968; "Assistance to Mennonite Refugees from Paraguay," MCC News Service, June 3, 1966; bibliographic references.
Removed: William T. Snyder, Mennonite refugees, whose responsibility? (Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee, 1948?), 7p. pamphlet. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, Churches, 1963-1967. Includes: letters sent out by Frank H. Epp to various church and religious organizations requesting information and responses and materials from some of them; Report of the Commission on Immigration, No.3, United Church of Canada, Nov. 1964; Bulletin The Council for Social Service, No.188 (October 1963), entitled, "The Church's role in migration and integration," published by the Anglican Church of Canada and "A Report to the church 1915-1965" which are both filed with the letter of June 20, 1967 to the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada; "Brief from the Anglican Church of Canada to the special joint committee on immigration in the House of Commons," Jan. 1967, 11p.; some sources noted on half sheets of paper (at the back of the file).
Removed: J. K. Zeman, The whole world at our door The church’s mission to ethnic groups in Canada A guide for study and action (Toronto: Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, and Baptist Women’s Missionary Society, 1964).

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, Churches, 1961. Complements the above file, news clipping only. Includes: "The Church and the immigrant" in The Canadian Baptist, Sept. 1, 1961, pp.1f. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, CWS Church World Service, 1967-1968. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with them regarding materials they sent him and reading the manuscript of this chapter.
Removed: Church world service 20 years of service 1967, program report; Frances Stanley, The New world refugee... The Cuban exodus, CWS publication, 1966?; Sonia Grodka, Gerhard Hennes, Homeless no more A Discussion on integration between sponsor and refugee, (New York, N.Y.: Church World Service, 1960);Immigration, Hearings before subcommittee No. 1 of the committee on the judiciary House of Representatives 88th congress second session, Washington, 1964. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, IIC Inter-faith Immigration Committee, 1967-1968. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with Anne Davison of the Anglican Church and the National Inter-Faith Immigration Committee and information about this committee.

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103 -B - YNY Ch 4, JIAS Jewish Immigrant Aid Service of Canada, 1967-1968. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp requesting information; 2 issues of JIAS News, Apr. and June 1967; United HIAS Service Annual Report 1966. (See 92 - IAB - Cor Correspondence, 1975, for a later connection which Frank H. Epp had to JIAS.) 
Removed: 3 issues of JIAS News, May 1964, July 1965, Mar. 1966; United HIAS Service Annual Report 1965.

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, Manuscript - Included - "World council of churches refugee programme list of field offices and senior field staff in Europe and overseas," Apr. 1967, which was moved to 103 -B - YNY Chapter 4, Churches. 
Removed also from this file were draft notes for this chapter handwritten on half sheets of paper by Frank H. Epp. File withdrawn.

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, Periodicals. Included - one issue of Social action on "The Churches and immigration," Vol.31, No.9 (May 1965), which was moved to

103 -B - YNY Chapter 4, Churches. File withdrawn.
Removed: 2 issues of, Information bulletin Lutheran immigration service, Jan. 31, 1964 and Mar. 1966; the following issues of, Migration today, published in Geneva by the Secretariat for Migration, World Council of Churches: Aug. 1963 (No.1), July and Dec. for 1964, Mar. and Dec. for 1965, May and Nov. for 1966, Mar. 1967; 2 issues of, Migration newsletter, published occasionally by World Council of Churches, Nov. 1960 and Mar. 1961. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, USCC United States Catholic Conference, 1966-1968. Includes: letter of response from the Dept. of Immigration of the USCC and 4 issues of, United States Catholic Conference, Immigration Review, 1966-1968. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, WCC World Council of Churches, 1967-1968. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with them and some materials they sent him; Pieter De Jong, "Migration in biblical perspective," (undated), pp.24-36.
Removed: Swanwick Consultation, Digest of the 1966 world consultation on inter-church aid at Swanwick, Great Britain (Geneva 1966), 135p. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 4, WRY World Refugee Year, 1959, 1966. Includes: related material; A Time of compassion A report on the Churches' contribution to World Refugee Year (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1961); Meeting a challenge, publication of the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (Geneva, 1960s?); Charles G. Chakerian, Children of Hope (New York, N.Y.: Immigration Services Church World Service, 1966), 48p. 
Removed: "Will Canada drag her feet?" in The United Church Observer, July 1959, p.13f.; Elfan Rees, We strangers and afraid: the refugee story today (New York, N.Y.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for World Refugee Year, 1959). 

103 -B - YNY Ch 5, Embassies, 1967-1968. Includes: letters of response from the different embassies in Ottawa to to Frank H. Epp's questions on Canada's immigration policy.

103 -B - YNY Ch 5, Notes, 1957-1967. Includes: a few of the sources used for this chapter; John F. Kennedy, A Nation of immigrants (New York, N.Y.: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1963).
Removed: "Immigration" in The Encyclopedia of Canada (Toronto: University Association of Canada Ltd., 1936), Vol. III, pp.239-249; Robert England, "Immigration" in Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. V, 1966, pp.230-239.

103 -B - YNY Ch 6, HC Deb, 1967. Included - excerpts from sundry House of Commons debates on immigration during 1967, which were removed. File withdrawn. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 6, Joint Committee, 1967. Included - letter from Canadian House of Commons, Sept. 21, 1967 concerning mailings sent under separate cover, which were removed, namely: 20 issues of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons on Immigration, Minutes of proceedings and evidence, Nos. 1-20 for Nov. 10, 1966 to May 8, 1967 No.20 (Apr. 18, 1967 as mentioned in the letter is for No.19). The letter was moved to 103 -B - YNY Correspondence, 1967. File withdrawn. 

103 -B - YNY Ch 6, Notes, 1966-1968. Includes: a selection of the sources that were in the file; 2 addresses of the Honourable Jean Marchand, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, one to The Canadian Roads Association, Halifax, Sept. 7, 1966 and one to the Montreal Council of Women, Nov. 15, 1967; statistics from the Quarterly Immigration Bulletin, Dec. 1966; information from the office of the Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Sept. 12, 1967 on Canada's new immigration regulations; "Canada's Manpower policy," Sept. 1967; "Background notes for the white paper on immigration." 

103 -B - YNY Finished Manuscript, 1968. Includes: a copy of Frank H. Epp's finished manuscript dated July 1968, entitled, "Welcome for the Stranger A Study on Responsibility in Immigration," Sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), Winnipeg, Manitoba (as well an earlier title from Jan. 1968). Only minor changes were noted between this manuscript and the published book.

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103 -Bi Biographical, 1950s?, 1960. Includes: letter of Frank H. Epp (written in the late 1950s or early 1960s?) to Ted E Friesen proposing a series of historical biographies on important Mennonite men, that would appeal to young people; "Do women make the best biographers?" in Saturday Review, July 9, 1960.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Peter de Rover, Champion of Geneva, A Sketch of John Calvin for young people (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1959), 32p. 
Removed: 2 articles from The New York Times Magazine: "Men who made our nation what it is" in the book review section, Feb. 21, 1960 an article about diarists and diaries, "No Eisenhower diary - history is the loser" in Mar. 13, 1960, p.46f.

103 -Bi - JJT J.J. Thiessen, 1960-1979. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp, regarding his plans to write the biography of J. J. Thiessen after he had completed the Mennonites in Canada writing project (see letter of Jan. 22, 1974), with members of the Thiessen family, related to meetings of Epp with the Thiessens (some including Ted Regehr) and with Esther Patkau of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, who made Thiessen and his contributions the subject of her Sacred Theology Masters thesis; notes and sources of information about J. J. Thiessen, from the 1930s and 1940s, for example articles in Der Bote, which Frank H. Epp was collecting for this writing project; "A Word of appreciation" in Canadian Mennonite Bible College Alumni Bulletin, Sept. 1966 which gave recognition to J. J. Thiessen. See also, letter of June 24, 1965 regarding Frank H. Epp's appreciation for the moral and financial support he received from J. J. Thiessen and the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization during his Ph.D. studies in Minneapolis.
Removed: Der Bote, Jan. 3, 1961, pp.4-5 in which J. J. Thiessen relates experiences from the Mennonite colonies in Russia in 1919.

103 -B - R Book Reviews, 1974-1982. Includes: book reviews done by Frank H. Epp on various books, some from Mennonite Publishing House; correspondence regarding reviews of Frank H. Epp for academic journals. 
 

103 -CP Contest for Prizes - Included information about various writing contests, which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -D Days and Anniversaries - Included an article about greeting cards in The New York Times Magazine, Apr. 3, 1960, p.44f., which was removed. File withdrawn. 
 

103 -Ed Editorials, 1960, 1965. Includes: notes about writing editorials (Peter Erb's name is noted on one of the papers); "Editorial writing" in the Leamington Post, May 27, 1965. 

103 -Et Ethics and Codes, 1957-1959. Includes: information about a writer's code of ethics; 2 letters to Frank H. Epp, director at Mennonite Radio Mission, granting him permission to use materials.

103 -F Fiction for Adults and Children, 1963, 1972. Includes: papers on "Fiction - Margaret A. Epp" from the Mennonite Writers Conference, July 1963 in Winnipeg (she had been a free lance writer for 14 years); article fromSaturday Review, Jan. 29, 1972.

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103 -G Ghost, 1959-1960. Includes: a few news clippings on ghost writers.
 

103 -H Historic (Writings), 1963. Includes: two quotations, handwritten by Frank H. Epp, one from 1963.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: Arthur F. Giere, Genealogical handbook, How to write the family history(Northfield, Minn.: Mohn Printing Company, Publishers, 1930), 23p.
Removed: "New prospects for church historians" in The Christian Century, Nov. 19, 1975, pp.1048f.; two articles on history in a series, "Aus unserer Geschichte"("From our history) in Bible und Pflug, Feb. 16, 1962, p.5-6 and Mar. 1, 1962, p.5-6. 

103 -H - A1 Altona, 1958-1966. Includes: Frank H. Epp's application to the Centennial Commission in Ottawa for money to write a history of the West Reserve of Manitoba, and the related correspondence; materials on Altona collected for this research project.
Removed: program brochure for the "1st Sunflower Festival" July 30-31, 1965 held in Altona; booklet, Manitoba Sunflower Festival July 28th & 29th Altona, Manitoba, 48p.

103 -H - CMC Conf. of Menn. in Can., 1972. Includes: correspondence and papers related to writing the history of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and research work done by students at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College.

103 -H - Dis Dissertation (1), 1965. Includes: Frank Henry Epp, "An analysis of Germanism and National Socialism in the immigrant newspaper of a Canadian minority group, the Mennonites, in the 1930’s," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, (July) 1965, 395 leaves. This is a copy and has some markings and underlining. 

103 -H - Dis (2), 1954-1973. Includes: invitation of Aug. 1959 from Alfred Warkentin of Chateau Books in Montreal to attend a book launch; Frank H. Epp, "National socialism among the Canadian Mennonites in the 1930s" (A Paper prepared for the fifteenth conference on Mennonite Educational and Cultural Problems, June 10-11, 1965, Bluffton College, Ohio); copy of "Ein offener Brief an Dr. Walter Quiring" ("An Open letter to Dr. Walter Quiring") written by David G. Rempel, sent to Der Bote, Aug. 29, 1966; correspondence of Frank H. Epp with David G. Rempel (Aug. 19, 1966 and following), including some correspondence between Rempel and the Mennonite Central Committee in 1948 related to the latter's "efforts on behalf of the Mennonite refugees then in Germany and Austria."; abstract of the dissertation in University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 26, 1966; copies of various sources, handwritten notes on references and a bibliography consisting of note cards and handwritten entries that includes references to relevant dissertations and other sources.
Removed: Gospel Herald, July 19, 1934, p.333-34; "American Protestant journals and the Nazi religious assault" inChurch History (December 1954), pp.321-338.

103 -H - Dis (3), 1965-1981. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with various publishers as well as various individuals regarding publication of his dissertation; materials sent Jan. 10, 1967 to a selected list of friends asking for feedback on whether Epp should publish his dissertation or not, which included, "To whom it may concern re: publication of manuscript by Frank H. Epp, written by David G. Rempel, Nov. 1966, a "Biographical sketch of David G. Rempel" and Frank H. Epp, "Deutschtum ueber alles: a case study of religious ethnocentrism and nationalism, a tentative preface" (original copies of the 2 of the items attached); analysis of the letters of response and reply forms which Epp received back from the mailing of Jan. 1967, sent to the respondents Mar. 31, 1967.

103 -H - Dis - Abstract, 1965. Includes: typed abstract of the dissertation, 4 pages, 598 words for Dr. Roy E. Carter, Major Advisor.

103 -H - Dis - Additional, Info New, 1962-1965. Includes: notes and a few published items. 

103 -H - Dis - Additional, Info New, 1960-1962. Complements the above file, news clippings. Includes: 3 articles from Der Bote on Mennonites and the German language; Frank H. Epp, "Der Einfluss des Nationalsozialismus auf den Mennoniten in Canada" in Der Bote, No. 15, Apr. 10, 1962, p.2. 

103 -H - Dis - Artwork, 1965. Includes: copies of the original figures, graphic illustrations and tables for the dissertation.

103 -H - Dis - Bibliography, 1960s. Includes: references on half sheets of paper.

103 -H - Dis - Bote, Negatives, 1965. Includes: printed pages from Der Bote, March 27, 1935 which are used in the dissertation on pages 52-57.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: 6 negatives for these pages.

103 -H - Dis - Bote, Notes (1), 1960s. Includes: notes on half sheets of paper made from the German newspaper,Der Bote, filed numerically, B30 to B32. 

103 -H - Dis - Bote, Notes (2), 1960s. Includes: notes on half sheets of paper made from the German newspaper,Der Bote, filed numerically, B33 to B35. 

103 -H - Dis - Bote, Notes (3), 1960s. Includes: notes on half sheets of paper made from the German newspaper,Der Bote, filed numerically, B36 to B39. 

103 -H - Dis - Correspondence, 1959-1965. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp related to obtaining information for his dissertation and with his professors at the University of Minnesota regarding his Ph.D. studies; Lothar Fromm, "Nazistische Einfluesse in mennonitischen Zeitschriften," Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart Indiana, Sommer Semester 1961; letter of Jan. 6, 1965 regarding plans to publish the dissertation; some notes and undated material at the end of the file.
Removed: "The Eichmann case" in Gospel Herald, June 12, 1962, p.531; 2 articles in Der Bote on Dr. J. G. Postma's book, Das niederlaendische Erbe der preussischen Mennoniten in Europa, Asian und Amerika, Leeuwarden (1959) in Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 1959, both on p.12. 

103 -H - Dis - Nazism Articles, 1960-1961. Includes: popular articles.

103 -H - Dis - Nazism Articles, 1960-1961. Complements the above file, news clippings.

103 -H - Dis - Post, 1963. Includes: table of "Quantitative analysis of content categories in Steinbach Post in the 1930s"; 2 letters of correspondence with the publisher of this newspaper from 1963.

103 -H - Dis - Tabulations, 1960s. Includes: content analysis of German newspapers collected in table format.

103 - H - MC
Note: These files contained clippings from Canadian newspapers, ordered chronologically, from 1873 to ca. 1970. These files were integrated with Hist.Mss. 3 - News Clippings, except for 103 - H -MC- Petitions to Government, which is located here.

103 -H - MCI Mennonites in Canada Vol I, 1974-1979. Includes: book jacket and promotional pamphlet with the Table of Contents of, Frank H. Epp, Mennonites in Canada, 1786-1920: The History of a separate people (Toronto: Macmillan, 1974); notice of the book in the Rod and Staff Newsletter (Nov. 1978), p.43; 2 letters from readers in 1979; a poem of 9p. written by Ferne Burkhardt for a Mennonite gathering in July 1979 in which she used this book as a resource; reviews of the book.

103 -H - MCI - Interviews, 1970s? A file that was integrated here which includes a list of names of Mennonite Brethren leaders (persons whom Frank H. Epp planned to interview?). The list includes pastors, educators and historians such as A. H. Unruh, David Ewert, Vern Ratzlaff, F. C. Peters, P. G. Klassen, etc. and also includes, Katie Funk Wiebe, Esther Horch and Margaret Epp.

103 -H - MCII Mennonites in Canada Vol. II, 1978-1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Progress report #14" to the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada, Dec. 2, 1978; contract of Mar 16, 1982 for the book, Frank H. Epp,Mennonites in Canada, 1920-1940: a people’s struggle for survival (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1982); letter explaining the funding for the book, Dec. 6, 1982.

103 -H - MCII - Correspondence (1), 1967-1980. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp related to the research and writing of Mennonites in Canada, Volume II, sponsored by the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada; correspondence with members of the society regarding meetings and progress of the manuscript; comments and reports of the MHSC readers' committee of the manuscript.
Removed: Quill & Quire, June 1980, pp.1 and 13 with the article "Besse outlines Macmillan future," which were attached to the letter of Nov. 18, 1980 from the Gage Publishing. 

103 -H - MCII - Correspondence (2), 1981-1983. Includes: continuation of the correspondence related to Mennonites in Canada, Vol. II with contents similar to,

103 -H- MCII - Correspondence (1), 1967-1980 with the addition of correspondence with the publisher, Macmillan of Canada, and some discussion of volume three in the series, to be written in the future; 
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: P. A. Koop, "Religious beliefs and economics: causes of the 1870s migration from Russia to North America," paper presented at the Institute of Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies, Conrad Grebel College, Jan. 23, 1981, 22p.

103 -H - MCII Academic Conference, 1980-1983. Includes: correspondence and papers related to a conference on Canadian Mennonite Studies, "Mennonite Studies in North America the state of the art," held June 10-13, 1982 at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, sponsored by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, the Ethnic and Immigration Studies at the University of Toronto and the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada, co-ordinated by Dr. Ted Regehr. Papers from the conference were published in the first issue of Journal of Mennonite Studies,Vol.1, 1983.

103 -H - MCII Academic Conference, 1982. Complements the above file, includes newspaper articles: 3 issues from 1982 of Algemeen doopsgezind weekblad, with articles and pictures from the conference by A. Lambo who attended the meetings in Toronto in: Oct. 9, p.4, Oct. 16, p.and Oct. 23, p.6.

103 -H - MCII Book Sales, Presentations, 1982. Includes: notes regarding book sales and invoices sent to buyers of the book; papers related to denominational conferences, symposiums and events at which Frank H. Epp gave readings from this newly published book.

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103 -H - MCII Corrections, 1982. Includes: 7 pages copied from the published book where corrections are marked.

103 -H - MCII Correspondence, 1982-1983. Includes: reader response and promotion of the book; brochures sent out by Herald Press offering both volumes I and II for sale; program for commemorative worship service at the Altona Mennonite Church, Stouffville, Ontario at which Frank H. Epp spoke. 

103 -H - MCII Herald Press, 1982-1983. Includes: correspondence with Herald Press, the US publisher of the book, their ads and pages from their catalogs. 

103 -H - MCII Photographs, 1982. Includes: correspondence regarding returning photographs used in the book.

103 -H - MCII Reviews, 1982-1984. Includes: articles, notices, ads and reviews for the book; notices and copies of reviews from Herald Press; notice of two books by Epp including MC Vol.II in the Rod and Staff Publishers, Inc. 1983 Catalog, p.39. 

103 -H - MCII Canadian Church Directory Project - Ontario Congregations research - Included 10 files formerly in Hist. Mss. 1.26.13 and part of the Canadian Church Directory Project, described originally in part as, "Statistical data on Mennonite, Amish and Missionary Church congregations ... gathered by Fred Lichti for Epp in the summer of 1976." These files were transferred to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario. 

103 -H - MCIII Mennonites in Canada Vol.III, 1984-1985. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding the writing of the third volume in the series. See especially his letter of Aug. 8, 1985 in which he describes the state of his health and his daughter Marlene Epp's work on the manuscript. 

103 -H - MEx Mennonite Exodus, 1955, 1962-1983. Includes: correspondence related to sales, reader response and reviews of, Frank H. Epp, Mennonite exodus: the rescue and resettlement of the Russian Mennonites since the Communist Revolution (Altona, Manitoba: Published for Canadian Mennonite Relief and Immigration Council by D.W. Friesen, 1962); a request for use of some of the photos in John B. Toews, Lost Fatherland: the story of the Mennonite emigration from Soviet Russia, 1921-1927 (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1967) (letter of Jan. 24, 1967); "Bericht des Canadian Mennonite Relief and Immigration Council an die Jahresversammlung am 2 August 1961" ("Report of the CMRIC at the annual meeting Aug. 2, 1961"); letters related to the reprinting of the book in 1966 and 1976; "Protokoll der V. V. des Provinzialen Hilfswerkes von British Columbien, abgehalten am 22 Oct. 1955, in der Kirche der West Abbotsford Mennoniten Gemeinde" ("Report of the provincial aid (committee) of British Columbia, held Oct. 22, 1955 in the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church"), which on p. 4 includes an announcement that the first application for a Mennonite in the USSR was submitted to Canadian immigration authorities on the basis that Canadian citizens can request immigration for their next of kin.

103 -H - MEx Mennonite Exodus, 1960s, 1965. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Includes: 2 articles related to uniting Mennonite families with their next of kin in the USSR.

103 -H - MEx Cor Corrections, 1963. Includes: notes and some correspondence on errors in the book. 

103 -H - MEx Co Correspondence, 1962-1978, 1984. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with readers of the book in Canada and the US, reports on the sale of the book as well as responses to reviews of the book; "Personal comments on Mennonite Exodus" (Received by Frank H. Epp by Feb. 10, 1963), in which reader responses up to that date are compiled; Frank H. Epp, "Das neue Buch und die Kritik," being Epp's 4 page unpublished response to some of the critique of the book, written June 1, 1963. 

103 -H - MEx Re Reviews, 1962-1965. Includes: correspondence related to reviews of the book, especially in Der Bote where there was much severe criticism in 1963 (see excerpt of minutes of Der Bote Editorial Board, June 17, 1963; copies of reviews in academic journals (Mar. 27, 1963 for Mennonite Quarterly Review and The Russian Review (Jan. 1964) as well as in Mennonite periodicals; compilations of reviews; Frank H. Epp, "Das neue Buch und die Kritik," (in German, undated), 8p., not the same as his article by the same title in

103 -H - MEx - Co Correspondence, above.

103 -H - MEx Re Reviews, 1962-1964. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Includes: articles from Der Bote and Die Post of Steinbach, Manitoba; 2 articles by John B. Toews in Der Bote Oct. 22 and 29, 1963, both on p.12 and his review in The Canadian Mennonite in English, Nov. 5, 1963, pp.8-9).

103 -H - MEx C&RN Correspondence & Research Notes, 1959-1962. This box was integrated here from earlier archival holdings. It includes: several files of Frank H. Epp's correspondence from 1959 to 1962 and his research notes for chapters 1 to 19 of the book.

103 -H - MEx RN, 1948, 1962. This box was also integrated here from earlier archival holdings. It includes: Frank H. Epp's research notes for chapters 20 to 29 as well as the appendix, illustrations and maps. Also in this box (perhaps added later) is a handmade booklet entitled, "Gewidmet dem Mennonite Central Committee 'Im Namen Christi,' " ("Dedicated to the Mennonite Central Committee 'In the name of Christ' "), from the Fluechtlingslager (Refugee camp) "Elmschenhagen Sued," Elmschenhagen, Mar. 1948. On the first page of this booklet is a note of thanks addressed to "Ihr lieben Mennoniten" ("You loving Mennonites") from the hungry children who have been fed with food donated by the friends from overseas. "Zu der herlichen Suppe, o' wie fein giebts ein Broetchen, wie Schnee so rein" ("The wonderful soup is accompanied by a snow white bun"). The following pages includes 5 photographs of children and their names. On one of the pages is a handwritten note, "Our feeding has already taken effect," Dyck, with an arrow to one of the photographs. 

103 -H - RJC Rosthern Junior College, 1969-1976. Includes: papers related to Frank H. Epp, Education with a plus: the story of Rosthern junior college (Waterloo, Ont.: Conrad Press, 1975); contract; "Chronology of important events" for RJC, 4p.; "Descendants of Ed. F. Ewert who have attended R.J.C.," 2p.; flyer for the book; notice about the book in the UW Gazette, Mar. 17, 1976; review of the book in Mennonite Life (December 1976), pp.28-30; review of the book written for Mennonite Quarterly Review attached to correspondence of Frank H. Epp and the reviewer, Peter G. Klassen, Nov. 4, 1976.
Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: the following issues of The Bulletin, Rosthern Junior College, Rosthern, Sask.: 1976 Dec.; 1977 June, and pp. 5-6 of Oct.; 1978 Feb. (which includes some quotations from Frank H. Epp's book on p.6) and Oct.; 1979 Oct.; 1980 Feb.; 1981 Feb., June and Oct.; 1982 Feb. June and Oct.; 1984 June and Oct.; 1985 Jan. and June. 
Removed: Elmer Richert, RJC, "Toward a philosophy of church sponsored secondary education," in The Canadian Mennonite, May 21, 1968, p.5; the following issues of The Bulletin, Rosthern Junior College, Rosthern, Sask.: May 1972 and Feb. 1973.

103 -H - RJC Cor Correspondence, 1969-1985. Includes: correspondence regarding a publisher, with various readers and the reader's committee and from readers after the book was published; letter of Dec 18, 1969 to 30 friends of RJC inviting then to review the draft; letter of Jan. 20, 1970, sending chapters 7 and 8 of the manuscript to the readers; RJC executive committee report and Rosthern Junior College Corporation Report 1970-71 with letter of Dec. 3, 1971; copy of letter of Nov. 24, 1983 to Nelson Scheifele from RJC regarding sending them some boxes of historical documents.

103 -H - RM Russian Mennonites, 1957, 1965-1971. Includes: correspondence, beginning in 1965, regarding Frank H. Epp's chapter, "Mennonites in the Soviet Union," in Richard H. Marshall, Jr., ed., Thomas E. Bird and Andrew Q. Blane, assoc. eds., Aspects of religion in the Soviet Union, 1917-1967 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1971), pp.285-299; correspondence of Jan. and Feb. 1957 between David B. Wiens of the Mennonite Brethren Board of General Welfare and W. T. Snyder, Mennonite Central Committee assoc. exec. secretary, which includes Wiens' account of his visit to west coast churches reporting on his trip to Russia and a discussion about sending Bibles to Russia (Epp used sources on the MCC delegations to Russia in writing this chapter); letter of Apr. 6, 1967 with references to sources in the Mennonitische Rundschau; undated manuscript, Chapter X, entitled "Nearly 200 years in Russia," no author given, 42p.; notice of the new book in Mennonite Central Committee News Service, Jan. 29, 1971 (7).
Removed: manuscript copy of the chapter.

103 -H - RM Russian Mennonites, 1962-1971. Complements the above file, news clippings. Includes: P. J. Dyck, "Mennoniten in Russland" in Mennonitische Rundschau, Aug. 22, 1962, pp.2-3; article in Winnipeg Free Press, Jan. 16, 1967 about a Mennonite family from Russia re-united with their mother in Winnipeg; review of the book by Marshall for which Frank H. Epp wrote a chapter in The New York Times Book Review, Feb. 28, 1971, pp. 4-5.

103 -H - V Vietnam -g - General, 1965-1968. Includes: letter of May 18, 1965 from the office of the Canadian Prime Minister, acknowledging receipt of the letter which Frank H. Epp wrote as editor of The Canadian Mennoniteto the Prime Minister regarding the situation in Vietnam; invitation for a peace seminar at the Charleswood Mennonite Church, Nov. 2, 1966 at which Frank H. Epp spoke on "War and peace in the world today"; letter of support from John H. Yoder of the Institute of Mennonite Studies for Frank H. Epp's survey, "Viet Nam and the church," Jan. 20, 1967; "Memo and Request" of June 15, 1968 from Frank H. Epp for his study "Vietnam and the church: A Case study of world Christian response to an international crisis (1945-70?), which he was commissioned to prepare for Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section; first page of the guide which was developed for this section and used to integrate the following files here.

103 -H - V Aid, 1965-1966. Includes: Report on Vietnamese refugees and displaced persons By a delegation from the American council of voluntary agencies for foreign service, October 1965, 64p. in which Dr. Willard Krabill represented Mennonite Central Committee; "The Vietnam refugee program A Report by Robert W. Miller and Frank L. Hutchison," Dec. 10, 1965 (Mennonite Central Committee was involved in the refugee program); 2 letters giving Frank H. Epp information on aid; "Canadian medical aid for Viet Nam civilians Annual report - 1966."
Removed: I. W. Moomaw, Vietnam summons to heal and to build (Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Service Commission, Church of the Brethren, 1967), 48p. 

103 -H - V Aid - IVS International Voluntary Service, 1965-1967. Includes: International Voluntary Services in the Republic of Vietnam June 1964-June 1965, 72p.; their personnel for 1966; several newspaper articles from 1967 which discussed IVS actions, including two Mennonites, Gene Stoltzfus and Willie Meyers, the latter being mentioned in a letter of Sept. 20, 1967 from Mennonite Central Committee. 

103 -H - V Aid - Miscellaneous, 1966. Includes: map of Feb. 1, 1966 showing which countries were giving aid and where; Free world aid to VN Newsletter, Mar. 1, 1966.

103 -H - V Aid - US, 1965-1966. Includes: 2 brochures and several news clippings.

103 -H - V Aid - VCS Vietnam Christian Service, 1965-1967. Includes: information on the objectives and philosophy and various letters and reports of VCS work in which the Mennonite Central Committee participated with other church agencies such as Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief; reports from Atlee Beechy, Feb. to Apr. 1966; 2 articles by Frank H. Epp, "War compounds problems," and "The Church was there," in Vietnam Report,articles compiled by the Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Pennsylvania, 1967, which are also filed in, 60 - As - Vi Vietnam, 1965?-1984. 

103 -H - V Aid - VCS Vietnam Christian Service, 1966-1967. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Includes: articles on Mennonite Central Committee and its workers, the majority of which are from The Canadian Mennonite. 

103 -H - V Churches, 1965-1967. Includes: some correspondence of Frank H. Epp (see especially letters from David L. Newlands, general secretary of the Canadian Friends Service Committee in Sept. 1966); information from various religious groups, organizations and conferences where Frank H. Epp participated; letter of Dec. 27, 1965 from John A. Esau to Frank H. Epp, passing on information of the Minnesota Council of Churches; "Jubilee message to all the Christians of the world," from the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, USSR, Moscow, Mar. 15, 1967; Maynard Shelly, "Graham discussed evangelism for National Council," report of Billy Graham's presentation to National Council of Churches of Christ meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., to which two Mennonite conferences sent "fraternal delegates."
Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Appeal to Canada's Prime Minister...." in The Canadian Mennonite Vol.14, No.6, p.1 and 13; 2 articles from The United Church Observer, Dec. 1, 1965, p.17f.; The Messenger, Jan. 19, 1967, pp.9-13; an issue of Christianity Today, Vol.XI, No.8, Jan. 20, 1967; "When grave issues like Vietnam are up for debate the writer can't keep to his attic" in The New York Times Magazine, Dec. 5, 1965, p.43f.

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103 -H - V Churches, 1965-1968. Complements the above file, news clippings only. 

103 -H - V Churches - Epp article, 1966. Includes: news clipping of: "2 Christians: `dove' vs. `hawk'" in theToronto Daily Star, Nov. 19, 1966, p.15 in which Frank H. Epp discussed the Christian attitude toward the war in Vietnam. 

103 -H - V Ch - As Asia, 1964-1968. Includes: papers and handwritten notes from the conference attended by Frank H. Epp, "Symposium on Southeast Asia and China," Feb. 8-9, 1965, held at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York.

103 -H - V Ch - CSM Christian Science Monitor, 1966-1967. Includes: news clippings from the Christian Science Monitor.

103 -H - V Ch - J Jews, 1966-1967. Includes: Jack Cowan, "The World speaks for peace," pamphlet published by the National Committee of the United Jewish People's Order of which Cowan was the president (1966); copy of one clipping. 

103 -H - V Ch - Mi Missionaries, 1967-1968. Includes: news clippings and one handwritten quotation. The clipping of Sept. 13, 1967 has a letter of Frank H. Epp attached.

103 -H - V Ch - Protestant, 1966-1968. Includes: mailings of the Ecumenical Press Service; letter to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson from the Mennonite General Conference, Lansdale, Pa. and position statement of the College Mennonite Church, Goshen, Ind. on the war in Vietnam, July 2, 1967, attached to memo of Sept. 12, 1967; a few letters of Frank H. Epp responding to various published articles.

103 -H - V Ch - QAG Quaker Action Group, 1966-1967. Includes: papers and newsletters of this group and the problems encountered in trying to provide aid in Vietnam. 

103 -H - V Ch - Roman Catholic, 1967. Includes: news clippings related to the popes of the Roman Catholic church. 
Removed: "Cardinal Spellman and New York politics" in Harpers CCXXXV: 1411 (December 1967), p.74f.

103 -H - V Hi History, 1967. Includes: 2 news clippings about the Tonkin incident. 

103 -H - V Hi - GA Geneva Agreement, 1954. Includes: "Geneva Conference Indo-China Agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Viet-Nam, 20 July 1954.

103 -H - V Maps, 1964-1966. Includes: a variety of maps, from the New York Times (1-30-66), the Christian Science Monitor (9-9-66) and The National Geographic Society (1964) as well as one of the "Republic of Vietnam," from Saigon, Aug. 1, 1965; a large map for display, with V.C.S. Projects and V.C.S. Proposed Projects marked on it (1966?). 

103 -H - V RP Research Project, 1950-1968. This box was integrated here from earlier archival holdings. It includes files on Frank H. Epp's research on Vietnam.

103 -H - V RP & Co Correspondence, 1966-1968. This box was also integrated here from earlier archival holdings. The files are related to Frank H. Epp's research on Vietnam and include some correspondence as well as mailings and sources from various religious denominations and other organizations.

103 -H - WL Whose Land is Canada, 1970-1973. Includes: news clippings, mainly on US ownership in Canada and a few on aboriginal land claims.
Removed: "Whose country is America?" in The New York Times Magazine, Nov. 22, 1970, p.30f. 

103 -H - WLE Whose Land is Earth - Included: 3 articles from Saturday Review in Dec. 5, 1970, p.53f. (on the environment), "Those good new days" in Mar. 6, 1971, p.52f. and Mar. 18, 1972, p.33f. (on science), as well as 2 news clippings, "Do the beaches belong to the people?" in The New York Times, July 30, 1972 and Richard J. Needham, "Reflections of a non-proprietor (1)" in the Globe and Mail, Sept. 20, 1972, all of which were removed. File withdrawn. 
 

103 -H - WL Whose Land is Palestine, 1968-1973. Includes: book flyer and jacket for Frank H. Epp, Whose land is Palestine?: the Middle East problem in historical perspective (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970), 283p.; correspondence with Mennonite Central Committee on the "Peace Section Publishing Policy," March 27, 1969 and following; names and addresses for those receiving copies of the book (including a member of the US government Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dec. 13, 1971); a letter in Arabic from the 2nd World Conference on Palestine, General Union of Palestine Students; Nuha Salib Salibi, Lest we forget A Story of destitution, Beirut, 1968, consisting of letters of a young Palestinian woman to her sister in the US; Said S. Samatar, "Mennonites and the Middle East," paper prepared for History seminar of Prof. James M. Hertzler, Apr. 2, 1973, 55p.; pages copied from the book with "Some negative references to Christians and Christianity" in the book and "Some positive references to Jews, Judaism and Israel" in the book. 
Transferred out: The Arab World, Dec. 1968 was moved to, 7 - MN The Arab World, 1968-1972 and The Arab Case Documents and Testimonies, Vol.2, No.7 (1969) was moved to 60 -ME - g - S- SP Sources - Serial publications, 1960-1979.
Removed: study paper by Frank H. Epp with same title as the book, see 103 -Ar - 69 Middle East, 1969, above. 

103 -H - WL Whose Land is Palestine, 1960s? Complements the above file, news clipping from above file. Includes: full page ad of the Arab Information Center and article by Rabbi Elmer Berger on Zionist expansion from the Chicago Daily Tribune (undated, 1960s?). 

103 -H - WL - Co Correspondence (1), 1969-1970. Includes: Frank H. Epp's letter inviting persons to respond to various parts of the manuscript; letters of response.

103 -H - WL - Co Correspondence (2), 1969. Includes: "Summary of "Whose Land is Palestine?" 2p., biographical summary of Frank H. Epp and 2 pages of information from Frank H. Epp (1969?); letters of response to Frank H. Epp's paper, "Whose land is Palestine? the Middle East problem in historical perspective"which he presented to the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section annual meeting, Jan. 23, 1969 and which MCC/PS encouraged him to expand into a book to be published by Eerdmans; letters related to feedback on various parts of the manuscript and requests from Frank H. Epp for advance comments to Eerdmans as well as reports to MCC Peace Section (such as Feb. 6, 1969). Also included are: Frank H. Epp, "A Quarrel over land," in Middle East Report, Mennonite Central Committee, June 1969, pp.1-3 (which includes the same picture of a woman and her children as was used on the cover of The Arab World, Special on crisis (Summer 1967, which is filed in 60 -ME - g - S- SP Sources - Serial publications, 1960-1979) and a discussion on Frank H. Epp's projected book in The Link, published by Americans for Middle East Understanding, May/June 1969, p.6f. 
Removed: James Parkes, Arabs and Jews in the Middle East: A Tragedy of errors (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1967), 32p., which was attached to the letter of Feb. 28, 1969 from Rev. Roland de Corneille. 

103 -H - WL - Co Correspondence (2) - News clipping, 1969. Complements the above file. Includes: "A Letter to the world from Jerusalem" in The New York Times, Oct. 19, 1969, sent to Frank H. Epp with annotations.

103 -H - WL - Co Correspondence (3), 1970-1982. Includes: letters regarding distribution of the book, reader response and critique following publication, as well as discussions with Mennonite Central Committee (such as, Jan. 6, 1971 and June 6, 1973); letter of Feb. 11, 1971 from Mitchell Sharp, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, thanking Frank H. Epp for a copy of the book.

103 -H - WL - Er Eerdmans, 1969-1981. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp with the publishers of the book, regarding the manuscript, the foreword, co-publishing with McClelland and Stewart in Canada and the sale and distribution of the book (the book was released in Aug. 1970); contracts between Frank H. Epp and William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Feb. 4, 1969 and Mar. 23, 1973; pages from Eerdmans Spring Catalogue and the booksellers journal, May 1970 and from Eerdmans general catalogs of 1973 and 1975; letters regarding the publication of the paperback version (second printing) of the book by Eerdmans in 1974
Removed: Eerdmans Catalogs for 1969 to 1973 (except for pages where Epp and the book were noted).

103 -H - WL - Fo Foreward, 1969-1970. Includes: correspondence of Frank H. Epp regarding a writer for the foreword of the book, including with Dr. John H. Davis who "caught the spirit and purpose of the book with a minimum of words" (letter of July 6, 1970); letter inviting Canada's former Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson, Chairman of the Commission on International Development at the time (letters of Apr. 21 and 27, 1970), to write the foreward but who declined; a list of persons willing to provide advance comments in letter of May 1, 1969, attached to letter of Feb. 28, 1969.
Removed: a copy of the foreward as it was published on pp. 5-6 in the book, written by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, John H. Davis.

103 -H - WL - MS McClelland and Stewart, 1969-1973. Includes: correspondence with this publisher who brought out the book in Canada in hardcover; contract, attached to Oct. 2, 1970; letters regarding publicity on TV and in the newspaper (such as Dec. 17, 1970, attached to Oct. 30, 1970, as well as a translation (Jan. 24, 1972); pages from New books from McClelland and Stewart The Canadian publishers june to december 1970, which include a photo of Frank H. Epp and a description of the book on p.9.

103 -H - WL - Re Reviews, 1970-1982. Includes: correspondence and book reviews (several undated) from many different newspapers, Mennonite periodicals, etc.; Don Ziegler, "Whose Land is Palestine? By Frank H. Epp" inMennonite Central Committee News Service, (4) Aug. 14, 1970; "Some comments and review excerpts," May 31, 1971; review in the Libertarian Review with a book by Noam Chomsky and Dale R. Tahtinen, Jan. 1975.

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103 -I - AI Arabs and Israelis - Arabs (1), 1971. The transcripts of these interviews were integrated here in the following files. Included are: the first part of the typed transcripts of interviews of Palestinian Arabs, with editing marks, pp. 1-932. The transcripts are preceded by: the list, "Names of persons interviewed for portrait of Palestinian Arabs," 3 copies; "Summary of Palestinian Arabs interviewed" (August 2-30, 1971); "Listening to the Middle East" (Beign a report on the Epp-Goddard research trip August 2-30, 1971), 3p., in duplicate; "Draft text for publisher's spring catalogue, A Portrait of the Palestinian Arabs Edited by Frank H. Epp Photographs by John Goddard, 3p.; 1. "The Truth is upside down," Albert Hadawi, 28, native of Jerusalem, Ph.D. student in clinical psychology York University, Toronto, 8p.

103 -I - AI - Arabs (2), 1971. Includes: three interview transcripts: No. 83, p. 933-951, No. 37, p. 952-967 and No. 120, pp. 968-984 on loose pages which follow the bound copy, p.932. 

103 -I - AI - Arabs (3), 1971. Includes: the second part of the interview transcripts, pp.1002-1645, bound together, there being a gap of 18p. between the two parts, ie between pp.984 and 1002.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, 1977. This section includes typed interview transcripts and narrative versions of the interviews (with editing marks), of the Israelis whom Frank H. Epp interviewed on his trips to the Middle East (for the most part in 1977) for his book of Israeli portraits. They are integrated here filed in the order in which they were published in each of the chapters. An alphabetical list of the names is available in the book in "Detail of Interviews" on pp.201-205. See also 103 -B - Is Manuscript, 1979-1980?, for a list of names at the end, of the persons interviewed and the pages on which their story is discussed in the manuscript. 
The following interview transcripts were not used in the book and are filed here separately: Frau Gerda Mueller (in German), Dimitry Linsky, Miss Manal, Yucara Canaan and Zion Hanash (three together), David Shaham and David and Eileen Penner (who worked as volunteers on the kibbutz). Only the (the latter are included in the Manuscript copy filed in

103 -B - Is Manuscript, 1979-1980?)

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch Chapter 1, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories (narrative texts) of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 1, Immigrants, pp.15-31. There is no interview transcript for Ygal Mochiach.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 2, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 2, Zionists, pp.32-51. There is no interview transcript for Yoni Yuval, p. 40 in the book.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 3, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 3, Settlers, pp.52-67. There is no interview transcript for Zechria Rahabi. 

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 4, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 4, Soldiers, pp.68-87. There is no interview transcript for Israel Tal. Of interest is the interview with Ariel Sharon, p.73-74.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 5, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 5, Minorities, pp.88-103.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 6, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 6, Spokespersons, pp.104-121. 

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 7, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 7, Believers, pp.122-138.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 8, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 8, Critics, pp.139-155. There is no interview transcript for "Eine alte Frau" (an elderly woman), p.152.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 9, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 9, Activists, pp.156-172. There is no interview transcript for Lea Zemmel, p.171-172.

103 -I - AI - Israelis, Ch 10, 1977. Includes: interview transcripts and the stories of persons interviewed, filed in the order in which they appear in Chapter 10, Israelis, pp.173-188. 
 

103 -L Lectures and Speeches (Sermon Files) - the following files include a varying number of meditations, sermons, speeches and presentations of Frank H. Epp, filed by theme and not necessarily in chronological order. In most cases, only the time range within which these were written is included. In some of the files there is an internal numbering system to the presentations.

103 -L - Adm Administration, 1957-1958, 1978. Includes: "Vesper Meditations"- CFAM; "The Board - a vital part of church life and work" (Sept. 23, 1978). 

103 -L - Att Attitudes, 1957-1958, 1969, 1971. Includes: "Vesper Meditations" - CFAM; sermon notes and published sermons 1979; "When defeat is not defeat."

103 -L - Bib Bible, 1971, 1976. Includes: "Biblical - Historical interpretation, Palestine: a case study" (April 9, 1976).

103 -L - Bib - OT Old Testament, "The People of God," 1969. 

103 -L - Bib - SM Sermon on the Mount, 1970. 

103 -L - Bio Biography, 1962-1969, 1971-1982. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Role of women in the community," presented to Ontario Mennonite Church Ladies Auxiliary, Apr. 16, 1969.

103 -L - ChNe Church News, 1962.

103 -L - Clu Clubs and Associations, 1956, 1961.

103 -L - Cou Counselling, 1956-1963.

103 -L - Cha Character, Christian, (1), 1951-1959.

103 -L - Cha Character, Christian, (2), 1959-1976.

103 -L - CGC Conrad Grebel College, 1973-1981.

103 -L - CGC - Rep CGC Reports, 1974-1980. Removed: "The Future of Conrad Grebel College," 32p. (green cover).

103 -L - Chr Christology (1), 1955-1965, 1975.

103 -L - Chr Christology (2), 1966-1969, 1975-1977.

103 -L - Chu Church, 1952-1977, 1983.

103 -L - Chu - BB Burden Bearing, 1975-1977.

103 -L - Chu - Ecumenical Movement and Mennonite Church, 1968, 1976-1978.

103 -L - Chu - Ottawa Mennonite Church - Purpose and Mission, 1969?

103 -L - Chu - Pe Peoplehood, 1974-1977.

103 -L - Cri Criticism-Evidences, 1957.

103 -L - Com Comparative Religion, 1971.

103 -L - Cul Culture, 1974-1977.

103 -L - Cum Communism, 1962-1968, 1976. Also includes: Frank H. Epp, The Christian response to the communist advance, pamphlet, originally presented on the "Abundant Life" radio broadcast. Reprinted by Mennonite Central Committee, Peace Section, Akron Pennsylvania.
Removed: Russell L. Mast, Christianity and communism (Newton, Kan.: Faith and Life Press, 1962), 32p.

103 -L - Cum - A second look at Communism and Russia, 1976-1977.

103 -L - Day Days, 1953-1975.

103 -L - Den Denominations, (1), 1954-1966. Among the presentations in this file are: Frank H. Epp, "The Future of the Mennonite churches in Canada and the need for a strong inter-Mennonite press" (Prepared for use at clarification meetings in the interests of the Canadian Mennonite Publishing Company Limited), Apr. 25, 1962, 7p.; Frank H. Epp, "The Ecumenical idea, the ecumenical movement, and the ecumenical problem" (A paper presented to the Altona ministerial fellowship on Friday, Feb. 8, 1963, at the Christian Radio Center), 8p.

103 -L - Den Denominations, (2), 1968, 1973-1979.

103 -L - Doc Doctrines, 1957-1971, 1980-1981.

103 -L - Doc Doctrines - Christian Faith and Life 1971 Series, 15, 1971.

103 -L - Edu Education, (1), 1953-1968.

103 -L - Edu Education, (2), 1967-1979.

103 -L - Ent Entertainment, 1956-1959.

103 -L - Esc Eschatology, 1957- 1968, 1977, 1983.

103 -L - Eva Evangelism, 1957-1959, 1969.

103 -L - Eva Evangelism - Visions of a New World, 1970. Removed: Frank H. Epp, "Evangelism and visions of a new world" in The Canadian Mennonite, Sept. 25, 1970, pp. 6-8.

103 -L - Fam Family, 1955-1964, 1980. Includes: vesper meditations, wedding sermons, child dedication service, etc.

103 -L - Fam Family, 1964-1980.

103 -L - Fam Family - Ernie Koop Memorials, 1970. 

103 -L - God God, 1957-1969.

103 -L - Hea Health & Religion, 1957-1965, 1976.

103 -L - Hist History (1), 1966-1971. 

103 -L - Hist History (2) - Four lectures on History of Christian Church, 1965. 

103 -L - Hist History (3), 1972-1973.

103 -L - Hist History (4), 1973-1976. 

103 -L - Hist - Menn Mennonite History, 1976-1978. 

103 -L - Hist - TASS The Almost Separated Society, 1969.

103 -L - Hol Holy Spirit, 1957, 1963-1964, 1973.

103 -L - Hom Homiletics, 1961, 1973.

103 -L - Hum Humour, 1950.

103 -L - MaCo Mass Communications - 1, 1961-1976. Includes: presentations.

103 -L - MaCo Mass Communications - 2, 1973-1977. Includes: lecture presentations for courses taught by Frank H. Epp.
Removed: an issue of Harper's which focused on "The Press as sacred cow."

103 -L - MaCo Mass Communications - 3, 1959-1965, 1973-1976. Includes: course notes and other presentations. See 8. Biography - g - Pe - EFH Ph.D. - Journalism 224 , 1960 for, Frank H. Epp, "The Question of control in broadcasting: British and American elements in the Canadian system" A research paper presented in Journalism 224, Dec. 1960, a copy of which was also in this file.

103 -L - MaCo Mass Communications A200G, 1970-1972. Includes: "Vietnam, what lessons?" in Columbia Journalism Review (Winter 1970-71).

103 -L - Mid Middle East (1), 1969-1972. 

103 -L - Mid Middle East (2), 1968-1979. Includes: Frank H. Epp, "The Land of promise is a land without peace," inMennonite Central Committee News Service, Dec. 6, 1968, 30p.

103 -L - Mir miracles, 1957.

103 -L - Mis missions (1), 1954-1969.

103 -L - Mis missions (2), 1968-1977. 

103 -L - Mus music, 1953-1957, 1963, 1970. Includes: a folder with "Mennonite Radio Mission Song List," names of choirs and groups that sang and the choir directors. 

103 -L - Ord Ordinances, 1968-1969.

103 -L - Pas Pastoral Theology, 1956, 1961-1964, 1970-1978.

103 -L - Pea Peace Section, 1980-1982.

103 -L - Phi Philosophy of Religion, 1952-1953.

103 -L - Pol Politics (1), 1970-1974.

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103 -L - Pol Politics (2), 1976-1984. Transferred to CGUC Library and Archives: 10 slides for Frank H. Epp's presentation, "Seven keys to economic strength." 

103 -L - Pol The Christian Response to National Disorder, 1968.

103 -L - Pol The Law above the Law of the Land, 1969.

103 -L - Pol Towards a Dialogue Between Pacifists and Non-Pacifists, 1969.

103 -L - Pra Prayer, 1951-1968, 1974.

103 -L - Prm Promotion, Publicity, 1956.

103 -L - Pro Prophecy, 1957, 1963-1970.

103 -L - Psy Psychology in Religion, 1957-1958.

103 -L - Rep Reports (1), 1962-1968. Includes: mainly reports related to The Canadian Mennonite.

103 -L - Rep Reports (2), 1968-1972, 1978. 

103 -L - Sal Salvation (1), 1952-1967.

103 -L - Sal Salvation (2), 1964-1973.

103 -L - Sat Satan, 1965. 

103 -L - Sci Science and Religion, 1961. 

103 -L - Sin Sin and Sinners, 1957-1958, 1964.

103 -L - Soc sociology (1), 1957-1960.

103 -L - Soc sociology (2), 1961-1963.

103 -L - Soc sociology, Banner, 1960s? Transferred to the CGUC Library and Archives: a banner of unknown origin, with the dates 1786, 1874, 1923 and 1948 as well as the symbol for Canada's centennial, a settler's house, the Bible, bread and a vine, a dove and the symbol for the General Conference Mennonite Church drawn on it. File withdrawn.

103 -L - Soc sociology (3), 1964-1965.

103 -L - Soc sociology (4), 1957,1964-1965.

103 -L - Soc sociology (5), 1966. Includes: articles on Vietnam.

103 -L - Soc sociology (6), 1967. 

103 -L - Soc sociology (7), 1968 (78-93).

103 -L - Soc sociology (8), 1966-1968.

103 -L - Soc sociology, (101), The Unrealism of Militarism, 1969.

103 -L - Soc sociology, (101a), 1969.

103 -L - Soc sociology, (102), 1972-1975.

103 -L - Soc The Church and the Draft Resistor, 1968.

103 -L - Soc Human Rights and Christian Responsibility, 1968. 

103 -L - Spe Special Occasions (1), 1958-1968.

103 -L - Spe Special Occasions (2), 1964-1971.

103 -L - Spe Special Occasions, (3), 1968-1984.

103 -L - Sta State and Church, 1951, 1962, 1971. 

103 -L - Sta State and Church - Peace Con., 1971. Includes: "Peace consultation," 116p., transcript of dialogue? including comments by Frank H. Epp. See Bulletin Conference of Mennonites in Canada, May 9, 1971 (copy enclosed) for excerpts of the dialogue.

103 -L - Sta State and Church, 1971. Complements the above file, news clippings only. Articles from Der Boteabout the peace conference.

103 -L - Ste Stewardship, 1952-1970.

103 -L - Ste Stewardship, 1969. Complements the above file, news clippings only, which were attached to the last sheet of the article, Frank H. Epp, "So you're asking for a raise," # 51 in above file.

103 -L - Sus Sunday School Lessons, 1961-1964.

103 -L - Typ Typology and Symbols, 1957. 

103 -L - Unb Unbelief, 1965. 

103 -L - You Youth, 1954-1971, 1977-1979.

103 -L - Wor Worship, 1951, 1956-1958, 1967-1971.

103 -L - Wor - OMC Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1969. Includes: Frank H. Epp's handwritten notes and excerpts for use in various types of services and 2 of his sermons, namely, "The Law above the law of the land" given Sunday, May 18, 1969, in the presence of the Hon. John N. Turner, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada and, "Towards a dialogue between pacifists and non-pacifists," preached in the Ottawa Mennonite Church on Peace Sunday, Nov. 9, 1969.
 

103 -Le Letters to the Editor, 1978. Includes: one letter, to the editor of The Mennonite.

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103 -Ma Markets, 1954-1962, 1968. Includes: materials related to advice for writing and markets for writers
 

103 -N Newsletters - WFL Waterloo Federal Liberal, 1982-1983. Includes: 3 newsletters of "Waterloo Liberal." 

103 -N - R Rockway Newsletter - Included: some interview notes and articles on several members of the Rockway Mennonite Church (called "The People of Rockway"), from the early 1980s, namely, Clayton H. Weber, Lois and John W. Snyder and family, Ernie and Nancy Regehr and family, Garth and Marjorie Beckett, Andrew and Alison. This file was transferred to the CGUC Library and Archives.

103 -Ne News (Reporting & Writing), 1950, 1958-1966, 1979. Includes: information on writing reviews and articles for a newspaper; memos for writers of The Canadian Mennonite; an issue of Religious Journalism Newsletter, Spring 1963; some information from the Consultation on church news held in Goshen in 1979.
Removed: the issue of The Canadian Mennonite, June 26, 1959; "Letters to the editor 'A Debating society that never adjourns' " in Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Nov. 12, 1977, p.7. 

103 -Ne - Bi Bible in News Form, 1958. Includes: information from the Religious News Service.

103 -Q Quotations, 1953.

103 -Play (writing) - Included: "Ten playwrights tell how it all starts" in The New York Times Magazine, Dec. 6, 1959, p.63f., which was removed. File withdrawn. 

103 -Po Poetry, 1961. Includes 4 pages from Writers Conference, Goshen, Indiana, July 10-14, 1961.

103 -Re Religious Writings, 1963, 1966. Includes: Frank H. Epp's notes from a presentation at the Mennonite Writer's Conference, July 16, 1963; Robert G. Hoyt, "Church papers in need of truth," draft copy? of article for publication in The Mennonite, Oct. 18, 1966, No. 38.

103 -Re - Se Sermons, MRM, 1958-1959. Includes: one set of unbound printed sermons of Frank H. Epp which he gave on "The Abundant Life" broadcast of the Mennonite Radio Mission (MRM), a radio program of the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba. Each page includes one undated sermon. The pages have been numbered from one to 58, according to the included Table of Contents of the bound volume of sermons, Frank H. Epp, The Dynamics of a strong life And 214 other radio talks given on The Abundant Life 1958-1963 (Ontario: F.H. Epp), 1975. Frank H. Epp referred to the bound volume of sermons in: letter of Nov. 16, 1976 in

103 -g - EBi Epp Bibliography (1), 1971-1980, above and in a letter of June 18, 1980 in 1. Administration - Co - J Janzen, Bill & Marlene, 1973-1985.

103 -Re - Se Sermons, MRM, 1959-1963. Includes: continuation of the set of unbound printed sermons of Frank H. Epp which he gave on "The Abundant Life" broadcast of the Mennonite Radio Mission (MRM), a radio program of the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba, from Dec. 1959 to Oct. 1963, The sermons are in sets of four (after April 1960 the dates are printed on the inside cover) and have been numbered from 59 to 218, according to the included Table of Contents of Frank H. Epp's bound volume of sermons, cited above. In July 1960, August 1962 and August 1963 the printed sermons were not given by Frank H. Epp. These "Abundant Life" sermons of the MRM radio program were transferred to CGUC Library and Archives to become part of a separate collection. 

103 -Re - RJN Religious Journalism Newsletter, 1958-1965. Includes 5 issues of this newsletter published by Syracuse University School of Journalism, New York.

103 -RM Research Methods - Included: one issue of Historical methods newsletter: Quantitative analysis of social, economic and political development, Vol.1, No.1 (December 1967), published by the Dept. of History, University of Pittsburgh, which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -RM - CD Computer Database - Included: brochure for Newstex, which consisted of "a huge electronic database of news from the total daily report of The Canadian Press," which was removed. File withdrawn.
 

103 -S Scientific, Scholarly Journals - Included: "Learned journals are inundating scholars" in the New York Times, June 6, 1970, p.14c, which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -SC Schools, 1984. Includes: articles in the Elmira Independent, Oct. 16, 1984, p.8 by Bob Verdun, editor and co-owner of the newspaper.
Removed: materials from the Christian Writers Institute, which were sent to Frank H. Epp, but which he did not respond to.

103 -SFS Style - Form - Slanting, 1959-1963. Includes: materials on journalism.

103 -Sy Syndicates - Included: "The Syndicates and how they grew" in Saturday Review, Sept. 11, 1971, p.67f., which was removed. File withdrawn. 

103 -Sy - ISV Illuminated Scripture Verses - Included: advertising from Mann Features, in Missouri in regard to publishing illuminated Bible verses, which was removed. File withdrawn.

103 -SS Society Section, 1959. Includes: article on writing about brides in This Day, June 1959. 
Removed: Gospel Herald, Apr. 21, 1959, p.363f. 

103 -SS - Ob obituaries - Included: a page of obituaries from Gospel Herald, Mar. 10, 1959 and an article on writing obituaries from June 1959, source unknown, both of which were removed. File withdrawn.

103 -T Television Script, 1960s? Includes: Frank H. Epp, "Good music, good manners," reprinted from The Canadian Mennonite, 1960s? with a note attached that it would be published in Christian Living. The article discusses CFAM broadcasting.
Removed: "TV's advocacy journalism: has it declined? Did it ever exist?" in The Globe and Mail, Sept. 9, 1972, p.25.

103 -TS Travel Sketches - Included: Frank H. Epp, "Be more than average - learn to say 'no' " in The Christian Witness, Apr. 2, 1959, reprinted from The Canadian Mennonite with an early photo of Frank H. Epp, editor of The Canadian Mennonite, which was withdrawn. See 103 -Ar - Misc Miscellaneous, 1959-62, 1969-1972, for this article in Christian Living, Apr. 1959, p.14-15.

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