Mennonite Church USA Archives

Mission:

The Mennonite Church USA Archives seeks to inspire people worldwide to follow Jesus Christ by engaging them with the historical record of Mennonite Christian discipleship.

Vision:

• We serve as the official repository for the historical records of Mennonite Church USA and its predecessors, the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.
• We manage the current records of Mennonite Church USA both to hold denominational leaders accountable and to ensure that today’s examples of Mennonite Christian discipleship are not lost to future generations.
• We maintain a manuscript collection documenting Mennonite history, theology and faith practices.
• We provide resources for worship, faith formation and evangelism that exemplify Mennonite Christian discipleship and trust in the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
• We support Christian communities spanning time and distance through the use of Internet technologies. We strongly value online access to archival materials.
• We empower regional Mennonite historical organizations, area conferences and local congregations to collect, preserve and provide access to their historical collections by offering education, advice and technical support.
• We partner with Mennonite schools, colleges, universities and seminaries to improve access to, provide the care of and education through historical records documenting Mennonite Christian discipleship.
• We strive to deal honestly and openly with individual, community, and corporate failings of North American Mennonites. Corporately, the church seeks forgiveness for those failings.

Adopted 9/2012

• Access Policy
• Camera Use Policy
• Collection Development Policy
• Copyright Statement
• Denominational Records Policy — coming soon!
• Fees for Services
• Interlibrary Loan Policy for Mennonite College and University Archives
• Lending Guidelines
• Offsite Records Retrieval Policies
• Permission to Publish Images
• Reading Room Policies
• Researcher Registration Procedure
• Scanner Use Policy

• Guides for Conference and Congregational Archives
• Heritage Sunday Worship Resources
• Directory of North American Mennonite Historical Agencies