Directory of Mennonite and Related Church Historians and Committees
This directory lists North American Mennonite, Amish and related historical committees, societies, conference historians, and interpretation centers.Mennonite Historical Bulletin publishes this list annually in January and would appreciate updates and corrections from our readers. Send corrections to Andrea K B Golden.
Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee, Rich Preheim, director, 1700 S Main St, Goshen, IN 46526, (574) 535-7477, Fax: (574) 535-7756, E-mail: RichP@MennoniteUSA.org | Website: www.MennoniteUSA.org/history
Mennonite Church USA Archives--Goshen, Dennis Stoesz, archivist, 1700 S Main St, Goshen, IN 46526, Telephone: (574) 535-7477, Fax: (574) 535-7756, E-mail: Archives@MennoniteUSA.org | Website: www.MennoniteUSA.org/history
Mennonite Church USA Archives--North Newton, John D. Thiesen, archivist, 300 E 27th St, North Newton, KS 67117, Telephone: (316) 284-5304, Fax: (316) 284-5286, E-mail: mla@bethelks.edu | Website: www.bethelks.edu/mla/index.php
Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Association, Norman Moshier, 8778 Erie Canal Rd, PO Box 358, Croghan, NY 13327, Telephone: (315) 376-5959
Allegheny Conference Historical Committee, Allen Kauffman, Faith, Life and Procedures Commission chair, 4902 Front Mountain Rd, Belleville, PA 17004, Telephone: (717) 935-9965, E-mail: ank@pa.net | Website: amc-mcusa.org
Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center, Paul J. Miller, executive director, 5798 County Road 77, PO Box 324, Berlin, OH 44610-0324, Telephone: (330) 893-3192, Fax: (330) 893-3529, E-mail: info@behalt.com | Website: www.behalt.com
Atlantic Coast Conference Historian, Lemar and Lois Ann Mast, 219 Mill Rd, Morgantown, PA 19543-9516, Telephone: (610) 286-6270, E-mail: mast@masthof.com | Website: www.atlanticcoast.mennonite.net
Bluffton University Archives and Mennonite Historical Collections, Carrie Phillips, archives and special collections coordinator, Musselman Library, 1 University Dr, Bluffton, OH 45817, Telephone: (419) 358-3275, Fax (419) 358-3384, E-mail: phillipsc@bluffton.edu | Website: www.bluffton.edu/library
Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives, Glen A. Pierce, director, Messiah College, One College Ave, PO Box 3002, Grantham, PA 17027, Telephone: (717) 691-6048, Fax: (717) 691-6042, E-mail: archives@messiah.edu | Website: www.messiah.edu/archives
Brethren in Christ Historical Society, Glen A. Pierce, executive director, One College Ave, PO Box 3002, Grantham, PA 17027, Telephone: (717) 691-6048, Fax: (717) 691-6042, E-mail: gpierce@messiah.edu | Website: www.bicweb.org/ministries/histsoc
California Mennonite Historical Society, Kevin Enns-Rempel, 4824 E Butler, Fresno, CA 93727, Telephone: (559)453-2225, E-mail: kennsrem@fresno.edu | Website: www.calmenno.org
Casselman River Area Historians, Alice Orendorf, archivist, PO Box 591, Grantsville, MD 21536, Telephone: (301) 245-4326, E-mail: abcdefor@juno.com
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Kevin Enns-Rempel, archivist, 1717 S Chestnut Ave, Fresno, CA 93702, Telephone: (559) 453-2225, Fax: (559) 453-2124, E-mail: kennsrem@fresno.edu | Website: www.fresno.edu/library/cmbs
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Peggy Goertzen, director, 400 S Jefferson, Hillsboro, KS 67063, Telephone: (316) 947-3121 ext 1211, E-mail: peggyg@tabor.edu | Website: www.tabor.edu
Central District Conference Historian, Perry Bush, 126 Sunset Dr, Bluffton, OH 45817, Telephone: (419) 358-3278, E-mail: bushp@bluffton.edu | Website: www.centraldistrict.mennonite.net
Central District Conference Historical Committee, Gordon Oyer, 110 Flora Dr, Champaign, IL Telephone: (217) 821-3215, (217) 398-0914, E-mail: goyer@oba.uiuc.edu
Central Plains Mennonite Conference Archives, LaNae Waltner, archivist, 221 E Fourth St, Freeman, SD 57029. Barb Troyer, 1001 Eighth Ave, Wellman, IA 52356
Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Canada), Doug Heidebrecht, director, 1310 Taylor Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3Z6, Telephone: (204) 669-6575, Fax: (204) 654-1865, E-mail: dheidebrecht@mbconf.ca | Website: www.mbconf.ca/home/ministries/history/
Conservative Mennonite Conference Historical Committee, Elmer Lehman, 4283 Avery Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026, Telephone: (314) 876-8181, E-mail: elmereileen@peoplepc.com
Delaware Mennonite Historical Society (DMHS), Box 267, Greenwood, DE 19950, Website: www.DelawareMennonite.com
Detweiler Meetinghouse, Will Stoltz, 3384 Roseville Rd, Ayr, ON N0B 1E0, Telephone: (519) 696-2805, E-mail: willstoltz@golden.net | Website: www.DetweilerMeetinghouse.ca
Eastern Mennonite Associated Libraries and Archives, Edsel Burdge Jr., chair, 2215 Millstream Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602, Telephone: (717) 530-8595, Fax: (717) 393-8751, E-mail: ebbpinola@innernet.net
Essex-Kent Mennonite Historical Association, 31 Pickwick Dr, Leamington, ON N8H 4T5, Telephone: (519) 322-0456, E-mail: ekmha@mnsi.net | Website: www.ekmha.ca
Evangelical Mennonite Conference, Loren Koehler, archivist, 440 Main St, Steinbach, MB R5G 1Z5, Telephone: (204) 326-6401, Fax: (204) 326-1613, E-mail: emconf@mts.net | Website: www.emconf.ca
Flemish Mennonite Historical Society, PO Box 1962, Steinbach, MB R5G 1N5, Telephone: (204) 326-6454
Franconia Historical Society, Jacob Kratz, president, PO Box 160, Franconia, PA 18924, Telephone: (610) 584-5536, E-mail: jacobkratz@msn.com
Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust, Liz Einsig Wise, interim executive director, 6133 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144, Telephone: (215) 843-0943, Fax: (215) 843-6263, E-mail: gmht@meetinghouse.info | Website: www.meetinghouse.info
Gulf States Mennonite Conference Historian, Robert O. Zehr, 134 Maloney Rd, Des Allemands, LA 70030, Telephone: (985) 758-2974, Cell phone: (504) 559-2980, E-mail: bobzehr@cox.net | Website: www.members.cox.net/bobzehr
Hanover-Steinbach Historical Society, PO Box 1960, Steinbach, MB R0A 2A0, Telephone: (204) 326-6454
Hans Herr House Museum, Becky Gochnauer, director, 1849 Hans Herr Dr, Willow Street, PA 17584, Telephone: (717) 464-4438, E-mail: director@hansherr.org | Website: www.hansherr.org
Heritage Hall Museum and Archives, Ray Becker, director, PO Box 1000, Freeman, SD 57029, Telephone: (605) 925-4237 ext 246, E-mail: info@freemanmuseum.org or archives@freemanmuseum.org | Website: www.freemanmuseum.org
Heritage Historical Library, David Luthy, 52445 Glencolin Line, RR 4, Aylmer, ON N5H 2R3
Howard-Miami Counties Heritage Society Inc., Grace Whitehead, president, Howard-Miami Mennonite Church, 3976 E 1400 S, Kokomo, IN 46901, Telephone: (765) 395-7509, E-mail: howardmiami@hoosierbroadband.com
Illinois Amish Interpretive Center, Amber Kauffman, director, 111 S Locust St, Arcola, IL, 61910, Telephone: (217) 268-3599, Fax: (217) 268-4810, E-mail: amishcenter@consolidated.net | Website: www.amishcenter.com
Illinois Mennonite Conference Historical Committee, Gerlof Homan, 113 Eastview, Normal, IL 61761-2438, Telephone: (309) 452-5811, E-mail: homan3@juno.com
Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center, 675 St Rt 116, Metamora, IL 61548-7732, Telephone: (309) 367-2551, Fax: (309) 392-2518, E-mail: info@imhgs.org | Website: www.imhgs.org
Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society, Julie Anne Hendricks, administrative coordinator, Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center, 675 State Route 116, Metamora, IL 61548-7732, Telephone: (309) 367-2551, E-mail: info@imhgs.org or imhc@mtco.com | Website: www.imhgs.org
Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Historian, Leonard Gross, 405 Gra-Roy Dr, Goshen, IN 46526, Telephone: (574) 533-4057, E-mail: leonardg@goshen.edu | Website: www.im.mennonite.net
Iowa Mennonite Historical Society, Lois Gugel, director, PO Box 576, Kalona, IA 52247, Telephone: (319) 656-3271, E-mail: iamennohist@kctc.net (May-October)
Juniata College Archives and Special Collections, Hedda Durnbaugh, 1700 Moore St, Huntingdon, PA 16652-2119, Telephone: (814) 641-3484 Fax: (814) 641-3435; E-mail: durnbaughh@juniata.edu | Website: www.services.juniata.edu/library/navlink7.html
Juniata Mennonite Historical Society, Mary Graybill, director, PO Box 81, Richfield, PA 17086, Telephone: (717) 694-3211, E-mail: historycenter@embarqmail.com
Kauffman Museum, Rachel Pannabecker, director, Bethel College, 2801 N Main St, North Newton, KS 67117-0531, Telephone: (316) 283-1612, Fax: (316) 283-2107, E- mail: kauffman@bethelks.edu | Website: www.bethelks.edu/kauffman
Kidron Community Historical Society, Bruce Detweiler Breckbill, director, Kidron-Sonnenberg Heritage Center, 13153 Emerson Rd, PO Box 234, Kidron, OH 44636, Telephone: (330) 857-9111, E-mail: kidron@sssnet.com
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Beth Graybill, director, 2215 Millstream Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602, Telephone: (717) 393-9745, Fax: (717) 393-8751, E-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org | Website: www.lmhs.org
Lower Salford Historical Society, David Hudnut, president, PO Box 150, Lederach, PA 19450, (610) 584-6691, Fax: (610) 584-1491, E-mail: dhudnut@juno.com
Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Janis Thiessen, president, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4, Website: www.mmhs.org
Masthof Press and Bookstore, J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast, 219 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543, Telephone: (610) 286-0258 or Fax: (610) 286-6860, E-mail: mast@masthof.com | Website: www.masthof.com
Menno Simons Historical Library and Archives, Lois B. Bowman, librarian, Eastern Mennonite University, 1200 Park Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462, Telephone: (540) 432-4177, E-mail: bowmanlb@emu.edu | Website: www.emu.edu/library/mshl.html
Menno-Hof, LeRoy Mast, director, 510 S Van Buren St Rd 5, PO Box 701, Shipshewana, IN 46565-0701, Telephone: (260) 768-4117, Fax: (260) 768-4118, E-mail: info@mennohof.com | Website: www.mennohof.org
Mennonite Archives of Ontario, Laureen Harder-Gissing, archivist, Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6, Telephone: (519) 885-0220 ext. 24238, Fax: (519) 885-0014, E-mail: marchive@uwaterloo.ca | Website: www.grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao
Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission, Ken Reddig, executive secretary, Box 951, 5 Massey Ave, Pinawa, MB R0E 1L0, Telephone: (204) 753-2174, E-mail: wkreddig@mts.net | Website: www.mbhistory.org
Mennonite Church Alberta, Henry D. Goerzen, Box 7, Site 18, RR 1, Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0, Telephone: (403) 335-8414, E-mail: heg@telus.net
Mennonite Church Canada Heritage Committee, Alf Redekopp, director, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4, Telephone: (204) 888-6781 ext 193, Fax: (204) 831-5675, E-mail: aredekopp@mennonitechurch.ca | Website: www.mennonitechurch.ca
Mennonite Heritage Center, Sarah Wolfgang Heffner, director, 565 Yoder Rd, PO Box 82, Harleysville, PA 19438-0082, Telephone: (215) 256-3020, Fax: (215) 256-3023, E-mail: info@mhep.org | Website: www.mhep.org
Mennonite Heritage Centre, Alf Redekopp, director, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4, Telephone: (204) 888-6781 ext 193, Fax: (204) 831-5675, E-mail: aredekopp@mennonitechurch.ca | Website: www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives
Mennonite Heritage Museum, Darlene Schroeder, director, 200 N Poplar, PO Box 231, Goessel, KS 67053, (620) 367-8200, E-mail: mhmuseum@mtelco.net | Website: www.skyways.lib.ks.us/museums/goessel
Mennonite Heritage Village, Bob Strong, executive director, 231 PTH 12 N, Steinbach, MB R5G 1T8, Telephone: (204) 326-9661 or (866) 280-8741, Fax: (204) 326-5046, E-mail: bobstrong@mennoniteheritagevillage.com | Website: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Sarah Wolfgang Heffner, director, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Rd, PO Box 82, Harleysville, PA 19438-0082, Telephone: (215) 256-3020, Fax: (215) 256-3023, E-mail: info@mhep.org | Website: www.mhep.org
Mennonite Historical Association of the Cumberland Valley, Roger Martin, curator, 4850 Molly Pitcher Hwy S, Chambersburg, PA 17201, Telephone: (301) 790-3843, E-mail: rdmartin@myatv.com
Mennonite Historical Library, John D. Roth, director, Goshen College, 1700 S Main St, Goshen, IN 46526, Telephone: (574) 535-7418, Fax: (574) 535-7438, E-mail: mhl@goshen.edu | Website: www.goshen.edu/mhl
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta, Judith Rempel, coordinator, #223, 2946-32 St NE, Calgary, AB T1Y 6J7, Telephone: (403) 250-1121, E-mail: queries@mennonitehistory.org | Website: www.mennonitehistory.org
Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia, David Giesbrecht, archives director, 211-2825 Clearbrook Rd, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6S3, Telephone: (604) 853-6177, Fax: (604) 853-6246, E-mail: archives@mhsbc.com | Website: www.mhsbc.com
Mennonite Historical Society of Canada, Sam Steiner, president, 23 - 206 Candlewood Cres, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6, Telephone: (519) 884-1040, E-mail: info@mhsc.ca | Website: www.mhsc.ca
Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa and Archives, Lois Swartzendruber Gugel, president, PO Box 576, Kalona, IA 52247, Telephone: (319) 656-3271 or (319) 656-3732, E-mail: iamennohist@kctc.net
Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, Marlene Epp, secretary, Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6, Telephone: (519) 885-0220 ext. 24257, E-mail: mhso@uwaterloo.ca | Website: www.mhso.org
Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan, Victor G Wiebe, archivist, Room 900-110 LaRonge Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7K 7H8, Telephone: (306) 242-6105, E-mail: mhss@sasktel.net | Website: www.mhss.sk.ca
Mennonite Historical Society, Marlin Jeschke, president, Goshen College, 1700 S Main St, Goshen, IN 46526, Telephone: (574) 533-4234, E-mail: marlinj@goshen.edu
Mennonite Information Center, Jeffrey M Landis, director, 2209 Millstream Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602-1494, Telephone: (717) 299-0954, Fax: (717) 290-1585, E-mail: menninfctr@desupernet.net | Website: www.mennoniteinfoctr.com
Mennonite Library and Archives, John D. Thiesen, 300 E 27th St, North Newton, KS 67117, (316) 284-5304, Fax: (316) 284-5286, E-mail: mla@bethelks.edu | Website: www.bethelks.edu/mla
Mennonite Settlement Museum, The, Stan R. Harder, director of museums, Hillsboro Museums, 501 S Ash, Hillsboro, KS 67063-1531, Telephone:(620) 947-3775, E-mail: hillsboro_museums@yahoo.com | Website: www.Hillsboro-Museums.com
Michiana Anabaptist Historians, Theron Schlabach, 1503 Kentfield Way # 1, Goshen, IN 46526, Telephone: (574) 533-2280, E-mail: theronfs@goshen.edu
Mifflin County Mennonite Historical Society, Zelda Yoder, president, 392 W Main St, PO Box 5603, Belleville, PA 17004, Telephone: (717) 935-5574 E-mail: zay701@acsworld.net | Website: www.mifflincomhs.mennonite.net
Millbank Information Centre, Glenn Zehr, director, 6991 Church St, Millbank, ON N0K 1L0, Telephone: (519) 595-8037, E-mail: megzehr@perth.net
Mountain States Mennonite Conference Historian, Harlan Unrau, 34 Harlan St, Lakewood, CO 80226, Telephone: (303) 933-9278, E-mail: hunrau@msn.com
Muddy Creek Farm Library, Amos Hoover, archivist, 296 Wheat Ridge Dr, Ephrata, PA 17522, Telephone: (717) 738-5098 or (717) 951-3934
Nicholas Stoltzfus House Preservation Committee, Paul S Kurtz, treasurer, 1700 Tulpehocken Rd, Wyomissing, PA 19610, Telephone: (717) 367-3906 or (610) 373-3906 E-mail: Psku04@embarqmail.com | Website: www.nicholasstoltzfus.com
North Central Mennonite Conference Historian, John I Kauffman, 10824 W State Road 48, Exeland, MT 54835-3191, Telephone: (715) 943-2285, E-mail: mekauffman@juno.com
Northwest Mennonite Conference Historian, Mary Burkholder, 112 Margaret Ave, Duchess, AB T0J 0Z0, Telephone: (403) 378-4372
Ohio Amish Library Inc., Paul Kline, 4292 State Route 39, Millersburg, OH 44654, Telephone: (330) 893-4011
Ohio Mennonite Conference Historian, Celia Lehman, 13170 Arnold Rd, Dalton, OH 44618, E-mail: cblapril@hotmail.com | Website: www.ohio.mennonite.net
Oregon Mennonite Archives and Library, Margaret Shetler, archivist, Violet Burley, librarian, 9045 Wallace Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304, Telephone: (503) 363-2000 or (503) 873-6406, Email: ralphshetler@juno.com or heweaver617@earthlink.net
Oregon Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society, Bernard Showalter, president, 9045 Wallace Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304, Telephone: (503) 362-6143, E-mail: showalter75@msn.com | Website: www.mhgsor.mennonite.net
Pacific Northwest Conference Historian, Ray Kauffman, 1105 Broadway St NW, Albany OR 97321, Telephone: (541) 926-5046, E-mail: kmanrt@msn.com
Peace and Anabaptist Library, Sylvia Shirk Charles, pastor, 314 E. 19th St, New York, NY 10003, Telephone: (212) 673-7970, Fax: (212) 673-7970, E-mail: pastor@manhattanmennonite.org | Website: www.manhattanmennonite.org
People’s Place Quilt Museum, Jan Mast, curator, 3510 Old Philadelphia Pike, PO Box 419, Intercourse, PA 17534-0419, Telephone: (717) 768-7171, E-mail: QuiltMuseum@GoodBooks.com | Website: www.ppquiltmuseum.com
Pequea Bruderschaft Library, PO Box 25, Gordonville, PA 17529
Saskatchewan Mennonite Brethren Archives, Dita Leininger, library services director, Bethany College, PO Box 160, Hepburn, SK S0K 1Z0, Telephone: (866) 772-2175, E-mail: dleininger@bethany.sk.ca | Website: www.bethany.sk.ca
Shenandoah Valley Mennonite Historians, Norman Wegner, chair, 2649 Cricket Ln, Bridgewater, VA 22812, Telephone: (540) 476-2189, E-mail: rgac55a@aol.com
Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, Jay McDermond, director, Messiah College, One College Ave, PO Box 3053, Grantham, PA 17027, Telephone: (717) 796-1800 ext 3110, E-mail: jmcdermo@messiah.edu | Website: www.messiah.edu/siderinstitute
South Central Mennonite Conference Historian, Bernice L. Hostetler, 149 E US Highway 160, Harper, KS 67058, Telephone: (316) 896-2040
Southeast Anabaptist Historical Association, D Lowell Nissley, chair, 811 Richardson Way, Sarasota, FL 34232, Telephone: (941) 371-6230, E-mail: nusslihaus@verizon.net
Stark County Mennonite and Amish Historical Society, Ken Nisly, acting president, 3781 Cranwood St NW, North Canton, OH 44720, Telephone: (330) 494-0120, E-mail: knisly@neo.rr.com
Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association, Arnold Wedel, president, 2709 Acacia St, PO Box 86, North Newton, KS 67117, Telephone: (316) 283-5595, E-mail: wedel@bethelks.edu | Website: www.swissmennonite.org
Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center, Steve Shenk, executive director, 711 Garbers Church Rd, PO Box 1563, Harrisonburg, VA 22803, Telephone: (540) 438-1275, E-mail: info@vbmhc.org | Website: www.vbmhc.org
Virginia Mennonite Conference, James O Lehman, archivist, 1532 Park Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, Telephone: (540) 437-4326, E-mail: lehmanj@myvmrc.net. Glendon Blosser, historical committee chair, 1513 Mount Clinton Pike, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, Telephone: (540) 434-0657, E-mail: glendorfarm@comcast.net
Visitor Centre – Telling the Mennonite Story, Del Gingerich, manager, 1406 King St, Saint Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0, Telephone: (519) 664-3518, Fax: (519) 664-3786, E-mail: visitorcentre@stjacobs.com
Western District Conference Historical Committee, Roger Juhnke, chair, 327 Lakeshore Dr, Newton, KS 67114, Telephone: (316) 283-0452, E-mail: fluhnke@cox.net | Website: www.mennowdc.org
Young Center for the Study of Anabaptist and Pietist Groups, Jeff Bach, director, Elizabethtown College, 1 Alpha Dr, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, Telephone: (717) 361-1470, E-mail: youngctr@etown.edu | Website: www.etown.edu/youngctr