Brethren Historical Committee meets at McPherson College.

The Brethren Historical Committee met Nov. 4-5 at the Miller Library on the McPherson (Kan.) College campus. On the agenda were items related to preservation of Brethren materials.

The committee discussed the microfilming of Brethren periodicals, the preservation of 16 millimeter films, and the creation of an archival policy for materials produced as part of the 300th anniversary of the Church of the Brethren in 2008.

In other business, plans were made for an insight session at the 2006 Annual Conference, the committee decided to increase the cost of obituaries copies, and decided to make a Russian icon available to the public in the archives at the General Offices. The icon was a gift to the Church of the Brethren from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1963. Reports were received from the Brethren Historical Library and Archives, Brethren Press, and the Germantown Trust.

Members of the committee are Bill Kostlevy (chair), Jane Davis (secretary), Marlin Heckman, and Ken Kreider. Ken Shaffer, director of the Brethren Historical Library and Archives, also met with the committee. Hospitality for the committee was arranged by Susan Taylor, college librarian, and by Elsie Holderread, co-executive minister for Western Plains District.

Source: 11/18/2005 Newsline
top