By Colleen McFarland
Title: H. Ernest Bennett Papers, 1939-1993
ID: HM1/621
Primary Creator: Bennett, H. Ernest (1915-2009)
Extent: 0.7 Linear Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Flat
Date Acquired: 03/09/2011
Subjects: Bennett, H. Ernest, 1915-2009, Mennonites - France, Mennonites - Spain, World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief
Forms of Material: Correspondence, Photographs, Slides (photographs)
Languages: English, French, Spanish;Castilian
H. (Harvey) Ernest Bennett was born to Frank Bennett and Theoda Collins-Bennett, Cumberland, Maryland on January 22, 1915. He studied at Eastern Mennontie School, Eastern Baptist Seminary, and Elizabethtown College. He married Earla Hostetter on July 12, 1941.
Bennett served in Spain under the Mennonite Relief Committee of the Mennonite Board of Missions from 1939 to 1940. From 1940 to 1941, he served with Mennonite Central Committee in France. He then began his long career as a Mennonite agency administrator. From 1941 to 1946, he worked for Mennonite Central Committee in Akron, Pennsylvania as a bookkeeper, assistant treasurer, and office manager. From 1951 to 1965, he served as treasurer of the Mennonite Board of Missions.
From 1952 to 1976, Bennett served as executive secretary for the Mennonite Health Assembly. He then served as president of the Mennonite Board of Missions from 1967 to 1990 and as executive secretary for the Mennonite Health Alliance from 1980 to 1990. In his retirement, Bennett served as the custodian of Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana. Bennett died in 2009.
Bennett, H. Ernest, 1915-2009
Mennonites - France
Mennonites - Spain
World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief
Repository: Mennonite Church USA Archives
Alternate Extent Statement: 1 archives box and 1 half archives box
Access Restrictions: These materials are open to public research.
Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Acquisition Source: Rick Stiffney, Acc. 2012-037
