1                            BRETHREN HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

Title:                                                                                                                                                    Office of Personnel Administration Position Searches (1976-82)                  

Series:                          5/1/10

Boxes:             2

History:           During the years 1976-1982 the office which created these records had two names and occupied three different places in the General Board structure.  From 1976 to 1978 it was the Personnel Office and the coordinator was Hazel M. Peters.  The office was part of the General Staff, and the coordinator probably reported to the General Secretary.  In 1979 the name of the office was changed to Office of Personnel Administration, and J. Bentley Peters became the coordinator.  Also at that time the office became a unit in the General Services Commission (GSC).  In 1981 the office moved from GSC to become part of the General Secretary’s Office.  In addition to the coordinators the following people also worked in the office during the period covered by these records: Barbara Greenwald, Lois Baumgardner, Bob Faus, and Merv Keeney.

Description of the Records:    This entire set of records consists of files related to General Board

position searches.  For the most part, the files contain lists of position candidates, position descriptions, memos and letters following the progress of searches, letters of applications, resumés, interview schedules and summaries, and announcements of staff hired.  The original order is mostly chronological, but not entirely.   

Provenance:     Accession #1999.038

Restrictions:    Restricted as personnel records

Separations:     Among the items discarded were duplicates of letters and position descriptions,

indecipherable notes, and phone message cards.

Processor:        Daniel V. Greenawalt, August, 1999

Container List:

Box 1  Folder  1    Latin American/Hispanic Consultant Search, 1980

                        2    Legislative Associate Washington Office Search, 1980

                        3    Health and Welfare-Staffing, 1978/79

                        4    Militarism & Education Position, 1980

                        5    Staff Development Search, 1980

                        6    Pension/Insurance Search (Associate Position), 1980

                        7    Associate General Secretary and Executive for GSC/Office of the Treasurer,

                              1980

                        8    Director of SERRV Search, 1980

                        9    Pension Executive Search, 1980

                      10    Health & Welfare Search, 1980

Box 1 Folder 11    BVS Director Search, 1980(-81)

                      12    General Board Meeting 2/20-25/78 Parish Ministries Commission Executive,

                              (1976-78)

                      13    Personnel Relations Search, 1981

Box 2 Folder   1    Washington Representative Search, 1979

                        2    EFSM Search, 1979

                        3    Stewardship Search, 1979

                        4    Recruitment-Stewardship Staff, 1978

                        5    Recruitment-Associate General Secretary PMC, 1977-78

                        6    Ministry Consultant Search, 1978-79

                        7    Recruitment-Coordinator BVS Recruitment & Interpretation, 1977

                        8    Recruitment-BVS Training Director, 1977

                        9    African Representative Search, 1983 (one letter originally loose in box)