Guide to the Bert J. Bingle Papers
Open for research.
Bert J. Bingle was born in Girton, Ohio. He attended North Central College and Evangelical Theological Seminary, graduating in 1923. He married Mabel Morrison in 1923.
In 1928 Bingle was called to the First Church of Cordova, Alaska. The Bingles spent the rest of their careers in Alaska. Bingle traveled extensively over its vast territory as a Sunday School and Mobile Minister for the Board of National Missions.
In 1941 Bingle was transferred to the War Service Unit of the BNM. During the war years, he was an itinerant missionary to various army and civilian construction crews throughout Alaska. He continued to specialize in this "highway ministry" throughout his career.
This collection includes Bingle's diaries from 1929-1969, and a few miscellaneous papers which were found in some of the diaries.
The four diaries kept between 1952 and 1955 are unbound.
SERIES 1: DIARIES, 1929-1969
SERIES 2: PAPERS, 1940-1946, 1960
Related collections include:
RG 301.3 Board of National Missions--Alaska Mission Records
RG 301.6 Board of National Missions--War Service Unit Records
RG 301.7 Board of National Missions--Department of Sunday School Missions and Mobile Ministers Records
The collection was donated by Mabel Bingle.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 1993
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 381 | |
| SERIES 1: DIARIES, 1929-1969 | |||
| The four diaries kept between 1952 and 1955 are unbound. To prevent pages being lost or misfiled, researchers must use extreme care in handling the four diaries. | |||
| 1 | 2-7 | 1929-1936 | |
| 2 | 1-3 | 1938-1939 | |
| 2 | 4-8 | 1941-1945 | |
| 2 | 9 | 1946-1947, 1949 | |
| 3 | 1-4 | 1950-1957 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1959 | |
| 4 | 1-2 | 1960-1961 | |
| 4 | 3-6 | 1963-1969 | |
| SERIES 2: PAPERS, 1940-1946, 1960 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Alaskan Newsletter, 1940 | |
| 4 | 7 | Letter to Mr. Wolfe, 1941 | |
| 4 | 7 | Appointment as Commissioner to Washington Synod Meeting, 1946 | |
| 4 | 7 | List of World War I Veterans at Palmer, AK Barracks, 1960 |