Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1910-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.30 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 4 April 1883, Goessel, Kansas. Parents Jacob Frey and Eva Wedel.
Married Margaretha Balzer 24 April 1915. She died 11 March 1934.
Graduated from Bethel Academy and Bethel College. Master's degree from Bluffton College 1923. Thesis "Higher Education in the General Conference."
Public school teacher, Marion County, Kansas, 1908-1911, 1915-1918.
Teacher at Oklahoma Bible Academy, Meno, 1914-1915.
Public school teacher, Thomas County, Kansas 1921-1922.
Home mission work for General Conference Mennonite Church, Thomas County, 1921-1922.
Principal, Hillsboro Bible Academy, 1923-1925.
Pastor, Lehigh Mennonite Church, Kansas, 1926-1928, 1929-1931.
Teacher at Hillsboro Bible Academy, 1930-1931.
Teacher at Tabor College, 1935.
Pastor, First Mennonite Church, Shafter, California, 1937-1939.
Home mission work, Wilson County, Kansas, 1939-1942 (pastor of Fredonia church).
Died 8 March 1949.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes:
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campaign flyer (he ran for county superintendent of public instruction at some point)
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pamphlets, brochures
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correspondence
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family history scrapbook (this comes from Lena Fast whose daughter Linda was Gustav Frey’s second wife, so not a Frey family scrapbook)
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music book, other books
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Wünsche
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biology lab book from Bethel College
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syllabus from Witmarsum seminary 1922-1923
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notebook/diary
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open for research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German