Genealogical records of Russian Kleine Gemeinde Mennonite families immigrating to Manitoba. Photocopy of handwritten, German original.

Photocopy of an article in the Steinbach Post, October 8, 1924. "Aufzeichnungen ueber unsere Auswanderung von Ruszland nach Kanada 1874 bis 1876 von J. Rempel. For 50th anniversary.

Abr. L. Dueck "Kopien Briefen" - Copies of Letters. Belize, British Honduras. Handwritten, German original. Cover is torn off.

This fonds consists primarily of correspondence, official negotiations, and memos of the Studienkommission (1920-1921), the study commission sent to North America by Mennonites in Russia to investigate immigration possibilities; and of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization (1922-1926), founded to facilitate the immigration. There is extensive correspondence between Friesen and David Toews, Benjamin H. Unruh, Benjamin B. Janz, Peter H. Unruh, and other Mennonite leaders.

Several files deal with the case of "the 62", sixty two young male Mennonite refugees who left Russia for the United States via Constantinople in the early 1920s.

Some genealogical material for Russian Mennonite emigrants for the 1920s can be found here. The "notebooks" folder includes Friesen's passport and diaries.

Experiences in Molotschna, Russia Feb 18,1876 to May 28, 1884. Photocopy of handwritten, German original along with a partial translation into English. It also contains a brief report of death by daughter Maria.

Aelt [?] Peter B. Toews letter, Oct 22, 1874 to the Kleine Gemeinde who moved to North America in that year. Transliterated by Mrs. P.J. Loewen, Blumenort, 1982.

Newspaper clippings: "Die Bergthaler Mennoniten und deren Einwanderung in Manitoba Fortsetzung Ruestung zur Auswanderung" "Aufzeichnungen ueber unsere auswanderung von russland nach Kanada 1874 bis 1876"

Auswanderung und Ansiedlung der Mennoniten

Auszueger an Deputationreise - Leonard Suderman (Extracts of Deputation Trip)

Assorted papers associated with Fannie Baumgartner Kauffman's (1867-1936) parents, Johannes (John) Baumgartner (1823-1904, emigrated from Alsace in 1856) and Verena (Fannie) Amstutz Baumgartner (1829-1873, emigrated from Alsace circa 1855).  These include manuscripts of song lyrics, genealogical information, church letters, copy books, an account book / weather diary, and correspondence.  The collection also contains a few items created by Fannie Baumgartner Kauffman and her husband, Henry M. Kauffman, including handwritten prayers, ephemera, and correspondence.  Typewritten transcriptions are available for many of the German handwritten documents.

The file contains the following items:
1.1) B.B. Janz Travel documents for the Canadian Pacific Railway Lines and receipts for travel taken contained in a small wallet.
B.B. Janz Identity Card issued by the Verband der Buerger Hollaendischer Herkunft in der Ukraine, issued June 22, 1924.
1.2) Jacob P. Becker Poem "Aussang und Fortgang der Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde-, 5 pages,1 file (Box 241)
1.3) Sermons and Ecclesiastical Affairs - 1 file (Box 241)
1.4) John P. Isaac correspondence with B.B. Janz regarding the Harbin immigrants of 1926 - 1 file (Box 241)
1.5) Letters to B.B. Janz, Peter Baerg - 1 file (Box 241)
1.6) Letters to B.B. Janz from daughter Helen Janz Thiessen - 1963-1964 - 1 file (Box 241)
1.7) The Land Question, 1923. Soviet of the People's Commissars of the Ukranian Socialist Republic correspondence with B.B. Janz , P.F. Froese, C.F. Klassen and others. Translated Russian Language Materials from the A.A. Friesen Collection, North Newton, Kansas. Handwritten notes by John B. Toews are included. 1 file (Box 241)
1.8) Russian Mennonite Documents, 1922-1924. Brief translations from Russian language into English. War Reparations, Emigration Movement, B.B. Janz Correspondence. - 1 file (Box 241)
1.9) Mennonite Emigration, 1921-1922, Russian Rules and Regulations. Minutes of the All-Russian Central Committee, 1921. Correspondence of B.B. Janz - 1 file (Box 241)
1.10) Mennonite Emigration, 1923-1925. Russian regulations imposed on Mennonites in the Russian language...abbreviated translations into English. Extensive correspondence with B.B. Janz - 1 file (Box 241)
1.11) Reports and Newspaper articles; 1921-1925. Hollenders by F. Mossenko with translation. Articles from "Communist" Newspaper, 1924; "Die Arbeit" 1924. - 1 file (Box 241)