Identity area
Reference code
CA MHC PP-5
Title
Books and pamphlets
Date(s)
- 1683-1952 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
9 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1841-1922)
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Scope and content
This series consists of major published works that Peter and son Isaac Toews collected. Included are books regarding Jews, Mennonite history and faith. Of special interest are three books:
-Peter Toews ed., Das Waschsame Auge Gottes: Aus den Hinterlassenen Schriften des Johann Toews, Elkhart, Indiana: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1908.
-Johannes Decknatel, ed., Auszug aus den Merkwuerdigsten Abhandlungen aus den Werken Menno Simons, Koenigsberg: D.E. Kanter, 1765.
-Confession oder kurze und einfaeltige Glaubens Bekaentnisse derer Mennoniten in Preussen (Confessio aut Breves ao SimplicesFidei Articuli illorum Mennonistarum in Borusia), Lublin, Poland, n.p., 1683.
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Finding aids
Inventory file list (Volume 588:5,6; 2781:8-13)