1838 letter by Klaas Friesen, Includes several other letters (1813 - 1909). Photocopy of handwritten, German original.

English translation of a letter from Aelt. Peter Toews of Gruenfeld, MB to the "teachers collectively of the schools of the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement on the Eastern Reserve". Date of original letter, January 3, 1876. Typed, English translation, by G

1878 letter from Peter Toews to Wm Hespeler and reply

From the Mennonite Congregations of Southern Manitoba. Petition to the Government of the Province of MB, regarding grievances about the schools. Winnipeg MB, March 20, 1923.

A letter to Jake and Maria Friesen from their father, H.R. Plett, concerning the migration to Mexico in 1948. photocopy

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

Abr. L. Friesen letter, Steinbach, MB. May 1, 1903. Photocopy of handwritten, German original.

Abraham Friesen - Writing addressed to Heinrich Neufeld, Blumenstein, MB. July 30. Handwritten, German original.

Letter from Abraham L. Friesen to Peter Baerg. November, Handwritten, German original.

This fonds consists of two sections of letters which Jacob and Sara Braun received from the Friesen family. The first section dated 1921 to 1938 were received from the Friesen family in Ogus Tobe, Crimea, first while living in Tiegenhagen (Ukraine) and then after 1925 while living at Ste. Elizabeth, Manitoba. The second section dated 1956 to 1982 are letters written mainly by Helene Dueck, Renate Dueck, Peter Friesen and Anna Wall in the Soviet Union to Jacob and Sara Braun in Manitoba. The letters are arranged chronologically by year. The letters provide a view of how one immigrant family to Canada remained in contact with the family members left in the home country. They also provide a view of how one family experienced life in the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1982.

Papers of a friend and associate of John F. Funk who served as assistant editor / editor in chief of the Herald of Truthfrom 1886 to 1904.  Kolb edited a number of other Mennonite periodicals, was active in the Sunday school movement, and served as president of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board.  He married John F. Funk's daughter, Phoebe, in 1893.

Kolb's papers are divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, 1866-1923

(2) Miscellaneous, circa 1853 - 1965

This notebook is comprised of correspondence written (1820-1836) and copied (1846) by Abraham Friesen.

Five incoming letters to Ada Burkhart Ziegler, a nurse who served as a medical missionary at the Mennonite Home for the Aged in Eureka, Illinois and later taught on the faculty of La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado. ALl correspondence is addressed to Ada Burkhart, as Ziegler did not marry until later in life.

(1) From J. D. Smith, Superintendent of the Mennonite Home for the Aged, indicating the recommendation of Ms. Burkhart by D. H. Bender and informing her that the Mennonite Home for the Aged requested her service, and asking whether she intended to accept the position.

(2) From Allen H. Erb of La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing, commending Ms. Burkhart on her service and reminding her to follow the doctrine of Christ and the training program, including the adherence to modest dress ("be an especial example on the custom or style of short sleeves and low necks").

(3) From "Mary Alice" describing a recent trip to Goshen, Indiana and her imminent departure for India to perform mission service.

(4) From "Mary Alice" regarding her voyage to India.

(5) From Allen H. and Stella Erb offering condolences on the occasion of Burkhart's father's death.

Also includes a 1922 commencement program from La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing.

These assorted family papers are divided into two series:

(1) Miscellaneous family documents, 1807-1944

(2) Photographs, 1958, undated