Identity area
Reference code
CA MHC PP
Title
David G. Rempel St. Petersburg microfilm collection
Date(s)
- 1789-1893 microfilmed in 1962 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
16 reels microfilm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
David G. Rempel had the 16 rolls of microfilm in his private possession until the early 1980s when it was donated to Conrad Grebel College in Waterloo, Ontario. The microfilms duplicated and distributed to Mennonite archives by Tim Janzen in January 2003.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection consists of the 95 files which Dr. Rempel selected from the St. Petersburg Archive related to Mennonites which he requested to have microfilmed in 1962. The St. Petersburg (known as Leningrad at the time) Archive holds the documents of the Russian Senate (later referred to as the Duma) for the period of 1789 to 1917.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Language and script notes
Russian and German
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Dates of creation revision deletion
By Conrad Stoesz February 28, 2003.