This file consists of the following:
1) Nicholas Fehderau, Aus der Hoehe in die Tiefen: Erinnerungen aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendjahren in Sued Russlaand"; 866 pages. Book 1: 1904-1924 Meine Lebensgeschichte ;
Book 2: 1908-1914, Neu Halbstadt- Mein Heimort;
Book 3: 1914-1917, Der erste Weltkrieg;
Book 4: 1917,1918, Revolution und Beurgerkrieg;
Book 5 & 6: Im Schatten des Todes 1919-1920; Es geht immer tiefer hinab,1921-1922;
Book 7 & 8: Ein schwerer Kampf um's Dasein; 1922-1923;
Book 8: Im Zeichen der Auswanderung, mein letztes Jahr in der alten Heimet, 1923-1924. - (6 files) Box 241

This fonds contains 276 photographs taken and received by Arthur W. Slagel during his 3-year assignment with Mennonite Central Committee from 1920-1923. The collection has photos of the relief work in Russia showing various aspects of the work including workers, headquarters, storage, distribution, seeded and distributed crops, transportation, buildings and homes. The photos were taken in locations such as Chortitza, Alexandrosk, Schoenwiese, Rosenthal, Halbstadt, Gnadenfeld, Ohrloff, Nicopol, and Sagradowka. There are images of the 1923 emigration group from Schoenwiese leaving for Canada. There are general scenic photos of the Dnieper rapids, the Kremlin and other sites in Moscow. Some photographs were likely given to Slagel from Mennonite workers in Russia, such as the Solomon Ediger family, the Peter Nikkel family, the Johann Janzen family, the Ohrloff teachers and others. And, finally there are photos of travels taken in England, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, Egypt, Palestine and Syria.

Field Records from the 1920s.

This series contains the following:
1) Correspondence and documents, February to December 1921
2) Correspondence and documents, January to March 1922
3) Correspondence and documents, April to May 1922
4) Correspondence and documents, June to July 1922
5) Correspondence and documents, August to September, 1922
6) Correspondence and documents, October, November, December, 1922
7) Correspondence and documents, January, February, 1923
8) Correspondence and documents, March, April, May, 1923
9) Correspondence and documents, June, July, August, 1923
10) Correspondence and documents, September to December, 1923
11) Correspondence and documents, January, February, 1924
12) Correspondence and documents, March, April, May, 1924
13) Correspondence and documents, June, July, August, 1924
14) Correspondence and documents, September, October, 1924
15) Correspondence and documents, November, December, 1924
16) Correspondence and documents, January to May, 1925
17) Correspondence and documents, June to December, 1925 - (17 files) Box 257