Identity area
Reference code
CA MHSBC 112-2-8
Title
Gerhard and Gertrude Reimer Letters
Date(s)
- 1876-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
20 cm of textual material
Location: Box 232
Context area
Name of creator
(1876-1931)
Biographical history
Minister in Tiege Mennonite Church. He was a traveling evangelist in S. Russia. Immigrated to Canada in 1926.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This file consists of the following:
1) An introductory biographical essay by Paul Tiessen, 5 pages. English language
2) Letters by Gerhard Reimer and Gertrude Reimer, 18 cm. unpaged, Written in German in the Gothic scrip
3) Letter to Familie Issak From Grete und Franz Thiessen, written in1926 in Rosthern Sask, 1 page
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The letters are in date order.
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
- English
- German
Script of material
- Gothic
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Notes area
Note
The biography was added by grandson Paul Tiessen, based on the writings by Gertrude Reimer and Lydia Thielman. The language is English.
The letters are in the Gothic script , in the German language.
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Name access points
- Reimer, Gerhard, 1876-1931 (Subject)
- Reimer, Gertrude (Wiebe), 1884-1988 (Subject)