Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1908-1933 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
7 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Heinrich "Henry" Riediger was born 28 February 1884 in Nikolaifeld, Yazyokvo, South Russia. He married Helena Klassen (1885-1946) on 10 September 1905. In 1912 they moved to the Arkadak Mennonite settlment in Russia and in 1923 the family emigrated to Canada. Till 1935 the family lived in Saskatchewan first at Herbert and then at Hanley. In 1935 they moved to Winnipeg where Heinrich Riediger established Riediger's Supermarket in 1937. Henry Riediger died 6 May 1954 in Winnipeg.
Repository
Archival history
The sons and daughters of Heinrich Riediger passed the journals around between them -- Mrs. Erna Lehn, Vern Riediger, Nick Riediger... Mrs. Marilyn Winter, Nick Riediger's daughter received the journals from her aunt Tina Wiens. Her son Robert Winter acquired them after that.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Robert Winter
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds contains a series of journals begun in Russia in 1908 and continued in Canada after 1923. Parts were written while the writer was still living in Nikolaifeld, then Arkadak, and finally in Hanley, Saskatchewan. There are transcriptions and translations with the materials which were completed by the MHC volunteer staff Jake Friesen in 2008.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged and described by Alf Redekopp, February 2013.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- German
Script of material
- Gothic
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Acc. No. 2007-052