Identity area
Reference code
US BCMLA 00/MS.255
Title
Helena Graewe Warkentin Papers
Date(s)
- 1917-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.30 Cubic Feet
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 4 January 1865, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia. Parents Heinrich Graewe and Katharina Giesbrecht.
Moved to Central Asia in 1881. Baptized at Serabulak by Jacob Toews. Migrated to the United States 1884.
Married John J. Warkentin 4 January 1887. He died in 1914.
Died 20 May 1942 at Bethesda Hospital, Goessel, Kansas.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Apparently all the material was donated by Daniel S. Thiesen during 1985-1987. He does not seem to have been a close relative of hers.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Diaries covering roughly 1917-1940.
Autobiography
clippings
book of handwritten poems or songs
photocopy of typed account of Central Asia trek
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unprocessed
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open for research use
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Language of material
- German
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ArchonInternalCollectionID:80