This file consists of the following:
H.H. Kornelsen "Wie kleine Begegenheiten und Ereignisse mitwirken, dass es ano 1923 zu einer grossen Auswanderung der Mennoniten kam". German, 18 pages - (1 file) Box 241

Germany, 1930s

This file consists of the following:
1) Ansiedlung Mennonitischer Niederlaender im Weichselmuendungsgebiet von der Mitte des 16 Jahrhundertsbis zum Beginn der preussichen Zeit
2) Die Familiennamen der westpreussichen Mennoniten von Gustav E. Reimer. 121 pages. - 1 file (Box 241)

This fonds consists of the following series:
1) Lists - Paraguayan Mennonite Emigrants. This is a bound, handwritten book containing the family names, number of people traveling, colony of origin, and their destination in Canada (name & address). Also includes a short list of families who returned to Paraguay. - 1956 & 1957 (1 File) Box 373

Johann P. Klassen fonds contains documents related to the organizing of the move out of Russia organized by Johann P. Klassen and Abram Vogt (1887-1968). Includes meeting minutes, travel documents, health records, citizenship guarantee records, and correspondence. Also includes some transliteration organized by Margaret Kroeker as well as transliterations and translations done by Peter H. Rempel.

Various subjects and time periods

The fonds consists of the following series:
1) Executive Committee - 1945-1999 - Boxes 323-331
2) Material Aid - 1945-1988 - Box 332
3) Voluntary Service - 1967-1990 - Boxes 333-334
4) Peace and Service - 1939-1989 - Boxes 335-336
5) Self-Help - 1964-1988 - Boxes 339-340
6) Women's Auxiliary - 1970-2003 - Box 341
7) Relief Sales - 1970-2001 - Box 341
8) Thrift Store - 1974-1980 - Box 343
9) Supportive Care - 1958-2000 - Box 344
10) Native Concerns - 1960-1990 - Box 345-346
11) Refugee Assistance 1979-1992 - Boxes 347-350
12) International Visitor Exchange Program - 1972-1992 - Boxes 351-352
13) Mennonite Disaster Service 1956-1985 - Boxes 353-354
14) Choice Books -1969-1979 - Box 355
15) Audio Visual Material - moved to Series 19, Box 360
16) Vernon Reimer - Correspondence; Newsletters -1973-1980 - Box 356
17) Provincial Mennonite Relief and Immigration Committee -1927-1986 - Box 357
18) Annual Reports - Canadian Conference - 1980-1988 - Box
19) Photographs & Audio Visual- 1976-1989, Historical photo bank 1920-1970, including photocopied photos - (3 files) Box 358
20) MCC in Europe - 1951 (1 file) - (1 file) Box 358
21) Correspondence from Russia - 1923-1928, 1932-1933, 1943 - (1 file) Box 358
22) Rules of Immigration - 1973 - (1 file) Box 358
23) Journey to America by Wilhelm Rempel - 1878 - (1 file) Box 358
24) "Unter Den Toren Moskaus", A German report by the Committee of Refugees - 1928-1935 - (1 file) Box 358
25) Revolution, Civil War and Destruction, various authors - 1928-1941 - (1 file) Box 358
26) Two Documents - Danzig to S. Russia and Sunday on the island of Chortiza - 1965 - (1 file) Box 358
27) Who are the Mennonites - 1940-1977; includes the Drama "Wer Nimmt uns Auf" - (2 files) Box 358
28) Mennonite World Conference - 1925-1990 - (1 file) Box 358
29) AIDS - 1987-2015 - (6 files) Box 439
30) World Hunger, 1974-1992 - (4 files) Box 439
31) Women's Concerns - Minutes, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992-1995, 1999, 2002 including a lecture "The Place of the Christian Woman (In the NT Epistolary Literature) By Dr. David Ewert, 1978; limited access file, 1998 - (4 files) Box 439
32) Reports, 1987-2008 - (9 files) Box 439
33) Minutes & Reports (annual reports) 1986-2005 - (3 files) Box 440
34) Peace & Justice, 1976-1995 - (6 files) Box 440
35) MCC Okanagan, 1991-2006 - (4 files) Box 440
36) Association of Canadian-Ukrainian Mennonite Ministries (ACUMM) 2002-2004 - (1 file) Box 440
37) Anniversaries - 75th Anniversary, November 1995 - (1 file) Box 440
38) Publications, 1983-1994 - (4 files) Box 440
39) News Releases, 1991-1992, 1999, 2000-2004, 2007-2008, 2010-2011, Myanmar/China, 2008 - (3 files) Box 440
40) Clippings, 1969-2001, 2003-2012 - (6 files) Box 441
41) Ephemera - City of Abbotsford Award, 1997 - (1 file) Box 441

This file consists of the following items:
1) Charter and dissolution, Constitution and mandate. 15 files
2) Correspondence, Letter from P.F. Froese to A Warkentin, 1929 , 3 pages
3) Reports
4) Manuscripts
5) Publications ( Files 1-15 ) Box 240

Documents from 1919-1924 related to Orie O. Miller and immigration.

Maxwell H. Kratz was one of three men elected to the first Mennonite Central Committee on 27 September 1920. He was active in the leadership of MCC during its first projects of Russian relief, the purchase of land in Paraguay, and its incorporation. IX-02 includes Maxwell H. Kratz's MCC correspondence 1921-1934 related to 62 Russian refugees immigrating to the U.S. from Constantinople (present Istanbul, Turkey) and refugee immigration to Paraguay.

This files consists of the following;
1) B.B. Janz, "Die Wehrlosigkeit der Mennoniten in Russland nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg", 1919, German, report on the Mennonitischen Sanitaet-Dienst in WW I (medics). 8 pages.
2) Jacob H. Block, "Mennoniten im Sanitaets-Dienst waerends des Ersten Weltkrieges, 4 pages
3) Dienst der Mennoniten Russlands im ersten Weltkrieg.. An unsigned response to a questionaire sent to John B. Toews. 1 page Box 258
4) C. H. Tiessen, "Zur Frage: Sanitaetsdienst 1914-1918", 9 pages
5) Fast, Henrich, " Experiences of Henry Fast Sr. in Russia 1914 to 1923" . Osterwick, Altcolonie, 30 pages, English.
AND "Memories of Henry Fast" ( Re: Immigration from Russia), 1922, 1923, 9 pages, English. Also references Immigration to Canada in 1923.