Genealogical records of Russian Kleine Gemeinde Mennonite families immigrating to Manitoba. Photocopy of handwritten, German original.

Photocopy of an article in the Steinbach Post, October 8, 1924. "Aufzeichnungen ueber unsere Auswanderung von Ruszland nach Kanada 1874 bis 1876 von J. Rempel. For 50th anniversary.

A letter to Jake and Maria Friesen from their father, H.R. Plett, concerning the migration to Mexico in 1948. photocopy

Abr. L. Dueck "Kopien Briefen" - Copies of Letters. Belize, British Honduras. Handwritten, German original. Cover is torn off.

This fonds consists primarily of correspondence, official negotiations, and memos of the Studienkommission (1920-1921), the study commission sent to North America by Mennonites in Russia to investigate immigration possibilities; and of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization (1922-1926), founded to facilitate the immigration. There is extensive correspondence between Friesen and David Toews, Benjamin H. Unruh, Benjamin B. Janz, Peter H. Unruh, and other Mennonite leaders.

Several files deal with the case of "the 62", sixty two young male Mennonite refugees who left Russia for the United States via Constantinople in the early 1920s.

Some genealogical material for Russian Mennonite emigrants for the 1920s can be found here. The "notebooks" folder includes Friesen's passport and diaries.

Experiences in Molotschna, Russia Feb 18,1876 to May 28, 1884. Photocopy of handwritten, German original along with a partial translation into English. It also contains a brief report of death by daughter Maria.

Aelt [?] Peter B. Toews letter, Oct 22, 1874 to the Kleine Gemeinde who moved to North America in that year. Transliterated by Mrs. P.J. Loewen, Blumenort, 1982.