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American Mennonite Relief Halbstadt (Molotschna, Russia)
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American Mennonite Relief (AMR)

This file consists of the following items:
1) C.E. Krehbiel, "Notes on My Relief Trip to Russia" 130 pages 1922. Box 240
2) C. E. Krehbiel, Report on Ukrainian Mennonites, 1922, 1923. Box 240
3) Correspondence and Reports from Prieschib District Commitee, Secretary N. Blank, 4 pages; Box 240
4) Halbstadt Statistics. Box 240
5) C.E. Krehbiel Diaries 1921-1923 Details of the child feeding proram and clothing distribution in Molotschna. (2 folders). Box 240
6) H. B. Janz report to the Central Committee of AMR Box 240
7) Summary of AMR Monthly Reports 1923-1925; Letter from Johann Bueckert to AMR Director Alvin J. Miller May 1925. This material was typed from Goshen College Historical Archives by MaryAnn Quiring, Box240
8) P.C. Hiebert collection, AMR, Medical village Reports, D.R. Hoeppner, Unpaged, 10cm.
9) P.C.Hiebert Collection, AMR Correspondence 1922-1923, various, 25 cm
10) P.C. Hiebert Collection, AMR Russian Relief Reports, 1920 -1923, various. 10 cm.
11) P.C. Hiebert Collection Memoirs, "The Famous 62" and various excerts., 2 cm.
12) B.B. Janz, Philip Conries, Bericht,1922 " Studienkommission der Mennoniten S. Russlands, 4 pages; Baerg, P. Bericht, 1922, 5p.
13) Unknown author, Letter to Die Mennonitische Hilfsorganisation in Scottdale Pa. USA describing the overview of the extreme need regarding famine, housing, heating, culture, religious instruction, farming, husbandry in the colonies in 1921.

Krehbiel, Christian Emanuel, 1869-1948

AMR in Halbstadt, Molotschna

This is a photo of a group of younger children standing separated from a group of adults and older children in the archway of a one-storey building in Halbstadt. There are some unidentified AMR workers and a car (or truck) on the picture.

AMR kitchen in Halbstadt

This is a photo of a large group of people, many of them children, some with pails, in front of a building in Halbstadt, Molotschna. They are dressed in winter clothing and there is snow on the ground. A big man, holding a briefcase, is watching over them. Another photograph of this scene, slightly different, appears in David Hofer's book, Die Hungersnot in Russland, p. 27.

AMR tractors in Halbstadt

This is a photo of several tractors in action on a large open field in the Halbstadt, Molotschna, area in Russia, with a number of workers and onlookers roaming about. The tractors were provided by the American Mennonite Relief.

Oxen hauling food in Halbstadt

This is a photo of several oxen teams ready to haul wagons loaded with sacks of food to the kitchen warehouses in Halbstadt, Molotschna, Russia. See also David Hofer's book, Die Hungersnot in Russland, p. 30. On this page the picture is described as, en route to AMR clothing.