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5 American Mennonite Relief Workers in Russia
This is a photo of U. S. Mennonite Relief workers in Russia. They are posing on a yard with shrubbery in the background. The men are dressed in suit and tie. (Left to right): Mrs. Barbara Hofer with her husband, David Hofer, Arthur W. Slagel, H. C. Yoder and Peter H. Unruh.
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.
Friesen, Abram A., 1885-1948
American Mennonite Relief workers in Schoenwiese, Russia
This is a photo of a group of eight men dressed for winter posed in front of a Ford car by the Dyck house in Schoenwiese. It includes (left to right): Mr. Perk (the repair man in light trousers); Mr. Siemens (the watchman) and his son (in the back), another Mr. Siemens and a Mr. Klassen (the chauffeur) (in front), then Peter Hermann Unruh, Arthur Slagel, and another Mr. Klassen (the tall man on the end). Slagel writes on the reverse side: "...G. G. Hiebert took this just after we returned from Halbstadt..."
Hiebert, G.G.
AMR workers travelling through Russia
This is a photo of three men in warm winter clothing, posed beside a car. (Left to right): Mr. Siemens, G. G. Hiebert from California in long, hooded fur coat, Peter H. Unruh from Kansas in fur-collared coat.
Four American Mennonite Relief workers
This is a photo of four men, dressed in suit and white shirt and tie, standing in front of the entrance steps of a building. (Left to right): David Hofer, Peter H. Unruh, Alvin J. Miller, unknown.
P. H. Unruh and D. M. Hofer in Halbstadt, Molotschna
This is a photo of two gentlemen - P. H. Unruh and D. M. Hofer, (holding a hat) shaking hands in front of a hedge in Halbstadt, Molotschna. They are involved with the American Mennonite Relief in Russia.