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This fonds consists of correspondence, especially letters of condolences and congratulations (ca. 1950-1973); topical files, especially on pacifism, eschatology and the charismatic movement; sermons, poems and songs; religious tracts and pamphlets. Of special interest are some historical documents collected and passed on through the family. One of these files contains documents about the Elder Heinrich Wiens of Gnadenheim, Molotschna who was deported back to West Prussia in 1847. There is also a file of handwritten sermon notes by Heinrich H. Ewert (1855-1934) of Gretna, Manitoba. Klassen was a long serving minister and was deeply involved in the church issues of the day including growth of the church, private Mennonite education, Waisenamt etc. The interview with Mr. and Mrs. Klassen by his son touches on some of these and other issues. The interview with Ken peacock of the National Archives of Canada is regarding Low german nursery rhymes.

Office created in 1884 by Tavria Gubemiia Zemstvo Assembly. Its task was systematically to gather and process information re local agriculture and industry, trade, public education and public health. The only documents preserved are from the All-Russian agricultural and land census of 1917.

Documents on land possession of land-owners from the Mennonite villages of Halbstadt Volost, dated 1873 and 1881 re: land owners and renters, previous owners; size of propenies; land use; boundary-related questions; individual officials of village communities, with signatures.

Information re decisions of village assemblies re mongages, assignment of Mennonites to villages, migratlon.

Map of property of W.W. Wiens of Village Schoenau.

This fonds consists of 16 series:
-1) Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) diaries and other materials, 1842-1942
-2) John P. Dyck files related to Mennonite life and history, 1861-1986
-3) Mennonite Health Care
-4) Mennonite Central Committee reports and programs, 1962, 1967-1978
-5) MCC Canada East West Consultation Group, 1973-1981
-6) Sermons and dedications, 1969-1975
-7) Manuscripts, 1938-1984
-8) Newspaper clippings, 1927-1972
-9) Pamphlets and brochures, 1908-1977
-10) Mennonite Conferences convention materials, 1960-1983
-11) Mennonite Schools and Christian Education, 1948-1983
-12) Springstein Mennonite Church newsletters, bulletins and reports, 1978-1986
-13) Mutual Burial Aid Society of Starbuck, 1931-1981
-14) Alternative Service in Russia and Canada
-15) John P. Dyck books, 1876-1975
-16) Heinrich Dyck correspondence 1943-1944.

This fonds consists of family documents, unpublished genealogies, a computer database and 83 photographs. Many of the genealogies are computer generated reports based on data that Ed Schellenberg collected and compiled for himself and others interested in Mennonite family history. Some of surnames of the families he researched included Schellenberg, Rempel, Braun, Barkman, Falk, Schlabach, Warkentin and Reimer.

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Einlage (Chortitza) Journals from 1845-1929 (2 files)

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Personal Writings - 1945-1999 (3 files) - Box 201
2) Sermons - 1846-1863 (Peter Andres) (1 file) - Boxx 201
3) Memoirs - 1944-1946 (Mgadalena Heidebrecht Andres) (1 file) - Box 201
4) Travel Diary - 1945 (Hanna Bartel) (1 file) - Box 201
5) Letters - 1773 (Ulrich Schowalter) (1 file) - Box 201
6) Autobiography - 1909 (Jacob Abram Klassen) (1 file) - Box 201
7) Poland Travel - 1976 (Helmut Wiens) (1 file) - Box 201

This fonds contains documents pertaining to the life of William Hespeler, such as confirmation of attending the Polytechnic Institute in Karlsruhe (1847-1849), of deferment from military service in 1850, of immigration to Canada, and of naturalization as a British subject. The fonds includes the items taken to Russia in 1872 (i.e. responses from Ottawa to the Russian Mennonite inquiries about priveledges been sought such as exemption from military service). The fonds also contains various items with the autographs of individuals such as Otto von Bismark, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia, and the British monarch, Queen Victoria. The documents pertain to Hespeler's service to Canada or Germany.

This fonds contains some Klaassen family genealogy work, diaries and memoirs (1859-1922), and many letters from Johannes, a son of Michael Klaassen, about his lot as a conscientious objector in the United States during World War I. There is a diary of the trek to central Asia in 1880 and the years that followed. The letters relate to the family's decision to relocate to Manitoba in 1918. There are sermons and sermon notes, and a one-page school class schedule. Martin Klaassen sketched and painted two items -- one is the village of Tiegenhagen, Prussia and the other is the Johann Cornies estate of Juschanlee, Russia.

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Statistics - Vital, 1965-1967 - (1 file) Box 285
2) Financial, 1947-1968 - (1 file) Box 285
3) Photographs - (1 file) Box 285

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Correspondence - 1913-1996 - (24 files) - Box 213
2) Documents and Certificates - 1883-1967 - (2 files) - Box 214
3) Personal Writings - 1957-1994 - (5 files) - Box 214
4) Research Material - 1927-1999 - (7 files) - Box 214
5) Radio Work - 1957-1964 - (3 files) - Box 214
6) Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization - 1956-1959 - (1 file) - Box 214
7) Conscientious Objectors - 1939-1943 - (1 file) - Box 214
8) Student records - 1948-1950 - (1 file) - Box 214
9) Notebooks - 1947-1989 - (7 files) - Box 214
10) Ephemera - 1957-1986 - (3 files) - Box 214
11) Clippings - 1940-1990 - (1 file) - Box 214
12) Photographs - Box 2
13) Lists - 1965, 1979-1980 - (1 file) - Box 214
14) Publications - 1925-1994 - (2 files) - Box 214
15) Collections - (1 file) - Box 214
16) Ten Thesis - 1952-1953 - (2 files) - Box 214
17) Financial Records - 1932-1967 - (7 files) - Box 215
18) First Mennonite Church - Greendale - 1947-1994 - (13 files) - Box 216
19) First Mennonite Church - Springstein MB - 1944-1973 - (8 files) - Box 216
20) Manuscript - (2 files) - Box 216
21) Sermon Notes - 1964,1981 - (1 file) - Box 216
22) Inner Mission - 1954-1965 - (1 file) - Box 216
23) Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities - 1952-1960 - (1 file) - Box 216
24) Travel Itinerary - 1972 - (1 file) - Box 216
25) Dogwood Manor - 1985 - (1 file) - Box 216
26) Mennonite Benevolent Society - 1974-1991 - (2 files) - Box 216
27) Mennonite Church records for Chilliwack, Greendale, Winnipegosis, Mayfair - 1959-1960 - (1 file) - Box 216
28) Ebenezer Church - 1985 - (1 file) - Box 216
29) First Mennonite Church - Chilliwack - 1951-1958 - (4 files) - Box 216
30) Reports - 1958-1969 - (5 files) - Box 217
31) Camp Squeah - 1977-1984 - (1 file) - Box 217
32) Canadian Mennonite Sunday School - (1 file) - Box 217
33) Festival of Faith - 1977 - (1 file) - Box 217
34) Drug and Alcohol Education - 1981-1987 - (1 file) - Box 217
35) Conferences of Peace and Non-Resistance - 1953-1987 - (1 file) - Box 217
36) Christian Service - 1953-1974 - (1 file) - Box 217
37) Veteran Pensions - 1962-1963 - (1 file) - Box 217
38) Information of People in Russian born between 1850-1900 - (1 file) - Box 217
39) Mennonites in Military Russian - Pension Canadian - 1962-1964 - (2 files) - Box 217
40) Remember our Leaders of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada - 1902-1977 - (1 file) - Box 217
41) Conference of Mennonites in Canada - Minutes - 1955-1965 - (1 file) - Box 217
42) Board of Missions - Semi-Annual Reports - 1965 - (1 file) - Box 217
43) Canadian Mennonite Youth Organization - 1955-1973 - ( 1 file) - Box 217
44) Lectures and sermons - 1957-1965 - (1 file) - Box 217
45) Our Travel To Batum 1922 - Herman Enns - (1 file) Box 217

This fonds consists primarily of correspondence relating to personal and political matters, including education, alternative service, settlement and genealogy. There are also excerpts and transcripts from various historical writings, materials written by others that Hildebrand accumulated, and original documents relating to Mennonites in Canada and Hildebrand's political interests. Finally, the collection includes some maps of various parts of Canada and Russia and several photographs collected by Hildebrand.

The district administration offices were created in 1797 as local organs of the Ministry of State Domains. They consisted of a local head administrator and two assistants: one responsible for law enforcement and one for economic-related activites. The Archive of the Zaporozhe Region possesses no documents of the Khonitsa district admjnistration before 1861, with one exception, a German-language account book for the period January 1, 1851-January 31, 1852.

List of village resident-property owners of village Khonitsa enfranchised to vote in village assembly and a certificate of the Khonitsa district administration for 1904-1909. Other documents of this fond were removed by German occupation authorities in October 1943, and transported to Germany. Their whereabouts are unknown.

This fonds consists of
-1) diaries (Volumes 4817a13; 4817b:2-8; 4818:1-5)
-2) correspondence (Volume 4817a:1-12,14-15)
-3) poetry collection (Volume 4817a:16-17)
-4) A Pilgrim People research files (Volume 4818:6-12)
-5) several artifacts (Artifact # 3, #4.)
The fonds includes the diary of Johannes D. Dyck (1826-1898) kept from 1871-1898, the diary of Renate Dyck (1885-1963) kept from 1909-1927, and the diary Johannes J. Dyck (1885-1948) kept from 1907-1908, 1922, 1937-1938.

The correspondence is primarily letters from the friends and family of Johannes and Renate Dyck from the United States, Russia, and Canada as well as correspondence with the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization. The collection does include one letter written by Helene Janzen in 1851 to Johannes D. Dyck, the gold miner in California.

The poetry is a collection of newspaper clippings and hand copied poems which were used to include in correspondence to give encouragement to family members left in the USSR who were living under very difficult circumstances.

This fonds also includes the files created while preparing the family history books published in 1987 and 1994 entitled, A Pilgrim People and, A Pilgrim People Volume II.