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This fonds consists of transcribed and translated letters created by Ed Falk with the help of Peter Wiebe and his son Bruce Wiebe, letters originally written to Dr. Abraham B. Hiebert and his family by family and friends in Russia, United States, and Canada. Some letters are general correspondence, others are letters requesting medical assistance, or invitations to funerals. The letters show the connection of family members in various countries, the importance of doctors, and current events in the Mennonite communities.
Includes footnotes and appendices.

This fonds consists of Dr. Thiessen's medical text books and notebooks with her own recipes and treatments/prescriptions. Also included are photos and two large sketches of Katharina and Abraham Thiessen, and research about Dr. Thiessen by Shirley Bergen. This material is very unique as it not only some of the earliest medical materials of the southern Manitoba Mennonites but it also of a prominent woman physician.

This fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, community announcements, legal documents, financial ledgers and memorabilia which record events, transactions and experiences in the life of Johan W. Thiesen in Neuhorst, Manitoba prior to 1922 and later in Neuhorst, Mexico until his death in 1954. The diaries consist of 7 volumes covering 1902-1951. The correspondence includes letters written by Isaac Mueller, Jacob Lehn, Andreas Wallmann, Johann Wall and many more who wrote from Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada, as well as from village in the Durango Mennonite settlement in Mexico, and from Paraguay and Russia, arranged alphabetically by writer. The legal documents include the 1877 Neuhorst village agreement from Manitoba and other land deeds held by the family between 1880 and 1933. The financial ledgers cover records income and expense records (1902-1954) and account books of the Old Colonia Waisenamt (1930-1953). Personal memorabilia includes several school notebooks (hand-writing, arithmetic, religious instruction, poems), genealogical data and a hand-copied transcription of Heinrich Donner's 1783 history of the Hutterian movement.

This fonds was organized under these headings:
-minutes (1940-1997)
-correspondence of P.P. Friesen from the Niverville office with the Brandältesters of the various regions (1939-1947)
-correspondence and reports of losses from the various regions ( 1923-1949), financial information (1892-1959) such as income and expenses
-early working papers of the Brandordnung (1879-1890), documents which record the total insured value by districts (1884-1943),
-documents which record the insured inventory of individual policy holders (1881-1942) (arranged by village), and records of policyholders (1893-1958)
-some miscellaneous MMMI materials.

This collection consists of three series:
-1) School-related material
-2) Correspondence
-3) Sermons.
These series contain mostly original material that was created while Ewert was principal at the Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna, Manitoba), a Manitoba school inspector and ordained minister.

This fonds consists of research files and primary material collected by Abraham D. Stoesz for the purpose of publishing a Stoesz book. There are letters, documents inherited from his father and other ancestors, birth and marriage certificates, citizenship records, photographs and other family records. In addition to the Stoesz family materials, there is also some Harder genealogical information including excerpts from a Jacob Harder (1789-1857) diary.

Fonds consists of letters sent from family and friends in South Russia to Peter Priess in Manitoba in the late 1920s and early 1930s. and photographs. The letters are mostly concerned with the day-to-day activities of the writers, as well as events that might hold personal significance for them or for Peter; they mention everything from daily work and birthdays or funerals, to mass travel to Moscow or passports and the arrests of male family members by Russian authorities. Also included are a number of postcards that were sent to Peter in the 1930s, and a songbook belonging to Anna Janzen, Peter’s maternal aunt.

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Genealogy of Lehn and Enns families - (1 file) Box 203
2) Gerhard Lehn - 1961-1963 - (l file) Box 203
3) Katarina Lehn - 1968-1987 - (1 file) Box 203
4) Helene Ens Dyck - 1979-2001 - (1 file) Box 203
5) Sara Lehn Harder - 2001- (1 file) Box 203
6) Cornelia Lehn - 1920-2002 - (9 files) - Box 203
7) Clippings - 1917, 1960-1963, 1973, 1976,, 1979, 2000 - Box 203
8) Photographs
9) Audio/Visual - 2012 - (2012) Box 203

This fonds contains an 1884 exercise booklet of Jacob B. Peters from the Reichenbach school on the Manitoba East Reserve, a ledger with mathematical problems from [191-]. The exercise booklet gives an insight into writings exercises as practised in the Mennonite schools in Manitoba, whereas the mathematical problem book gives examples of mathematical problems as taught in Mennonite private schools.

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Individual Musicians - 1961-2001 - (3 files) Box 372
2) Composers/Publishers - 1960's- 2006 - (5 files) Box 372
3) Choirs - 1956-2005 - (2 files) Box 372
4) Conductors - 1881-2016 (1 file) Box 372
5) Symphony Orchestra and Ensembles - 1986-2010 - (2 files) Box 372
6) Instrument Building - 1959-2001 - (1 file) Box 372
7) Singing Groups - 1944-1997 - (1 file) Box 372
8) Festivals and Recitals - 1950-2001 - (1 file) Box 372
9) Art and Drama - 1988-2008 - (1 file) Box 372
10) Essays by Mennonite Writers - 1963-1981 - (1 file) Box 372
11) Music Schools - 1985-1993 - (2 files) Box 372
12) Photographs - (1 file) Box 372
13) Audio Visual - (1 file) Box 372
14) Clippings - 1950's, 1960's, 1990-1997, 2000, 2021 - (1 file) Box 372
15) Ephemera - 1965, N.D. - (1 file) Stored in map cabinet, 2nd floor. Ephemera file - (1 file) Box 372

Andrew Hamm (1875- ) was the original author attributed to this fonds. However, over the years it has become unclear who Andrew Hamm (Andreas Hamm) truly is and should all the diaries be attributed to the same individual. We know that the original card catalogue for the fonds identifies that the diaries record economic as well as personal matters, for the years 1881-1893, 1905-1916, 1963-1966. Additional information provided is the author was from the village of Neubergthal, Manitoba.

Andrew Hamm (1875-1944) is the son of Gerhard Hamm (1844-1905) and Anna Knelsen (1849-1916). Andrew was born in Rosenthal, Chortitza, South Russia, immigrated to Canada in 1892, was married in Eichenfeld, Manitoba, then moved to Rosthern, Saskatchewan where his children were born and he later died. However, this Andrew Hamm’s life and immigration dates do not match up with what is described in the diaries.

Another Hamm family in Neubergthal, Manitoba at the time was Andreas Hamm (1826-1892), his son Andreas Hamm (1863-1936), and his son Andreas Hamm (1898-1976). When doing research for this fonds, Alf Redekopp spoke with life-long resident of Neubergthal Ray Hamm. Ray remembers Andreas Hamm (1898-1976) and it is because of this connection that we have decided to attribute the diaries to Andreas Hamm (1863-1936).

There are three distinct time frames that the diaries cover: 1881-1893, 1905-1916, 1963-1966. The first section (1881-1893) is before any of the people we are considering to have created the diaries came to Canada. Yet, the content of the diary in this section discusses buying and selling material, travelling to Winnipeg, and comments on the weather. Meaning the author lived in Manitoba at the time. The last section is written after both Andrew’s we are considering to have written the diaries had passed away. Meaning the diaries from the 1960s must be written by a different author. The authorship of these materials remains unclear.

This fonds contains a photocopy of the hand-written memoirs of Teacher David Bräul, written in German Gothic Script. The autobiography covers the period from 1882 to 1928, emphasizing Bräul’s experiences in Russia and Ukraine. The story starts in 1882, when Bräul went through a difficult time because he failed the Russian language exam, which he needed for his teaching certificate. In other stories, Bräul tells about his visit to a synagogue and a holiday trip to Crimea in 1887.

This fonds consists of six series:
-1) Church membership ledgers recording vital statistics
-2) Minutes of the brotherhood, ministerial, and finance committee meetings
-3) Financial records, legal documents, and correspondence
-4) Fire insurance records
-5) Bergthaler Waisenamt (aid organization) records
-6) Disbanding of the Organization.