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A small set of photocopied records from the U.S. National Archives (State Department) and the Mennonite Central Committee Archives pertaining to suspected Nazi sympathies and / or political support within Germans Mennonite colonies in Paraguay.  Includes the 1940 Edwin Schoenrich report "The Mennonite Colonies in the Paraguayan Chaco."

Alma Slagel Eigsti "adopted" a Russian Mennonite refugee named Margareta Unruh through her Sunday school class at Waldo Mennonite Church in Illinois. Unruh and her family were forced to flee Russia in 1943, first staying in Holland and later immigrating to Paraguay. Eigsti and Unruh corresponded with each other from 1946-1981. In this collection are the letters that Eigsti received from Unruh. The letters describe Unruh's domestic life and her personal needs. There is also a small amount of correspondence from Tina Boschmann.

Fotos der archäologischen Funde aus Paraguay.

Personal papers of Christian L. Graber and Mina Roth Graber, consisting of correspondence, diaries, sermons, scrapbooks, geneological records, and information about Christian L. Graber's time as a conscientious objector during World War I, his stint as a relief worker, and his service to Mennonite Central Committee.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Sermons and Writings

(3) Personal and Family Records

(4) War, Peace, and Relief Work

(5) Business, Legal, and Estate Files

(6) Subject Files and Miscellaneous

(7) Mina Roth Graber Diaries

(8) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous

This 140 item color slide show gives a glimpse into the life of South America and its people in regards to the society, economics and religion and how the Mennonite church is working in South America. Mennonites in South America include German speaking Mennonites who have immigrated from Europe as well as native South Americans who have come to the Mennonite church. Educational centers such as in Asuncion (Evangelical Mennonite Centre of Theology CEMTA) and Montevideo (Mennonite Study Centre) are mentioned as well and the Mennonite hospital in Paraguay. Church buildings and church leaders are depicted. Countries mentioned include Uruguay, Paraguay, Columbia. Produced by the General Conference Mennonite Church with Women in Mission (WIM). -- Note: included is a script, study guide and narration on audio cassette #2555.

The collection contains some personal and family materials related to Suderman’s education, and many family letters are part of the extensive correspondence primarily related to his teaching and research. However, there is nothing in the collection before he became a student at Bethel. Some genealogical materials are included such as files for Suderman family reunions. Education materials include both notes and syllabi, not only from courses taken by Suderman, but also for courses taught by Suderman. However, other than humanities courses and a few music courses taught in the1960s, most of the teaching materials are from Sunderman’s last decade at Bethel with almost nothing from his first ten to fifteen years. There are administrative files from departmental and other committees, including his work as North Central rep and on curriculum development. Very extensive files relate to his sabbaticals and summer workshops and also to the numerous South American activities. Some files also relate to each of his many choral activities, directing church choirs, Mennonite Men’s Choir, Golden Singer’s Choir, etc. Several boxes are filled with a vast array of English and Spanish choral music, which are completely unorganized.

Most of the papers document his conscientious objector status at Camp Funston during World War I.

Also included is an 1874 Russian passport of his grandfather Daniel Krehbiel, and his own passport from a 1968 service trip to Paraguay.

2 reel-to-reel tapes, CD copies, cassette copy. It's likely that none of these is the original interview.
Kliewer interviewed by J. Winfield Fretz in Paraguay in 1951.
Interview transcript by Mary Rempel (done in 2013).
Digitized material at https://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_480/

This fonds consists of the following series:
1) Lists - Paraguayan Mennonite Emigrants. This is a bound, handwritten book containing the family names, number of people traveling, colony of origin, and their destination in Canada (name & address). Also includes a short list of families who returned to Paraguay. - 1956 & 1957 (1 File) Box 373

This fonds contains letters, photos, envelopes, postage stamps, and a school exam booklet from 1906 – 1907.
These letters are a valuable set of primary source documents for several reasons. They document a crucial chapter in the family history of Johann and Maria Neufeld over the time period from 1926 to 1979. In addition to that, these letters are a showcase for the stories that many other Mennonite families experienced through the 1920s migrations to Paraguay and Mexico. Most importantly, these letters give an outstandingly valuable insight into the daily life of the 1920s settlers in the Paraguayan Chaco and the moral and financial support these settlers got from their relatives that stayed in Canada.