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Walter Quiring Papers 1932-1950

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.139
  • Collection
  • 1932-1950

Part I is a manuscript entitled “Gott hört uns nicht mehr”.  This appears to be a first-person, historical novel about Mennonites in the “Gulag” in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.  Previously, this item was cataloged in the MLA's library, accession #17547, acquired in 1972.       

Part II is a manuscript entitled “Wenn Gott die Weiche stellt”.  This is another historical novel, about Mennonite refugees from the Soviet Union.  This item was also cataloged in the MLA's library collection, accession #17462, acquired in 1972.       

Part III is a collection of source documents and notes entitled “Material zur Geschichte der Mennoniten in Brasilien”.  Most of the material covers the late 1940s and early 1950s.  As one can see, not all of the material is about Brazil.  These papers were at the Mennonite Church USA Archives–Goshen until 2011; the North Newton archives had photocopies.  The arrangement of the material here corresponds as closely as possible to Quiring's own outline for it.  Folder 22 is a manuscript by Johann Sjouke Postma entitled “Fernheim, Fernes Heim?”.  Folders 26-29 are not part of Quiring's outline.  The MLA has 909 individually numbered pages in this section.       

Part IV is a rough draft entitled “Witmarsum am Krauel”.  This is a more polished draft rather than a collection of documents as in Part III.  These are arranged according to Quiring's outline.  Folder 45 is not part of Quiring's outline and just contains notes, sources, and bibliography.       

Part V is entitled “Material zur Geschichte der Auflösung der Ansiedlung Witmarsum in Santa Catarina”.  This is again a collection of source documents and notes, from the late 1940s and early 1950s.  These items are photographic copies; that is, copies on photographic paper, not xerographic copies.  The present location of the originals [1989] is unknown.  The arrangement is according to Quiring's outline, but Roman numeral XIX from his outline, “Verschiedenes,” is missing. These deteriorating pages have been scanned [2011], in folder archives/ms_139.       

Part VI is a draft entitled “Canadische Mennoniten 1875-1975".  The termination date of 1975 seems somewhat strange since the manuscript was acquired by the MLA in 1972 and was cataloged as part of the MLA's library collection, accession #17461.  The manuscript may have been modified since 1972.  This is once again a draft rather than a collection of documents.  These are original materials, not photocopies.  The message of this rather rough draft is a bitter denunciation of contemporary Canadian Mennonitism for being different from the Mennonitism of Quiring's childhood.  The contents bear only a slight resemblance to Quiring's accompanying outline and may not be in original order.       

Part VII consists of two folders of miscellaneous drafts of articles by Quiring and several of his writings that had earlier been cataloged in the MLA library holdings.

Quiring, Walter, 1893-1983

Anna Baerg Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.204
  • Collection
  • 1916-1924

Consists entirely of photocopies of her diaries.

See Diary of Anna Baerg 1916-1924, trans. and ed. Gerhard Peters (Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 1985).

Baerg, Anna, 1897-1972

Heinrich and Jacob H. Goertzen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.283
  • Collection
  • 1874-1940

Mostly correspondence among Goertzen relatives. Most of the letters were translated by Hilda Ediger Voth in the early 1990s. A few other items include a Hamilton County, Kansas, map and a folder of photos from Donovan and Helen Bachman (some identified). Additional (untranslated) letters and photos donated by Helen Bachman in Apr. 2013.

http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_283

Goertzen, Heinrich, 1831-1899

John J. Kroeker and Katherine Janzen Kroeker Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.501
  • Collection
  • 1890-1980

extensive collection reflecting contacts in Mennonite communities in Russia, Germany, Canada, United States, Paraguay; business papers, writing and translating projects including work for Gerald Winrod; some diaries; some material related to his father Jakob Kroeker and the Licht im Osten mission

Kroeker, John Jacob, 1894-1964

Len Witmer in front of a locomotive

Len Witmer standing in front of a Canadian National Railway locomotive during his voyage to British Columbia. Caption in album reads: "Len Witmer in front of the Iron Horse." Caption on back of photo reads: "Len Witmer in front of CNR engine on way west; 6/42."

Paraguay/Canada/USA/Mexico Maps

File consists of the following maps:

1) Karte der russlanddeutschen Siedlungen in Suedamerika:Brasilien, Paraguay, Uruguay und Argentinien,
by K.Stumpp. 1960. Also on this map: Russlanddeutsche Mennonitensiedlungen im Chaco, Paraguay, Volendam und Friesland (1937) by A. Loewen. 36x58 cm. (Settlements of Germans from Russia in South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina. Also, Settlements of German Mennonites from Russia in Chaco, Paraguay, Volendam and Friesland.)
2) Die drei grossen Mennoniten-Kolonien im paraguayischen Chaco: Fernheim, Menno und Neuland. Handdrawn, responsibity not known. 46x36 cm. (The three major Mennonite colonies in Chaco, Paraguay: Fernheim, Menno and Nueland.)
3) Russlanddeutsche Siedlungen in Kanada, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario (1890), by K. Stumpp. 45x56 cm. (Settlements of Germans from Russia in Canada.)
4) Karte der russlanddeutschen Siedlungen in den USA und Mexico, (1920), by K. Stumpp. 42x64 cm. (Settlements of Germans from Russia in the USA and Mexico)

Mennonite Churches and Institutions

This collection consists of photos taken by C.F. Klassen in 1938 (mostly), of churches and institutions where Russian Mennonite immigrants from the 1920s (Russlaender) worshiped. These include urban and remote centres from Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Colombia. All photos were placed artistically in a photo album with black pages and affixed with photo corners. White ink under each photo identified the locations and buildings.

Klassen, C.F. (Cornelius Franz), 1894-1954

Girl's dorm

This photo is of many girls who stayed at the girl's dorm while away from home during their free days or holidays.
Note: picture is on a stiff sheet.

MBBC Chapel

A group of students and faculty sitting and standing in a circle in the chapel. An unidentified person is playing the guitar.

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