Microfilmed letters from Lange to Peter Wedel. Location of some originals unknown.
Digitized at http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/mf_mss_139/lange/
Dates of letters:
12 April 1815
5 June 1815
1 September 1816
11 March 1818
25 February 1819
one undated
30 July 1819
6 February 1820
Lange, Wilhelm, 1765-1841
Box 1: Book list G. Friesen American Dialect Society Class notes Garden 1972 Low German play by J. J. Enns Mennonitische Lehranstalt A. Kroeker Language teaching materials Misc. printed matter Russian book (on Gogol?) Correspondence Other misc. files
box 2: Misc. printed matter Frank H. Epp Correspondence FL Newsletter, Dept. Of Modern Languages, Univ. of Oklahoma
box 3: Alexander Petzholdt material old Life magazines
box 4: Astude (University of Idaho) FL Newsletter Clippings Class handouts Printed matter articles by Wiens book list
box 5: [not used]
box 6-8: books (books checked in Dec. 2011; most kept because of annotations and underlining by Wiens)
box 9: Petzholdt photocopies
Wiens, Gerhard, 1905-1974
Correspondence, sermons?, printed matter
Used to be called a “Harder family collection,” because it includes papers from the extended family, but Johann Harder seems to be more or less the central person.
Harder, Johann, 1836-1930
Amy E. Greaves Sudermann Enss Papers
Handwritten original autobiography, book 1, ca. 230pp. (pagination is inconsistent)
Book 2, ca. 110pp.
Photocopy of typed Gustav Enss autobiography, apparently from Jacob Sudermann collection at Goshen, with notes/corres. by Menno Schrag and Jim Juhnke
Photocopy of typed 18p. autobiography of Amy(?), photocopy of rough inventory of Gustav Enss papers (at Goshen?), photocopy of Enss genealogical data from Joanna Andres
Re-typed, laser-printed autobiography texts from David P. Sudermann 1996 – labeled Hist. Mss. 1-605
Enss, Amy E. Greaves Sudermann, 1878-1975
Box 1: reviews of books, notes, correspondence (1930s), clippings, book typescripts: Der Steppenhengst, Stromaufwärts, Der Bote, Licht wider Irrlicht, Der rote Tulipan, In die andere Welt, Beata, Ketzer würden die Mauer sprengen
Box 2: reviews, notes, clippings, book typescripts: Der Rohrsänger, In die andere Welt, Die Rose von Wüstenfelde, Der rote Tulipan, Der Bote, Stromaufwärts
Box 3: Behrends material pulled from Krahn papers 9 Jan 1991: photos, correspondence, clippings, book typescripts: Der Steppenhengst, Menno
Behrends, Ernst, 1891-1982
The collection contains Abram Penner’s personal diaries from 1904 to 1940, the time of his death. Entries are mostly daily events and weather data. Other records include his travel diary from his trip to Russia, family records, and letters. There is also an account ledger from the general store in Mountain Lake.
Penner, Abram, 1849-1940
Quite a few items revolving around Peter Wedel, Alexanderwohl elder. A Heinrich Balzer poem dedicated to him. An 1815 letter to him from Wilhelm Lange. His diary from 1834?-1838. Some poems and writing exercises possibly by him.
Also, Wilhelm Lange's ordination sermon. And sermons by Peter Unrau.
And Henry S. Goertzen school exercises.
Goertzen, Henry S., 1894-1973
Frank and Agatha Balzer Papers
Includes correspondence between Agatha Hiebert and David Goerz; other correspondence, David Hiebert correspondence and business records, scattered photos, family history information (Hiebert, Balzer), school papers, Christmas Wünsche, autobiographical material (Frank), financial records books from lumber business. clippings
Balzer, Frank, 1859-1944
Includes correspondence, clippings, notes, genealogical information, photos, in a complete jumble.
Most of the material seems to relate to Anna Peters' extended family, more so than Arthur's.
Box 1 includes a note about Arthur Peters' military service, and a cassette tape. Also a Confederate $50 bill in poor condition. And some pencil drawings. Cassette tape in box 1 digitized as elecrec/acc915, June 2018.
Box 4 contains diaries of Mrs. Peter Regier nee Wiens, some German sermons.
Boxes 5 and 6 are mostly photos.
"Box" 7 is a map folder containing genealogy charts.
"Box" 8 is a map folder containing an oversize newspaper item.
Peters, Arthur H., 1908-1980
Box 1: books, pamphlets (farm machinery), slides, cassette tape
Box 2: books. clippings, Boese family letters, Boese family information
Box 3: agriculture and machinery periodicals and brochures
Box 4: family history information
Boese, Ben, 1910-1996
This is an artificial collection that includes notes and research from: Cornelius Krahn while researching 1969 Mennonite Life article; James C. Juhnke while researching People of Two Kingdoms; a letter in 1873 from ? to Bernhard Warkentin about Thiessen; documents on Abraham Thiessen collected by David G. Rempel (photostatic copies); and some notes sent by James Urry in 2015.
Thiessen, Abraham F., 1838-1889
Helena Graewe Warkentin Papers
Diaries covering roughly 1917-1940.
Autobiography
clippings
book of handwritten poems or songs
photocopy of typed account of Central Asia trek
Warkentin, Helena Graewe, 1865-1942
Herman H. Enns and Margaret Reimer Enns Papers
Includes her autobiography, list of books donated (most not retained), John H. Enns memoir 1985, Herman Enns autobiography, Russian language document (passport?), correspondence, poetry by her. All are photocopies.
Enns, Herman H., 1897-1996
Gerhard J. Toews and Susanna Toews Papers
Correspondence from Susanna to her brother Gerhard. All photocopies of typed transcriptions. These letters were translated and published by John B. Toews, Letters from Susan: A Woman's View of the Russian Mennonite Experience (1928-1941) (North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1988) (Cornelius H. Wedel Series #4)
Toews, Gerhard J., 1903-1984
Diaries, music book, small amount of correspondence
Music book has been digitized: http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_273/
Regier, Henry G., 1861-1944