This slide is a colorized version of a black and white photograph, potentially used as a postcard, that shows a group of people posing on the front staircase of the municipal office building in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony. The building shown in the photograph was constructed in 1872 and served as the administrative centre after the Molotschna Colony was separated into two separate municipal districts (volost) in 1870. The building was used temporarily as an agricultural school in 1923 and the photograph used as figure 5.73 in "Building on the Past" suggests this building remained standing and served administrative functions as late as 1978. As of the writing of the book this building no longer stood.
This photograph is of the exterior of the Secondary School (Zentralschule) in Gnadenfeld. Molotschna Colony. This secondary school was built initially in 1859. After closing a few years later in 1863 as a part of a dispute within the church, the Gnadenfeld "volost" purchased the building in 1870 and renovated temporarily into an administrative building. It was restored to its initial function as a school in 1873 and performed this role without significant changes until 1914 when the school became a business school (handelsschule) to avoid the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Education. In that same year the school had 150 students with five teachers. After the Russian Civil War the building was integrated with other village schools in the area into a trade school (arbeitsschule). Recently as of the writing of the book this building was used by a local collective farm and its condition was considered to be poor.
This photograph is a view of the exterior of the Secondary School (Zentralschule) in Gnadenfeld. Molotschna Colony. This secondary school was built initially in 1859. After closing a few years later in 1863 as a part of a dispute within the church, the Gnadenfeld "volost" purchased the building in 1870 and renovated temporarily into an administrative building. It was restored to its initial function as a school in 1873 and performed this role without significant changes until 1914 when the school became a business school (handelsschule) to avoid the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Education. In that same year the school had 150 students with five teachers. After the Russian Civil War the building was integrated with other village schools in the area into a trade school (arbeitsschule). Recently as of the writing of the book this building was used by a local collective farm and its condition was considered to be poor.
This photograph is of a staircase leading from the exterior to a basement floor of the Secondary School (Zentralschule) in Gnadenfeld. Molotschna Colony. This secondary school was built initially in 1859. After closing a few years later in 1863 as a part of a dispute within the church, the Gnadenfeld "volost" purchased the building in 1870 and renovated temporarily into an administrative building. It was restored to its initial function as a school in 1873 and performed this role without significant changes until 1914 when the school became a business school (handelsschule) to avoid the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Education. In that same year the school had 150 students with five teachers. After the Russian Civil War the building was integrated with other village schools in the area into a trade school (arbeitsschule). Recently as of the writing of the book this building was used by a local collective farm and its condition was considered to be poor.
This photograph is of two trucks parked in a parking lot of the Secondary School (Zentralschule) in Gnadenfeld. Molotschna Colony. This secondary school was built initially in 1859. After closing a few years later in 1863 as a part of a dispute within the church, the Gnadenfeld "volost" purchased the building in 1870 and renovated it temporarily into an administrative building. It was restored to its initial function as a school in 1873 and performed this role without significant changes until 1914 when the school became a business school (handelsschule) to avoid the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Education. In that same year the school had 150 students with five teachers. After the Russian Civil War the building was integrated with other village schools in the area into a trade school (arbeitsschule). Recently as of the writing of the book this building was used by a local collective farm and its condition was considered to be poor.
The materials in this fonds document the founding and development of the first Rudnerweider (EMMC) congregation in Winnipeg. There are three series in the this fonds: -1)Membership records (1958-1969) -2) Minutes, reports and correspondence (1956-1994) -3) Annual reports (1981-1999)
This fonds contains Franz H. Letkemann's Russian school report (1913), personal financial records related to the payment of the Reiseschuld (immigration travel debt) to the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization as well as the assistance given to others through the Board (1923-1951) and sermons preached in various Manitoba Mennonite congregations with which he was associated (1948-1982). There is an extensive genealogy of Franz and his family, which includes all his step siblings and four generations of their families included in the 2017 accession materials. There are also many diaries and financial ledgers kept by Franz for his own records (1921-1985). The diary entries are very consistent and give a detailed look into Franz’ everyday life including weather statistics, crops planted, people visited and medical concerns. To go along with the diary entries are the financial ledgers which are an itemized record of all the expenses accrued by the Letkemann’s during the years including car expenses, groceries and medicines. A few different family members have written autobiographies and family histories that are included in the Franz Letkemann’s materials.
