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The subseries consists of the following files:
1) Berislaw, Kherson established 1942, 1 file, no map
2) Friedenheim ,Kherson established 1927, 1 file, village map
3) Gruenfeld, Kherson established 1933, 1 file, village map
4) Hagendorf, Kherson established 1924, 1 file, no map
5) Hoffental, Kherson established 1922, 1 file, village map
6) Kalinendorf, Kherson established 1840, 1 file, village map
7) Klosterdorf, Kherson established 1804, 1 file, village map
8) Meuelhausendorf, Kherson established 1804, 1 file, village map
9) Schwedendorf, Kherson established 1781, 1 file, village map
10) Zuerichtal, Kherson, established 1924, 1 file, no map Box 255

The subseries consists of the following files:
1) Inventory of reports by Odessa Region State Archives, 50 pages
2) South Russian Foreign Settler's Odessa Office, 1814-1834, 132 pages
3) South Russian Foreign Settlements' Guardian Committee, 58 pages; Geographical INDEX of German and Mennonite colonies,17pages; Nominal INDEX of names, 25 pages.
4) Settlement of Prussian Mennonites to South Russia, 1801-1804, Documents requesting assistance from the Minister of Internal Affairs
5) Organization (structure) and management (governing) of Mennonites in Russia,16 pages; correspondence with the Minister of Spiritual Affairs and Public Education,1820-1904; St. Petersburg Microfilming project (Nov. 1995) 3 pages.
6) List of Records on Subject: "Mennonites in Taurida Gubernia" 1817-1932. Office of Taurida Gonernor, 103-1917; Board or Public Schools, 1811-1920; Ownership entries in Taurida; Committee of the Soviets of Worker's, Peasant's Red Army's and deputies of Crimean ASSR 1921-1938.
7) Case Huepfer, Mennonite Sect, Part I,1863-1864, Part II 1863-1869. Department of Religious (Spiritual) Affairs and Ministry of Internal Affairs reporting on the false character of the Huepfer teaching;
8) Central State Archive of the USSR, Ministry of Divine Affairs, Ministry of State Property, Ministry of Spiritual Affairs and Public Education: Full translation by Andrey Ivanov of documents regarding Mennonite doctrines, Adult Baptism, Evangelization, Permission to publish spiritual songbooks, Mennonite Civil Service, Mennonite Prayer houses, Forestry Camps, Property tax and more. Approximately 30 pages
Report from the government inspection of the Mennonite educational institutions of Tavrichesk Region , 1912, 2 pages

The file consists of the following documents:
1) A description of the South Russian Foreign Settlements' Guardian Committee, 2 pages
2) Guardianship Committee for Foreign Settlers in Southern Russia (1800-1801). This includes reports from 1847-1852 on matters pertaining mostly to the Mennonite population, including law & order, agricultural, financial and inheritance issues. Also mentioned are interactions with the Jewish community in the area. A list of families moving from one colony to another is found on pages 56-57. 58 pages
3) Geographical Index. German & Mennonite Colonies in the Regions of Ekaterynoslav, Tavrida, Kherson and Bessarabia. 17 pages
4) Nominal Index. 26 pages

The file consists of four (4) separate indexes regarding the settlement of Prussian Mennonites to South Russia. - 54 pages

The file contains the document: "Odessa Region State Archives, Collection 252, South Russia Foreign Settler's Odessa Office (1814-1834)", This is a summary of reports for the entire population of the region included matters of law & order, marriage licenses, agricultural & financial matters. 132 pages.

This file contains the following items:
1) Katechismus oder: kurze und einfealtige Unterweisung aus der heiligen Schrift, in Frage und Antwort, feur die Kinder zum Gebrauch in den Schulen. Achte Auflage. 80 pages.
2) Glaubens-Bekenntiss und Verfassung der Mennoniten der glaubiggetauften und vereinigten Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde im Suedlichen Russland,1876. 55 pages. - 1 file (Box 241)

File consists of the following maps:

1) Karte von Hessen mit den Orten aus denen die Wolgadeutschen ausgewandert sind (1763-69), by K. Stumpp. 67x49 cm. (Map of Hessen with the areas from which the Germans originated who resettled to the Volga region.)
2) Sonderkarte aus der Auswanderungskarte Wuerttemberg und Kreisen: Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Heilbronn, Vaihingen, Leonberg, Boeblingen, Esslingen, Waiblingen, Backnang, Oehringen, Nuertingen, Tuebingen u. Reutlingen. Auswanderung in den Jahren 1804-1842 nach Suedrussland, by K. Stumpp. 56x38 cm. (Detail map of the emigration of Wuerttemberg and area. Emigration 1804-1842 to south Russia.)
3) Karte von Wuerttemberg, Baden, Pflaz und Elsass mit den Orten,aus denen die Schwarzmeerdeutschen ausgewandert sind, (1804-1842), by K. Stumpp. 48x45 cm. (Map of Wuerttemberg, Baden, Pflaz and Elsass with the areas from which the Germans originated who emigrated to the Black Sea region.)
4) Orte in Elsass-Lothringen, aus denen Auswanderungen nach Russland stattgefunden haben. (1803-1817), by K. Stumpp, 1969. 66x50 cm. (Areas in Elsass-Lothringen from which emigrants originated who relocated to Russia.)
5) Karte der Orte in Rheinland Pfalz aus denen Auswanderungen nach Suedrussland in den Jahren 1808/1810 stattgefunden haben, by K. Stumpp, 48x66 cm. (Areas of Rhineland from which emigrants originated who relocated to south Russia in 1808/1810.)
6) Orte aus denen im Jahre 1814 Auswanderungen nach Russland, insbesondere nach Bessarabien stattgefunden haben, by K. Stumpp, 1972. 50x88 cm. (Areas from which emigrants who relocated to Russia originated, specifically Bessarabia, in 1814.)

This file consists of the following items:
1) Die Wehrlosigkeit, Vortrag, gehalten auf der Allgemeinen Mennonitischen Konferenz, Juni 1917, Benjamin Unruh und Gerhard Regehr, 23 pages.
2) Peter Froese book chapter," Liebreiche Erinnerungen an die Mennonitshen Glaubens-Artikels von der Wehrlosigkeit". 38 pages. Published in 1850. He was the Elder of the Mennonite Conference in Orlofferfelde. Box 258
3) Benajmin Unruh, Concerning Nonresistance (A paper presented at the All-Mennonite Conference in Neuhalbstadt, Ukraine, 6-8 June, 1917. 15 pages. Box 261
4) Benjamin Ewert, Wichtige Dokumente betreffs der Wehrfreiheit der Mennonited in Canada. Im Selbstverlage der Canadischen Mennonitengemeinden, 1917. 16 pages
5) Anonymous, "Denkst Du Daran?" German, 9 pages
6) Heinrich H. Friesen, "Der Handreich Gegen Tschernigowka" 1918, Colonists defending their city against Machnov bandits, in Bluemental, Neu Halbstadt, Sparrau, Konteniusfeld
7) Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl, 1921, no author, German

The file includes the following documents:
1) An index of reports titled: "Odessa Region State Archives, Fond 6, Inventory 3 (1852-1856): Guardianship Committee for Foreign Settlers in Southern Russia (1799-1876)". The summaries of reports deal primarily with property management and inheritance issues. 51 pages.
2) Nominal Index. 14 pages

This file consists of the following item:
Manuscript : Namens Verzeichniss der in Deutschland Ost und Westpreussen, Galizien, Polen und Russland befindlichen Mennoniten Gemeinden, sowie ihrer Aeltesten, Lehrer und Vorsteher. - 1 file (Box 241)

This file consists of the following timeline:
1) Susana Friesen (Klassen) list of important dates from 1807 to 1922. (Possibly a genealogy). 4 pages - (1 file) Box 235

The file consists of the following documents:
1) Case Huepfer (Mennonite sect) started December 1, 1863, finished November 30, 1864. Department of Religious (Spiritual) Affairs. 42 pages.
2) Index of correspondence concerning the Evangelical Lutheran General Consistory and the formation of a new sect (Mennonite Brethren Church). 10 pages
3) Report from the Government inspection of the Mennonite educational institutions of Tavrichesk gubernia (Region) Southern Russia, March 31, 1912. 2 pages
4) Peter F. Froese, Die kirchliche Entwicklung in Russland 1949, 17 pages.

Series consists of the following file:
1) A letter from prisoner Andrei Pedasenko, a Russian young man, who was detained for proclaiming his conversion to Christianity.
He thanks his Brothers in the German colonies of Khortitza for their Christian witness. A copy of the letter written in the gothic script is translated into English 9 pages. - (1 file) Box 232

This file consists of correspondence transposed to typed manuscript:
1) Correspondence of David Goerz and his father Heinrich Goerz, Agnetha Goerz, Johann Cornies, 15 cm pages, various pagination.
2) Handwritten notes by John B, Toews, 20 pages in English. Box 232