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This file consists of the following items:
Translated articles on the subject of Self Defense during the Revolution in 1918, written by A. Klassen, Jacob Martens, H. Neufeld, Peter Braun, Elder H. Unruh, Abraham Kroeker, H. Neufeld. Some anonymous articles are included. The work of Mennonite Medics is described. - (1 file) Box 255

This file consists of the following article:
1) Anonymous, The Selbstschutz in the Halbstadt Volost (1918-1919). name withheld.; from B.B. Janz Papers. translated by John B. Toews.
2) N.H. Unruh of Morris letter "Recollections, 1969" describes his experience of serving in Halbstadt in the Selbstschutz in 1918. This evaluation of the Selbstschutz movement and of Makhno bands tells of the Selbstschtz's collapse. It is translated by John B. Toews. 4 pages. - (1 file) Box 255

File consists of the following:
1) B. Schellenberg, "Chortitza, August 1919" from Christlicher Familien Kalender (1920), translated by John B. Toews, 9 handwritten pages
2) D. Neufeld, "Letter of a War Prisoner, Petrograd, July 1917" from Molotschnaer Flugblatt, August 12, 1917, 4. Translated by John B. Toews,, 2 pages - (1 file) Box 255

This series consists of the following topics or places indexed:
1) Alternative Service, 6 pages - (1 file) Box 260
2) School teachers 13 pages; and Migration, 10 pages - (1 file) Box 260
3) Asiatic Russia, 4 pages; Crimea, 1 page; Caucasus, 1 page, Siberia, 8 pages. - (1 file) Box 260
4) Colonies of Chortitza, 30 pages; Molotschna, 18 pages; Gruenfeld & Baratov, 3 pages; Jazykovo,& Nikolaipol, 2 pages; Memrick & New York & Bachmut, 3 pages; Orenburg, 6 pages; Sagradowka 2 pages; - (1 file) Box 260
5) Letters from Russia, mainly from Der Bote, 4 cm of indexes and Bibel und Pflug, Vorwaerts, and Mennonitische Rundschau - (1 file) Box 260
6) General Articles from Der Bote,17 pages; Zionsbote, 4 pages; Vorwaerts, 6 pages; Unser Blatt, 9 pages. - (1 file) Box 260

This file consists of: 2 folders Reports and minutes of the Verband der Buerger Hollaendischer Herkunft in der Ukraine, VBHH; ( Union of Citizens of Dutch Heritage in Ukraine) 1922-1927; .Janz, B.B. "Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl" German, 8 pages. Box 241

• Neufeld, Jacob, Memories of the Former Activities of the the Verband by a Participant in the Union of the Citizens of Dutch Origin in the Ukraine. 65, page. Translation by John B. Toews. 29 pages

4) Union of Citizens of Dutch Lineage: A Matter of Life and Death; Study Commission, Statistics 1923-1928.Box 241
5) Correspondence from B.B Janz to A. A. Friesen and B.H. Unruh in 1922.
6) Letter to the Mennonite Colonization Association of North America Ltd. from B.B. Janz of VBHH regarding details about immigration lists and contracts with the CPR, 1923, 11 pages. German Box 241
6) Jacob Neufeld, "Memories of the Former Activities of the Union by A Participant in the Union of Citizens of Dutch Lineage in Ukraine". 65 pages; translated by Lena Unger, in partial fulfillment of the course Mennonite History, Life and Principles, 1953.
A second translation of this paper by John B. Toews, is included in this file. 31 pages.Box 241

This file consists of Correspondence between
1) Jacob W,. Toews and his son Gerhard .J Toews in Canada
2) Susanna Toews, daughter in Ohrloff
3) Agnes Toews, daughter in Orloff
4) Kornlelius Toews, Waldheim, Brother
5) Peter J Toews, Ohrloff, son

• (1 file) Box 232

1) In 1928 Gerhard J Toews received letters from his father Jacob W. Toews, and siblings Ages Toews, Peter J, Toews ,
2) Letters from Kornelius Toews and Peter P. Hiebert, nephew.
3) The news from Ohrloff describes the impact of the First Five Year Plan, house searches, poor harvest are noted.

• (1 file) Box 232

This file contains
1) Letters from Jacob W. Toews to Gerhard J Toews , Peter Toews, Susanna Toews, Mariechen Toews, Agnes Toews, Peter Hiebert, Anna Hiebert.
2) Translation of an unsigned 2-page essay "Collectivization and an Ohrloff, Molotschna Family Letter from 1927 to 1934".
Translator John B Toews. - (1 file) Box 232

This file consists of the following:
1) The anonymous article is translated from German by John B.Toews. Then and Now describes the moral and ethical condition of Mennonites in the aftermath of war and revolution and life under Communist rule. 10 pages. - (1 file) Box 241

File consists of the following item:
1) Reimer, Adolf A. "How did it happen?" (includes 27 handwritten pages translated by John B. Toews) from Rundschau, Kalender (1930), 38-54). - (1 file) Box 255

This subseries consists of the following:
The story of the AMR; The University and Contemporary Christianity; General Congresses of VBHH (Verband der Bürger holländischer Herkunft); Anny, Sheltered in the Arms of God; The Land Question and notes on other assorted topics

This file consists of the following items:
1) Letters from Mariechen, Elisabeth, Susanna, Gerhard and their father Jacob W. Toews - Box 232
2) Letter from son, Kornelius Toews. - Box 232

File consists of the following items:
1) Memoir of Gerhard Toews, 1903-1984, titled "Notitzen und Erinnerungen". German. 40 pages. Box 236
2) Translation of memoir "Gerhard Toews, Notes and Reminiscences" edited and translated by John B. Toews. 31 pages. Box 236
3) Gerhard Toews - letters to his children from 1927 to 1931. Box 236
4) Family Record sheet. Box 236
5) Hand drawn map of the village of Ohrloff, Molotschna as it was in 1918. Box 236