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Correspondence and Personal Writing
Part of John B Toews fonds
This series consists of textual material: including
Letters to John B Toews from 1964-1995;
An autobiography of John B. Toews; handwritten notes by the author;
Documentary portraits of B.B. Janz and Abraham A..A. Friesen. - (1 file) Box 232
Part of John B Toews fonds
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
Toews, Jacob Wilhelm, 1847-1933
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of a Board of Publications meeting. Seated are (l-r) Don Kornelsen, _____, Helmut Schroeder, John Eckert, Frank Isaac, Victor Toews, Abe Kroeker, Helmut Huebert, and [John Toews?].
Part of John B Toews fonds
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
Toews, Gerhard J., 1903-1984
Part of John B Toews fonds
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
Schellenberg, Bernhard J., 1879-1966
Part of John B Toews fonds
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
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Part of Jacob Hoemsen fonds
Negatives only. Four similar neg., 1 closer up, 1 further away & 2 in between in size. Informal photo showing him sitting at a desk. Old en. stated: Calgary, T4-2-64.
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Part of John B Toews fonds
The file consists of textual material :
Emails between John B. Toews, Jerry Dick and John D. Thiesen discussing the book "Letters from Susan". - (1 file) Box 232
Dick, Jerry Edward, 1946-
Articles from Volksfreund, 1918
Part of John B Toews fonds
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
Part of John B Toews fonds
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.
Toews, Gerhard, 1911-1971
Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Wisconsin
Part of John B Toews fonds
Institute of advanced studies at the University of Wisconsin include 9 males and 2 females. John B Toews is the first person standing on the left of the picture.
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Informal conversation at the 8th Mennonite World Conference
"We talked to each other." Note on back of the first of several photos of men in informal conversation. In the photo designated a) John Wieler is at left talking to an unidentified man older than himself, in front of the MCC display. In b) Peter Harms of Snowflake (Man.?) (at left) talks to David Schroeder of Winnipeg. In c) Gerhard Lohrenz (left) talks to Bill Snyder. In d) C. J. Rempel of Kitchener (left) talks to John B. Toews of Fresno, CA. In e) 4 men seated at t table are in discussion but only I, C. J. Dyck is identified.
Dave Kroeker?
11 members of the Mennonite Historical Society board standing around a table at the Mennonite Historical Society office. Men (Left to right): John B. Toews, Robert Martens, Peter Neudorf, Wilfred Penner, Jim Baerg, Richard Thiessen, Harold Klassen, Harry Heidebrecht. Women (left to right): Mariann Jantzen, Connie Braun, Louise ( Bergen) Price.
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Speaker at the memorial plaque dedication was John B. Toews standing in front of Garden Park Towers building.
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