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Autobiography of Gerhard J Derksen, "Lebensgeschichte von Gerhard J. Derksen, Yarrow, B.C." written in 1961. - (1 file) Box 235

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Autobiography, "Mein Lebenslauf" by H. J. Willms - (1 file) Box 235

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Etwas aus meinem Leben, an autobiogrpahy of Abram P. Willms. 80 pages. - (1 file) Box 235

This file consists of the following item:
"Recollections from my Childhood and Life by Nickolai N. Friesen written in 1977-1980 for my children and grandchildren". Translated by Helen Friesen Arlitt. Edited by Jane Herstine Friesen. Clearbrook, British Columbia, Canada. 82 pages. - (1 file) Box 235

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The life story of Peter Dueck, 44 pages of handwritten life story. BOX 234

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

This file consists of the contributions of C.F. Klassen:
He was an outstanding leader and administrator in Mennonite relief and colonization work in Russia, Canada and Europe. He worked in the Canadian Board of Colonization and laid the foundation of the MCC. He was the general director of MCC work in Europe. He oversaw the migration of over 10,00 Russian Mennonites .refugees. A full biography is found in the GAMEO database.

File consists of the following items:
1) Diary by David Epp (1781-1843) beginning in 1837 and ending in 1843. Title: "Tagebuch gefuehrt von David Epp in Chortitz, 1937", Copy of original handwritten diary.
2) Transcribed and typed by Katherine Hooge, Saskatoon, Sask. in 1981.

File consists of the following items:
1) Diary by Henry D. Rempel 1908-2010, titled "From Russia to America - a Diary" which describes the journey from Ukraine to Nebraska in 1922-1923.
2) Family register of Dietrich Heinrich Rempel, 1869-1922 and Aganetha Rempel (Fast) ,1875-1922.
3) A map of Molotschna Colonies and the years they were established.

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1) A diary by Dietrich Neufeld describing the revolution in Russia between September 1919 and February 1920. "Ein Tagebuch aus dem Reiche des Totentanzes" published in Emden in 1921. Box 238

This file consists of a diary fragment. It appears to be written by Heinrich Friesen.
It begins on Sept 1868 and ends in August 1869.
It describes detailed weather information and activities on farming and animal husbandry.
Church services and visiting with friends are referred to in the diary.
Villages of Halbstadt, Steinfeld, Elizabethtal, Schoenau,, Schardau, Alexanderwohl, are mentioned. 11 pages. Box 238

The file contains the following items:
1.1) B.B. Janz Travel documents for the Canadian Pacific Railway Lines and receipts for travel taken contained in a small wallet.
B.B. Janz Identity Card issued by the Verband der Buerger Hollaendischer Herkunft in der Ukraine, issued June 22, 1924.
1.2) Jacob P. Becker Poem "Aussang und Fortgang der Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde-, 5 pages,1 file (Box 241)
1.3) Sermons and Ecclesiastical Affairs - 1 file (Box 241)
1.4) John P. Isaac correspondence with B.B. Janz regarding the Harbin immigrants of 1926 - 1 file (Box 241)
1.5) Letters to B.B. Janz, Peter Baerg - 1 file (Box 241)
1.6) Letters to B.B. Janz from daughter Helen Janz Thiessen - 1963-1964 - 1 file (Box 241)
1.7) The Land Question, 1923. Soviet of the People's Commissars of the Ukranian Socialist Republic correspondence with B.B. Janz , P.F. Froese, C.F. Klassen and others. Translated Russian Language Materials from the A.A. Friesen Collection, North Newton, Kansas. Handwritten notes by John B. Toews are included. 1 file (Box 241)
1.8) Russian Mennonite Documents, 1922-1924. Brief translations from Russian language into English. War Reparations, Emigration Movement, B.B. Janz Correspondence. - 1 file (Box 241)
1.9) Mennonite Emigration, 1921-1922, Russian Rules and Regulations. Minutes of the All-Russian Central Committee, 1921. Correspondence of B.B. Janz - 1 file (Box 241)
1.10) Mennonite Emigration, 1923-1925. Russian regulations imposed on Mennonites in the Russian language...abbreviated translations into English. Extensive correspondence with B.B. Janz - 1 file (Box 241)
1.11) Reports and Newspaper articles; 1921-1925. Hollenders by F. Mossenko with translation. Articles from "Communist" Newspaper, 1924; "Die Arbeit" 1924. - 1 file (Box 241)

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1) Manuscript titled " Project for the Economic Reconstruction of the Nikolaipol District of Ekaterinoslav". - 1 file (Box 241)

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1) David P. Sudermann essay presented at the Federation of East European Family History Societies, 2005, "From Riches to Rags: Gutsbesitzer in South Russia, 1830-1920". - 1 file (Box 241)

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H.G. Mannhardt "Jahrbuch der Altevangelischen Taufgessinnten Mennoniten Gemeinden. 176 pages. - 1 file (Box 241)