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Jacob Buhr is seated, holding a book in his left hand. Mrs. Buhr is standing beside him, wearing a long dark dress, long chain necklace and holding a flower in her right hand.In the foreground are many roses.

This fonds contains documents pertaining to the life of William Hespeler, such as confirmation of attending the Polytechnic Institute in Karlsruhe (1847-1849), of deferment from military service in 1850, of immigration to Canada, and of naturalization as a British subject. The fonds includes the items taken to Russia in 1872 (i.e. responses from Ottawa to the Russian Mennonite inquiries about priveledges been sought such as exemption from military service). The fonds also contains various items with the autographs of individuals such as Otto von Bismark, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia, and the British monarch, Queen Victoria. The documents pertain to Hespeler's service to Canada or Germany.

Regarding a visit from Lord Dufferin. August 21. Author unknown. Handwritten, German original.

List of Mennonite villages in Manitoba and when they were established. Typed.

This fonds consists of six series:
-1) Church membership ledgers recording vital statistics
-2) Minutes of the brotherhood, ministerial, and finance committee meetings
-3) Financial records, legal documents, and correspondence
-4) Fire insurance records
-5) Bergthaler Waisenamt (aid organization) records
-6) Disbanding of the Organization.

Property assessments and census for villages of the East Reserve (Hanover area) (copies)

This series contains personal correspondence in his role as postmaster and in his various roles as a member of Bergthaler Mennonite church. There are letters from a variety of church leaders (e.g. Benjamin Ewert, Abraham Doerksen, Heinrich Doerksen, P.P. Tschetter, J. Horsch, D.P. Reimer and Peter A. Toews). The series contains his personal correspondence for the years 1929-1950. Church and personal letters are often mixed together. Many letters received by Friesen are from his children as well as from friends and acquaintances that were abroad (Paraguay, Mexico, etc.). Much of this correspondence was produced during the winter of 1929-1930 when Mr. and Mrs. Friesen were in California.

This series consists of three big financial ledgers which record the assets, liabilities and cash on hand of the organization. The series also contains important files containing legal documents and correspondence relating to the dissolution of the Waisenamt. The Waisenamt was an organization originally set up to provide aid to widows and orphans and to distribute inheritance money and property. It had its beginnings with Mennonites in Prussia, however the institution proper came into being on August 31, 1792 in the Russian Mennonite colony of Chortitza. The institution was transported along with the immigrants in 1874 to Canada. In its later years it functioned also as a bank accepting deposits and offering mortgages.

This collection contains the correspondence created and photographs collected by Anna Epp Ens in conjunction with a number of Epp family reunions and the publications associated with this family.

In 1975 the descendants of Heinrich Epp (1811-1863) met at the International Peace Gardens and Camp Koinonia south of Boissevain, Manitoba. Out of this gathering grew the request that a book be compiled and published. Anna Epp Ens took up the task supported by a book committee, which led to the publication of the book "The House of Heinrich: The Story of Heinrich Epp..."

The collection also includes files related to publishing a newsletter and organizing subsequent reunions.

In 2010 the original genealogical data published in the book was updated and distributed on a CD ROM using the shareware program, Brother's Keeper, and the original book was scanned and made available in a pdf format. These digital files are also part of this collection.

Booklet "The Education Department Act and The Public Schools Act and amendments of 1892"