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The Series consists of the following files:
1) General Information - (1 file) Box 269
2) Bachman, Michael - (1739 -1785) - (1 file) Box 269
3) Balzer, Heinrich born 1881 and Sara Neumann born 1884 - (1 file) Box 269
4) Banmann - (1 file) Box 269
5) Bartel - (1 file) Box 269
6) Goossen - (1 file) Box 269
7) Guenther - (1 file) Box 269
8) Janzen - (1 file) Box 269
9) Kaethler - (1 file) Box 269
10) Klassen - (1 file) Box 269
11) Martens - (1 file) Box 269
12) Neufeld - (1 file) Box 269
13) Reimer - (1 file) Box 269
14) Schmidt - (1 file) Box 269
15) Schroeder - (1 file) Box 269
16) Spenst - (1 file) Box 269
17) Voth - (1 file) Box 269
18) Von Riesen - (1 file) Box 269
19) Wall - (1 file) Box 269
20) Wiens - (1 file) Box 269
21) Willms/Thun - (1 file) Box 269

This file consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Heimkehr" by B.B. Janz translated from German by daughter Martha Dueck, nee Janz. January, under the title "Follow Their Example" 1999. 13 pages.
Kurze Biographie des Bruder B.B. Janz von H.H. Kornelsen, Coaldale Alberta, 2 pages.
Abschiedsrede von Bruder B.B. Janz; 6 pages. Box 234
2) "Benjamin B. Janz (1877-1964): A Russian Mennonite Moses" by John B. Toews, 21 pages. Box 234
3) Commemorative Service program 1945, 12 pages.
4) "Profiles of Mennonite Faith Benjamin B.Janz (1877-1964), 2 pages of text and 2 photos taken in 1925 and 1950.
5) "Mother - Maria Rogalsky Janz" 5 pages. Box 234
6) Birthday greeting, Hand printed with a song from from Glaubensstimme songbook # 625.
7) Memorial Funeral Service for B.B. Janz with photo. Garden Chapel Funeral Homes, Abbotsford, B.C. Box 234
8) Margaret Martens Janz, "As I Remember Him" written by Janz's daughter-in-law. 7 handwritten pages"B.B. Janz: Notes Made by his Brother, Jacob B Janz", Coaldale, Alberta. (family history and letters) .Taken from "Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Vol1 no.1, 50 pages; English translation
9) Janz, Jacob B "Benjamin B. Janz: Nach Aufzeichnungen seines lieblichen Bruders. Written by Janz's brother.12 pages;
Jacob B. Janz, "B.B. Janz: Notes made by his brother, Jacob B Janz", Coaldale, Alberta. (family history and letters) .Taken from "Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Vol1 no.1, 50 pages; English translation by Jacob B. Janz;
B.B. Janz correspondence taken from the A.A. Friesen Collection in North Newton Kansas.
To Dutch Mennoninte Relief Agency 1921;
To Study Commission for Foreign Emergencies, 1922;
To Study Commission Board, 1922; to B.H. Unruh, 1922;
To Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, 1922 & 1923;
To Leading Brethren of the Conferences and Organizations of the Mennonites in America, 1922 , 1923; To
Mennonite Colonization Association of North America and the Mennonite Executive Committee of Colonization, 1923;
To The Representatives of the Russian Mennonites Abroad, 1923; To The Brothers Peter H. Unruh and David Toews, 1923;
To The Representatives of the American Mennonite Churches. 1923;
To Mennonite Committees in Canada and the United States; 1924;
To The executive of the Mennonite Colonization Association.of North America 1924; 1925;
To David Toews , 1925;
To my dear ones in Tiege, 1926;
To Leadership of the Colonization Authorities in Canada, 1925
10) Tribute to the Janz family by Mary Neumann (Janz), 5 pages. - (1 file) Box 235.
11) J.J. Thiessen, Begraebnisansprache, gehalten gelegentlich der Beerdigung des heimatgegangenen Bruder's B.B. Janz in Coaldale am 20 October 1964. 4 pages

This fonds consists of 35 photographs, mostly taken in Russia, of the extended Goossen family that lived on the Wintergruen estate, founded by Jacob Goossen (1858-1920). The photos are of high quality and show a wealthy Mennonite family in Russia. Included is a rare photograph of the interior of the Schoensee Mennonite Church.

This photo is a portrait of A.A. Friesen. He is wearing a dark jacket with a high collar, and large buttons down the front. He also has a long fine moustache.

This photo is a portrait of A.A. Friesen. He is wearing a dark suite jacket with a vest and polka-dot tie. The shirt has a high collar. He also has a long fine moustache and is wearing glasses.

This photo is a portrait of A.A. Friesen. He is wearing a dark suite jacket with a vest and dark tie. The shirt has a high collar. He also has a long fine moustache and is wearing glasses.

This photo is of (Die Lehrer und das Directorium der Halbstädter Kommerzschule) the directors and teachers of the Halbstadt Commerce School in the Molotschna Colony. The 18 men are posing for a photo outside of a brick building. The men in the directors are seated in the front row and the teachers are standing in the back row. Front row (l-r) Heinrich Schroeder, B. Neufeld, D. Dück, Jacob Sudermann, Director Ziegler, Joahnn Willms, Klassen, Jacob Willms, Heinrich Franz. Back row: Herman Dyck, Peter Letkemann, Kulisenin, Abraham A. Friesen, Kritzkij, Russian orthodox priest, Benjamin H. Unruh, Ostrow, Furnier. This photo with the cardboard frame is 42 x 31 cm and will be placed in the oversized collection. This photo is identified in "Als Ihre Zeit Erfüllt War", p. 71.

This photo is a portrait of A.A. Friesen. He is wearing a dark suite jacket with a vest and dark tie. The shirt has a high collar. He also has a moustache and is wearing glasses.

This file consists of the following items:
1) Charter and dissolution, Constitution and mandate. 15 files
2) Correspondence, Letter from P.F. Froese to A Warkentin, 1929 , 3 pages
3) Reports
4) Manuscripts
5) Publications ( Files 1-15 ) Box 240

This photo is a portrait of Abram A. Friesen (A. A. Friesen). He is wearing a suit jacket, vest polka-dot tie and a high color shirt. He has glasses, long moustache and small goatee.

This series contains the following:
1) Correspondence and documents, February to December 1921
2) Correspondence and documents, January to March 1922
3) Correspondence and documents, April to May 1922
4) Correspondence and documents, June to July 1922
5) Correspondence and documents, August to September, 1922
6) Correspondence and documents, October, November, December, 1922
7) Correspondence and documents, January, February, 1923
8) Correspondence and documents, March, April, May, 1923
9) Correspondence and documents, June, July, August, 1923
10) Correspondence and documents, September to December, 1923
11) Correspondence and documents, January, February, 1924
12) Correspondence and documents, March, April, May, 1924
13) Correspondence and documents, June, July, August, 1924
14) Correspondence and documents, September, October, 1924
15) Correspondence and documents, November, December, 1924
16) Correspondence and documents, January to May, 1925
17) Correspondence and documents, June to December, 1925 - (17 files) Box 257

Includes minutes of meetings and correspondence from various village leaders of movement and others including A.A. Friesen. Transliteration by Peter Rempel included.