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John P. Dyck miscellaneous files related to Mennonite life and history

This series includes a few items from Russia collected by J.P. Dyck such as a pre-1917 collection of postcards, letters, several songbooks, inheritance distribution contract and a diary of Franz P. Toews from 1901-1915. The series also contains J.P. Dyck's notes and files related to Mennonite history which include insights on books he read, lesson outlines for church and Mennonite history presented at Springstein Mennonite Church, excerpts from his father's Tagebuch (diary) which J.P. Dyck edited and published, several maps and correspondence with James Urry. Other files pertain to his interests in and / or his involvement with organizations and events such as Jugendvereine (Youth Endeavour Meetings), North Kildonan Funeral Aid Society, Senior Citizen's Camp, Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Christian Investors in Education, Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen, Manitoba Mosaic Congress, Hutterites and Germantown Mennonite Church. Photos relate to Russia 1896-1898 and to MCI (Gretna, Manitoba) around 1930.

Dyck, John P., 1901-1990