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Notes on Heinrich Balzer. Written by Harvey Plett. Prepared for the EMC (Kleine Gemeinde) History Symposium. March 13-14. Includes cassette of speech.

Contains copied poetry from Heinrich Balzer, including a poem on the death of Klaas Reimer. Photocopy of handwritten, German original. (189 pages)

Heinrich Loewen Journal: Writings of Balzer Klaas Reimer, Peter B. Thiessen, Jansen, Nebraska. Photocopy of handwritten, German original.

Documents received courtesy of Mrs. P.K. Penner of Steinbach. Journals, sermons, poems (examples of good handwriting /Schönschreiben) created by her father, Klaas P. Reimer (1864-1937), her mother, Anna (Friesen) Mrs. Klaas P. Reimer, daugher of Cornelius Friesen, and her uncle, Abraham P. Reimer (1862-1933). Items include a scribbler into which were copied other historical documents and a notebook with poems and other writings.

• letter by Peter Isaak (Fairbanks, Texas) to his children, 23 Sept 1900
• part of Heinrich Balzer's "Faith and Reason" addressed to Aeltesters Bernhard Fast, Peter Wedel and Franz Goerz
• a page beginning " Lebens Beschreibung von Cornelius Regehr, gewesener Ältester…"
• death and funeral announcement by Abraham P. Reimer (Steinbach) upon the death of his wife, 28 July 1910
• a sermon by Klaas Friesen (1793-1870), dated 30 Dec 1845 / copied 20 May 1900.
• Schönschriften (good penmanship) created by Abraham R. and by Klaas P. Reimer in Blumenort, Manitoba ca. 1874-1875
• a book of poems transcribed by Anna P. (Friesen) (Mrs. Klaas Reimer). Include is a poems by Heinrich Balzer about the death of Heinrich Wiebe.