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- 1917-1943 (Creation)
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10 cm of textual records
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The Gerhard Toews collection was donated to the Mennonite Library and Archives in North Newton, Kansas. John B. Toews examined the material and was given permission to have Katherine Hooge transcribe the entire collection of family letters and the Gerhard Toews memoirs. Editing and translation was done by John B. Toews.
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File consists of the following items:
1) Memoir of Gerhard Toews, 1903-1984, titled "Notitzen und Erinnerungen". German. 40 pages. Box 236
2) Translation of memoir "Gerhard Toews, Notes and Reminiscences" edited and translated by John B. Toews. 31 pages. Box 236
3) Gerhard Toews - letters to his children from 1927 to 1931. Box 236
4) Family Record sheet. Box 236
5) Hand drawn map of the village of Ohrloff, Molotschna as it was in 1918. Box 236
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German, English
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The monogram "Letters from Susan: A woman's view of the Russian Mennonite Experience. 1928-1941" was written by John B. Toews and published in 1987. It is the only material in the collection which has been translated and published to date.
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41 pages. Handwritten photocopy and typed copy transcribed by Katharine Hooge.
The memoir was edited and translated by John B Toews. It focuses on the the revolution of 1917- 1918 and the atrocities of anarchist bandit Nestor Makhno in the village of Ohrloff and the Blumenort massacre.
The collection of family correspondence is found in "Letters" Fonds 112 Series 2, File 1, folders 1-10.
GRANDMA # for Jacob W Toews #352850. GRANDMA # for Gerhard Toews # 332711.
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- Toews, Jacob Wilhelm, 1847-1933 (Subject)
- Hooge, Katherine, 1903-2001 (Subject)
- Makhno, Nestor Ivanovich, 1889-1934 (Subject)
- Toews, John B., 1934- (Subject)
- Toews, Susanna, 1892-1943 (Subject)
- Toews, Gerhard J., 1903-1984 (Subject)
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Record created 8/8/2011
Record modified May 02, 2016
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