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This subseries consists of the following;
1) Correspondence between Abraham A. Friesen, member of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, and Henry J. Willms. Some are handwritten and some are typed.
2) A table of contents of the letters and a brief description of each letter was produced by Helena, daughter of Abraham.A. Friesen

Series consists of the following file:
1) A letter from prisoner Andrei Pedasenko, a Russian young man, who was detained for proclaiming his conversion to Christianity.
He thanks his Brothers in the German colonies of Khortitza for their Christian witness. A copy of the letter written in the gothic script is translated into English 9 pages. - (1 file) Box 232

The subseries consists of the following files:
1) Adelsheim, Chortitza Colony, established 1824, 1 file, village map
2) Blumengart,Chortitza Colony, established 1824, 1 file, village map
3) Burwalde, Chortitza Colony, established 1803, 1 file, village map
4) Chortiza village, Chortitza Colony, established1879, 1 file, no map
5) Einlage, Chortitza, Colony, established 1790, 1 file, village map
6) Franzfeld, Chortitza Colony, established, 1869, 1 file, village map
7) Hochfeld, Chortitza Colony, established 1869, 1 file, village map (1942)
8a) Kronstal, Chortitza Colony, established,1809, village map
8b) Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony, established 1789, 1 file, village map
9) Nikolaifeld, Chortitza Colony, established 1869, 1file, no map
10) Neuenburg, Chortitza Colony, established 1789, 1 file, village map
11) Neuendorf, Chortitza Colony, established 1790, 1 file, village map
12) Neuhorst, Chortitza Colony, established 1927, 1 file, village map
13) Osterwick, Chortitza Colony, established 1812, 1 file, village map
14) Rosengart, Chortitza Colony, established 1924, 1 file, village map
15) Schoeneberg, Chortitza Colony, established, 1815, 1 file, village map
16) Schoenhorst, Chortitza Colony, established 1780, 1 file, village map Box 254

This sub series consists of letters from David Goertz to his family.
1) Photocopied letters are faint and hard to read. They are in the Gothic script. 1863 - Box 232

This subseries consists of the following files:
1) Boschedarowka City, established 1942,1 file., no map
2) Fischerdorf, established 1783, 1 file, village map
3) Gnadental, established 1872, 1 file, no map
4) Hindenburg, established 1884, 1file, village map
5) Hochberg, established 1890,1 file, village map
6) Hula-Pole, established 1942,1 file, village map
7) Jamburg, established 1789, 1 file,village map
8) Josefstal, established 1789, 1 file, village map
9) Katarinowka, established 1882, 1 file, village map
10) Streu Deutsche, established 1942, 1 file, no map Box 255

This file consists of the following:
1) An introductory biographical essay by Paul Tiessen, 5 pages. English language
2) Letters by Gerhard Reimer and Gertrude Reimer, 18 cm. unpaged, Written in German in the Gothic scrip
3) Letter to Familie Issak From Grete und Franz Thiessen, written in1926 in Rosthern Sask, 1 page

This subseries consists of the following:
The story of the AMR; The University and Contemporary Christianity; General Congresses of VBHH (Verband der Bürger holländischer Herkunft); Anny, Sheltered in the Arms of God; The Land Question and notes on other assorted topics

The subseries consists of the following:
1) Letters of Heinrich J. Thiessen of Michailowka, Siberia writing to his siblings in Mountain Lake, U.S.A. He describes village life as he observed it.
2) John B Toews translated portions of some of the letters which were sent to him by Katherine Hooge.
3) Thiessen, Franz und Grete, written to Familie Isaak in 1926 in Rosthern Sask., 1 page

Subseries 1 contains the following 2 files:
1) Introduction:Origin of the Reports by Adam Giesinger 4 pages and List of Mennonite Settlements in Russia, 36 pages
2) Molotschna Village Questionnaires (1942), A Summary of Data in the Surviving ""Stumpp Commando" Molotschna Village Questionnaires. These statistics enumerate the Volksdeutche who were exiled,forcibly evacuated, recruited in the Red Army, Separated families and Complete families. The DorfKarte , (Village Reports) include the following:
Alexanderkrone, Alexandertal, Altonau, Blumenort, Fischau, Friedensdorf, Friedensruh, Gnadenheim, Gandental, Halbstadt, Hamberg, Hirschnau, Kleefeld, Konteniusfeld, Ladekopp, Landskrone, Lichtenau, Lebenau, Lindenau, Margenau, Mariawohl, Muensterberg, Neukirch, Orlow, Paulheim,Petershagen, Pragenau, Rosenort, Schoenau, Schoensee, Sparrau, Steinfeld, Gross-Tokmak, Tiege, Tiegenhagen, Waldheim
3) List of German Settlements with present Russian names
4) Dr. Karl Stumpp reports: Zusammenfassender Bericht Ueber die duetschen Siedlungen im ehemaligen Wolyynien, d.h. den heutigen Generalbezirken Uman, das zu Kiew zaehlt; 9 pages; Piatichatki, Dnjepropetrowsk, 11 pages; 10 Deutschen Siedlungen des Gebietes Pjatichatki Generalbezirk Dnjepropetrowsk, 11 pages; Bericht ueber Siedlungen in den Gebieten Dnjepropetrowsk;Petrikoewka und Werchnje-Dnjeprowsk,, 9 pages.
5) Correspondence, extensive official correspondence of Karl Stumpp, 20 cm of text including telegrams, reports, requests with officials, P. Busse, Gerhard Fast, in 1943. Box 254
6) Statistics material regarding the Chortiza Colony with graphs and tables compiled by K. Stumpp. 4cm