This series consists of correspondence and translations of the correspondence primarily between Aganetha Wiebe in Russia and to her daughter Helena Dyck in Canada.
This fonds includes letters and photographs sent by Aganetha Wiebe in Russia to her daughter Helena Dyck who lived in Canada, 1930-1939, and to her brother Gerhard Klasssen in Germany in 1944. The letters reflect the economic situation in South Russia, the lifestyle, religious beliefs and events experienced by Aganetha, including her flight to Poland in 1944. There is also material about Aganetha’s son Abram, his wife Ira and son Walter. Many of the letters were transcribed and translated by Anganetha’s granddaughter, Ruth Wood (nee Ruth Dyck) in 1994. The photographs capture a sampling of various family members and events from the 1896 engagement of Aganetha Klassen to Peter G. Wiebe, to a Wiebe family reunion in Petershagen, Germany in 1995.
This is a photo of (left to right): Anna Regehr, Netl Regehr (Wiebe), Sigrid Wiebe (Rempel), Olga Wiebe, Walter (Walterlein) Wiebe and Ruth Wood (Dyck). They are standing on the lawn between two flower beds with a chain-link fence behind them. Behind the fence is a field of tall grass with trees and a house in the distance.
This is a photo of Liese (Loewen) Wiebe with her children on the steps in front of an open doorway. Standing in the back are (left to right): Peter and Paul. Sitting on a chair is Liese with Nettie on her lap. In front are (left to right): Walter Peter and Suzanna. This photo was taken after Peter was "taken" in 1937. This is a photocopy.
A coloured drawing of two chicks and two mice with a story line in the form of a poem, that Ira Wiebe sent to her son Walter while she was sentenced to work as a pharmacist in a Siberian prison from 1933-1938.
