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This series consists of textual material: including
Letters to John B Toews from 1964-1995;
An autobiography of John B. Toews; handwritten notes by the author;
Documentary portraits of B.B. Janz and Abraham A..A. Friesen. - (1 file) Box 232

This file consists of correspondence to John B Toews - 1967 to 1979 from the following writers:
Harvey and Anne Neufeld, Katharine Hooge, Justina D. Epp: Helen Toews; Duane Koenig; Alvin J Miller, C.A. DeFehr, H.H. Kornelsen, Richard H. Schmidt, Is.P. Braun, Emil O.Toews.
Also includes the 1977 Membership Card for John B. Toews in the Amrican Historical Society of Germans From Russia. - (1 file) Box 232

The file consists of textual material :
Emails between John B. Toews, Jerry Dick and John D. Thiesen discussing the book "Letters from Susan". - (1 file) Box 232

The file contains the following textual material:
1) Letters to John B. Toews from Olga Berg and Abram Berg who were ministering in Karaganda and relocated to Koeln Germany,
2) Two letters from John B. Toews to Olga Berg offering condolences to Olga Berg on the death of Abram Berg in 1993. - (1 file) Box 232

This file consists of the following:
John B. Toews received a letter from Victor Dirks who located an obituary of his grandfather Cornelius Heinrich Warkentin, 1865-1936.
A Family Group record is included in this file. - (1 file) Box 232

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

Series consists of the following files:
1) Paraguay/Canada/USA/Mexico
2) Germany
3) Russia/Ukraine
4) Poland/Holland/Danzig maps

File consists of the following maps:

1) Karte der russlanddeutschen Siedlungen in Suedamerika:Brasilien, Paraguay, Uruguay und Argentinien,
by K.Stumpp. 1960. Also on this map: Russlanddeutsche Mennonitensiedlungen im Chaco, Paraguay, Volendam und Friesland (1937) by A. Loewen. 36x58 cm. (Settlements of Germans from Russia in South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina. Also, Settlements of German Mennonites from Russia in Chaco, Paraguay, Volendam and Friesland.)
2) Die drei grossen Mennoniten-Kolonien im paraguayischen Chaco: Fernheim, Menno und Neuland. Handdrawn, responsibity not known. 46x36 cm. (The three major Mennonite colonies in Chaco, Paraguay: Fernheim, Menno and Nueland.)
3) Russlanddeutsche Siedlungen in Kanada, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario (1890), by K. Stumpp. 45x56 cm. (Settlements of Germans from Russia in Canada.)
4) Karte der russlanddeutschen Siedlungen in den USA und Mexico, (1920), by K. Stumpp. 42x64 cm. (Settlements of Germans from Russia in the USA and Mexico)

File consists of the following maps:

1) Karte von Hessen mit den Orten aus denen die Wolgadeutschen ausgewandert sind (1763-69), by K. Stumpp. 67x49 cm. (Map of Hessen with the areas from which the Germans originated who resettled to the Volga region.)
2) Sonderkarte aus der Auswanderungskarte Wuerttemberg und Kreisen: Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Heilbronn, Vaihingen, Leonberg, Boeblingen, Esslingen, Waiblingen, Backnang, Oehringen, Nuertingen, Tuebingen u. Reutlingen. Auswanderung in den Jahren 1804-1842 nach Suedrussland, by K. Stumpp. 56x38 cm. (Detail map of the emigration of Wuerttemberg and area. Emigration 1804-1842 to south Russia.)
3) Karte von Wuerttemberg, Baden, Pflaz und Elsass mit den Orten,aus denen die Schwarzmeerdeutschen ausgewandert sind, (1804-1842), by K. Stumpp. 48x45 cm. (Map of Wuerttemberg, Baden, Pflaz and Elsass with the areas from which the Germans originated who emigrated to the Black Sea region.)
4) Orte in Elsass-Lothringen, aus denen Auswanderungen nach Russland stattgefunden haben. (1803-1817), by K. Stumpp, 1969. 66x50 cm. (Areas in Elsass-Lothringen from which emigrants originated who relocated to Russia.)
5) Karte der Orte in Rheinland Pfalz aus denen Auswanderungen nach Suedrussland in den Jahren 1808/1810 stattgefunden haben, by K. Stumpp, 48x66 cm. (Areas of Rhineland from which emigrants originated who relocated to south Russia in 1808/1810.)
6) Orte aus denen im Jahre 1814 Auswanderungen nach Russland, insbesondere nach Bessarabien stattgefunden haben, by K. Stumpp, 1972. 50x88 cm. (Areas from which emigrants who relocated to Russia originated, specifically Bessarabia, in 1814.)

File consists of the following maps:

1) Barnaul-Slavgorod Settlement on the Kulunda Steppe, handdrawn by G. Fast and Linda Krahn. 22x28 cm.
2) Neu-Samara, Vollost Luyemburg, Kreis Busuluk, handdrawn by J.H Brucks and H. Hooge and Linda Krahn. 21x28 cm.
3) Nikolajewka, Kronstadt, Kolonie Ignatjewo, Bachmuter Kreis; handdrawn. 28x22 cm.
4) Molotschna Mennonite Area, Halbstadt and Gnadenfeld, Taurida Gov't District, 2 maps, drawn by J. Janzen. 20x32 cm.
5) Alexanderkrone, Molotschna, village plan in 1922-1928. D.Peters, handdrawn. 19x33 cm.
6) Burwalde, Chortitza, village plan, 1942; handdrawn. 22x36 cm.
7) Baratow-Schachtjin Siedlung, handdrawn by Jakob Redekopp and Linda Krahn. 20x26 cm.
8) Ohrloff, Molotschna village map, 1918, handdrawn by Gerhard Toews in 1976. 28x43 cm.
9) Kuban villages, Alexanderfeld and Wohldenfurst drawn by J. Wiens and Linda Krahn. 35x30 cm.
10)Die Tereker Ansiedlung, drawn by C. P. Toews and Linda Krahn, 1945. 22x28 cm. (The Terek settlement.)
11) The district of Halbstadt, 1938, supplied by Halbstadt Archives; handdrawn. 2 maps. 36x46 cm.
12) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen in Gebiet Rostow (ehem. Dongebiet).1958; by K. Stumpp. 45x41 cm. (Map of German settlements in the Rostow area (previously Don area).
13) Karte von Siedlungengsgebiete Orenburg/Ufa, Kasachstan, Kirgisien, und Siberien, 1964; by K Stumpp. 31x44 cm. (Map of settlements in the Orenburg/Ufa, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Siberia areas.)
14) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen in den Gebieten Omsk, Slawgorod and Zelinograd, 1964; by K.Stumpp. 32x60 cm. (Map of German settlements in the Omsk, Slavgorod and Zelinograd areas.)
15) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen in Raum Alt-Samara, Ufa-Dawlenkanowo, Orenburg, Neu-Samara aund Aktjubinsk, 1964: by K. Stumpp. 48x39 cm. (Map of German settlements in the Old Samara, Ufa-Dawlenkanowo, Orenburg, New Samara and Aktjubinsk areas.)
16) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im asiatischen Teil der Sowjetunion:Nord-(Siberien) und Mittelasien, 1964: by K. Stumpp. 43x60 cm. (Map of German settlements in the Soviet Union: north Asia (Siberia) and central Asia.)
17) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen in ukrainisch Wolhynien, 1961; by K. Stumpp. 35x56 cm. (Map of German settlements in Volyn, Ukraine.)
18) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Nord-und-Suedkaukasus, 1960; by K Stumpp. 44x56 cm. (Map of German settlements in north and south Caucasus.)
19) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen in den Gouv. St. Petersburg (Leningrad) und Nowgorod, 1961; by K. Stumpp. 48x40 cm. (Map of German settlements in the provinces of St. Petersburg (Leningrad) and Novgorod. )
20) Die deutschen Siedlungen auf der Halbinsel Krim, 1959; by K. Stumpp. 35x40 cm. (German settlements on the Crimean Peninsula.)
21) Karte der ehemaligen und heutigen Siedlungsbegiete der Deutschen in der Sowjetunion, 1962; by K. Stumpp. 40x67 cm. (Map of present and previous German settlements in the Soviet Union.)
22) Uebersichtskarte der heutigen Wohngebiete der Deutschen in der Sowjetunion, 1959; by K. Stumpp. 36x56 cm. (Overview of present German areas in the Soviet Union.)
23) Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet Stalino, Jekaterinoslaw und Charkow, 1958; by K. Stumpp. 46x37 cm. (Map of German settlements in the Stalino, Ekaterinoslav and Kharkiv areas.)
24) Die deutschen Mennoniten Kolonien in Russland, by K Beil, Muenchen. 31x54 cm. (The German Mennonite colonies in Russia.)
25) Herkunftslaender Wanderwege und Ansiedlungsgebiete (1763-1861) der Wolga-und Schwarzmeerdeutschen in den Mutterkolonien; responsibility unknown. 22x32 cm. (Settlement areas and emigration routes from Germany to the mother colonies in the Volga and Black Sea regions.)
26) Plan der grossen Barnauler Ansiedlung auf der kulundischen Steppe (Westsibierien); responsiblity unknown. 22x28 cm. (Plan of the large Barnaul settlement on the Kulunda steppe in west Siberia.)
27) Neuzeitliche deutsche Siedlungen im Weichfelmendungsgebiet, 1600; responsiblity unknown. 29x35 cm. (Current German settlements in the Weichfelmendungs area.)
28) Erinnerungen aus Ignatjewo im Lichte Geschichtlicher Wandlungen; responsibility unknown. 28x22 cm. (Memories of Ignatiev in the light of historical changes.)
29} Dorf Krasnoja Nr.3, Kreis Arkadak, Gebiet Saratow, RSFSR. Handdrawn by Alfred Rempel. 1993. 22x36 cm. (Village of Krasnoje No.3, Arkadak district, Saratov territory, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.)

File consists of the following maps:
1) The Vistula Delta, by William Schroeder. 28x22 cm.
2) Danzig Werder, no responsibility given. 28x22 cm. (Danzig and area.)
3) Karte der Siedlungen in Danzig-Westpreusen, aus denen Mennoniten in den Jahren 1789-1807 nach Russland ausgewandert sind, 1963, by K. Stumpp. 40x30 cm. (Map of settlements in Danzig, West Prussia from which Mennonites emigrated to Russia in 1789-1807.)
4) Plan der Stadt Danzig, c1700 (topographical), by Hendrik De Leth. 19x27 cm. (City plan of Danzig.)
5) Friesland, Holland, from Mennonite Historical Atlas, June 1990; Responsibility William Schroeder. 28x22 cm.
6) Karte fuer die Herbst “Manoeuvres des 1ier Armee Corps” im Jahre 1824. Responsibility unknown. 42x30 cm. (Map for the autumn 1824 “Manoeuvers of the First Army Corps”.)

The Series consists of the following files:
1) Tafel A, Bevoelkerungsuebersicht vom Gebiet Kriwoj Rog.
2) Tafel B, Wirtschaftsuebersicht vom Gebiet Kriwoj Rog.
3) Tafel C, Kultur und Gesunheitsuebersicht vom Gebiet Kriwoj Rog.
4) Tafel D, Zahlenmaessige Aufstellung der aus dem Gebiet Kriwoj Rog in den Jahren 1929-41 verbannten und der nach Kriegsausbruch 1941 verschleppten Deutschen.
5) Tafel E, Zahlenmaessige Zusammenstellung der aus dem Gebiete Kriwoj Rog in den Jahren 1929-1941 verbannten Deutschen, 1942.
6) Tafel F, Zahlenmaessige Aufstellung der verhungerten Deutschen aus dem Gebiet Kriwoj Rog.
7) Altersaufbau der deutschen Bevoelkerung im Gebiet Kriwoj Rog, 1855-1942

8) Tafel A, Bevolkerungsuebersicht von den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka.
9) Tafel B, Wirtschaftsuebersicht von den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka.
10) Tafel C, Kultur und Gesunheitsuebersicht von den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka.
11) Tafel D, Zahlenmaessige Aufstellung der aus den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka in den Jahren 1929-41 verbannten und der nach Kriegsausbruch 1941 verschleppten Deutschen.
12) Tafel E, Zahlenmaessige Zusammenstellung der aus den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka in den Jahren 1927-1941 verbannten Deutschen, 1943
13) Tafel F, Die verhungerten Detschen aus den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka (in den Jahren 1921/22und 1933/34)
14) Tafel G, Altersaufbau der deutschen Bevoelkerung in den Gebieten Dnepropetrovsk, Werchnednjeprowsk und Petrikowka

Series consists of the following files:

1) Audiotapes (set) of Bibles Conference messages by J.B. Toews, Feb. 19, 20, 21, 22, 1981 - (6 audiotapes) - Box 249
2) Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 4269, Lawrence Klippenstein, "Religion and Dissent in the Era of Reform: the Russian Stundobaptists, 1858-1884". 1971. (File #10) - Box 249
3) Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 4413, Waldemar Gutsche, " Westliche Quellen des Russischen Stundismus". (file #3) - Box 249
4) Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 4430, J. Pritzkau, " Geschichte der Baptisten in Sued-Russland". (File #14) - Box 249
5) Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 2204-1, Materials Related to Russian Baptists. Articles by A. Kroeker, Johannes Warns, J.G. Kargel, R.S. Latimer, David Bekker, C.A. Flugge, F. Berner, (File #13) J. Prinz, George J. Eisenach, Karl Muller, Maria Kroeker. - Box 249
6)Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 2204-5, R.S. Latimer, "Dr. Baedeker and his Apostolic Work in Russia", 1907. (File #11) - Box 249
7) Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 2204-7, I.S. Prokhanoff, " In the Cauldron of Russia 1869-1933". (file #15) - Box 249
8)Historical Commission Microfilm Pub. No. 3531, C. von Martens, "Taten Gottes im Osten" 2nd. ed. (File #12) - Box 249
9) Microfilm "Neuer Haus und Landwirtschafts-Kalender" von Odessa (1896-1898). (File #27) - Box 249
10) DVD David D. Suderman, "Riches to Rags", paper; "Out of Russia, 1910-1915" paper; Amy Greaves Sudermann Enns, "Winding Trails" and floppy disc of the same material. ?? - Box 249
11) VHS Interview with Mrs. Helene Merker and John B. Toews, May 12, 1993. - Box 249
12) Audiotapes (set)," History of Christianity I : From the End of the New Testament Era to the Reformation, by Joihn B Toews. A series of 22 audiotapes produced by Regent College, Vancouver, BC. Canada. - Box 249
13) Separation sheets, Music Awards - (1 file) - Box 249

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

This subseries consists of the following files:
1) Korosten Area, 1921-1922; 1933-1934, Census, statistics, culture, exiled, murdered, starved people; graphs.
2) Wolynien, 1920-1944, Census statistics of major cities
3) Sofiewka, 1942, Census statistics 1 file
4) Beritschew, Shitomir, report from 1942-1943, Statistics, 1 file
5) Markowetz, established 1850, 1 file; Lindowka, established 1880, 1 file, village report, no maps
6) Nikolaijewka established 1877-1878, village report. 1 file, no map
7) Neu Romaowka established 1878, 1 file, no map
8) Schepetowka, Uman, Dubno, Sofronowka, Luisendorf. 1 file; Statistics on population, mixed marriages, exiled, murdered, starved Box 256