Showing 28 results

This file consists of the following:
1) Nicholas Fehderau, Aus der Hoehe in die Tiefen: Erinnerungen aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendjahren in Sued Russlaand"; 866 pages. Book 1: 1904-1924 Meine Lebensgeschichte ;
Book 2: 1908-1914, Neu Halbstadt- Mein Heimort;
Book 3: 1914-1917, Der erste Weltkrieg;
Book 4: 1917,1918, Revolution und Beurgerkrieg;
Book 5 & 6: Im Schatten des Todes 1919-1920; Es geht immer tiefer hinab,1921-1922;
Book 7 & 8: Ein schwerer Kampf um's Dasein; 1922-1923;
Book 8: Im Zeichen der Auswanderung, mein letztes Jahr in der alten Heimet, 1923-1924. - (6 files) Box 241

File consists of the following item:
1) "Through the Valley of the Shadow"; biography of Johann Peter Unruh 1894-1987, written by his son Wilfred Unruh in 1957. - (1 file) Box 234

File consists of the following:
1) B. Schellenberg, "Chortitza, August 1919" from Christlicher Familien Kalender (1920), translated by John B. Toews, 9 handwritten pages
2) D. Neufeld, "Letter of a War Prisoner, Petrograd, July 1917" from Molotschnaer Flugblatt, August 12, 1917, 4. Translated by John B. Toews,, 2 pages - (1 file) Box 255

File consists of the following item:
1) Heinrich Heinrich Klassen (1888-1972) autobiography. Special attention is devoted to his life in Russia from 1888-1924. He describes the establishment of the Selbstschutz (self-defense) of Mennonite colonies. - (1 file) Box 233

This file consists of the following items:
1) Peter Nickel "Der Selbstschutz, 1918-1919" . 84 pages. Box 255
2) Anonymous," Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl, 1920-1921, German, 8 pages, Organizational meeting in Alexanderwohl,

This file contains the following articles:
1) Abram Baerg, Reflections and Recollections on Blumenort, 1919. 11 pages
2) Die Tragoedie von Blumenort, Part 1. Lists of the murdered citizens. 19pages.
3) Harry Dyck, Blumenort; An Episode related at Harry Dyck's Golden Wedding. - (1 file) Box 255

The file consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 1-5 - (1 file) Box 234
2) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 6-9 - (1 file) Box 234
3) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 10-12 - (1 file) Box 234
4) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 13-14 - (1 file) Box 234

This file contains the following Manuscript:
1) George G. Thielman " The Mennonite 'Selbstschutz' in the Ukraine during the Revolution", p.50 -60, photocopied from a book, title not known. - (1 file) Box 255

File consists of the following items:
1) "My Life: the Russian Years, 1900-1919, autobiography of Gerhard Wiens (1900- ). Edited by James Urry and used in his research for his doctoral thesis at Oxford University. 61 pages.
2) Memories of my Trip to Russia in 1914 by Olga Wiens

• (1 file) Box 235

File consist of the following:
1) Memoir, "Notes from the last years of Revolution and the years immediately after the Revolution, as we experienced them in Russia" by Jacob John Bartels. Wife Katharina (nee Wiens), 1889-1961.
This memoir is 68 pages.
2) Includes a family register of the Jacob Bartels family
3) Included is a letter to John B Toews from Ross Bartels from Minneapolis, Minnesota. - (1 file) Box 235

File consists of the following:
1) "He Has Qualified Us: Memories of our parents Henry and Sara Kornelsen", autobiography of Henry Kornelsen, 1890-1974 and Sara Reimer Kornelsen, 1897-2003. Translated into English by daughter Elvira Dueck in 1995.
2) Kornelsen family register beginning in 1858.
3) How Small Events and Happenings Contributed to a Large Mennonite Emigration in 1923 by H.H. Kornelsen, translated by John B. Toews. 12 pages.
-- All documents contained in one file, Box 233

File consists of the following items:
1) Diary of Martin Hamm, 1869-1919 which ecompasses the years 1908 - 1918. Martin Hamm was murdered by bandits in 1919.
2) Letter by son, Martin Hamm who rescued the manuscript from Russia and rewrote and typed it in 1975.
3) Handdrawn map of Borosenko Colony and some neighbouring villages.

This file consists of the following article:
1) Anonymous, The Selbstschutz in the Halbstadt Volost (1918-1919). name withheld.; from B.B. Janz Papers. translated by John B. Toews.
2) N.H. Unruh of Morris letter "Recollections, 1969" describes his experience of serving in Halbstadt in the Selbstschutz in 1918. This evaluation of the Selbstschutz movement and of Makhno bands tells of the Selbstschtz's collapse. It is translated by John B. Toews. 4 pages. - (1 file) Box 255

This file consists of the following:
1) P. Arskanov, " Die Machno Era" 7 pages.
2) Anonymous, "Bericht aus der Machnowze-Zeit" 7 pages.
3) P. Arskinow, " Geschichte der Machnowschen Bewegung" (1918-1922), 10 pages. 3 files. Box 255

This file consists of letters and and information:
1) A bibliography of information about The Selbstschutz of the Mennonites in the Ukraine 1918-1919 compiled by Gerhard Lohrenz
2) Letters from David Koop, Jacob Cornelius Toews, Leamington, Ontario; A. Janzen; Cornelius Krahn, North Newton Kansas, B.J. Dick, Coaldale Alberta, John P. Dyck, Springstein, Manitoba
3) Gerhard Lohrenz letter CONFIDENTIAL , regarding Preacher Cornelius Janzen of Sagradowka. - (1 file) Box 255