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File consists of:
1) Diary of Peter A. Riediger, 1872-1969, titled "The Diary of our Trip to America, July 7 - August 13, 1926".
2) "My own Memories of the Trip"by Margaret Riediger
3) Maps and pictures of the family
4) "The Gracious Visit of the Czar in Lindenau, Molotschna, 1818" written by by Minister Davied Hiebert.

This file consists of the following items:
1) Diary: Vom Don an Den Fraser: Forschung und Erinnerung Eine persoenliche Famiengeschichte 173 pages. Includes a family tree on the last page.
2) Interview :in Perspktywy, Nr. 38, 17. Sept. 1976 by Olgierd Budrewicz "Our people between oceans: The last Polish Mennonite"
7 pages
3) Saturnin Sobol "On the trail of our articles In the Mennonite Museum" Perspektywy Jan. 7, 1977 no. 1, 4 pages
4) A letter from William M. Wiest, Portland Orgon who donated a copy of the two above papers. Box 238

File consists of the following item:
"Von Gott getragen: Schicksalsjahre einer mutigen Frau" diary of Agatha Matthies 1893-1970. Box 238

This file consists of a diary fragment. It appears to be written by Heinrich Friesen.
It begins on Sept 1868 and ends in August 1869.
It describes detailed weather information and activities on farming and animal husbandry.
Church services and visiting with friends are referred to in the diary.
Villages of Halbstadt, Steinfeld, Elizabethtal, Schoenau,, Schardau, Alexanderwohl, are mentioned. 11 pages. Box 238

File consists of the following items:
1) The handwritten, unpaged diary spans 1949 to 1966.
2) A letter to Agatha KLassen from Henry and Elsie Brucks
3) A letter from David John Klassen to Alexander Rempel in Germany
4) A funeral announcement for David John Klassen. Box 238

This file consists of:
1) The Diary of Dietrich Rempel, 1866-1951. This diary is a detailed daily account of the life of Dietrich Rempel for 25 years of his life, beginning in Manitoba and ending in Yarrow B.C. 158 Pages

This file consists of the following manuscripts:
1) Erinnerunen eines Beteiligten vom Leidenswege der Russland-Mennoniten aus den Jahren 1929-1947. 27 pages
2) Welcher Methoden bediente sich der Sovjet-Bolschewismus die Mennonitengruppe in Zersetzen und aufzuloesen,
(Bedanken eines Beteiligten). 7 pages - (1 file) Box 235

File consists of the following item:
1) Diary of Jakob Neufeld, titled " Tagebuch auf dem grossen Fluchttrek 1943 aus S. Russland. 97 pages
2) Der Beitrag des Deutsches Volkes zu unserer Rettung. 97 Pages

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

File consists the following items:
Diary by Elisabeth M. Andres of Newton, Kansas titled "Reise ins Land der Vorvaeter" or "Trip into the Land of our Forefathers" describing two years of the journey from Germany to U.S.A., 1937-1938.
The diary is transcribed from a handwritten to a typed manuscript by Lore Andres and Peter Andres.

File consists of the following items:
1) Diary by David Epp (1781-1843) beginning in 1837 and ending in 1843. Title: "Tagebuch gefuehrt von David Epp in Chortitz, 1937", Copy of original handwritten diary.
2) Transcribed and typed by Katherine Hooge, Saskatoon, Sask. in 1981.

File consists of:
1) Diary of Franz W Martens, 1869-1943, ecompassing the years 1869-1935. Title: Chronologische Antzeichnungen aus meinem Leben und Familien Register
2) Family Group Record

File consists of the following items:
1) "Our Life in Russia 1914-1933" a diary beginning with Anna's marriage to Julius Bergman (1880-1965) in 1914. 21 pages. Also German "Unser Leben in Russland 1914-1933", 24 pages.
2) Includes an Aug. 12, 1998 article in "Der Bote" describing the expropriation of land by the Russian government and some background into Julius Bergmann's life.
3) Includes a genealogy of Julius Bergmann on page 2.1

File consists of the following items:
1) Diary by Henry D. Rempel 1908-2010, titled "From Russia to America - a Diary" which describes the journey from Ukraine to Nebraska in 1922-1923.
2) Family register of Dietrich Heinrich Rempel, 1869-1922 and Aganetha Rempel (Fast) ,1875-1922.
3) A map of Molotschna Colonies and the years they were established.

File consists of the following items:
1) Original diary of Jacob B Janz from 1921-1923;
2) Transcription of the diary by Katharine Hooge
3) Translation of a portion of the diary by John B. Toews
4) Handwritten notes by John B. Toews. Box 238