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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 the following items:
1) "Journal Ruekkenau, 1857" by Dietrich Gaeddert, contains important statistics re: colony populations figures.
2) Tagebuch, 1860-1876
3) Lectures, Sermons 1837-1900

File consists of the following items stored in Box 237
1) Jacob Epp Diary 1860
2) Jacob Epp Diary 1861
3) Jacob Epp Diary 1862
4) Jacob Epp Diary 1863
5) Jacob Epp Diary 1864
6) Jacob Epp Diary 1865
7) Jacob Epp Diary 1866
8) Jacob Epp Diary 1867
9) Jacob Epp Diary 1868
10) Jacob Epp Diary 1869
11) Jacob Epp Diary 1870
12) Jacob Epp Diary 1871
13) Jacob Epp Diary 1872
14) Jacob Epp Diary 1873
15) Jacob Epp Diary 1874
16) Jacob Epp Diary 1875
17) Jacob Epp Diary 1876
18) Jacob Epp Diary 1877
19) Jacob Epp Diary 1878
20) Jacob Epp Diary 1879, 1880. Box 237

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 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:
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:
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.

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

File consists of the following items:
Diary of Peter Dyck titled "Tagebuch - 1904". It details the movements and some statistics of the medical corpse in the Russian-Japanese War.

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 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 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 and Correspondence of John K. Siemens, 1892-1976 spanning the years 1917-1923.

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 of:
1) Diary of Orie O. Miller, 1892-1977, titled "Personal Diary of Orie O. Miller covering his trip into the Mennonite Communities of South Russia, October 6 - 20,1920". The trip involved sending material help to Russia. This was the beginning of Mennonite Central Committee.
2) GAMEO biography of Orie O. Miller