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File consists of the following:
1) "Lebens Erfahrung von Abraham Klassen um eine Kunde zu hinterlassen fuer seine Nachkommenschaft", autobiography of Abraham Klassen, 1880-1934. - (1 file) Box 233

File consists the following items:
1) "Insel in der Steppe: Erlebnisse des Haeftlings", Autobiography, 98 pages
2) A list of 91 residents of Blumenort and neighbouring villages who were forced into prison camps and eventually perished.
3) "The World of Abram Berg (1912-1993)", an essay translated and edited by John B Toews
4) Correspondence from Olga Berg to John B. Toews. March 3, 1995.
5) Eight photographs of Abram Berg in Karaganda
6) One 4" floppy disk of "Insel in der Steppe"
-- all documents in one file, - (1 file) Box 233

File consists of the following item:
1) "Jehova Hilft", autobiography of Abram Kroeker of Mountain Lake Minnisota published in "Der Mitarbeiter". 72 pages.
Self published. (no date). - (1 file) Box 235

File consists of the following:
1) An autobiography of Agnes Mensch Sawatsky Janzen 1913 - 2003 born in Osterwick, Ukraine.
2) Bulletin for the order of service of the funeral service for Agnes Janzen at Clearbrook M.B. Church Abbotsford, B.C. - (1 file) Box 235

FiIe consists of the following item:
1) "Experiences and Memories under God's Guidance", memoirs of Alexander Peter Dirks, 1891-1985, written in German; English translation by Victor Alexander Dirks. Copyright 1994 - (1 file) Box 233

File consists of the following item:
1) "Winding Trails: from Sheffield to the Steppes and Beyond; a memoir 1899-1915", a memoir by Amy Evelyn Greaves Suderman Enss - (1 file) Box 233

File consists of the following items:
1) Andrew (Andreas) Jantz autobiography.
2) Andreas Jantz family record compiled by his grandson Peter C. and Olga Schmidt Jantz. Andreas was born 1820 in Karolswalde, Volhynia and died in 1904 in Dolton, South Dakota.
3) Family records of Abraham Becker, Tobias Schartner, Jacob B Dirks, Abraham Friesen, Henry Thiessen, Peter Toews.
-- Al documents contained in one file, Box 233

File consists of the following items:
1) "Lebensbericht einer Russlanddeutschen", autobiography of Anna Kroeker, born in Turkestan, Kirgisien, 1902, 92 pages. Her husband's name is Abraham. No maiden name given. No death date given.
2) Map of the journey of Claas Epp and his followers to Central Asia.
-- All documents contained in one file, Box 233

This file consists of a biography of Annie P. Martens - (1 file) Box 235

File consists of the following items:
1) Reminiscences from our Lives, Memoranda by Aron A Toews, Minister of the North Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren Church, British Columbia, Canada. Translated by John B. Toews, 107 pages.
2) A Mennonite Elder's Story by Jacob Toews, Elder of Lichtennnau Mennonite Church (Molotschna). Published in Der Botschafter, Vol. 6 (1911), No. 2, pp. 2-3. Translated by John B Toews. - (1 file) Box 235

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

File consists of the following:
1) "Suworowsche Spruenge des Lehrers Lange", a lighthearted biography of B B Wiens. He was born in Muensterberg, Molotchna in 1873. He was a village teacher in Ladekopp, Molotschna from 1910-1918. - (1 file) Box 234

This file consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Heimkehr" by B.B. Janz translated from German by daughter Martha Dueck, nee Janz. January, under the title "Follow Their Example" 1999. 13 pages.
Kurze Biographie des Bruder B.B. Janz von H.H. Kornelsen, Coaldale Alberta, 2 pages.
Abschiedsrede von Bruder B.B. Janz; 6 pages. Box 234
2) "Benjamin B. Janz (1877-1964): A Russian Mennonite Moses" by John B. Toews, 21 pages. Box 234
3) Commemorative Service program 1945, 12 pages.
4) "Profiles of Mennonite Faith Benjamin B.Janz (1877-1964), 2 pages of text and 2 photos taken in 1925 and 1950.
5) "Mother - Maria Rogalsky Janz" 5 pages. Box 234
6) Birthday greeting, Hand printed with a song from from Glaubensstimme songbook # 625.
7) Memorial Funeral Service for B.B. Janz with photo. Garden Chapel Funeral Homes, Abbotsford, B.C. Box 234
8) Margaret Martens Janz, "As I Remember Him" written by Janz's daughter-in-law. 7 handwritten pages"B.B. Janz: Notes Made by his Brother, Jacob B Janz", Coaldale, Alberta. (family history and letters) .Taken from "Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Vol1 no.1, 50 pages; English translation
9) Janz, Jacob B "Benjamin B. Janz: Nach Aufzeichnungen seines lieblichen Bruders. Written by Janz's brother.12 pages;
Jacob B. Janz, "B.B. Janz: Notes made by his brother, Jacob B Janz", Coaldale, Alberta. (family history and letters) .Taken from "Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Vol1 no.1, 50 pages; English translation by Jacob B. Janz;
B.B. Janz correspondence taken from the A.A. Friesen Collection in North Newton Kansas.
To Dutch Mennoninte Relief Agency 1921;
To Study Commission for Foreign Emergencies, 1922;
To Study Commission Board, 1922; to B.H. Unruh, 1922;
To Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, 1922 & 1923;
To Leading Brethren of the Conferences and Organizations of the Mennonites in America, 1922 , 1923; To
Mennonite Colonization Association of North America and the Mennonite Executive Committee of Colonization, 1923;
To The Representatives of the Russian Mennonites Abroad, 1923; To The Brothers Peter H. Unruh and David Toews, 1923;
To The Representatives of the American Mennonite Churches. 1923;
To Mennonite Committees in Canada and the United States; 1924;
To The executive of the Mennonite Colonization Association.of North America 1924; 1925;
To David Toews , 1925;
To my dear ones in Tiege, 1926;
To Leadership of the Colonization Authorities in Canada, 1925
10) Tribute to the Janz family by Mary Neumann (Janz), 5 pages. - (1 file) Box 235.
11) J.J. Thiessen, Begraebnisansprache, gehalten gelegentlich der Beerdigung des heimatgegangenen Bruder's B.B. Janz in Coaldale am 20 October 1964. 4 pages

File consists of the following item:
1) Cornelius Goossen, autobiography translated from German by son-in-law John Wesley Fast. - (1 file) Box 233

This file contains the following items,
1) David Schapansky autobiography "A Brief Account of the Life of David Schapansky as told by David Schapansky" 17 pages. .A family register is found on page 17,
2) A booklet "The Story of David Schapansky" 32 pages. This booklet contains a map of the escape route from Totma to Zaporozhye. Also there are 6 photocopied photos of the family and a family register. - (1 file) Box 235