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This file consists of the following :
Autobiography of Jacob Abram Dick - (1 file) Box 235

The file consists of the following:
1) Autobiography of J.B. Toews of 8 pages given at the North American Mennonite Brethren at Mid-Century (1940-1960) symposium, 1993, in Fresno California.
2) Memorial Service bulletin, May 13, 1998, of J.B. Toews passing on May 9, 1998.Guest editorial in the Christian Leader by Jim Holm, "Who can forget J.B.?"
3) Zuegnis fuer Nettie Toews - eine selbstlose Gattin und liebende Mutter, A Tribute to Nettie, nee Unruh, Toews, 1903-1986, written by her sons.
4) A brief letter to Tante Lena (Pauls?) written by J B Toews on October 31, 1986. Memorial Service Bulletin of Helen Pauls (Toews) 1904-1996.
5) Obituary of Elizabeth Toews, 1901-death date unknown. Obituary of P.R. Toews, 1916-2005. Obituary of Paul Toews, 1940-2015.
(1 file) Box 234
6) Obituary of Elizabeth Toews, [1901] 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

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 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

File consists of the following item:
1) "Erinnerungen eines Russland-Deutschen"; autobiography of Hermann Rempel, 1902-1997. Written in 1979. 149 pages.
2) Includes a Family Group Sheet. - (1 file) Box 234

File consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Lebensgeschichte"; autobiography of Helena (Friesen) Neumann, 1887-1997.
2) Family register and pictures of the Johann Neumann family. - (1 file) Box 234

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

This file consists of the following items:
1) "My Experiences in Russia" (1982) and "My Experiences in Canada - The Land of Promise,Opportunity and Hope" (1986), autobiography of Peter Neumann, 1907-1994. Translated by Elizabeth Penner Brandt.
2) Johann and Katarina Neumann family register is found on page 5. - (1 file) Box 234

This file contains the following:
1) "He leadeth me in the right path" written by Gerhard I. Peters in 1994. It is the life story of the Peters family beginning with Great- Grandfather Isaak Peter Fast. born in 1815 GM#412706. - 1 file (Box 241)

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

File consists of the following items:
1) "Forty Years", Memories of 40 years of Marriage by Helene Fast (1914-1991), translated by John Wiebe.
2) A letter from Lena Fast's nephew John (and Elsie) Wiebe of Calgary Alberta to John B. Toews.
3) A Family Group Sheet of Heinrich and Helene Fast
4) A handwritten letter by John B. Toews who visited Heinrich and Lena Fast in Karaganda in 1990.
-- All documents contained in one file, Box 233

File consists of the following items:
1) "Life's Journey in Russia and in Canada", autobiographies of Peter Heidebrecht (1894-1980) and Elizabeth Heidebrecht (Dirks) (1901-1991) - (1 file) Box 233

File consists of the following item:
1) Peter Jakob Konrad, 1890 - 1989, autobiography. - (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