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This file consists of the following:
H.H. Kornelsen "Wie kleine Begegenheiten und Ereignisse mitwirken, dass es ano 1923 zu einer grossen Auswanderung der Mennoniten kam". German, 18 pages - (1 file) Box 241

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:
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 correspondence to John B Toews - 1967 to 1979 from the following writers:
Harvey and Anne Neufeld, Katharine Hooge, Justina D. Epp: Helen Toews; Duane Koenig; Alvin J Miller, C.A. DeFehr, H.H. Kornelsen, Richard H. Schmidt, Is.P. Braun, Emil O.Toews.
Also includes the 1977 Membership Card for John B. Toews in the Amrican Historical Society of Germans From Russia. - (1 file) Box 232