Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1920-1996 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1.30 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 5 May 1900 near Inman, Kansas. Parents Gerhard Baergen and Anna Gerbrand.
Baptized at Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church.
Attended Bethel College or Academy 1923-24, 1927-30, summer 1931, summer 1934, summer 1935, 1936-37. Graduated in 1937 with A. B. degree in music.
Taught school in Goessel, Kansas 1937-38; Covert, Kansas 1939-41; Byers, Kansas 1941-44; Burdett, Kansas 1944-48?; Alden, Kansas 1948. Insurance secretary at Hertzler Clinic, Halstead, Kansas, 1949-1966.
Member of First Mennonite Church in Halstead at the time of her death.
Died 9 September 1996, Buhler, Kansas.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 3 Jan 1898, Inman, Kansas. Parents Gerhard Baergen and Anna Gerbrand.
Married Kathryn Friesen 24 Nov 1950, Hutchinson, Kansas.
Died 17 Sep 1993, Buhler, Kansas.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
donated by Hugo Reimer, nephew(?)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Postcards, clippings, calendars, notebooks (from previous generations of her family), correspondence, school yearbooks and other school items, Kansas map, diaries (whose?), Western District Conference delegate guestbook 1923, autograph book
boxes 3-4 include financial, estate, and land records (land in Louisiana), death certificate, George Baergen estate and funeral, Gustav Baergen funeral (tape). Hugo Reimer was executor for the estates.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
boxes 3-4, Jan. 30, 2001
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open for research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German