Box 1: Book list G. Friesen American Dialect Society Class notes Garden 1972 Low German play by J. J. Enns Mennonitische Lehranstalt A. Kroeker Language teaching materials Misc. printed matter Russian book (on Gogol?) Correspondence Other misc. files

box 2: Misc. printed matter Frank H. Epp Correspondence FL Newsletter, Dept. Of Modern Languages, Univ. of Oklahoma

box 3: Alexander Petzholdt material old Life magazines

box 4: Astude (University of Idaho) FL Newsletter Clippings Class handouts Printed matter articles by Wiens book list

box 5: [not used]

box 6-8: books (books checked in Dec. 2011; most kept because of annotations and underlining by Wiens)

box 9: Petzholdt photocopies

These papers consist primarily of manuscripts of Gustav Enss's writings, most of which are theological in nature.  Other materials include notes, correspondence, and ephemera.  Researchers should note the "Catalog of Gustav H. Enss Papers" in Box 1, Folder 1, which provides some annotations and contextual information.

This photo is of the second Halbstadt secondary school. See P.M. Friesen's book p. 726. See also NP160-01-6.

This photo is of the second Halbstadt secondary school. See P.M. Friesen's book p. 726. See also NS17-01-6.

Box 1 is books of aunt Mrs. P. R. (Louise) Schmidt. Boxes 2 and 3 are a wide variety of documents from his ancestors and relatives, mostly of the Alexanderwohl community, dating back at least to the early 19th century.

Mostly correspondence among Goertzen relatives. Most of the letters were translated by Hilda Ediger Voth in the early 1990s. A few other items include a Hamilton County, Kansas, map and a folder of photos from Donovan and Helen Bachman (some identified). Additional (untranslated) letters and photos donated by Helen Bachman in Apr. 2013.

http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_283

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

letters from family in Russia (1920s-30s), clippings, print ephemera

Diaries covering roughly 1917-1940.

Autobiography

clippings

book of handwritten poems or songs

photocopy of typed account of Central Asia trek