Archives and Special Collections
Collection C0005 - Mennonite history manuscripts and booklets.
Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU SPC C0005
Title
Mennonite history manuscripts and booklets.
Date(s)
- 19--?-1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4 items.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian businessman and amateur historian. Resided in Winnipeg, Man.
Repository
Archival history
Acquired in 1984.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File consists of manuscripts of two works tracing the history of Mennonites in Russia and their emigration to North America; and two booklets about Mennonites. Item 1 titled Vor 40 Jahren in Ruszland (136 p.). Item 2, untitled, explores the history of Russian Mennonites, ca. 1870-1950; item includes table of contents and twenty chapters (ca. 1080 p.); first chapter titled Aus der Volkischen Vorgeschichte der ruszlandischen Mennoniten. Items 3 and 4 titled respectively Eichenfeld-Dubowka by Heinrich Toews and Aus Schwerer Zeit by Jakob F. Isaak; both booklets undated.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in German.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of collection.
Note
Typescript; typescript (mimeograph); printed material.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
2978886