Activities & Events

Conventions

• AHSGR/GRHS International Convention Exhibits, Parkway Plaza Hotel, Casper Wyoming, July 29 - August 3, 2008.
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention (1998)
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention (1999)
  • Report from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, July, 1999
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention (2000)
  • Report from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, July, 2000
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society International Convention. Rapid City, South Dakota, 9-13 September 2009.

Location Visits

• Fresno, California AHSGR Central California Chapter Library & Museum, July 5, 2004
• James Valley Hutterite Colony Visit, near Elie, Manitoba, 6 August 2009
• Journey Stories Exhibition, Casselton, North Dakota, 23 October 2009
• Mennonite Heritage Village, Steinbach, Manitoba, July 29, 2004
• Mennonite Heritage Village, Pioneer Day, Steinbach, Manitoba, 2 August 2009
• Southern Manitoba east of Morris, 2 August 2009
• Visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Institute, Dickinson, North Dakota, 24 September 2009.

Receptions

• Book Signing and Reception for Ruth Weil Kusler, December 6, 1998, Beulah, North Dakota
• NDSU Libraries’ Open House, North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo, North Dakota, September 21-22, 2009
• Reception with Monsignor Joseph Senger, Velva, North Dakota, November, 2002

Special Guests

• Alexander Rupp Visits North Dakota , April, 2003
• Japanese Professor Visits GRHC Researching Sugar Beet Farming and the Volga Germans in the USA, March, 2007
• North Dakota State University, Fargo
  • Ukrainians and Germans visit NDSU, July 26, 2004

Town Anniversaries, Centennials, and Festivals

• Flasher Centennial Parade, Flasher, North Dakota, July 20, 2002
• Gackle Centennial Parade, Gackle, North Dakota, June 25-26, 2004
• Harvey Centennial, Harvey, North Dakota
  • Harvey Centennial Parade, Harvey, North Dakota, July 1, 2006
  • Harvey Public Librar
• Jamestown, ND Cultural Festival, Jamestown, North Dakota, August 12, 2006
• Leola, South Dakota
  • Leola South Dakota 125th Anniversary, July 3-4, 2009 including the McPherson County Courthouse
  • Leola South Dakota 125th Anniversary Parade, July 4, 2009
  • Germans from Russia Displays, Leola, South Dakota 125th Anniversary, July 3-4, 200
• Linton Centennial Parade, Linton, North Dakota, July 3, 1999
• Napoleon, North Dakota
  • Entertainment at the Napoleon 125th Anniversary Quasquicentennial
  • Gauper, Larry. "A Quick Trip to Europe." The Word Chipper. FM Extra, June 26, 2009, 3.
  • Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Displays
  • Napoleon 125th Anniversary Quasquicentennial Para
• Strasburg Centennial Parade, Strasburg, North Dakota, June 28-29, 2002
• Streeter Centennial Parade, Streeter, North Dakota July 1 - 2, 2005
  • Photographs by Michael M. Miller
  • Photographs by Phillip Westine
• Wishek Centennial Parade, Wishek, North Dakota, July 4, 1998
  • Heritage Exhibits, Wishek Centennial, Wishek, North Dakota, July 1 - 4 1998
  • Vossler, Ron. "More Than a Celebration: Centennials Bring Revelry, Reverie." North Dakota REC/RTC Magazine, August 1999, 14-16.
• Zeeland Centennial Parade, Zeeland, North Dakota, July 5-6, 2002

Other Events

• "Emmons County Gathering Draws Crowd in Mesa, Arizona." Emmons County Record, 9 April 2003.
• "Germans from Russia" Class, North Dakota State University, Fargo
  • Photographs from the "Germans from Russia" Class Page 1 of 2
  • Photographs from the "Germans from Russia" Class Page 2 of 2
• Germans from Russia Gatherings, 1999 Redondo Beach, California, February 27 and March 1, 1999
• Germans from Russia Heritage Collection News, April 1996
• Germans from Russia Heritage Collection News, July 1997
• "Guests from America" by Ingo Rüdiger Isert, Archivist and Curator of the Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien, Stuttgart, Germany , Heimatmatkalendar der Landsmannschaft der Bessarabiendeutschen, Stuttgart, Germany, 1994, pages 10 - 12.
• Millennium Cross, Strasburg, North Dakota
  • Burke, Allan. "Bishop Zipfel to Preside at Dedication Saturday Afternoon of Millennium Cross."Emmons County Record, 31 August 1999, 1.
  • Burke, Allan. "Strasburg's Millennium Cross Symbolizes Heritage and Faith of German-Russians." Emmons County Record, 14 September 1999, 9.
  • "Kloberdanz Speaks at Iron Cross Dedication." It's Happening at State, 15 September 1999, 5.
  • Photographs of the Dedication of the Millennium Cross, September, 1999
• Welt, Jochen, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin, Germany
  • Federal Government Aid for Ethnic Germans in the former Soviet Union
  • German officials to visit NDSU and North Dakota
  • "Germans from Russia in the United States are ready to provide help in the regions of their origins and to cooperate with Germany." Taken from the website of the Bundesministerium des Innern, Bonn and Berlin, Germany, November, 2003
  • Herzog, Karen. "The Lost Germans are Found: Now What?: German Officials Here to Seek Help in Aiding Those Left Behind in Russia." Bismarck Tribune, 31 July 2003, sec. 1B. 
  • Nowatzki, Mike. "Delegates Seek Better Programs to Help Germans From Russia." Forum, 1 August 2003, sec. 6A.
  • Photographs of Visit to North Dakota, July 30-31, 2003
    • Photo Set 1
    • Photo Set 2
    • Photo Set 3
    • Photo Set 4
    • Photo Set 5
    • Photo Set 6
  • Southern California Chapter Hosts German Delegation, August, 2003
• German- Russian learning resources donated to VCSU Library, April, 2003
  • Photographs of presentation of the Germans from Russia Learning Resources