Special Collections Finding Aids

Summary This collection contains correspondence, c. 1995; photocopies of family trees and passports for the Speaker/Spiker and Heagel familes; and a Heritage Review from 2006.

Summary The collection contains one original letter and photocopies of letters from Rev. Eugen Bachmann to his cousin Jacob Rall of Ashley, North Dakota; a photocopy of a funeral photograph with information about the cause of death; biographical information on Bachmann; and a book on the Arnold family.

Summary Nineteen copies of Grenz family photographs, circa 1910-1963.

Abstract Paper (12 leaves) presented at music conference regarding music in the German Russian settlements in McIntosh County, N.D., along with a handout given to session attendees with maps, catalog pages of musical instruments and data on McIntosh County.

Overview Typed paper by Diana Deats-O'Reilly about the history of the Lauingers and Zieglers families.

Overview Contains typed transcriptions of interviews done by Sara Walden with her mother-in-law, Velva Walden. Discussions center around family life, her German-Russian ancestry with the last three sections devoted to her life in Washington, California and Oregon. Homes in Washington included Ellensburg and Kelso, in California they lived at Gridley, Pittsburg and Antioch, and Coos Bay Oregon. Much of the material appears verbatim in her published book.

Summary This collection contains photographs, correspondence, and biographical material related to the Bosch and Miltenberger families; 1870s-2007.

Overview This collection contains Pedigree charts, genealogical materials, periodical clippings, photographic images, and five textiles.

Summary A history of the Wildermuth family that spans from the early 1500s to 2010.