The Fred P. Boeshans Collection consists of correspondence, family history information, copies of deeds, and a map, all relating to the Boeshans family and dating from 1909 to 2007. The collection has been arranged into four series: Correspondence, Family History, Deed, and Map.

The Correspondence Series contains three photocopied sheets that were part of a letter sent from Ed Boeshanz, of Davis, California, to his second cousin Fred P Boeshans, Sr. The letter is dated April 22, 1996. The first sheet has some family history of Boeshans from Nausatz, Crimea, to Heil, Grant County and Krem, Mercer County, North Dakota. The second sheet is a family census document notarized at Naustaz, Crimea in 1874. The third sheet has two book pages, 215 and 223, from 75th Diamond Jubilee Book of Elgin [Grant County,ND] for Robert and William Boeshans, Joseph Boeshans family, William Boeshanz, Jr. family, William and Marie Boeshanz family, and Jacob and Karolina Boeshanz family.

The Family History Series is comprised of four photocopied documents relating to the Beoshanz and Boeshans family. The first document is an address list of Beoshanz and Boeshans. The second document has an image of the Boeshans stone-and-batsen (rammed adobe) house constructed by Gottlieb Stern (from Neustatz, Crimea) near Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota. The third document is a family history of Joseph Boeshans, published in Beulah’s newspaper in October (sometime after 1970). The fourth document is an obituary of Fred Boeshans, Sr. from 1993.

The Deed Series consists of two photocopied deeds relating to the Boeshans family. The first deed is for a ranch purchased by Wilhelm and Marie Boeshans on 10 May 1915. On the back, is a land description by the Northwest Improvement Company, Northern Pacific Railway (incorporated in New Jersey). The second deed is for Wilhelm Boeshans of Heil, Morton County [later Grant County], North Dakota dated 7 July 1909. The deed is from George Dittus and was notarized by Edwin Owings of Ramsey County (St. Paul), Minnesota. Deed was by the Northwest Improvement Company, Missouri Division.

The Map Series contains one map, “Die Deutschen Kolonien an der Wolga” [2007.15.01], by Karl Stumpp. The map dates to after 1941.