Anton Friedrich Collection

Collection

Identifier: GRHC SC 041

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Anton Friedrich Collection consists of seven Romanian birth, marriage, and wedding certificates; a passport; and a shawl. The collection dates to the late 1920s. The collection has been organized into two series: Certificate and Textile.

The Certificate Series contains seven Romanian birth, marriage, and wedding certificates and a passport. The documents are mostly in Romanian and date to the late 1920s. The passport has two people in it: Matias L Fridrich, age 22, born in 1904, and Juliana Tueser [Tuchscherer] Fridrich, age 20, born in 1907. The documents were prepared in Romania (1927-1929) for immigration purposes for Matthias Friedrich and Julianna (Tuchscherer) Friedrich.

The Textile Series is comprised of one shawl. The shawl is made of heavy wool with twill weave. It is 60” x 64” in black and very dark green. The shawl also occasionally has single rows in red, lavender, and black. It is plaid design formed by wide rows of green and lavender and has 4” fringe on all four sides with some still twisted back. The shawl belonged to Julianna (Tuchscherer) Friedrich. She came from Romania to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1929.

Dates

1927 - 1929

Creator

Friedrich, Anton. (Person)

Access

Access to the physical collection is available upon request. Request must be made at least three (3) business days prior to ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu.

Copyright

Copyrights to items in this collection remain with original copyright holders or are in the public domain.

Biography

Anton Friedrich was born to parents Mathias and Julianna (Tuchscherer) Friedrich. Mathias Friedrich was born on December 28, 1904 and died on March 18, 1980. Julianna (Tuchscherer) Friedrich was born April 3, 1907 and died on March 6, 1990. Mathias and Julianna immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1929. They came to Saskatchewan, Canada living first in Belgonia, then Lampman, and finally Bienfait where they lived until their passing. The couple had four children: Lambert, Anton, Rose Maley, and Emily.

Extent

2 Folders

1 Items (1 shawl)

Language of Materials

English

Latin

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Additional Description

Summary

A collection of Romanian marriage, birth, and baptism certificates, a passport and a shawl; all dating to about the late 1920s.

Arrangement

The collection has been organized into two series: Certificate and Textile.

Provenance

Materials were donated by Anton Friedrich on September 23, 2011.

Separated Materials

The shawl [2011.29.02] has been separated from the rest of the collection and is housed at the Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection located on the NDSU campus. Advanced notice is requested for the viewing of this item.