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Contains 204 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs 2002.15.92-101

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.92 - Charcoal portraits of Michael Braun Sr. (1841–circa 1922) and Marianna Kopp (1849-1916). Marianna Kopp Braun made this lovely classic quilt-top design of Log cabin/ “Furrows”, while still living in Krasna Colony in Bessarabia. They homesteaded in Emmons County after 1896 at Krasna/Grasna, North Dakota, at northwest foot of long butte, located northwest of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church and Cemetery. Only three of thirteen children grew to adulthood: Leocadia, Faustinus and Michael Braun Jr.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.93A, B - Photo portraits of John Engel and wife Leocadia Braun Engel, the daughter of quilter Marianna Kopp Braun.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.94 - Photo portrait [circa 1900] of John Engel family: John and Leocadia with toddler son Raphael (Father Alban) and infant daughter Cordula (Sister Margaret Mary).

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.95 - Family portrait in 1924 of John and Leocadia Engel family: (standing row) Pius (Father Landolin), Valerie (sister Radequade), Raphael (Father Alban), Cordula (Sister Margaret Mary), (seated row) Peggy, Angelo, Widow Leocadia, Albert and Rose Mary.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.96 - Photo portrait of former custodian of “Log cabin” quilt is Rose Mary Engel Fischer (1906-1995), granddaughter of Marianna Kopp Braun.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.97 - Great-granddaughter Jolenta Fischer Masterson standing in her solarium home, displaying her textile treasures from Marianna Kopp Braun’s Krassna Colony in Bessarabia: Log cabin/ “furrows” designed quilt top; a vividly colored-striped woolen “Plachte” shawl; black fringed woolen shawl; and a snippet-length of blue felted/woolen crochet lace, which was fringe lace, intended to beautify a “Plachte” shawl.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.98 - Marianna Kopp Braun’s treasure of a quilt top with “log cabin”/ “furrows” designs superimposed as traditionally in vintage American quilting.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.99 - Jolenta Fischer Masterson’s textile treasures in her home solarium: Quilt with classic “log cabin”/ “furrows” designed pattern-top; Black woolen shawl with long fringed knotting; snippet-length of blue plachte lace of felted-fillet crochet; woolen “plachte” shawl with vivid bunting-colored stripes.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010

2002.15.100 - Marianna Kopp Braun’s classic quilt (with “log cabin”/ “furrows” superimposed designs) which she “pieced” and quilted as bedcover in Krassna, Bessarabia.

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jolenta Fischer Masterson Collection contains family photographs, memorial and obituary cards, a photo of Catholic priests of German descent in Russia with associated history, some family history, and textiles. It has been organized into seven series: Photograph, Memorial Card, Catholic Priests of German Heritage in Russia, Strasburg, Correspondence, Family History, and Textile. The Photograph Series contains 103 original photographs of family and friends in the Strasburg and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2010