The GRHC is currently temporarily closed for renovation (learn more here).
Staff are available and happy to assist researchers via email or by appointment.
In Touch with Prairie Living, June 2024
By Michael M. Miller
Join us for the 53rd Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention, July 17-20, at the Baymont Hotel, Mandan, N.D. For further information, contact GRHS at www.grhs.org.
In Touch with Prairie Living, May 2024
By Michael M. Miller
Leona (Woezner) Neu of Ashley, N.D., celebrates her 99th birthday on May 8th. Leona is well known as Ashley’s local historian, seamstress and cake decorator. Leona has many scrapbooks, obituaries and documents sharing the important history of Ashley, which was primarily settled by Germans from Russia. In 2013, Leona was named Queen at Ashley’s 125th Celebration.
In Touch with Prairie Living, April 2024
By Michael M. Miller
Nancy Martin and Connie Ulasewicz co-authored the article, “Ach, Gott, yes, I wish I was back in Russia: Heimat in the Dress of North Dakota’s Black Sea Germans.” It was published in the Journal of the Costume Society of America, Volume 46, 2020. Martin did extensive German-Russian textile and clothing research at the McIntosh County Museum, Ashley, ND, the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, and the Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection, NDSU, Fargo.
In Touch with Prairie Living, September 2023
By Michael M. Miller
The GRHC Archive recently received a valuable donation from Eloise Fischer Kelle, Ashley, ND. Her donation included, “My Return to Russia” by Jacob Hieb Sr., published by The Record Press, Marion, SD, in 1930. The complete publication is available here.
