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Mennonites -- Nebraska

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Records:

Henry D. and Mariana Lohrenz Remple papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1509
Overview

This collection comprises the papers of Henry D. Remple, a clinical psychologist born in the Molotschna Mennonite colony in Ukraine, and Mariana Lohrenz Remple, a teacher and prominent Girl Scout leader. The couple were both descendents of German Mennonites and were based in Lawrence, Kansas for the majority of their adult lives. The collection also includes a small amount of material relating to their children, Lucy Jean (Remple) McAllister and Robert "Robie" Keith Remple.

Dates: 1907 - 2010

Photocopy of Experiences of My Youth and Later Life

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P464
Overview

This item is a photocopy titled Experiences of My Youth and Later Life which is Heinrich Ratzlaff's reminiscence's of his family's immigration from Russia to near Fairbury, Nebraska. The paper describes travel conditions by way of Canada; and in Nebraska, the environment, crop prices, and living conditions. The Ratzlaff family were Russian Mennonites.

Dates: 1941