AHSGR - Edmonton & District Chapter Library Index

Our library space is co-located with the library of the Historical Society of Germans from Poland and Volhynia (HSGPV): https://hsgpv.org/library/ahsgr-edmonton-chapter/ (Library index updated August 31, 2023.) 

Library news:

Individual books for sale: 

• (1 copy) Jesser, Velma (Editor), Treasured Tales of Germans from Russia, 2008, Coil-bound, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, NE; ISBN 09-1422-242-2; English; 194 pages. Sixty-eight individual stories with Surname Index.  [VERY GOOD CONDITION; UNMARKED]

• SOLD Bruderheim Historical Society, From Bush to Bushels: A History of Bruderheim & District, 1983, Hardcover, Friesen Printers; ISBN 08-8925-340-4; English; 479 pages.

• SOLD - Roots and Realities Among Eastern and Central Europeans.

• SOLD - Mennonite Historical Atlas, 1st Edition.

Contact: ahsgr.edmonton@gmail.com

August/September 2023 book additions:

• BOO.100, Loewen, Harry (Editor), Road to Freedom: Mennonites Escape the Land of Suffering, 2000; Kitchener Press; English; ISBN 09-6855-435-0; 302 pages.

• BOO.101, Neufeld, Herb H., Jacob’s Journey: Escape from Communist Russia, 2006; Trafford Publishing, Victoria, B.C.; English; ISBN 14-1208-432-6; 177 pages.

• BOO.102, Kirby, Mary-Ann, I am Hutterite, 2008; Polka Dot Press, Prince Albert, Sask.; English; ISBN 09-7834-051-5; 206 pages.

• BOO.103, Tiessen, Barbara, The Schoenfeld Russlaender: A Mennonite Family's History, 2005; Barbara J. Tiessen, Windsor, Ontario; English; ISBN 978-09-7367-731-7; 172 pages.

• BOO.104, Epp, Irmgard (Editor), Constantinoplers: Escape from Bolshevism, 2006; Trafford Publishing, Victoria, B.C.; English; ISBN 14-1205-325-0; 370 pages.

• BOO.105, Epp, Frank H., Mennonites in Canada 1786 - 1920: The History of a Separate People, 1974; Macmillan of Canada, Toronto; English; ISBN 07-7051-229-1; 480 pages.

• BOO.106, Smith, Henry C. & Krahn, Cornelius, The Story of the MENNONITES, 4th Edition, 1957; Mennonite Publication Office, Newton, Kansas; English; 856 pages.

• BOO.107, Wiebe, Gerhard (translator: Janzen, Helen), Causes and History of the Emigration of Mennonites from Russia to America, 1981; Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Winnipeg; English; 73 pages.

• BOO.108, Toews, Aron A., Mennonite Martyrs - People Who Suffered for Their Faith 1920-1940, 1990; Centers for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg; English; ISBN 09-1979-798-9; 263 pages.

• BOO.500, Dyck, Arnold (translator: Dyck, Henry C.), Lost in the Steppe, 1974; Derksen Printers, Steinback, Manitoba; English; 354 pages.

• BOO.501, Dick, Janice L., Calm Before the Storm, 2002; Herald Press, Waterloo, Ontario; English; ISBN 08-3619-9201-X; 367 pages.

• BOO.502, Heit, Jason, Kaidenberg's Best Sons, 2019; Coteau Books, Regina, Sask.; English; ISBN 978-15-5050-231-2; 215 pages.

• COM.400.001, Orkney Historical Society, Orkney (district in Alberta, between Three Hills and Drumheller) - Vol. 1, 1982; English, 368 pages.

• COM.400.002, Unknown Author, Recollections and Experiences of a Small Group of Mennonites in China (manuscript); English; 39 pages.

• COM.400.200, Vitt, Kurt H., The Founding of the Moravian Church in Western Canada and the Andreas Lilge Story, 1983; Canadian Moravian Historical Society, Edmonton Chapter; English; 150 pages.

• COM.400.201, Buhr, John D., The Origin of the DOUKHOBOR FAITH (manuscript), 1972; John D. Buhr, Clearbrook, B.C.; English; 105 pages.

• COM.400.300, Huebert, Helmut T., Mennonite Estates in Imperial Russia, 2nd Edition (including Maps), 2008; Springfield Publishers, Winnipeg; English; ISBN 09-2064-311-6; 406 pages.

• COM.400.301, Huebert, Helmut T., Mennonites in the Imperial Cities of Russia, Vol. 1 (including Maps), 2006; Springfield Publishers, Winnipeg; English; ISBN 09-2064-310-8; 456 pages.

• COM.400.302, Huebert, Helmut T., Mennonites in the Imperial Cities of Russia, Vol. 2 (including Maps), 2008; Springfield Publishers, Winnipeg; English; ISBN 09-2064-312-4; 430 pages.

• LAN.500.300, Editors: Lanz, Josef und Underschütz, Rudolf, Heimat Galizien Im Bild (Galicia Homeland in Pictures with Unterschütz Map of Galicia), 1983; Hilfskomitee der Galiziendeutschen; German; 328 pages.

• LAN.500.301, Bonwetsch, Gerhard, Geschnichte der deutschen Kolonien an der Wolga (History of the German Colonies on the Volga), 1919; German Fraktur; 132 pages.

• LAN.500.302, Anonymous: Von einen Beobachter (by an observer), Bilder aus Sfowett-Rußland: Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik Väterußlands (A Contribution to the Characteristics of Father Russia), unknown year, J.F. Harms, Hillsboro, Kansas; German Fraktur; 173 pages, with table of contents translated to English.

• LAN 500.400, Fieguth, Hans-Otto, Familienbuch Wiebe, Behrends, Epp, Froese, Jansson, Regier, 1978; Hans-Otto Fieguth, Oldenburg; German; 666 pages.

• MAP.600.001, Schroeder, William and Huebert, Helmut T., Mennonite Historical Atlas, 2nd Edition (Including maps), 1996; Springfield Publishers, Winnipeg; English; ISBN 09-2064-305-1; 183 pages.

• MAP.600.002, Huebert, Helmut T., Molotschna Historical Atlas (Including maps), 2003; Springfield Publishers, Winnipeg; English; ISBN 09-2064-308-6; 222 pages.

• MAP.600.003, H.W. Steifel, Postleitzahlienkarte Deutchland (Postcode map of Germany, 100 cm x 140 cm); H.W. Steifel, Lenting, Bavaria; German.

• MAP.600.100, Ehemalige und heutige Siedlungsgebeite der Deutschen im Bereich der früheren UdSSR (Former and Present Settlement Areas of Germans in the Former USSR) - 11.5" x 16"; 2000; Informationen zur politischen Bildung Nr. 267; German.

Catalogue system

BOO 100.xxx - Non-fiction

BOO 100.5xx - Fiction

COM 400.0xx - Family

COM 400.2xx - Church

COM 400.3xx - Histories

LAN 500.3xx - Histories in German

LAN 500.4xx - Family Histories in German

MAP 600.0xx - Maps of Europe

MAP 600.1xx - Maps of Russia