This fonds contains photocopied originals and typed transcripts of the diaries, poetry and other writings of Anna Baerg. Clara K. Dyck transcribed the diaries and some of the other writings, and also provided some interpretive commentary. The diaries, which include the years 1916-1926, and 1959, detail the every day life experiences of a young woman in a Mennonite community in Russia during the years of war, revolution, and civil war, followed by her emigration to Canada.

Items consist of 4 black and white carte de visite type photographs of young women.

The Anna Blewchamp fonds includes biographical information [1991].

The Material in this collection consists of writings by Anna Dyck regarding at trip to Europe, Christmas traditions, and a story of her aunt's migration from the Kuban, Russia to Mexico in 1924. Obituaries of her and her husband and pedigree chart also can be found in the collection. Most of the material is German

The Anna Hamm Zacharias fonds consists of letters, diaries, funeral notices, crochet patterns, and genealogical material predominantly in the German Gothic script. The diaries are remarkable because Zacharias did not miss an entry between when she started writing in 1947 until she stopped a few months before her death. This fonds demonstrates what was of interest to a prairie farm woman in the mid twentieth century.

This fonds has mainly the correspondence (1945-1948) between Anna Peters in Germany, her sister Maria (Peters) Bergen in Canada and her nephew John Bergen, at first in Oldenburg, Germany, later back in Canada, and her niece, Margaret Bergen in Canada. Anna's first letter to her sister Maria Bergen after the war was sent along with a Canadian soldier stationed in Wiesmoor, who was returning to Canada. No correspondence was yet allowed between Germany and Canada at the time. Maria was able to send a letter to her son John Bergen, who was in the Dental Corps, as a member of the occupation forces stationed in Oldenburg, Germany, and through him contact could be made and letters received. For several months all letters from Anna Peters (Germany) to her sister Maria (Canada) were forwarded via John Bergen in Oldenburg, Germany.

There are also three letters which pre-date the 1945-1948 period -- one written by Anna's brother, Anton Peters in 1934, another by her father Abram Peters in 1933, and one by Anna herself as a 13 year-old, describing their dire circumstances having the last potatoes, etc. taken by the communists and begging for a dollar (1933).

The materials in this fonds consists of eight diaries covering 18 years written by Anna Sawatzky (born Anna Funk) and some Mennonite private and public school textbooks used by Abram Friesen and Abram Driedger. The diaries are factual in nature showing little of the author's emotions but showing the activities of the author, immediate and extended family, the weather, and events taking place at church on Sunday morning. Also included is some poetry collected by Anna Sawatzky and a 29 page "Funk Familie Register". The diaries are an example of the life of an ordinary Southern Manitoba Mennonite housewife's life. The educational materials are an example of the kinds of resources the Mennonites used in their public and private school systems during the first two decades of the 20th century in Manitoba.

The Anna Sokolow fonds includes the following series: biographical information (1968); magazine article (1967); review (1967); and photographs (1968).

The material in this collection consists of 38 black and white photographs and the English version of the history of "The City Mission in Winnipeg", which was published in 1991. Many of the pictures were used in the publication. Also in the personal papers collection are obituaries of Anna Thiessen.

The Anna-Marie Holmes fonds includes the following series: newspaper and magazine articles (1963- 2008); biographical information (1961- 2007); and alumni questionnaires (1990-1992).