Preliminary Guide to the Richard D. Scheuerman Volga German Papers, 1766-2009

The Richard D. Scheuerman Volga German Papers contain correspondence, family history materials, community and family history documents, reports and articles, and Richard D. Scheuerman’s Russian research papers. The materials concern the Scheuerman family as well as other families from the Yagodnaya Polyana (Berry Meadow) area of the Volga region in Russia. These families were originally from Germany, moved to Russia in the 18th century and then immigrated to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries, many settling in Eastern Washington. Collection documentation is found in Box 5.