NTE2cg850.xml Guide to the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records 1968-1984 American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records Finding aid prepared by Brianna Webb and Steven Bingo. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016 Finding aid encoded by Steven Bingo. 2016. Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Cage 850 American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records 1968-1984 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records consists of materials published by the AHSGR on the organization and its members. The collection includes newsletters, documents on conventions, published papers, membership lists, biographies, and AHSGR correspondence. Collection materials are in English.

The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHGSR) was founded in 1968, and is an international, nonprofit organization that engages in research and history of German Russians. The organization focuses its research on a group of Germans that resided along the Volga, who then immigrated to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. The organization started within a community of German-Russians, who predominately resided in Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado. Volunteers and staff aimed to gather information, translate relevant texts, and develop genealogical information for future generations of German-Russians.

This collection contains papers and publications of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHGSR) from 1967-1984. Most of the materials in this collection include the “Newsletter” published by the AHSGR, in the years 1970-1984. Other documents include correspondence pertaining membership, committee and society membership lists, documents associated with conventions (majority of convention documents are associated with the Tenth International Convention in Seattle, WA), and papers that were authored by the organization’s president.

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records, 1968-1984 (Cage 850)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records were donated to Washington State University by Amelia Werre in 1985 (MS 1985.36).

This collection was processed by Brianna Webb and Steven Bingo in 2016.

The “Clues” series (1973-1984, excluding 1974) that was donated with this collection was separated and catalogued with WSU Libraries’ rare book collection.

Scheuerman/Lust Family Confirmation Certificates, 1899-1924 (MS 2020.23)

Richard D. Scheuerman Volga German Papers, 1766-2009 (MS 2021.17)

Anna Biedel Weitz Papers, 1904-1983 (Cage 158)

Emma Schwabenland Haynes Papers, 1927-1982 (Cage 573)

Fred C. Koch Papers, 1802-1983 (Cage 851)

Emma Schwabenland Haynes Nuremberg Papers, 1940-1984 (Cage 953)

Dewald Family Story Typescript, 1998 (Cage 4827)

Arthur Hartwig Notes on Germans from Russia, 1916-1999 (Cage 5085)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia -- Archives Russian Germans -- United States -- History German Americans Russian Americans Washington (State) 1 1 Conventions 1968-1971 1 2 Correspondence 1970-1982 1 3 Newsletters 1970-1983 1 4 Tenth International Convention, Seattle, Washington 1979