The descendant of a Volga German family, Emma Schwabenland Haynes worked on the history Germans from Russia. during much of her adult life, beginning in the early 1930s. She contributed to the literature, compiled bibliographies, collaborated with various researchers and writers, and was active in the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. She was also instrumental in locating and acquiring publications and other materials for a library and archives maintained by the Society.
The Volga Germans are ethnic Germans who settled along the Volga River in southeastern Russia in the 18th century. In the 19th and 20th centuries many immigrated to the United States, settling in a number of states, including Washington, Kansas, and Nebraska.
The Emma Schwabenland Haynes Nuremberg Papers consist of newspaper clippings, reports, and photographs of the Nuremberg trials as well as the personal family genealogical papers of Emma Schwabenland Haynes. The collection ranges in date from the 1940s to 1984. Haynes served as an interpreter and translator during the 1945-1946 Nuremberg trials. A small portion of the collection includes Haynes’ ancestral research and correspondence with relatives related to genealogical research as well as the death certificate of Haynes’ father. Undated photographs include shots of the Nuremberg trials themselves as well as the city of Nuremberg and Haynes’ own experience in Germany. Newspaper clippings (in both English and German) discuss the prosecution of Nazi criminals and provide various reports on Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party members. The collection includes correspondence on the Nuremberg Revisited and Judgement on Nuremberg Conferences. Papers related to the planning of the Nuremberg Reunion cover the reunion’s aims and aspiration in the 1980s.
This collection is arranged in a single series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
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Emma Schwabenland Haynes Nuremberg Papers, 1940-1984 (Cage 953)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Trifin Roule donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2022 (MS 2022.20).
The repository expects to receive additions to this collection.
Jessica O’Rourke processed this collection in 2022.
Emma Schwabenland Haynes Papers, 1927-1982
Scheuerman/Lust Family Confirmation Certificates, 1899-1924
Richard D. Scheuerman Volga German Papers, 1766-2009
Anna Biedel Weitz Papers, 1904-1983
American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records, 1968-1984
Fred C. Koch Papers, 1802-1983
Dewald Family Story Typescript, 1998
Arthur Hartwig Notes on Germans from Russia, 1916-1999
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