Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 573
Haynes, Emma S.
Emma Schwabenland Haynes Papers
1927-1982
6.5 Linear feet of shelf space
7 Boxes
The papers of Emma Haynes consist of an information
file on the subject of Germans from Russia, and correspondence with various authors,
researchers and bibliographers concerned with the same subject.
Collection materials are in English
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The papers of Emma Haynes consist of copies of papers, both published and unpublished,
photographs and extracts of articles regarding the history of Germans from Russia.
Also includes coorespondence with researchers including Gerda Walker, Fred Koch,
Timothy Kloberdanz, Adam Giesinger, Roger Bartlett, and Ruth Amen.
The papers are arranged in two series. Series 1 consists of copies of research papers
and theses; offprints of articles, and miscellaneous small publications. Much of the
material is in the form of photocopy. Series 2 is comprised of Mrs. Haynes'
correspondence with various authors and researchers; this material is arranged in
folders for respective correspondents, in chronological order therein.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Emma Schwabenland Haynes Papers, 1927-1982 (Cage 573)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Emma
Schwabenland Haynes of Arlington, Virginia in 1983 and 1984 (accessions MS83-30 and
MS84-31).
The initial processing of the papers was by Edgar Huber, a volunteer working at the Libraries during 1989. The descriptive material was composed in August 1990 by Lawrence R. Stark.
Emma Schwabenland Haynes Nuremberg Papers, 1940-1984 (Cage 953)
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)
American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Records, 1968-1984 (Cage 850)
Fred C. Koch Papers, 1802-1983 (Cage 851)
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.
Haynes, Emma S. -- Archives
Amen, Ruth.
Koch, Fred C.
Kloberdanz, Timothy J.
Giesinger, Adam, 1909-2004.
Bartlett, Roger P., 1939-
Walker, Gerda Stroh.
Russian Germans -- United States -- History
German Americans
Russian Americans
Washington (State)
Series 1: Collected essays,
articles, theses, etc.
1
1
Arndt, Karl J.
The Harmonists and the Hutterians,The American German Review
Aug, 1944
pp. 24-27.
1
2
Bartlett, Roger P.
Human Capital: The Settlement of Foreigners in Russia,
1762-1864. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
1979
Notes and photocopies of selected pages.
1
3
Bauer, Gottleib.
History of the German Settlers on the Volga.
Saratov
1908
Photocopy of typescript translation to English.
1
4
Bauer, Gottleib.
Geschichte der deutschen Ansiedler and der
Wolga...Saratov
1908
Typed transcription of selected pages, some translated to English.
1
5
Bauer, Rueben A.
One of Many: A History of the Glory Hills Evang. and
Reformed Church. Stoney Plain, Albt.
1965
1
6
Becker, C. H. A
Historical Study of the Social Background of the
German-Russians from the Volga District in Russia Living in Northern
Colorado. Master's thesis, Colorado State College
1938
1
7
Belk, Fred Richard.
The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia,
1880-1884. Doctoral dissertation, Oklahoma State University
1973
1
8
Betz, Lawrence D.
Globeville: Part of Colorado's History. L. Betz:
Lakewood, Colorado
1972
1
9
Bruntz, George G.
The Volga Germans, from
Adams County: The Story. pp. 342-347. Hastings,
Neb.
1972
1
10
Buhler, Laurene E. [
From the Caucasians to the Rockies: The History of John
and Molly Starck] . n.p.
undated
1
11
Carman, J. Neale.
Germans in Kansas,The American German Review.
April-May
1961
pp. 4-8.
1
12
Catherine II. [Manifesto of
1763]. Russian and English versions. Photographic prints.
2
13
Detwiler, Margaret M.
Hays, Kansas, at the Nation's Heart,National Geographic
April,
1952
2
14
Dudek, Pauline Brungardt.
The Legacy of Georg Andreas Brungardt and Elizabeth
Barbara Pister. Typescript
1978
2
15
Duin, Edgar C.
Lutheranism under the Tsars and the Soviets. Vol.
1. Xerox University Microfilm
1977
2
16
Eisenach, George.
The Volga Germans,The American German Review.
April-May 1944
p. 4-7; 24-26.
2
17
Essig, Walter.
History of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church of Lincoln Valley,
North Dakota. Mimeograph
1969
2
18
Frank, John W.
A Brief History of the Russian Germans in the Evangelical
and Reformed Church. Bachelor thesis, Eden Theological Seminary,
Webster Groves, Mo.
1945
2
19
Frondsham, Noel.
A Study of the Russian-Germans in Fresno County
California. Masters thesis, University of Redlands, Redlands,
Cal.
1949
2
20
Gold, Sarah M.
German-Russians in North Dakota; Their History and
Politics. Honors thesis, Univ. of North Dakota
1976
2
21
Graber, Paul A., trans., [
Johannes Stenzel ] . n.p.
undated
2
22
Greiss, James R.
The German-Russians,Adams County, The Story. Hastings,
Neb.
undated
p. 348-.354.
2
23
Gross, Fred William,
Type and Nature of German Publications in North
Dakota. Master's thesis, University of North Dakota
1934
2
24
Harsh, Lester. [
Grandfather Stories] . n.p.
undated
2
25
Heidt, Joseph. S.
History of the Mannheim-Heidt Kinship.
n.p.
undated
typescript.
2
26
Heitman, Sidney.
The Soviet Germans in the USSR Today. (A report
prepared for the Office of External Research of the U.S. Dept. of
State)
1980
typescript.
2
27
Henkelmann, Flora D.
Folklore of the German-Russians, Research paper,
University of Nebraska
1927
2
28
Hile, Helen and Paul.
Over the Volga: A genealogical report to the family of
Peter and Catherine Neu. Denver
1976
2
29
Hill, Alton David Jr.,
Volga German Occupance in the Windsor Area,
Colorado. Masters thesis, University of Colorado
1959
2
30
Janssen, Hans.
The Wenzlaff Family, Cultivated Pioneers in the Dakota
Territory,The German-American Review
Aug-Sept
1961
pp. 29-31.
2
31
Joachin, S.
Toward an Understanding of the Russian Germans.
Address to Dakota District of the American Lutheran Church
1939
Typescript.
3
32
Johannes, Sister Mary Eloise.
A Study of the Russian German Settlements in Ellis County,
Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Catholic University of America
1946
3
33
Kaemfchen, Erich (rev.)
In the Century of Progress. Freeman, S. Dak., Pine
Hill Press
1975
3
34
Kirgiz Michael and the Beautiful Amy; A drama.
Translated to English, typescript. Includes notes.
3
35
Kloberdanz, Timothy.
Archaic Symbols of Medieval German Catholicism as found
among the Volgadeutsch. Research paper, typescript
1972
3
36
Kloberdanz, Timothy.
Field Report: A Preliminary Investigation of Sources and
Informants in Southeastern Colorado. Typescript
1975
3
37
Kloberdanz, Timothy.
The Volga German Catholic Life Cycle: An Ethnographic
Reconstruction. Masters thesis, Colorado State University
1974
3
38
Krahn, Cornelius.
Gnadenau in Kansas,The American German Review
February,
1944
pp. 18-21.
3
39
Lebsack, Magdalene M.
Frank--A Village Community in Russia, Research
paper, University of Nebraska
1932
3
40
Leibbrandt, Georg.
The Immigration of German Mennonites from Russia to the
United States and Canada, 1873-1880, parts I and II.
The Mennonite Quarterly Review
1932
3
41
Miller, Esther.
Nicholas Pfennig and wife Anna Margaretha Starkel; Family
History and Genealogy. Typescript
1974
3
42
[Names of German families in
Russian villages.] Typescript.
3
43
Obenhaus, Cecelia D.
Shares in the dust. Typescript
undated
3
44
Pekari, Matthew.
History of St. Catherine's Parish, Catherine, Kansas,
1876-1942. Catherine, Kan.
1942
3
45
Peterson, Albert Jepmond.
German Russian Catholic Colonization in Western Kansas: A
Settlement Geography. Ph.D. dissertation, Louisiana State
University
1970
3
46
Raish, Marjorie Gamet.
Victoria: The Story of a Western Kansas Town,Fort Hay Kansas State College Studies, No.
12
1974
pp. 4-82.
3
47
Rock, Kenneth W.
'Usere Leute:' The Germans from Russia in
Colorado,The Colorado Magazine
Spring, 1977
pp. 154-163.
3
48
Rupperthal, Jacob B.
The German Element in Central Kansas,Kansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. Xii
1944
pp. 513-534.
4
49
Schaab, Christopher.
Zur Geschichte der deutschen Kolonisten in Saratowchen and
Samaraschen Gouvernment. Aberdeen, S. Dak.
undated
4
50
Schachner, Gerhard.
The Soviet-German Newspaper 'Freundschaft' and the
Cultural Transformation of the Soviet Germans in Kazakhstan,Nationalities Papers
Spring 1981
pp. 81-97.
4
51
Schell, Herbert S.
The German Heritage in South Dakota,The American German Review
June-July 1961
pp. 5-9.
4
52
Scheuerman, Richard Dean.
The Historical Development of Whitman County's
German-Russians, Research paper, Washington State
University
1971
4
53
Scheuerman, Richard Dean.
Historical Research on the Lutheran Volga Germans,
Research paper, Pacific Lutheran University
1976
4
54
Scholz, Harry G.
The German Colonists of Russia, Masters thesis,
Chapman College
1969
4
55
Sherman, William C.
Assimilation in a North Dakota German Russian
Community, Masters thesis, University of North Dakota
1965
4
56
Schwabauer, Wanda June.
The Portland Community of Germans from Russia,
Research paper, Portland State University
1974
4
57
Stange, Douglas C.
Lutherans in Russia; 1917-1928,Lutheran Quarterly
1963
pp. 315-332
4
57
Stange, Douglas C.
When Lutherans came to Russia,Lutheran Standard
1968
pp. 16-17
4
57
Stange, Douglas C.
The Case of Missing William,The National Lutheran
Nov, 1963
pp. 28-30;35.
4
58
Stroh, Herman A.
The German Russians in Weld County, Colorado,
Masters thesis, Colorado State College of Education, Greeley
1941
4
59
Swan, Robert A., jr.
The Ethnic Heritage of Topeka, Kansas: Immigrant
Beginnings, typescript, Institute of Comparative Ethnic Studies,
Topeka, Kansas
1974
4
60
Unruh, John D., Jr.
The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad brings the
Mennonites to Nebraska, 1873-1888,Nebraska History, March
1964
pp. 3-30.
4
61
Unsere Leute von Kautz, Nos. 1, 2, 3 pts 1, 2,
3
1979-1981
4
62
Weber, Louise Schorzman. [
The Schortzman and Handel Families],
typescript
1968
5
63
Wegenast, Samuel.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russian with special
emphasis on the Volga and Black Sea Territory, Bachelors thesis,
Wartburg Theological Seminary
1940
5
64
Weigel, Lawrence A., and Nick J.
Pfannensteil,
A collection of German-Russian Folksongs,
typescript
1964
5
65
Wenzlaff, Theodore C.
The Russian Germans come to the United States,
Nebraska History
Winter
1968
pp. 379-399.
5
66
Werre, Amelia.
My years spent at Felida, Washington,
typescript
undated
Series 2:
Correspondence
5
67
[From Emma Haynes' trip to
Russia]
1934
5
68
Fred Barth, Salt Lake City,
Utah
1969-1974
5
69
Roger Bartlett, Keele,
U.K
1979-1981
5
70
Pauline Brungardt, Bladen,
Neb
1978-1981
5
71
Elaine Frank Davison, Walla
Walla, Wash
1980-1982
5
72
Irma E. Eichhorn, San Jose,
Cal
1978-1982
5
73
Esther Fromm, Ruth Amen, and
others, Greeley, Col
1972-1981
5
74
Adam Giesinger, Winnipeg,
Mant
1978-1981
6
75
Adam Giesinger, Winnipeg,
Mant
1972-1977
6
76
Rueben Goertz, Freeman, S.
Dak
1978-1981
6
77
Timothy Kloberdanz, various
addresses
1971-1981
6
78
Fred Koch, Olympia,
Wash
1969-1981
6
79
David J. Miller, Greeley,
Col
1941-1981
6
80
Roy Oestreich, Ritzville,
Wash
1974-1978
7
81
LaVern Rippley, Northfield,
Minn
1973-1980
7
82
Richard Scheuerman, various
addresses
1971-1982
7
83
Ann Sheehy, London,
U.K
1972-1978
7
84
Gerda Walker, Denver,
Col
1974-1981
7
85
Gerda Walker, Denver,
Col
1969-1974
Series 3: Miscellaneous
7
86
Tape recording,
The Volga Germans. Mrs. Emma Haynes and Stephen
Balzarini
October 10, 1980