Mennonitische Rundschau, Die
Description
Elkhart, IN to 1908; Scottdale, PA to 1923; Winnipeg, MB to 2007. 1878–2007.
The Mennonitische Rundschau was one of the longest running German language papers in North America. It ceased publication with volume number #130 in January 2007. It began as the Nebraska Ansieder in 1878, but by mid-1880 had changed its name to signify the larger community that it was serving.
The Rundschau was the paper of the Russian Mennonites for decades, and continued to carry something of this general character, although on 24 October 1945, it came into the ownership of a company composed of men from the Mennonite Brethren Church who made it more of an Mennonite Brethren organ, though it was not yet conference-owned. The rise of other periodicals for the Russian Mennonites, such as the Bote of Rosthern, Saskatchewan (since 1924), naturally divided the field.
An English companion to the Rundschau called Mennonite Observer was published by the Christian Press as a 12-page weekly beginning 21 September 1955. In 1960, the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches accepted the periodical as the official publication of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. In 1962, the conference began to publish the Mennonite Brethren Herald to serve the English-speaking constituency.
At the time, the MR was a vital link between family members, communities, and congregations. It has become a significant tool in the understanding and research of early Mennonite settlement in Western Canada and United States, and the corresponding time period in Russia. To a large degree, this was made possible through the microfilming of the paper in the mid-1980s and the creation of detailed indexes by the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg. The indexes cover 1880–1890, 1890–1900, 1901–1909, 1910–1919, 1920–1929, and 1930–1939.
The paper version of this index has been scanned. Using optical character recognition (OCR), it was saved in a word searchable format as a PDF file. Links to these PDF files are found in the Holdings section below.
Providing the index in this format allows greater use of this important resource and enables word search capabilities, making the index more useful than ever. There are some things to note.
The subject headings in bold are in English. Titles of articles are in their original German. This is important to know. If you are searching using a keyword search for the word “Crimea,” only the subject headings would match, not the German titles, because in German the word would be spelled “Krim.”
Names are recorded as they appear in the original. This means that Abraham Friesen can be written as Friesen, A.; Friesen, A.B.; Friesen, A.B. u. Maria; Friesen, Abr.; Friesen, Abraham; Friesen, Abraham u. Maria etc. In the case of Dyck, variants include Dueck, Dick, Duck, Dück.
The links below are to digital reproductions of the indices. To access the particular article referenced in the index, go to the digital collection which is now viewable on the Internet Archive website, https://archive.org/details/pub_die-mennonitische-rundschau
A listing of the paper and microfilm issues housed at the Centre follows the links to the indices.
Holdings
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| Name | Size |
| MR 1 Author Index 1880-1909 | 12.7 MB |
| MR 1 Subject Index 1880-1889 | 14.7 MB |
| MR 2 Index 1890-1899 | 16.2 MB |
| MR 3 Index 1900-1909 | 29.5 MB |
| MR 4 Index 1910-1919 | 13.7 MB |
| MR 5 Index 1920-1929 | 10.5 MB |
| MR 6 Index 1930-1939 | 10.9 MB |
| Nebraska Ansiedler Index 1878-1880 | 4.6 MB |
Date Vol. No.
(Set 1)
1878 1 1-7; Nebraska Ansiedler
1879 2 1-7; Nebraska Ansiedler
1880 1 1-13
1881 2 15-19, 21-24
1882 3 Complete 1-14
1883 4 Complete 1-52
1884 5 Complete 1-53
1885 6 Complete 1-52
1886 7 Complete 1-52
1887 8 1-30, 32-52
1888 9 Complete 1-52
1889 10 Complete 1-52
1890 11 1-39
1891 missing
1892 13 3, 50
1893 missing
1894 15 22, 30
1895 16 43
1896 17 7
1897 missing
1898 missing
1899 20 13, 16, 25, 26, 29-32, 36-45, 47-52
1900 21 2-10, 13-16, 19-26, 28, 30, 32-35, 37-38, 40, 42-44, 46, 48-52
1901 22 Complete (bound)
1902 23 Complete (bound)
1903 24 Complete (bound)
1904 27 Complete (bound); Vol. No. changed to include two years of Nebraska Ansiedler (?)
1905 28 Complete (bound)
1906 29 10, 30
1907 30 Complete (bound)
1908 31 2-46, 48-52
1909 32 Complete (bound)
1910 33 Complete (bound)
1911 34 3, 9-17, 19-21, 23-26, 28-32, 35-38, 41-46, 48+49, 51+52
1912 35 1-9, 11+12, 14, 16-25, 27-33, 36-38, 40, 45-50, 52
1913 36 Complete
1914 37 Complete, except for part of 1
1915-2007 38-130 Complete (1915-1997 Bound)
Note #1: Restricted access on set one, 1878-1900; these issues are in very poor condition. 1901-present mainly bound and in good condition for research. The following issues are not bound: 1908, 1911-1912, 1914, 1998 to present. The complete 1906 year is on microfilm only.
Note #2: Between 5 June 1940 (#23) and 2 October 1940 (#40), the paper was published under the name Mennonite Review. The first page was printed in English, so as to hide its German content. The Nebtraska Ansiedler (1878-1880), which preceded the Mennonitische Rundschau, is bound together with the first three years of the Mennonitische Rundschau (on microfilm).
(Set 2)
1901 22 1-8, 10-15, 18-20, 24-26, 29-33, 36-37, 39-41, 44
1902 23 3-9, 17, 19, 23-31, 33, 36-42
1903 24 42, 45-48
1904 27 18; Vol. No. changed to include two years of Nebraska Ansiedler (?)
1905 28 missing
1906 29 missing
1907 30 14-17, 22-23
1908 31 1-36, 41, 43, 50
1909 32 1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-52
1910 33 Complete
1911 34 missing
1912 35 missing
1913 36 Complete (bound)
1914 37 2-6, 11, 17, 20, 24-27, 30-52
1915 38 1-26, 28-52 (bound)
1916-1918 39-41 Complete (bound)
1919 42 1-42, 45-49, 51-53
1920 43 2-17, 19-20, 22-52 (31-52 bound)
1921-1923 44-46 Complete (bound)
1924 47 Complete
1925 48 Complete
1926 49 Complete
1927 50 Complete
1928 51 Complete
1929 52 Complete (bound)
1930 53 Complete
1931 54 Complete
1932 55 Complete (bound)
1933 56 Complete
1934 57 Complete
1935-1937 58-60 Complete (bound)
1938 61 1-24, 26-52 (bound)
1939 62 Complete (bound)
1940 63 1-38, 40-52 (bound)
1941-1942 64-65 Complete
1943 66 1
1944-1975 67-98 Complete (bound)
1976 99 Complete
1977-1992 100-115 Complete (bound)
1993-1998 116-121 Complete
1999 122 Complete
2000 123 Complete
2001 124 Complete
2002 125 Complete
2003 126 Complete
2004 127 1-5, 8-12
2005 128 Complete
2006 129 Complete
2007 130 Complete
(Set 3)
1907 30 14
1919 42 33-38
1921 44 1-35, 37-52
1923 46 4-5, 7-26, 32, 34-43, 45, 48-50
1924 47 3, 6, 14, 16, 21, 23-25, 27-32, 34-42, 44, 46+47, 50, 52
1925 48 2-52
1926 49 1-15, 34-39, 45, 47
1927 50 1-10, 12-50, 52
1928 51 1-2, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-15, 18, 26-27, 29-, 38-39, 41, 44
1929 52 Complete
1930 missing
1931 54 2-6, 8-52
1932 55 1-48, 50-52
1933 56 2, 4-9, 17, 24-27, 29-32, 35, 40
1934 57 14, 22
1935 58 2, 24, 27, 30, 36, 40-42, 51
1942 65 Complete (bound)
1948 71 22
1951 74 2, 25, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42-52
1952 75 1-21, 23-24, 26-30, 32-52
1953 76 1, 2, 4, 9-52
1954 77 Complete
1955 78 Complete
1956 79 Complete
1957 80 2-52
1958 81 1-11, 13, 16-17, 19, 21, 23-27, 29-52
1959 82 1-2, 4-48, 50-52
1960 83 1-44, 45 (partial) 46-52
1961 84 Complete
1962 85 1-9, 13-39
1966 89 Complete (bound)
1967 90 Complete
1968 91 Complete
1969 92 Complete
1970 93 Complete (bound)
1973 96 23, 28 (partial)
1978 101 29-31
1979 102 Complete
1980 103 Complete
1981 104 Complete
1982 105 1-3, 5, 8-11, 13-25
1983 106 Complete
1984 107 Complete
1985 108 1, 3-7, 9-16, 18-23
1986 109 1-9, 11-end
1987 110 1-6, 8-end
1988 111 8-end
1989 112 Complete
1990 113 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-24
1991 114 Complete
1992 115 Complete
1993 116 Complete
1994 117 Complete
1995 118 Complete
1996 119 Complete (bound)
1997 120 Complete
1998 121 Complete
1999 122 Complete
2000 123 Complete
2001 124 Complete
2002 125 Complete
2003 126 1-6, 8-12
2004 127 1, 3, 5, 8-12
2005 128 Complete
2006 129 Complete
2007 130 Complete
Microfilm Set
Date Vol. No.
1880-1906 1-29 Complete
1907 30 1-17, 19-50
1908-1920 31-43 Complete
1924 47 Complete
1932 55 Complete