Odessaer Zeitung
Description
Odessa, Russia: Daily, except Sundays & holidays. 1863–1914
The Odessaer Zeitung was founded in the city of Odessa in 1861 and published until 1914. Each issue begins with international news, then national reports are followed by excerpts from the Russian press. There is local news of the city of Odessa and business news, reviews of books, and theatre notices. Illustrated advertisements of farm machinery and household goods adorn the rear pages, while obituaries, notices of business opportunities, schools, doctors or job vacancies appear in smaller boxes on the front and back pages. A literary section serialises novels: German romances and tales of rural life, translations of English and American adventure stories or thrillers, and the occasional Russian novel or story by writers such as Tolstoy, Turgenev, or Gorky.
Of special interest to Mennonites is the Koloniales section; it is devoted to news, views, and opinions of the German-speaking colonists that settled in New Russia (today Ukraine). Reports also come from the Volga region, Russian Poland, and the Caucasus. As the sons and daughters of the New Russian colonists emigrated to other areas of Russia in the lat 19th and early 20th century, there are reports from Central Asia, the Urals, and Siberia.
CMBS purchased the whole collection of Odessaer Zeitung on microfilm. The story goes that the Nazis looted the actual newspapers from Ukraine during the Second World War and then the Americans seized the collection and microfilmed all of them but for one year that was accidentally omitted. They then destroyed the entire print run. So, it remains lost, only available via microfilm.
An index of Mennonite-related materials was produced by Dr. James Urry. The original index was hand written and later typed by someone else. Efforts have been made to correct errors that entered into the listing, but a number remain in the transcript of the German, the English explanations, translations, and format. See below.
Holdings
Note: The link to a digital reproduction (PDF) of the Odessaer Zeitung index for the years 1863–1914 precedes the holdings list.
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| Name | Size |
| Odessa Zeitung Index By James Urry Version 3 | 0.5 MB |
Date Vol. Reel
1863 1 1
1864 2 2
1865 3 3
1866 4 4
1867 5 5
1868 6 6
1869 7 7
1870 8 8
1871 9 9
1872 10 10
1873 11 11
1874 12 12
1875 13 13
1876 14 14
1877 15 15
1878 16 16
1879 17 17
1880 18 18
1881 19 19
1882 20 20, 21
1883 21 22, 23
1884 22 24, 25
1885 23 26, 27
1886 24 28, 29
1887 25 30, 31
1888 26 32
1889 27 33, 34
1890 28 35, 36
1891 29 69, 70
1892 30 71, 72
1893 missing
1894 32 37, 38
1895 33 39, 40
1896 34 41, 42
1897 35 43, 44
1898 36 45, 46
1899 37 47, 48
1900 38 49, 50
1901 39 51, 52
1902 40 53, 54, 73
1903 41 55, 56, 57, 70, 73
1904 42 58, 70, 76
1905 43 59, 70, 76
1906 44 60, 74, 75
1907 45 61, 73, 74
1908 46 62
1909 47 63
1910 48 64
1911 49 65
1912 50 66
1913 51 67
1914 52 68
Set 2 (incomplete)
1890 28 1
1897 35 2
1898 36 3?
1899 37 4
1902 40 5
1903 41 5