Classification scheme: Hist.Mss.1.367
Title: Peter and Helen (Thiessen) Reimer fonds
Dates of creation: 1929-2023
Physical description: 13 cm of textual records; photographs
Biographical sketch: Helen Thiessen (1909-1996) was born in Barvenkovo, South Russia to Peter and Aganetha ("Aga-Netha") Thiessen. She immigrated to Canada in 1925. Peter Reimer (1903-1958), the son of Aron and Helena Reimer, was raised in Davlekanovo, Ufa, Russia. He immigrated to Canada in 1924. The couple married in 1931 in Mullingar, Saskatchewan and lived in Saskatoon. They had five children. Peter Reimer worked for the post office in Saskatoon and the family ran Reimer's Grocery. Peter died suddenly in 1958. Helen moved to Edmonton in 1964 to live with a daughter, and died in Ponoka, Alberta.
Custodial history: Donated to the Archives in 2023 by Vic Reimer
Scope and content: Correspondence, a diary, genealogical notes, mementos, and immigration documents of Peter and Helen (Thiessen) Reimer; a brief biography of a sister to Helen Reimer; family photographs; Vic Reimer's book production correspondence and notes.
Notes: Original archival description created 2026 by Laureen Harder-Gissing.
See also: Reimer, Vic. Letters: Peter and Helen Reimer. Vic Reimer, 2023; Reimer, Victor. More than History: Stories of Helena Petrov Thiessen (1909-1996) and Peter Aron Reimer (1903-1958): Mennonite Immigrants from Ukraine/Russia to Saskatchewan in 1924/1925. Vic Reimer, 2023.
File list:
- Correspondence, 1949-1988, 2000
Note: Contains letters from/to Peter Reimer, Helen Reimer, Vic and Mary Reimer, Adena Reimer. Many are transcribed in Letters: Peter and Helen Reimer. - Correspondence from Peter Reimer to Helen Thiessen, 1929-1930
- Correspondence, Samuel Hsich to Vic Reimer, 1958-1959
Note:Transcribed in Letters: Peter and Helen Reimer. - Immigration documents and mementos, Peter Reimer
- Diary, Peter Reimer, 1944-1947
Note: Transcription and notes by Vic Reimer located in More Than History. - Immigration documents, Helen Reimer
- Lace made by Aga-Netha Thiessen
- Speaker, Ingrid. "As She Told Me: Biography of Aga Netha Schwab." [after 1981].
Note: The subject's full name is Aganeta (Thiessen Pepneck) Schwab (1902-2005), a sister to Helen Reimer. - Correspondence regarding book research, Vic Reimer, 2020
- Sources for book research, Vic Reimer
- Notes, Reimer genealogy
- Notes, Thiessen genealogy
- Photographs