Classification scheme: 
Hist. Mss. 1.109 (s.c.)

Title: Hans Schmidt fonds

Dates of creation: 1909

Physical description: 1 cm. of textual records

Biographical sketch: Hans Schmidt (1886?-1951) was born in the Russian Mennonite village of Gnadenfeld. Schmidt studied business in Danzig at Erstes Deutsches HandelsLehr-Institut from which he received a diploma in 1909. This is an example of pre-Revolutionary studies by young Mennonites living in Russia.

Schmidt died in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on February 1, 1951.

Custodial history: Donated by Constantin Berg, St. Catharines, Ontario

Notes:

Original archival description created 1990s by Sam Steiner.

File list:

  1. Diplom der Reife, Erste Deutsches Handels-Lehr-Institut, 1. Nov. 1909.

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