H.P. Krehbiel fonds. -- 1923-1940. -- 20 cm of textual material.

Henry Peter Krehbiel was born in Summerfield, Illinois in 1862. Throughout his life Krehbiel worked closely with many Mennonite-related causes, promoting Bluffton College, serving as editor of the Mennonite publication Post and Volksblatt, and aiding in the organization of the Mennonite Settlers' Aid Society and the Mennonite Immigration Bureau. H.P. Krehbiel was also involved in the Mennonite Colonization Board (MCB) in the United States. Between the years 1924-1940 the MCB attempted to settle Russian Mennonites in Mexico. With in the MCB Krehbiel acted as an agent on behalf of the Mennonites.

The H.P. Krehbiel Collection consists of material related to Krehbiel's involvement with the Mennonite Colonization Board's efforts at settling Russian Menonites in Mexico. The files include correspondence with various individuals and institutions regarding Mennonite settlements in Roasario, San Juan, Las Aminas, El Trebol and Cuauhtemoc, applications for emigration to Mexico, settlers lists, detailing when and where they settled, and accounts regarding how the MCB assisted Mennonite settlers in Mexico.

This collection was photocopied for the Mennonite Heritage Centre from the H.P. Krehbiel Collection housed at the Mennonite Library and Archives at Bethel College, Newton, Kansas. It was used by Winnipeg researcher Marianne Janzen and then deposited at the MHC in January of 1997.

Mostly in German.

Arranged and described by Myron Dyck in August, 2000.

Accession No. 97-146.

Location: Volume 4883

Finding aid consists of an inventory file list.

1. Letters and Settlers lists: San Juan, Las Aminas. -- 1926.
2. Mennonite Colonization Board: Settlers Lists and Financial Records. -- 1924.
3. Miscellaneous Correspondence. -- 1925.
4. Correspondence: Las Aminas, Irapuato. -- 1925.
5. Krehbiel Correspondence: San Juan, Irapuato. -- 1924-1926.
6. Correspondence. -- 1925.
7. Correspondence: Las Aminas. -- 1925.
8. Correspondence: Rosario. -- 1925.
9. Correspondence: San Juan, Irapuato. -- 1925.
10. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
11. Correspondence: San Juan. -- 1925.
12. Correspondence: Las Aminas. -- 1925.
13. Correspondence: San Juan, Las Aminas. -- 1925.
14. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
15. Newspaper clippings: El Trebol, Durango. -- 1927.
16. Settlers Lists: San Juan, Irapuato. -- 1925.
17. Holland-America Line: Passage Contracts. -- 1925.
18. Miscellaneous Correspondence. -- 1925.
19. Correspondence: Las Aminas. -- 1926.
20. Correspondence: San Juan. -- 1926.
21. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
22. Miscellaneous Letters. -- 1926.
23. Correspondence: Las Aminas. -- 1926.
24. Correspondence: San Juan. -- 1926.
25. Miscellaneous Correspondence. -- 1925.
26. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1926.
27. Correspondence: G.G. Hiebert. -- 1926.
28. Letters to San Juan. -- 1926.
29. Letters re: Las Aminas. -- 1926.
30. Letters re: El Trebol, Durango. -- 1926.
31. Miscellaneous Letters. -- 1926.
32. Miscellaneous Correspondence. -- 1927.
33. Invoices of Prepaid Passages. -- 1926.
34. Miscellaneous Correspondence. -- 1926.
35. Correspondence: San Juan. -- 1926.
36. Letters. -- 1926.
37. Letters. -- 1927.
38. Letters. -- 1928.
39. Letters. -- 1929.
40. Letters. -- 1931.
41. Letters re: Cuauhtemoc. -- 1937.
42. Letters re: Cuauhtemoc. -- 1938.
43. Letters: Mr. G.G. Hiebert. -- 1927.
44. Constitution and Membership list of Hoffungsau Church, Cuauhtemoc. -- 1938.
45. Article on founding of the church at Cuauhtemoc: Christliche Bundesbote. -- 1938.
46. Report by H.P. Krehbiel re: Cuauhtemoc. -- 1939.
47. Questionnaire for Mennonites in Durango. -- 1939.
48. Letters re: Cuauhtemoc. -- 1939.
49. Letters re: Cuauhtemoc. -- 1940.
50. Report on the organization of the church at Cuautemoc. -- 1939.
51. Note Book re: trip to Mexico. -- 1925.
52. Miscellaneous Letters. -- 1925.
53. Miscellaneous Letters. -- 1923-1926.
54. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
55. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
56. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
57. Applications re: emigration to Mexico. -- 1925.
58. Applications re: leader Isaak Siemes emigration to Mexico. -- 1926-1927.
59. Applications re: emigration of 82 families to Mexico. -- 1925.