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Title: Alexander Dirks fonds
Dates: 1959-1989
Extent: 40 cm of textual records

Historical note

Alexander Dirks (1891-1985)was born in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna as the fifth child of Peter Dirks and Elizabeth Fast. He completed teacher's training in Halbstadt in 1909 and assumed his first teaching position in at a Mennonite school in Orechov. During World War I he served in the Russian Forestry as well as the medical service. He returned to teaching in after 1917 in the village school in Waldheim. He was greatly influenced by Adolf Reimer, an evangelist among the Russian people, experienced a conversion experience in 1918, was baptized joining the Mennonite Brethren Church. In 1920 he married Agnes Warkentin. He immigrated to Canada in 1924 with his wife and two children. He taught at the Lyman School near Arnaud, Manitoba for 13 years. He was ordained as a minister at the Arnaud Mennonite Brethren Church in 1929. In 1941 the family moved to North Kildonan where he became a member of the North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church. After his retirement in 1957, he became more and more active in ministries to Russian people. He preached regularly in Russian and German. He translated several works of the German evangelist Erich Sauer into Russian. His long-time marriage ended with the passing away of his wife in 1990. Alexander Dirks died in Winnipeg on Dec. 16, 1985 just 12 days before his 95th birthday.

Scope and content note

This fonds consists of correspondence, much of it with Charlotte Sauer, regarding the translation and publication of the translation of Eric Sauer's "Das Morgenbrot der Welterloesunge", manuscripts of the Eric Sauer translation, sermon notes and various Russian periodicals, evangelical tracts, and catalogues of Russia religious material.

Index terms

Subject terms

Dirks, Alexander, 1895-1985 Sauer, Erich Evangelistic work Russian evangelists

Creators

Dirks, Alexander, 1891-1985 Sauer, Erich

Finding aids

Inventory file list available

 

Notes

Language

Russian and German

 

Arrangement

Arranged by Alf Redekopp, 2002.

 

Restrictions on access

No restrictions to access.

Other notes

Acc. no. 88-158, 90-051, 02-041

Alexander Dirks fonds inventory file list:

Volume 3265

  1. Nasha Dhi (Our Days) : A Russian Weekly Newspaper published by the Pacific Coast Slavic Baptist Association Inc.: 1971: 249, 265-268, 271-272; 1972: 291, 302, 309; 1976: 470, 490-491, 497-498; 1977: 540.  Acc. No. [In Russian] 88-158
  2. Vera I Zhizn [Belief and Life] (Licht im Osten=Light in the East) 1981: 36-37; 1982: 38, 42, 46; 1983: 46; 1984: 50, 51; 1985: 55, 57. (In Russian] Acc. No. 02-041
  3. Protestant (in Russian). -- No. 9 (September 1990). Acc. No. 88-158
  4. Victor Kamkin Inc. Bookstore catalogues (in Russian]. -- Washington, DC, 1959, 1964-1965. Acc. No. 88-158
  5. Miscellaneous Russian Tracts Acc. No. 88-158
  6. Daily devotional calendar [in Russian]. -- 1975, 1985, 1989. (complete) Acc. No. 88-158.
  7. Seiatel' Istine (Sower of Truth); 1965: 3; 1970: 4, 6-7, 11
  8. Tropinka (Path) (Children's magazine published in Korntal, Germany) 1990.

Volume 4186

  1. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) 1-122 [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051
  2. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) 123-232 [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051
  3. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) 233-402 [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051
  4. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) 403-577 [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051

Volume 4187

  1. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) 578-746 [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051
  2. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) 746-939 [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051
  3. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) I.m (1-446) [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051
  4. Torzhestvo Raspiatogo / Erich Sauer (in Russian script) II.m (447-1022) [Russian translation of Sauer's Triumph des Gekreuzigten] Acc. No. 90-051

Volume 4375

  1. [Russian translation of "Des Herrn Mahnung an die Gemeinden der Endzeit"] / A.P. Dirks Acc. No. 90-051
  2. Na Zare Iskuplenia Mira S.1-254 / Erich Sauer [ Alexander Dirks' translation of "Das Morgenrot der Welterloesunge" by Sauer]. Acc. No. 90-051
  3. Na Zare Iskuplenia Mira S.357-454 / Erich Sauer [Alexander Dirks' translation of "Das Morgenrot der Welterloesung" by Sauer]. Acc. No. 90-051
  4. Na Zare Iskuplenia Mira S.459-640 / Erich Sauer [Alexander Dirks' translation of "Das Morgenrot der Welterloesung" by Sauer. Acc. No. 90-051
  5. Na Zare Iskuplenia Mira S.641-683 / Erich Sauer [Alexander Dirks' translation of "Das Morgenrot der Welterloesung" by Sauer]. Acc. No. 90-051
  6. Na Zare Iskuplenia Mira S.839-1014 / Erich Sauer [Alexander Dirks' translation of "Das Morgenrot der Welterloesung" by Sauer]. Acc. No. 90-051

Volume 4376

  1. [Correspondence Alexander P. Dirks re publication of Russian translations of religious literature, eg. Der Triumph der Gekreuzigten by Erich Sauer] Acc. No. 90-051
  2. Alexander Dirks correspondence Acc. No. 90-051
  3. Alexander Dirks' Gestetner Guartantee, 1967. Acc. No. 90-051
  4. Alexander Dirks' Bible Conference notes on speakers A.H. Unruh, F.C. Peters, J.A. Toews, D. Ewert, and V. Toews. -- ca. 1958. Acc. No. 90-051
  5. Alexander Dirks Sermon notes (English and German). Acc. No. 90-051
  6. Alexander Dirks' Russian Sermons Acc. No. 90-051
  7. Alexander Dirks' Russian Sermons Acc. No. 90-051
  8. Alexander Dirks' Russian sermons on Ephesions Acc. No. 90-051
  9. Russian sermons Acc. No. 90-051