Papers of Otto B. Reimer, 1919-1965

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Summary

Creators:
Reimer, Otto B., 1894-1990
Abstract:
Extent:
0.25 linear ft.
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Preferred citation:

Papers of Otto B. Reimer. Fresno Pacific University Mennonite Library and Archives

Background

Scope and content:

Includes documents relating to the Pacific Branch of the Committee for the Suffering Mennonites in Russia, 1919-1921; relief notices published by Mennonite Central Committee, 1920-1921; historical accounts of West Coast Mennonite Central Committee, I-W Selective Service programs on the West Coast, Civilian Public Service, the Reedley (Calif.) Mennonite Brethren Church, the migration of Mennonites to California via Harbin, China, and Mennonite Disaster Service; photographs of the flooding in Yuba City, Calif., and subsequent Mennonite Disaster Service work there, 1955-1956; photographs of the Reedley (Calif.) Mennonite Brethren Church; photographs of Mennonite Central Committee West Coast projects; photographs of land agent Julius Siemens and visiting members of the Studien Kommission from Russia, 1920; handwritten hymnal belonging to Heinrich Poettker in Russia; genealogical information on the Reimer, Wiens, Richert, Schmidt, Buller, and Klassen families; and other items of historical interest collected or written by Reimer. A few documents are in German.

Biographical / historical:

Otto B. Reimer was born 25 May 1894 near Newton, Kansas. He was baptized and joined the German Baptist Church in Marion, Kansas, in 1909. From 1914 until 1916 Reimer was a teacher in the Topeka (Kan.) public school system. During World War I he was drafted and served as a conscientious objector in the Quartermaster Corps. After his discharge from the military in 1919, Reimer settled in Reedley, California, where he joined the Mennonite Brethren Church. Reimer served as a member of the MB General Conference Board of General Welfare and Public Relations from 1945 until 1962. He was also a deacon for many years in the Reedley MB Church, and was active in relief work with West Coast Mennonite Central Committee. Reimer died in Reedley, Calif., on 28 June 1990.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research.

Preferred citation:

Papers of Otto B. Reimer. Fresno Pacific University Mennonite Library and Archives

Location of this collection:
1717 S. Chestnut Avenue
Fresno, CA 93702, US
Contact:
(559) 453-3437
hannah.keeney@fresno.edu
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