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Doukhobor Collection of Simon Fraser University

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: [Letter] 1917 November 03, Verigin, Sask. [to] Fedosia Verigina

: [Letter] 1940 January 11, Verigin St. [Station] [to] Fedosia Verigina; Letter signed "Anastasia Bozhai"

: [Letter] 1909 October 27, Fruktovaya [Fruitvale], B.C. [to] Fedosia Verigina; a separate letter dated November 7 [year unknown, author unknown] is enclosed

: [Photographic postcard of a Doukhobor family, c. 1907]; Postmark: 13 July 1907, Buchanan, Sask. ,Summary: picture of a Doukhobor family in front of their house

: [Letter] 1910 February 25, Verigin St. [Station]

: [Interview of Aleksei Ivanovich Makortoff by Marje Maloff, c. 1975]; Photocopy ,Summary: tells about working in a British Columbia saw mill

: [Photograph of Doukhobor crops]

: [Photograph of Doukhobor gathering]

: [Letter] 1910 July 9, Verigin St. [Station]

: [Interview of Nastya Semonovna Seimeinoff by Marje Maloff, c. 1975]; Photocopy ,Summary: when the Dukhobors came to Canada everyone worked together, different villages had different economic arrangements; many wild plants were used for food and to supplement their income

: [Photograph of Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada]

: [Letter] 1942 January 20, Mission, B.C. [to] Fedosia Verigina; Letter signed "Anastasia Bozhai"

: [Photograph of Doukhobor Community, c. 1924]

: [Letter] 1911 September 5, Verigin St. [Station]

: [Minutes of Community meeting] 1912 August 12, Verigin Station

: [Letter] 1932 October 18, Prince Albert, Sask., prison [to] “Sion”, Grand Forks, B.C.

: [Photograph of Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada]

: Papers relating to the holding of homestead entries by members of the Doukhobor community; being part of a return laid on the table of the House of Commons on April 17, 1907; with the final report of the commission appointed to investigate and adjust the; Summary: Contains interview between Honourable Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior, and Peter Verigin, 1859-1924, as well as interviews between Oliver and Doukhobor representatives. Also contains a memorandum from the Minister of the Interior, a circular addressed to the Doukhobors from the Canadian government, petitions to Oliver from the Doukhobors, letters from Oliver to the Doukhobors, and the final report of the commissioner to Oliver.,Government asserts that land must be cultivated individually, for own benefit, and that Doukhobors must become citizens of Canada. States that Doukhobors have not carried out their part of the agreement by which the government permitted them to come to Canada.,Doukhobors argue that they do cultivate the land, and that they cannot swear allegiance to any country, because Christ forbids the taking of oaths. Allege that government has changed its agreement, and that they would not have come to Canada had they known that they would have to fulfil these requirements.

: [Letter] 1942 March 4, Verigin St. [Station] [to] Fedosia Verigina; Letter signed "Anastasia Bozhai"

: Unknown

: [Photographic postcard of a group in traditional dress, c. 1906]; Postmarks: 5 Apr 1906, Winnipeg, Canada ,7 April 1906, Elgin, Illinois ,Summary: Doukhobor crowd in traditional dress, in front of a house, with a tent in the foreground

: [Photograph of a Doukhobor woman and her daughter]

: [Photographic postcard of ten Doukhobor girls in traditional dress, c. 1909]; Postmark: 19 August 1909, [C____?], Saskatchewan ,Summary: ten girls in traditional dress on the front porch of a house

: [Interview of Anna Nikolaevna Makortoff by Marje Maloff, c. 1975]; Photocopy,Summary: tells about the life of a family when the mother is struck by lightning and becomes an invalid

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