Contributions
Marie Rudel Portner Germans from Russia
Endowment
The Marie Rudel Portner Germans from Russia
Endowment of $1.1 million dollars was established in May, 2000.
The endowment honors the ethnic heritage, family traditions and
values represented by her parents, Simon and Dorothea Weber Rudel.
Udo Gerhard Keller zu Kellerrode Fund
NDSU Development Foundation
Gisela L. Schilling Keller, a longtime employee
at the NDSU Varsity Mart, has established the Udo Gerhard Keller
zu Kellerrode Fund, with a major financial gift to the Germans
from Russia Heritage Collection. The Fund was established in July, 2001.
The Germans from Russia: Children of
the Steppe,
Children of the Prairie
The award winning television documentary, "The
Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie,"
produced by Prairie Public Television has been shown on PBS stations
throughout the United States.
Major donors were Arthur E. & Cleora Reuscher
Flegel, Menlo Park, CA, and Stuart & Cindy Mitzel Longtin,
Fargo, ND, many other donors, and Prairie Public Television members.
Herb Poppke Collection
Herb Poppke of Seattle, WA, and a native of
Goodrich, ND, donated his personal library and archives to GRHC.
This includes valuable books, journals, maps and cassette tapes.
Herb Poppke had an extensive personal library collection and was
well-known for his map research of the German villages in the
former Soviet Union.
John
Phillips
John Phillips of Merced, CA, born in Landau,
Beresan District, Ukraine, donated his book collection and personal
papers. GRHC has published three books authored by John Phillips,
funded in part with his financial donations.
The
Calvin Fercho Germans from Russia Research Stipend
The Calvin Fercho Germans from Russia Research Stipend
is a fund designed to collect and preserve the history and heritage
of the Germans from Russia. This can be used to collect oral histories,
process archival material, photographs, or textiles (or all of
the above). The stipend provides NDSU students opportunities in
historic preservation and documentation of the Germans from Russia.
Last Updated: April 08, 2008