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American Historical Society of Germans from Russia headquarters, church and museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 1, 1998

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The Association of Gravestone Studies

The Germans from Russia Cultural Preservation Foundation

"KTWU program follows Germans from Russia to Kansas", The Topeka Capital Journal, Topeka, Kansas, May 8, 1999

Teaching Guide for The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie videotape documentary

Wrough Iron Crosses of Jeff Malm, Kulm, North Dakota

Photographs from the former Bessarabian and Black Sea German villages near Odessa, Ukraine, June 1996, May 1997

Photographs taken in south-central South Dakota on April 29, 1998

The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie
- 1999 - 2000 President's Annual Report North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
- A Premiere Celebration! The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie
  - Premiere Reception and Program of the Documentary The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of Prairie (photographs)
  - Program Funding The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of Prairie
- "A unique, important film saga" Forum editorial, The Forum, Opinion Page A-4, Tuesday, February 9, 1999, Fargo, ND
- About This Program
- Comments about documentary
- Enthusiasm for Prairie Public production continues
- German Life documentary review The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie Reviewed by Barbara A. Springer, German Life, December, 2000/January, 2001, page 45
- The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie: Interview with Ron Vossler
- The GERMANS from RUSSIA: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie Prairie Public Documentary Looks at Germans from Russia
- In the Public Eye: The Prairie Public Television Program Guide, February, 1999
- Journey To The Homeland By Bob Dambach
- KTWU program follows Germans from Russia to Kansas By Bill Blankenship, The Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas, May 8, 1999
- Prairie Public completes Teachers Guide for award-winning Germans from Russia documentary
- "Prairie Public Productions Shine at Telly Awards"
- Prairie Public tells the story of Germans from Russia By Lori Clark, Glen Ullin Times
- Prize Winning Documentary: "The Germans From Russia" By Katherine Kraft, OSB
- Remarks given at premiere events
- Telly Award given to Germans from Russia video documentary produced by NDSU Libraries and Prairie Public Broadcasting
Germans from Russia foodways
- Alma Janke Schott prepares Christmas Tea Ring and Lebkuchen Christmas Cookies
- Arlene Kruckenberg Knutson, Tuttle, ND, Making Her Baska (Easter Bread)
- Bernadine Lang Kuhn and Erica Lang Wangler prepare Kuchen, Baked Rice and Dampfnoodla
- German Russian cooks and iron cross cemeteries filmed for Prairie Public TV By Alan Burke, Emmons County Record, Linton, North Dakota, October 2, 2001, page 1
- Germans from Russia cooking at the home of Adam & Millie Doll Hauck, near Richardton, North Dakota, June 22, 2001
- Prairie Public TV Films music documentary at Hague, Strasburg By Allan Burke, Emmons Country Record, Linton, North Dakota, December 23, 2004, Pages B1-B2.
- Helen Gefroh Fischer making her famous strudels at the Hague Cafe, Hague, North Dakota, September 6, 2001
- Paul Welder making noodles and canning
- Strasburg Fall Church Supper, Strasburg, North Dakota
- Theresa Voller Wolf Making Homemade Bread Strasburg, North Dakota
  September 28, 2002 Photographs by Michael M. Miller, Fargo, ND
- Vi Kruckenberg Schielke Making Pfeffer Kraut Bohne Suppe and Knoepfla Dish
- Viola Welk Bosch prepares Grumbeere Maultaschen and Kochmelonen, Linton, North Dakota, September 7, 2001
Heaven Is Our Homeland: The Glückstalers of New Russia and North America, Documentary Premiere Event, Heritage Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, July 21, 2004
Letters from Russia Documentary
- The Schwab Sodhouse, Strasburg, North Dakota, May 3, 2003
Pauline Neher Diede Interview and Filming
Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices: Iron Crosses of the Great Plains
- If Tombstones Could Talk, By Carol Just, North Star Chapter Newsletter, September, 2005
- Iron Crosses: Sentinels of the Prairie By Jo Ann Winistorfer, North Dakota Living, Mandan, North Dakota, April 2003, Pages 18 - 20
- Iron Crosses in area cemeteries: Anamoose, Drake, Karlsruhe and Orrin, By Rose Marie Gueldner copyright 1996 RMHG, The Valley Star, Velva, North Dakota, June 12, 1996, Pages 1 and 2
- Iron Crosses Made Mark on Prairie
- Iron Crosses on the Northern Plains
- Iron Crosses on the Northern Plains
- Iron Cross Making, Buckshot Junction, Bismarck, North Dakota August 8, 2002
- Iron Cross Making and the World Premiere of Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices: Iron Crosses of the Great Plains, Heritage Center and Buckshot Junction, Bismarck, North Dakota August 7 and 8, 2002
- Iron Cross Tour with Dr. Timothy J. Kloberdanz, August 8, 2002
- Iron work: Blacksmith's tools, artist's hands: Herman Kraft shapes traditional iron crosses in demonstration for Germans from Russia gathering
- Kraft, Keller demonstrate at GRHS Conference
  - In Loving Memory of Ervin Markins Keller, April 3, 1925 - May 18, 2006, courtesy of Kesling Funeral Home, Mobridge, South Dakota
- Piecing together heritage: Researchers helping families trace their roots
- Plains Folk: Iron Crosses
- Samuel Miller, Sr. and Jr., Blacksmiths and Iron Cross Makers, Zap, North Dakota
- Signs of the cross Documentary profiles iron landmarks of the Great Plains By Deneen Gilmour, The Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, September 1, 2002, Page B1
- St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery, Seltz, North Dakota, June, 2006
- St. George's Parish Cemetery, Irvine, Saskatchewan, September 23, 2005
Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia
- Balta, Horace & Rugby, North Dakota
- Comments about documentary
- Filming for the Foodways Videotape Documentary with the "Verrückte Frauen," Prairie Public Television St. Louis Park, Minnesota, September 17, 1999
- German-Russian soups are his forte By Anne Gillespie Lewis, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 30, 1999, page T9.
- Germans from Russia Video Foodways Documentary Featured with "Rugby Premiere" on April 7
- Local production shines in Prairie Public Television's Spring Membership Campaign
- More German-Russian food By Karen Herzog, Staff Writer,The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota, Wednesday, February 2, 2000
- Plains Folk: A Sustaining Encore By Tom Isern, Professor of History North Dakota State University, March 9, 2000.
- Prairie Public TV "Plains Talk" program to feature NDSU's Germans from Russia Bibliographer Michael M. Miller
- Sam Brungardt Preparing Volga German Foods St. Paul, Minnesota, September, 1999
- Schmeckfest documentary comments, Marci Mayer Radin, Englewood, Colorado, December 29, 2005
- Schmeckfest, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
- Schmeckfest By Paulette Tobin, Herald Staff Writer, Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 1, 2000, Page 1 & 2C.
- Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans From Russia
- Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia Premieres on Prairie Public TV
- Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia, German Life, February/March, 2002, page 46, videotape review by Barbara Selig
- Schmeckfest Review Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, volume 8, number 46, November 17, 2003
- The Schmeckfest & the McPherson County Museum Eureka, South Dakota, September, 1999
- Theresa Kuntz Bachmeier Making Cheese Buttons (Käse Knöpfla) Rugby, North Dakota, September, 1999
A Soulful Sound: Music of the Germans from Russia (DVD), 2005
- Choir Adding harmony to Documentary Jamestown College Alumni and Friends, Jamestown, North Dakota, Winter/Spring 2004
- Hague and Strasburg North Dakota, September 9, 2004, filming by Prairie Public Television of traditional Germans from Russia wedding
  - St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hague, North Dakota, September 9, 2004
  - The Blueroom, Strasburg, North Dakota, September 9, 2004 (Photo Set 1)
  - The Blueroom, Strasburg, North Dakota, September 9, 2004 (Photo Set 2)
- Jamestown College Concert Choir, Jamestown, North Dakota (Program)
- Jamestown College Concert Choir and the Centennial Men's Choir, March 25th, 2004, Harvey, ND
- Jamestown College Concert Choir and the Alive Gospel Choir, March 21, 2004, Jamestown, ND.
- John J. Gross: Folk Songs Sung by the Germans from Russia (CD), 2005
- Music Documentary Premieres, Bismarck, Jamestown, Fargo, April, 2005
- Prairie Public TV Films music documentary at Hague, Strasburg By Allan Burke, Emmons Country Record, Linton, North Dakota, December 23, 2004, Pages B1-B2.
- Prairie Public TV at Wishek Wishek Star, Wishek, North Dakota, May, 2003
- Soulful Sound: Newest tribute to heritage of Germans from Russia By Andrea Winkjer Collin, North Dakota Horizons, Winter, 2005, pages 18-20
- St. Andrew's Lutheran Church German Choir Rural Zeeland, North Dakota May 4, 2003
- University of Mary Choral Ensembles Perform Music of the Germans from Russia, Tom Ackerman, Director of Communications, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, March 19, 2004
- University of Mary Concert Choir and Germans from Russia Chamber Singers, Alive Gospel Choir and folksinger John Gross, Strasburg, ND, April 3, 2004
Third International Ethnic Television Festival "At Home" Krakow, Poland, October 6-9, 1999
- Photographs of Krakow, Poland October, 1999

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