Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
 Hutterite Women, Stand Off Colony, 1963
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| Series 1 | Textual records. - 1880s-1966 |
| M-1381 | New Ulm Hutterite Colony. -- [ca. 1880s]. -- 1 volume. -- Consists of a Hutterite religious song book, containing martyr songs of the 1500s and 1600s. Includes index and family register of David Waldner and family from 1875 in South Dakota to 1920 in Alberta. |
| M-1385 | Hutterite documents collected by Karl Peter. -- 1852, 1902 and n.d. -- 5 items. -- Consists of religious and other Hutterite documents, including texts printed from the Bible, a recipe for home production and use of medicine, and a certificate of baptism. |
| M-2805-oversize | Sketches and notes done by E.J. Spiteri while interviewing Jacob Walter on the Stand Off Colony. -- 1971. -- 2 pages. -- Relates to sound recording RDT-5, described below. |
| M-3552 | Cayley Hutterite Colony - German songbook. -- 1906. -- 1 volume |
| M-3556 | Red Willow Hutterite Colony - German medical book. -- 1 volume |
| M-3557 | Red Willow Hutterite Colony - German songbook. -- 1896. -- 1 volume. -- The songbook contains martyr songs of the 1500s and 1600s in illuminated script. |
| M-3558 | Wolf Creek Hutterite Colony - German songbook. -- 1892. -- 1 volume |
| M-3563 | New Rosebud Colony - Hutterite songbooks. -- 1947, 1953. -- Consists of songbooks written by Johannes Walter from Beiseker, Alberta. |
| M-3564 | Karl Peters' ethnological study of Hutterites in Alberta. -- 1963-1966. -- 12.5 cm of textual records. -- Consists of a study undertaken by Karl Peter as a special Glenbow project. Peter visited many colonies, but most of the information in this study was obtained during a stay in the Stand Off Colony. The study includes details of culture, economic system, and religious beliefs. For a continuation, see M-3567 below. |
| M-3567 | Karl Peters' study of Hutterites in Alberta. -- 1966. -- 260 pages. -- Consists of a study of the Hutterite culture, ideology, institutions and personalities, based upon fieldwork conducted for the Glenbow Foundation. This is an extension of M-3564 above. |
| M-3569 | Lena Wipf's Hutterite hymn book. -- 1955. -- 1 volume. -- Consists of a handwritten hymn book from Hanna, Alberta, including notes on the hymns and their use. The hymn book was copied from an earlier text by Lena Wipf of the Handhillls Hutterite Colony. |
| M-3574 | Rebecca P. Tschetter (New Rosebud Colony) papers. -- 1922-1955 and n.d. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Consists of songbooks and baptismal recital of Rebecca Tschetter and Peter B. Hofer. The songbook was copied and completed on October 29, 1955, while the songbook is purported to be an Easter song. The baptismal recital belonged to Peter B. Hofer, a carpenter of the Rosebud Hutterite Colony and father of Mrs. Tschetter. The individual was required to recite the text from memory. The name appearing on the item ("Annie P. Hofer") referes to another daughter. |
| M-7852 | Alberta. Department of Education. -- [ca. 1960]. -- Draft agreement for school divisions to provide for education of Hutterite children; draft agreement for education of Indian children. |
| Series 2 | Microfilmed records. -- Microfilmed 1960-1963 (originally created 1527-1932) |
| Microfilm-Hutterite-1 | Stand Off Hutterite Colony. -- Microfilmed 1960 (originally created 1527-1960). -- 4 microfilm reels. -- Consists of a history of the Hutterian Brethren, documents on early customs and beliefs, official documents, etc. -- The originals are held by the Stand Off Hutterite Colony. |
| Microfilm-Hutterite-2 | Minburn Hutterite Colony. -- Microfilmed 1961 (originally created 1774-1811). -- 1 microfilm reel. -- Consists of letters between the Hutterian Brethren in Wischenky and Sarepta, Russia. -- The originals are held by the Minburn Hutterite Colony. |
| Microfilm-Hutterite-3 | Red Willow Hutterite Colony. -- Microfilmed 1963 (originally created 1821-1875). -- 2 microfilm reels. -- Consists of religious documents and explanations of parts of the Bible, collected by Paul Strohl of the Red Willow Colony from several colonies. Includes the first part of Leonhard Dax's "Christ and the World". The second part is on Microfilm-Hutterite-6 described below. -- The originals are held by Red Willow and other Hutterite Colonies. |
| Microfilm-Hutterite-4 | Stand Off Hutterite Colony. -- Microfilmed 1963 (originally created 1924-1932). -- 1 microfilm reel. -- Consists of publications regarding Hutterite history and religious beliefs. -- The originals are held by the Stand Off Hutterite Colony. |
| Microfilm-Hutterite-5 | Red Willow Hutterite Colony. -- Microfilmed 1963 (originally created 1696-1825). -- 1 microfilm reel. -- Consists of handwritten religious papers, including lectures, exposition of the Bible, poems, songbooks, etc. -- The originals are held by the Red Willow Hutterite Colony. |
| Microfilm-Hutterite-6 | MacMillan Hutterite Colony and Red Willow Hutterite Colony. -- Microfilmed 1963 (originally created 1795). -- 1 microfilm reel. -- Consists of documents of Hutterite religious teachings, including the second part of Leonhard Dax's "Christ and the World". -- The original is held by the MacMillan and Red Willow Colonies. |
| Series 3 | Sound recordings. - 1963, 1971 |
| RDT-2 | Sunday service and sermon. -- 1963. -- 1 audio reel. -- Consists of a sound recording, made by Karl Peter, of a regular Sunday service and a sermon related to the Acts of the Apostles. The first preacher is Mike Tshetter and the second is Jacob Walter. |
| RDT-4 | Hutterite songs, hymns and interviews. -- [ca. 1963]. -- 5 audio reels. -- Consists of sound recordings, made by Karl Peter at the Lakeside, Stand Off and other Hutterite colonies. |
| RDT-5 | Interview with Jacob Walter, songs and hymns. -- 1971. -- 3 audio reels. -- Consists of sound recordings made by Ed Spiteria at the Stand Off Hutterite Colony. |
| Series 4 | Photographs. - 1945-1975
Many of these photographs have been scanned.  View now. |
| PA-609-(1-4) | Stand Off Hutterite Colony. -- [ca. 1945]. -- 4 photographs. -- Consists of views of the Stand Off Colony. |
| PA-1042-(1-55) | Stand Off, Lakeside and other Hutterite Colonies. -- 1961, 1963-1964. -- 55 photographs. -- Consists of views of Hutterites, dwellings, and equipment on the Stand Off, Lakeside and other Hutterite Colonies. |
| NA-1752-(1-80) | Hutterites, dwellings, etc. at Stand Off and Lakeside Colonies. -- 1963. -- 80 photographs. -- Consists of views taken by Rosettis Studio on behalf of Karl Peter. |
| NA-3193-(1-2) | Pages from a book of Hutterite religious writings. -- Photographed 1975 (originaly created 1560s-1570s). -- 2 photographs |
