Historical Committee   Hist. Mss. 1-940 Angela Steffke Hutterite Clothes, etc., 1979-2001 1 Box (Large) Series and Box Listing     Hutterite clothes, 1979-2001            Box 1 (Large)     Hutterite doll, Alberta, Canada (no date)    Box 1 (Large)     Photographs of samplers (Marilyn Gruber)    Box 1 (Large) Administrative Information     Angela Steffke, Lincoln Park, Michigan, deposited these clothes and other items into the archives in 2003.  (Accession #7250, August 25, 2006, 1 Large Box /des) Inventory Listing Box 1 (Large) Hutterite clothes (six pieces), made 1979-2001, by Hutterites in various colonies  Each item has been identified as to date, place, and who made it.  1/1    Slippers (pair).  Color: brown and light yellow.  Hand crocheted slippers by Katie Walter, 2001, Spring Creek Colony, Montana.  Dariusleut. 1/2    Sun bonnett, worn when gardening.  Color: light blue.  Made by Anna Rose Walter, 1992, Spring Creek Colony, Montana.  Dariusleut. 1/3    Dress, young Hutterite girl.  Would be worn with scarf.  Color: various colors including purple with yellow sleeves.  Made by Anna Hofer, about 1979, Spring Creek Colony, Lewistown, Montana.  Dariusleut. 1/4    Dress, woman's (2 pieces).  Color: dark orange with berry branches and fruit.  Made at Huron, South Dakota, about 1984.  Schmiedleut. 1/5    Dress and cap, little Hutterite girl.  Color:  various colors including red, blue and green.  Made by Anna Rose Walter, 1994, Spring Creek Colony, Lewistown, Montana.  Dariusleut. 1/6    Undergarment, girl's.  Color:  white.  Homemade by Judy Walter, about 1998.  Spring Creek Colony, Montana.  Dariusleut. Hutterite Doll, Lethbridge, Alberta 1/7    Doll, Hutterite, with commerical box stamped "Hutterite".  Color:  dress is black, and woman figurine is wearing a black and white poka-dotted apron and scarf.  Commercially sold "Canadian souvenior Doll, hand Crafted in Canada.  Georgia Craft Ltd., Lethbridge, Alberta"  "Hutterite" stamped on box.  Includes a small six page explanation about "the Hutterite": "A familiar sight in southern Alberta today are the Hutterites.  They still dress in the same costumes they wore when they first came to this country in 1918...." Samplers (Photographs by Marilyn Gruber, Private Collection) 1/8    Samplers (6).  Photographs of six samplers, plus close ups of stiching and art work.        Pictures taken by Marilyn Gruber, who purchased them.  Original samplers of which are in private collection in Minnesota.  Origin of them are probably South Dakota, from a Schiede Hutterite colony.  Two of the samplers include genealogy, one of a Kleinsasser family, 1886-1915; the other of a Knels family, 1872-1918.  One sampler is for a person born 1886.  One is for Sarah Hofer and William Wipf. Name and Subject Tracings (Archives Card Catalog) Hutterian Brethren Steffke, Angela August 25, 2006 / Inventory by Dennis Stoesz File: “Hm1-940 Angela Steffke - Hutterite clothes.doc” Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526 Back to Artifact Collections

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