Eesti-Amerika Kodanike Ühing (Estonian American Citizen Association) records
Abstract
Minutes, constitutions, correspondence, lists.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1965
Creator
Language of Materials
Estonian, English
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
In 1951 a committee was established to start coordinating the activity of the so called old Estonians in the United States. The outcome of was the foundation of the Estonian American Citizen Association in New York in 1952. The Association (originally named also Estonian American Citizen League) united US citizens with Estonian provenance to centralize their activity. The objective of the organization was to represent and protect the members of the organization and to support the principles to ensure freedom and independence to small nations, especially Estonia.
Extent
2.5 linear inches
PROVENANCE
Collection transferred to the IHRC from the Estonian Archives in the U.S.A. (EAU) in 2003-2005. It was processed as part of a collaborative project between the Estonian Archives in the USA (Lakewood, New Jersey), the National Archives of Estonia (NAE), and the IHRC in March 2010. Margit Laanemets and Kristel Tammik of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Eesti-Amerika Kodanike Ühing (Estonian American Citizen Association) records.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding Aid in English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area
