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Nikolajs Rasins papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC2228

Abstract

Papers (1954-1979) of Nikolajs Rasins (1915- ) include tape recordings; slides; newspaper clippings; correspondence; and financial records relating to Rasins' Latvian American broadcasting and other Latvian American community activities in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954-1979

Creator

Language of Materials

Latvian and 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.

For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Nikolajs Rasins (1915-2006) was born near Ludza in Latvia. He finished his local elementary school in 1930 and gymnasium at Aglona in 1934. After studying theology, philosophy and languages, he worked as a teacher and as a tax and budget inspector until World War II. During the War, he fled to a displaced persons camp in Germany, and in 1949 he emigrated to the United States. He worked construction for a year in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and then for the Alexander Film Company of Colorado Springs. He remained active in Latvian cultural activities, and helped found the Colorado Springs Latvian Society, of which he for several years was the chairman. He also was active in preparing radio, television and press material about Latvians, and with aiding the resettlement of recently arrived Latvian displaced persons. In 1957, Rasins moved to Minneapolis where he worked until his retirement at KTCA-TV, the local public television station. In Minneapolis, he chaired a committee in 1967-1968 organizing the local celebration of Latvia's 50th anniversary of independence, and helped organize the Latvian Credit Union and the Latvian House.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Title
Inventory of the Nikolajs Rasins papers.
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

Contact:

612-625-4800