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Korp! Fraternitas Liviensis võõrsil (Fraternitas Liviensis Estonian Fraternity in Exile) records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3044

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

This collection contains: constitutions, rules of procedure, correspondence, and questionnaires.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948-1995

Creator

Language of Materials

Estonian

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

Fraternitas Liviensis was founded in 1918 by seven pharmacy students. The purpose was to bring together students in the same specialty area (pharmaceutical science) and to develop relations with future colleagues in a corporate form. Later became clear that a specialty-centered organization cannot grow enough, membership applicants were from other departments as well. As a result, in 1925, male students of all specialties were allowed to become members of Fraternitas Liviensis. This was followed by the affiliation with the Union of Estonian Student Fraternities in 1930. After the Tallinn University of Technology was opened in Tallinn and the students of the Department of Engineering who studied in Tartu went to study there, the department of Fraternitas Liviensis was established in Tallinn in 1936. 1940 when Estonia was incorporated into the Soviet Union and along with most other organizations, the fraternity in Estonia was closed, but continued its existence in exile.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

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.

RELATED COLLECTIONS

Collections in the National Archives of Estonia: EAA.1754, EAA.1755, EFA.236, ERA.2026

Author
IHRC Archives
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

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