Seabrooki Eesti Selts (Estonian Society of Seabrook, New Jersey) records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: IHRC3045

Staff Only

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

1. Minutes 1949-1951

2. Lists of Estonians in Seabrook

3. Correspondence about Estonians' arrival in Seabrook from DP camps 1949

4. Correspondence with individuals and organizations; rules of procedure of Seabrook Estonian War Veterans' Society 1949-1950

5. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1951-1952

6. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1953-1954

7. Correspondence with individuals and organizations and additional material (information sent from the Seabrook Estonian Lutheran congregation)

8. Seabrook Estonian Women's choir's correspondence, member lists, notes about the choir etc

9. Accounting documents: cashbooks (4 pcs) 1950-1966

10. Accounting documents: checks, bank notifications, receipts etc

11. Rendition texts and overviews about Estonians in Seabrook (4 pcs)

12. Programs, religious lyrics etc

13. Programs, invitations

14. Brochures 'The Seabrooker' 1957-1959 (26 pcs) and informational publications by the Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center (7 pcs)

15. Brochures, bulletins sent to the Estonian Society of Seabrook

16. Newspapers and newspaper clippings

17. Paper hat

Dates

1949-1996

Creator

Seabrooki Eesti Selts (Estonian Society of Seabrook) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Estonian, English

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

Estonian Society of Seabrook was founded in 1949.

Extent

1 Linear foot

Additional Description

Abstract

Minutes, lists, correspondence, accounting documents, programs, brochures, newspaper clippings

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.