Eesti Vangistatud Vabadusvõitlejate Abistamiskeskus USAs (Relief Committee for Estonian Prisoners of Conscience in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States branch) records
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, reports, lists, circular letters, newspaper clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1993
Creator
- Eesti Vangistatud Vabadusvõitlejate Abistamiskeskus USAs (Relief Committee for Estonian Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR, US branch) (Organization)
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
The Relief Committee for Estonian Prisoners of Conscience in the U.S.S.R. was an international aid organization, founded in 1978 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the objective to morally and financially help and support Estonians, and their families, who were victimized or imprisoned by the Soviet Union. In 1978-1991 the organization composed and published lists of Estonian political prisoners. The headquarters of the organization was situated in Stockholm, but there were many chapters active in Sweden, Canada, Australia, the U.S.A., etc. The organization disbanded in 1993.
Extent
4 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
Collection in the National Archives of Estonia: ERAF.9608
- Title
- Inventory of the Eesti Vangistatud Vabadusvõitlejate Abistamiskeskus USAs (Relief Committee for Estonian Prisoners of Conscience in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States branch) 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
