Skip to main content

Korp! Ugala USAs (Ugala Estonian Student Association in USA) records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3081

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Box 1:

1. Constitutions and rules of procedure

2-5. Correspondence and additional material (minutes, circular letters, member lists etc) 1951-1961

6. Applications for membership 1961-1962

7-12. Correspondence and additional material (minutes, circular letters, member lists etc) 1962-1965

Box 2:

13-29. Correspondence and additional material (minutes, circular letters, member lists etc) 1966-1980

Box 3:

30-32. Correspondence and additional material (minutes, circular letters, member lists etc) 1981-1992

Box 4:

33-62. Correspondence and additional material (minutes, circular letters, member lists etc) 1973-1985; accounting documents (checks, receipts etc) 1981-1994, check books 1983-1998; member lists; manuscripts and term papers; song books etc.

Box 5:

63. Brochures, newspaper clippings

Dates

  • Creation: 1951-1998

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

Ugala was founded in 1913 by a group of 18 reform-minded Estonian students. In June 1940, Ugala, like other Estonian student associations, was disbanded by the communist regime, and after World War II it continued its legal existence in exile.

Extent

4.25 Linear Feet

Abstract

Constitutions, correspondence, accounting documents, brochures

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.1759, EAA.1758, EFA.237, ERA.2032

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

Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area

Contact:

612-625-4800