Korp! Ugala USAs (Ugala Estonian Student Association in USA) records
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
- 1951-1998
Creator
- Korp! Ugala USAs (Ugala Student Association in USA) (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
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
- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Estonian Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fraternal organizations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Youth Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
