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Alfred and Jutta Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3103

Abstract

Collection consists of personal papers, certificates, documents, personal correspondence, documents of various Estonian diaspora organizations, included are also photographs and manuscripts of Anderson's memoirs and speeches.

Dates

  • 1929-1980

Language of Materials

Estonian, English, German, Swedish, Russian

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

Personal documents in folders 4, 5, 6 restricted. Please contact the IHRCA with any questions.

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.

For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Alfred Anderson (Alfred Jakobus Konstantin Anderson) was a lawyer and an economist, born in 1901 in Suislepa, county of Viljandimaa, Estonia. Graduated from Viljandi Commercial Gymnasium (Viljandi Kommertsgümnaasium). Took part in the Estonian War of Independence. Received education from the University of Tartu (law and economics degrees (1934), later worked for the Estonian Meat Export Association. Was also one of the publishers of the newspaper "Baltic Times." Vice-chairman and managing director of the central organization of Estonian co-op. slaughterhouses and canned goods factories "Eesti Lihaeksport," member of the Estonian Exchange Committee, member of the Anglo-Estonian Cultural Society, member of the Estonian YMCA. Between 1945 and 1949, Alfred Anderson was at the DP Camp in Oldenburg, Germany. He was the chairman of the Estonian Committee in Oldenburg. Resettled in the United States in 1949, and since 1950 worked for the Estonian Relief Committee in New York, eventually also becoming a translator for the Department of State. He served as Chairman of the Estonian World Council and as Council member of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church New York congregation. Founding member of the Estonian Archives in the U.S. (Lakewood, New Jersey). Academically a member of fraternity Sakala (korp! Sakala). Died 30.06.1979. Father: HansMother: Auguste (nee Treufeldt) Jutta Anderson, born in 1902 in Penuja, Estonia. In 1922, she married her first husband Gottlieb Ney. Started studying law at the University of Tartu in 1933. Married Alfred Anderson in 1940 in Estonia. In 1944, they emigrated to Germany, in 1949 to USA. After her resettlement in the United States, Jutta Anderson worked as a clerk at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Active member of the Estonian Women' s Club in New York. Died 16.06 1984 in Fort Lee, NJ, USA.

Extent

1 Linear foot

ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS

Collection is divided into three series and 21 folders. Series 1 and 2 consist of the Alfred and Jutta Anderson's documents and correspondence. Serie 3 is formed of Alfred Anderson's documents of professional and political activities.

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 2012. Gristel Ramler and Tiina Tumberg of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.

  • Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Displaced persons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Estonian Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Refugees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Title
Inventory of the Alfred and Jutta Anderson papers.
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

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