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Ülemaailmne Eesti Vabadusvõitlejate Keskus (World Legion of Estonian Liberation) records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3114

Abstract

Meeting minutes, organizational correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings.

Dates

  • 1952-1995

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

The World Legion of Estonian Liberation was an international organization founded in 1960 in USA to join Estonian war veterans in exile. The founding members of the organization were the central associations of the war veterans in USA, Canada, Argentina, Germany and England. The objective of the Legion was to free Estonia from the Soviet occupation and to restore the democratic polity.

Extent

5 linear inches

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.

Title
Inventory of the Ülemaailmne Eesti Vabadusvõitlejate Keskus (World Legion of Estonian Liberation) 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

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