Eesti Üliõpilaste Toetusfond (Estonian Students Fund in USA, Inc) records

Collection

Identifier: IHRC3117

Staff Only

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Box 1:

1. Constitutions and additional material, minutes 1950-1961

2. Correspondence with donors 1951-1965

3. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1950-1968

4. Correspondence with the National Union of Students of Finland 1959-1963

5. Otto G. Lellep's correspondence with Helmo Raag and others 1960-1974

6. Correspondence about the constitution of 1961

7. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1965-1966

8. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1967-1968

9. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1969

10. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1970

11. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1971

12. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1972

13. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1973

14. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1974

19. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1979, 1982, 1984

20. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1985-1986

21. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1987-1989

22. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1990-1991

Box 2:

23. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1992

24. Correspondence with individuals and organizations 1993-1994, 1998

25. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-M, 1968

26. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence N-Y, 1968

27. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-M, 1969

28. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence N-P, 1969

29. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence R-Y, 1969

30. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-K, 1970

31. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence L-P, 1970

32. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence R-Y, 1970

33. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-J, 1971

34. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence K, 1971

35. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence L-N, 1971

36. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence O-R, 1971

37. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence S-Y, 1971

Box 3:

38. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-J, 1972

39. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence K, 1972

40. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence L-N, 1972

41. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence O-Y, 1972

42. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-J, 1973

43. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence K, 1973

44. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence L-N, 1973

45. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence O-R, 1973

46. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence S-Y, 1973

47. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence A-J, 1974

48. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence K, 1974

49. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence L-R, 1974

50. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence S-Y, 1974

51. Applications for scholarships and additional correspondence (not organized alphabetically) 1965-1977

Box 4:

52. Applications for scholarships in Finland and additional correspondence 1962-1965

53. Applications for scholarships In Finland and additional correspondence 1966-1969

54. Applications for scholarships in Finland and additional correspondence 1970-1974

55. Loan applications and additional correspondence 1951-1953

56. Loan applications and additional correspondence 1954-1956

57. Loan applications and additional correspondence 1957-1967

58. Loan applications and additional correspondence 1959-1961

59. Loan applications and additional correspondence 1965-1971

60. Cash book 1950-1954

61. Account book for loans 1953-1964

62. Cash flow documents 1967-1968

63. Cash flow documents 1968-1969

64. Cash flow documents 1969-1970

65. Cash flow documents 1970-1971

Box 5:

66. Cash flow documents 1972-1973

67. Accounting documents: receipts, correspondence about checks etc 1966-1974

68. Money receipt book 1968-1972

69. Lists of Estonian professors in the USA and members of the Student Society of St. Petersburg, brochure "Lux Aeterna" (5 pcs), newspaper clippings

Dates

1950-1998

Creator

Eesti Üliõpilaste Toetusfond (Estonian Students Fund in USA, Inc) (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

In 1950, an informal supporting fund for students of Estonian origin was founded as a unit of the New York Estonian Educational Society. It was incorporated as a non-profit official organization under the name of Estonian Students Fund in USA, Inc in 1961. The objective of the fund is to further and promote religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes; to promote the understanding and knowledge of the art, science, literature and language of Estonia: to extend voluntary financial or other aid to such persons who are engaged in furthering the purposes above named; to grant scholarships to deserving students. The Fund is active until today, giving out different scholarships and grants.

Extent

5 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Constitutions, correspondence, applications for scholarship, accounting documents.

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.