Eesti Arhiiv Austraalias (Estonian Archives in Australia) collection
Abstract
Annual reports, correspondence, lists of books, newspaper clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1997
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.
For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
The Estonian Archives in Australia (EAA) was established by the Council of Estonian Societies in Australia on the 5th of January, 1952. The aims of the EAA include: to collect material relating to the lives and activities of Estonians in Australia; to collect material in the Estonian language from all over the world; to collect material by Estonians or about Estonia in other languages; to provide public access to the collections. A portion of the records of the EAA date back to the "first fleeters" of Estonians who came to Australia in the late 1880s, as well as those of the second wave immigration in the 1920s, but the bulk of the material relates to the post World War II immigration.
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 Eesti Arhiiv Austraalias (Estonian Archives in Australia) collection.
- 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
