Silvia Luik papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: IHRC3692

Staff Only

Abstract

Personal documents, certificates, letters of recommendation passports, diplomas and translations, transcripts, doctorial dissertation.

Dates

1943-1964

Language of Materials

English, German, Estonian

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

May 04. 1926 Rakvere, Estonia – Sept. 02. 1965 Richmond, VA, USA

Neurologist. Studied in an elementary school in Valga, Estonia. Graduated from Petseri Gymnasium in Estonia in 1938. In 1944 she escaped to Germany with her family, started medical studies at Frankfurt University. In 1955 received a doctorate from Frankfurt University and immigrated to the U.S.A. Graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, diploma in criminal justice in 1961 . Took medical license exams in Virginia in 1958 and in 1964. Certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in April 1963. Diplomate certificate in Psychiatry 1964. Member of many medical organizations: American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Medical Society of Women Physicians (USA), Neuropsychiatric Society of Virginia (USA), Richmond Academy of Medicine (USA), Virginia State Medical Society (USA).

Extent

3 linear inches

Additional Description

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 Trumberg of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.