Artur Aleksander Espenberg papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: IHRC3703

Staff Only

Abstract

List of books donated to EAU, info on Estonian Chess Club 1950-1970, biography, personal documents

Dates

Creation: 1934-1970

Language of Materials

Estonian, Russian, German, 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

27.04.1903 - 10.12.1998 Lakewood, NJ, USABorn in Hiiumaa, Estonia. Changed his family name to Haavamäe in 1935.1925-1944 worked in the Estonian Ministry of Interior (Estonian Police).Arrived to the U.S. approximately in 1950.Sectretary of Estonian Chess Club in the U.S (New Yorgi Eesti Hariduse Seltsi Maleklubi).

Extent

5 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 2009. Gristel Ramler and Birgit Nurme of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.