Milwaukee Eesti Rahvusgrupp (Estonian Society of Milwaukee) records
Abstract
Minute books, mission and procedure of the society, lists, correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1998
Creator
- Milwaukee Eesti Rahvusgrupp (Estonian Society of Milwaukee) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Estonian, English
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
Estonian Society of Milwaukee was organized in 1950-1951 by Milla and Peeter Kadaja. The first meeting of the group took place in 1954. The ambition of the society was to promote and conduct the organized activity of the Estonians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in its environs.
Extent
1 Linear foot
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 Milwaukee Eesti Rahvusgrupp (Estonian Society of Milwaukee) 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
