Adamson family papers
Abstract
Personal documentation, passports, certificates from displaced persons camps in Germany, materials pertaining to Estonian American cultural activities in New York.
Dates
- 1940-1998
Language of Materials
Estonian, English, German
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
Members of Adamson family:Oskar Adamson 1905 - 1983, NY (wife: Jenny Adamson, married in 1931, Tartu).Jenny Johanna Adamson (Michelson) 1908 - 1991, Bronx, NY.Jüri Adamson 1933 - 1998, Bronx, NY.Tiiu Adamson 1936 - 1998.Anna Marie Michelson (Lellep, mother of Jenny Johanna Adamson) - 08.06.1951, Lingen, Germany
Extent
5 linear inches
Arrangement
Collection is organized into nine folders.
PROVENANCE
Collection transferred to the IHRC from the Estonian Archives in the U.S.A. (EAU) in 2003-2005.
Processing Information
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.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- 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