Adamson family papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: IHRC590

Staff Only

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

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

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

Additional Description

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.