Korp! Amicitia USAs (Estonian Student Sorority Amicitia in USA) records
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, greeting cards, bulletins, guestbook.
Dates
- Creation: 1969-1992
Creator
Language of Materials
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.
For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Sorority Amicitia was founded in 1924 in Estonia. In 1940 Amicitia, like other student affiliations in Estonia was disbanded by the Soviet regime, but the members who fled to the West, continued their activity in exile.
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.
RELATED COLLECTIONS
Collections in the National Archives of Estonia: ERA.1794, ERA.1793
- Title
- Inventory of the Korp! Amicitia USAs (Estonian Student Sorority Amicitia in USA) 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
