Humanitas records
Abstract
Constitutions, organizational records and correspondence.
Dates
- 1952-1981
Creator
- Humanitas (Organization)
Language of Materials
Estonian, English, French
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
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For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Humanitarian aid organization "Humanitas" was founded in 1954. "Humanitas" was a federation of: (A) the free leaders and members of the Estonian and Lithuanian Red Cross Societies, (B) free leaders and members of the former non-communist Red Cross societies of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania, (C) and the associations by the persons mentioned under paragraph (B) for the assistance of their respective compatriots and other associations. The general aims of "Humanitas" were: to encourage and facilitate all forms of activity for the relief of the refugees, exiles and stateless persons from the Baltic states, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania; to receive complaints and to gather proof and data regarding infringement on human rights and human rights conventions etc.
Extent
2.5 linear inches
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.
- Charity Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Exile Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Human rights and democracy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political activity Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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