Humanitas records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: IHRC3209

Staff Only

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

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.

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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

Additional Description

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.

Subjects

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