Voldemar Veedam papers

Voldemar Veedam was born on 06.11.1912 in Tallinn, Estonia and died on 02.03.1983 in Washington, USA. He studied: at the Ella Hirsch Music School, at the H.Kubu High School in Tallinn (graduated 1931); 1932-1942 philosophy at the University of Tartu on that time he was working for living as a reporter and musician. He worked: from 1938-1940 in Tallinn House Owners Society as a secretary; 1940-1941 in The People’s Commissariat as a cleric; nationalized garage as assistant accountant; 1942-1943 in the newspaper "Eesti Sõna"="Estonian Word" as reporter and editorial writer. 1943 he fled to Finland and there he was employed by a wholesale store of school materials, on the side he contributed occasional articles about Estonian sport to the "Suomen Urheliulehti"="Finnish Sports Daily". He Studied in 1944 at the University of Helsinki, but lefts Finland before MA. 1944 fled to Sweden, there he worked in the State’s Handicraft Institute as a research worker and he helped to compile a Swedish-Estonian dictionary. 1945 emigrated to USA. He worked as a houseman, gardener, sales clerk, millinery clerk, office clerk, laborer, time checker, painter, florist, cook, janitor, factory worker, violinists and insurance official; 1955-1957 USIA, IBS/RE as a translator-announcer; 1957-1958 USIA, Munich Radio Center as a program editor; 1958-1966 USIA, IBM/PE Estonian Service as a radio information specialist; 1966-1971 Library of Congress in Washington as a subject cataloger-translator, library-technician; 1971-1974 Voice of America Estonian Service as a writer, as a chief of the service. Social activities: Students Society "Raimla"; YMCA. Father: Tõnis (1873-1938) was a carpenter, mother: Marie (1887-1950).