Erich-Konstantin Harkna papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: IHRC3672

Staff Only

Abstract

Travel documentation, business records of steamship companies in which EK Harkna was involved.

Dates

Creation: 1934-1991

Language of Materials

Estonian, English, Spanish

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.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

12.10.1911 - 02.08.1991 Chicago, USA Born in Tartu, Estonia. Until 1938 Hartmann. Wife: Adelaide Harkna (ne Menders (Mänder, Mender), 1915-1988, married in 1935); daughter: Aari Harkna (1936); son Erik Harkna (1940). Emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden via Oslo in 1945. Jacob Westholm gymnasium, Tallinn. Graduated the University of Tartu (economics), member of the fraternity Vironia. Captain, shipowner

Extent

1 Linear foot

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 2009. Gristel Ramler and Birgit Nurme of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.