Jeremias Tamm papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: IHRC3759

Staff Only

Abstract

An eclectic but systematic collector of clippings, postcards referring to Estonians in general and Estonian independence period from 1918 to WWII, continued to DP camps and USA. Collection includes hand-copied maps indicating routes of Estonian and Finno Ugri groups around Lake Peipsi.

Dates

1917-1972

Language of Materials

Estonian, Russian, German, English

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.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

14.05.1890 - 30.08.1972 New York, USA Born in Karula, Võrumaa, Estonia. Brother: Juhan Tamm; wife: Ella-Johanna Tamm (nee Tärn, married in 1915); daughter: Agnes Tamm-Kuusk; wife: Aliide-Hildegard Tamm (nee Lyra, married in 1928). Family Tamm moved to province Pihkva (Russia) in 1894 and to Petseri (Russia) in 1899. Clerk, accountant. Participated in WWI. Emigrated to Germany in 1944 (Freiberg, Geislingen) and to the U.S. in 1949, gained citizenship in 1955. 1950-1966 employed as a sexton by St. Jacobus Evangelican Lutheran Church

Extent

6 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Arrangement

Collection is organized into four series and 58 folders:

Series I Personal documents

Series II Albums compiled by J. Tamm (clippings - photos mostly, postcards, handouts) with comments and dates

Series III Albums of Estonian History compiled by J. Tamm (clippings - photos mostly, prints, postcards, contains also personal documents)

Series IV Estonians abroad

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.