Refugees

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Collection consists of personal papers, certificates, documents, personal correspondence, documents of various Estonian diaspora organizations, included are also photographs and manuscripts of Anderson's memoirs and speeches.

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Records of the Association consist mostly of correspondence.

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Personal papers, passports, copy art

Abstract Collection consists of the following items: a copy of Janis Balkits' application for citizenship, a paper copy of the narrative (with sources) that Ivars Balkits researched and wrote about his father's life and the voyage of the 29 Latvians across the Atlantic in 1948, a brochure of the 2000 exposition at the Occupation Museum in Riga, Latvia, about the journey of Gundel, scrapbook, Janis Balkits' 2-page "Life-story" in Latvian, a flash drive with the narrative in PDF format, plus scans of...

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Correspondence, meeting minutes, proclamations, clippings, photos, event programs of the organization pertaining primarily to the Council's political activities in Minnesota. Compiled by secretary/treasurer of the organization.

Abstract Collection consists of materials documenting life of Estonians in displaced persons camps in Germany. The records include correspondence, articles, reports, memoranda, bulletins, newsletters, lists, meeting minutes, regulations and instructions. Topics include Estonian schools, National Committees, Red Cross Committees and general life of DPs. Included are also ca. 51,000 cards containing biographical information on Estonian Displaced Persons after World War II. The cards are arranged in...

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Collection consists of photographs, postcards and travel guides pertaining to Ebertha Roelofs' assignment and travels in Europe. Included is also an embroidered cloth.

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Correspondence personal and business, journals, publicity, financial records, materials related to the production of EV's cartoons, EV's artwork and photographs.

Abstract Edward B. Marks was born in New York 1911, he was one of three siblings growing up in Manhattan. Marks was an American refugee worker, he also worked as an official with the U.S. War Relocation Authority, the International Refugee Organization, and the International Organization for Migration, as well as the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and UNICEF. Marks understood the refugee was a constant in our times and strived in bringing together a world...

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Collection consists of 29 film reels containing motion pictures made by Elmer Epner featuring cultural events of Estonians in exile and documentaries of Estonians living abroad, including countries such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Canada, and the United States. DVD versions are available for the following titles: Metro Rhythmics; Harmony in Motion; Estonian Heritage; and Midsummer Holiday.

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A copy of a bound typescript entitled TO AMERICA WITH A SHIPFUL OF WORLD WAR II REFUGEES: DIARY OF FALL 1950 by Gwen Rossler. Originally written in German, translated in March 1990 in Madison, Wisconsin, by Gwen Rossler. The diary covers the time between September 27 an October 24, 1950, and describes Gwen Rossler's journey from Camp Grohn near Vegesack in Germany via Bremerhaven and New Orleans to New York.

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Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, reports, memorial stamps and certificates. Some of the materials pertain to the Scout Troops in Passaic, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Case files dating from the 1980s to 1990s.

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The records include annual reports, meeting minutes of the board of directors, organizational correspondence, files of the Institute's officers and case workers, and documentation on various programs within the Institute.

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6 binders containing correspondence, meeting minutes and other documentation pertaining to the Asscoiation's Cleveland Chapter (Daugavas Vanagu).

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Collection consists of 8 biographical essays written by University of Minnesota students about their family members or community elders. Included are life stories of refugees from East Africa and Southeast Asia. Also of a native of Wisconsin.

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Collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, map of Galician ancestral villages, published articles, print out of "Mennonites in Galicia Database" containing genealogical information.

Abstract Begun in September of 2009, Minnesota 2.0 aimed to document and understand how 1.5 and 2nd generation Mexican, Somali, and Hmong youth used social networking sites to express their emerging sense of identity and social connection – to Minnesota and the United States, to their parents and communities, to each other, and to the homelands from which their families arrived. Collection consists of 3 CD-Rs, 1 DVD (restricted), two binders and one file folder containing resource materials for the...

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Records consist of correspondence, meeting agendas and miuntes, membership lists, invitations, posters, and material on the Hungarian American actress Zita Szeletszky and other personalities of Hungarian and Hungarian American life. Substantial parts of this collection are available only as photocopies; originals returned to donors.

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Photos, newsletter articles (by M.J. Ekstrand) and transport ship newsletter pertaining to Ekstrand's experience as a nurse aboard the USAT Gen. Harry Taylor. In 1949-1950 the ship carried European displaced persons to America.

Abstract The Raimunds Caks collection is comprised of personal papers that reflect his participation in a number of Latvian civic and cultural activities and organizations since settling in the United States after World War II. The folders include correspondence, bulletins, announcements, invitations, and reports. Though Caks is noted for his activity with Latvian scouting and journalism, this collection contains primarily documentation of his involvement with the Daugavas Vanagi, thus providing...

Abstract Collection consists primarily of rich resource material pertaining to recent refugees from predominantly Southeast Asia, but also Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. Included are statistical reports, files documenting the individual ethnic groups' histories and cultures, newspaper clippings and information regarding other organizations nationally working with refugee groups. A large segment of the records relates to the various research projects the RSC conducted or participated in such as the...

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Memoir of Salme Lang covering the years 1941-1944 in Estonia, 1944-1945 in war-time Germany and 1945-1950 in the displaced persons (DP) camp in Augsburg, Germany.

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Collection consists of personal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs.

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Collection consists of materials (correspondence, reports, articles, conference booklets, etc.) pertaining to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America; Displaced Persons; World Congress of Free Ukrainians; Shevchenko Centennial; Ukrainians in Brazil; congressional leaders; the Ukrainian American newspaper "Ameryka" and periodical "Ukrainian Bulletin; Ukrainian Catholic Church in Philadelphia; and the publication "The Ukrainian Heritage." Included are also photographs.