Monthly Archives: June 2013

Latvians Visit VEMU

A group of Latvians visited VEMU on 13 June. They were shown the collections, and the use of volunteer-run archives and libraries was discussed. The Latvians are also considering starting their own archival workgroup. The staff at VEMU is hoping to be of some help to them and wish the Latvians much success in their upcoming archival work.

Read more June 17, 2013

Estonian Archivists Set the Records Straight in Minnesota

Aet Tran-Tõnissoo and Peeter Väljas from the National Archives of Estonia formed the fifth team in the past five years to tackle the Estonian archival material at the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC), University of Minnesota. Their mission, funded by the IHRC, Estonian National Archives and the Compatriot’s Program was to process some of the vast holdings during a month long sojourn.

Read more June 2, 2013

Discussing Estonia in Minnesota: A Symposium at the Centre for Immigration History

The Immigration History Research Center, IHRC, is an institution in Minneapolis where a large part of the archive collections from the Estonian Archives in the U.S., or more widely known as the Lakewood Archive from 2003 to 2005, were deposited.

Read more June 1, 2013