Overview of the Janis Lejins papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Overview of the Janis Lejins papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2008
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Janis Lejins papers

Dates: 1940-1979

Collection Number: 74066

Creator: Lejinš, Janis, 1897-1982.

Collection Size: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (0.9 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to the annexation of Latvia to the Soviet Union, conditions in Latvia under communism, Latvian émigrés in Canada and the United States, and anti-communist Latvian émigré movements.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: In English Latvian

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Janis Lejins papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1974.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical/Historical Note

Member of the Latvian parliament, 1931-1940; subsequently émigré in Canada.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to the annexation of Latvia to the Soviet Union, conditions in Latvia under communism, Latvian émigrés in Canada and the United States, and anti-communist Latvian émigré movements.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Kalnins, Bruno.

Anti-communist movements.

Latvia--Emigration and immigration.

Latvia--History--1940-1991.

Statesmen--Latvia.

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