Register of the Voldemars Salnais papers
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Title: Voldemars Salnais papers
Date (inclusive): 1886-1973
Collection Number: 75069
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Latvian
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes, 1 oversize box
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Latvian independence movements, foreign relations,
and women's organizations; Latvians in Siberia (Vladivostok); and the Office of the Latvian Representative in the Far East
and Siberia. Includes some materials collected by Milda Salnais.
Creator:
Salnais, Voldemars, 1886-1948
Creator:
Salnais, Milda
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Voldemars Salnais Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1886 |
Born |
| 1920 |
Vice Director, Latvian Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 1921 |
Delegate to the League of Nations, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1923 |
Delegate to the League of Nations |
| 1925 |
Minister of Public Welfare |
| 1926 |
Delegate to the International Labor Organization |
| 1927 |
Director, Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 1933 |
Delegate to the League of Nations |
| 1934 |
Director, Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 1937-1940 |
Minister to Sweden, Norway and Denmark |
| 1940-1945 |
Organizer of National Underground in Baltic States |
| 1948 |
Died |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Latvia
Latvia -- History -- 1918-1940
Nationalism -- Latvia
Latvia -- Foreign relations
Latvia -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1940-1941
Latvians -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Women -- Latvia
Latvia -- Foreign relations -- Scandinavia
Scandinavia -- Foreign relations -- Latvia
DIARIES
1935-1948
Scope and Contents
Diaries, handwritten by Voldemars Salnais, arranged chronologically by year
SUBJECT FILE
1918-1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, notes, clippings, printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject
box 1, folder 5
Latvian Central Council
circa 1940
box 1, folder 6
Latvian National Council and Office of Representative in the Siberia
1918-1919
box 1, folder 7
Latvian women, organizations, etc.
circa 1920-1930
box 1, folder 8
Latvian Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) in Siberia
1919
box 1, folder 10
National League of Women in Latvia
circa 1925
MISCELLANY
1886-1973
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes, clippings, printed matter, etc.
box 2, folder 2
Miscellany
circa 1906-1970
box 2, folder 3
Miscellany
circa 1920-1940
box 2, folder 4
Miscellany
circa 1921-1937
box 2, folder 5
Miscellany
circa 1922-1948
box 2, folder 6
Miscellany
circa 1924-1964
box 2, folder 7
Miscellany
circa 1928-1942
box 4, folder 1
Scrapbook pages
1937-1938
box 2, folder 10
Miscellany
circa 1937-1947
box 2, folder 11
Miscellany
circa 1940-1960
box 2, folder 12
Miscellany
circa 1940-1961
Photographs
1909-1938, undated
Physical Description: circa 260 prints
envelope A
30 photos depicting Voldemars and Milda Salnais, as well as other Latvian and Baltic diplomats and statesmen
undated
envelope B
30 photos depicting the Latvian Young Men Christian Association (Y.M.C.A) and the Latvian Army in Vladivostok
1918-1918
box 4, folder 2
Album fC, includes images of Voldemars and Milda Salnais and group portraits from political conferences
1909-1937
box 4, folder 3
13 portraits depicting Voldemars and Milda Salnais and others
1924-1938, undated
General
Formerly housed in the same box as Album fC.
box 5, folder 1-16
Loose photographs depicting Voldemars and Milda Salnais and others, circa 190 prints
undated
General
Formerly housed in the same box as Album fC.
