Inventory of the Eduards Kraucs papers

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Title: Eduards Kraucs papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1977
Collection Number: 78028
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Latvian
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 1 envelope, 1 album box, 474 filmstrips, 3 motion picture film reels (2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Autobiographical sketch, scrapbook, motion picture film, and photographs, relating primarily to Latvian refugees in Germany and the United States. Includes translations.
Creator: Kraucs, Eduards, 1898-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Eduards Kraucs papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

A Latvian-American photographer and television cameraman, Eduards Kraucs was born in Riga on August 21, 1898. During World War I his family was evacuated to Moscow, where he graduated from high school and the Geological Institute. In 1921 Kraucs returned to Latvia, where he enlisted in the army as a volunteer and began taking photographs and motion picture footage for Latvian news organizations. When Russians and later Germans occupied Latvia, his filming was used by both organizations. In the late 1940s, Kraucs and his wife worked as farm laborers in Displaced Persons camps in Hochfeld, near Augsburg, West Germany, where he filmed the inhabitants of the camp. In 1948 he made a film for the International Refugees Organization on the screening and immigration of refugees to the U.S. for CBS. In 1950, the Kraucs immigrated to the U.S., settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Kraucs worked for the Alexander Film Company, later acquired by CBS and renamed KKTV-11. Kraucs worked for KKTV-11 for 26 years, arranging for many Latvian broadcasts and interviews through the 1960s and 1970s.
See also the biographical sketch in box 1.

Scope and Content of Collection

Autobiographical sketch, scrapbook, motion picture film, and photographs, relating primarily to Latvian refugees in Germany and the United States. Includes translations.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Latvians -- United States
Motion pictures
Refugees
Latvians -- Germany

box 1

Autobiographical sketch with translation 1977

box 1

Scrapbook undated

box 1

Kraucs DVD-R undated

box 1

Photographic negatives undated

envelope A

Photograph prints: 2 prints of Latvian children, 10 prints of Bavarian Alps in West Germany undated

album fB

Photograph album documenting the Kraucs journey from refugee camps in Germany to the U.S. through New York city, Chicago, Illinois, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado circa 1950

 

Film strips and motion picture films undated

Scope and Contents note

The film materials document the lives of Latvian refugees from 1946 to 1950. Life at the refugee camp in Augsburg, Germany was filmed by the order of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) on 75 film rolls with approximately 2500 photographs. The collection also includes the Kraucs family's travel films of the United States of America after they relocated to the U.S., including footage of the mountains in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. Titles taken directly from labels on canisters. For a more detailed description, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Conditions Governing Access note

For information on getting a use copy of a film, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Film Can No. 1, (Colored) Arizona (Indian dance), Colorado (Nature scenes), Wyoming (Yellowstone) colortailed out, 700 ft., 16mm film

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Can No. 1, I.R.O. (International Refugee Organization). Resettlement Center, Augsburg. West Germany. Nos. 01-062, 3 reels, 35mm film

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Can No. 2, I.R.O. (International Refugee organization) Resettlement Center, Augsburg, West Germany. Nos: 063-074, Clips 56-74, 3 reels, 35mm film

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Can No. 3, Departure of Displaced Persons to the U.S.A., Demonstration against forceful repatriation, 300 ft., 16mm film

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Colored film and Black and White - Pacific Ocean - tails out, Can #2, 750 ft., 16mm film

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Clips 1-71, Near the Flag, KULTZ, YMCA, graduation, firemen, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 72-130, Children, Sulcs family, Scout Jamboree, St. John's Day, Kindergarten on June 22nd, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 131-185, Song Festival, UNRRA Polish refugees, Mr. Laguardia, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 186-240, Girl Scouts, Children's party, fumigator, sports games, Lithuanian children, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 241-305, Taylor's Workshop, American Ball, The Commandant, Hoisting of the Flag, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 306-370, Shoemakers, boxers (dogs), paintings, radio repair shop, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 371-439, 3 reels, 35mm film

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Can No. 8, Clips 430-490, Teachers conference, an Estonian family, Song Festival, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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American Wedding, Boxing Contest, Estonian Song Festival, Mailman, Latvian University in exile, etc clips 491-547, 3 reels, 35mm film

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Can No. 10, Clips 548-566, Canteen, Lacking, Book exhibition, journalists meeting, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 567-720, Soccer game, fire wood, Estonians, theater performance of the jester, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 721-779, IRO, displaced persons, Catholic first communion, Mothers day at Hochfeld, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 780-844, Art exhibition, parade of guards, Archbishop Grinbergs, Brazilians, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 845-913, Aquarium, Independence Day, Miracle Herb, Motor Pool, Communist occupation of Latvia, Zoological garden, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 914-955, Children's Christmas Tree, Trip to the Rhein, Work in the USA, etc., 3 reels, 35mm film

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Clips 956-989, Colorado Springs views, Manitou, Royal Gorge Bridge, The Cliffords- Minneapolis, etc, 3 reels, 35mm film