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Biographical File, . 1945-1968

Scope and Contents note

Bibliography, concert program, credentials, and sheet music, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1

Bibliography. Sprudzs, Adolf, "Dr. Alfred Bilmanis' Writings," in Adolf Sprudzs and Armins Rusis, eds., Res Baltica, Leyden, Netherlands, . 1968

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy
box 1, folder 2

Concert program 1945

box 1, folder 3

Credentials. Photocopy of State Department accreditation of Bilmanis as Envoy Extraordinary, Minster Plenipotentiary, and Consul General of Latvia, . 1947

Scope and Contents note

Also includes photocopies of three supplemental pages detailing the continued recognition by the United States of its treaties with independent Latvia
box 1, folder 4

Sheet music. Typescript copy of the Latvian national anthem, by Kārlis Baumanis, in English n.d.

 

Correspondence, . 1940-1948

Scope and Contents note

Letters, telegrams, and enclosures, largely relating to Bilmanis's diplomatic service in Washington, D.C., arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Includes copies of letters sent to Bilmanis which are neither addressed to him nor written by him
 

General 1940-1947

box 1, folder 5

A-M

box 1, folder 6

N-Z

box 1, folder 7

Unidentified, . 1941-1947

Scope and Contents note

Includes typescript draft of letter to Soviet ambassador(?), 1944
box 1, folder 8

Acheson, Dean 1944-1946

box 1, folder 9

American Red Cross 1944-1945

box 1, folder 10

Baltic American Delegation (Constantine R. Jurgela), . 1944

General note

See also Lithuanian American Information Center
box 1, folder 11

Berzinsh, A. 1945

box 1, folder 12

Byrnes, James F. 1945-1946

box 1, folder 13

Budrys, Jonas 1945

box 1, folder 14

Čamans, Joseph 1945

box 1, folder 15

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Nicholas M. Butler, Malcolm W. Davis, James T. Shotwell) 1943

box 1, folder 16

Chicago Latvian Club (John Skudris) 1945

box 1, folder 17

Cicognani, A. G. 1941-1945

box 1, folder 18

Danzis, Gustav 1944

box 1, folder 19

Ekis, L. 1943

box 1, folder 20

Encyclopedia Britannica (E. H. Powell) 1942

box 1, folder 21

Estonia. Saatkond voi esindus (United States) 1941-1946

box 1, folder 22

Feldmans, Jules 1945-1946

box 1, folder 23

Graham, Malbone W. 1943

box 1, folder 24

Grew, Joseph C. 1945

box 1, folder 25

Grosvald, O. 1940-1945

box 1, folder 26

Gruszka, S. 1943

box 1, folder 27

Halifax, Viscount 1942

box 1, folder 28

Hermanson, Richard 1941-1945

box 1, folder 29

Hollyday, Worthington 1943

box 1, folder 30

Hull, Cordell 1941-1942

box 1, folder 31

Kaan, Herbert von 1943

box 1, folder 32

Kalni"ņš, V. 1945

box 1, folder 33

Kraus, René 1942

box 1, folder 34

Lasmanis, Kārlis 1945

box 1, folder 35

Latvian Central Committee (Latviesu Centrala Komiteja) 1946

box 1, folder 36

Latvian Refugee Committee 1945

box 1, folder 37

Law, John 1945

box 1, folder 38

Lenow, John 1943-1945

box 1, folder 39

Liepins, R. 1945

box 1, folder 40

Lithuania. Legacija (United States) 1941-1946

box 1, folder 41

Lithuanian American Information Center (Constantine R. Jurgela) 1945-1948

box 1, folder 42

Margolin, A. 1943

box 1, folder 43

Moon, Vika 1943

box 1, folder 44

Nash, Walter 1944

box 1, folder 45

Overseas News Agency (Jacob Landau) 1943

box 1, folder 46

Peterson, R. J. 1942-1945

box 1, folder 47

Pudsell, Frederick 1945

box 1, folder 48

Schwager, Charles 1943

box 1, folder 49

Senn, Alfred 1942

box 1, folder 50

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, . 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence relating to coverage of Latvia by The New York Times
box 1, folder 51

Svensk-Lettiska Hjälpkommittén (Kārlis Lasmanis, Harry Wallin), . 1945

General note

See also correspondence with Kārlis Lasmanis
box 1, folder 52

Thomsen, Hans, . 1941

Scope and Contents note

Relates to the declaration by Bilmanis of the existence of a state of war between Germany and Latvia, subsequent to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and includes a copy of a supporting letter to Secretary of State Cordell Hull
box 1, folder 53

Tilmanis, Arturs 1945

box 1, folder 54

Valters, Miķelis, . 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials relating to displaced persons' camps in Germany
box 1, folder 55

Vitols, Hugo 1945

box 1, folder 56

Zalcmanis, Janis 1945

box 1, folder 57

Zarinš, Kārlis (Charles Zarine), . 1940-1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials sent to, and prepared by, Zarinš in his capacity as head of the Latvian Legation in London
 

Speeches and Writings, . 1941-1948

Scope and Contents note

Aide-mémoires, articles, book, letters to the editor, and reports, arranged chronologically by title
box 2, folder 1

"Latvia and Other Baltic States Were Paying Propositions," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 2

"The Latvians and Latvia," n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 3

Press statement on parliamentary elections in Latvia, . 1940 July 13

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 4

"Latvia: A Victim of Unprovoked Aggression by Soviet Russia," New York Times, . 1940 July 23

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 5

Statement made to Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., . 1941 June 25

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 6

"Swastikas on the Latvian Airplanes," letter to the editor, PM, . 1941 August 12

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 7

Latvia and Her Baltic Neighbors: Three Stars between the Anvil and Hammer, Washington, D.C., . 1942

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 8

Aide-mémoire, . 1942 February 24

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 9

"Latvians are Not 'Bolshevik Brothers'," letter to the editor, Evening Star, . 1942 May 3

Scope and Contents note

Typescript text and cover letter
box 2, folder 10

"Latvians Declared Never Hostile to Jews," New York World-Telegram, . 1942 June 9

Scope and Contents note

Typescripts of telegram and Bilmanis's text, and printed copy of article to which he was responding
box 2, folder 11

"General-Directorate Imposed on Latvia by Nazi-Germans – Illegal, Null and Void and Violates Sovereign Rights of Latvia," . 1942 July 28

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy of press statement
box 2, folder 12

Press statement, . 1942 November 13

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 13

The Baltic States and the Freedom of the Baltic Sea, Washington, D.C., . 1943

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 14

"Baltic States' Second Occupation during this War," in Latvia under German Occupation, Washington, D.C., . 1943

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 15

Letter to the editor, Evening and Sunday Star, . 1943 January 10

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of Bilmanis's text, and printed copy of article to which he was responding
box 2, folder 16

Letter to the editor, Christian Science Monitor, . 1943 February 23

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 17

Letter to the editor, PM, . 1943 March 3

Scope and Contents note

Typescript letter and reply from John P. Lewis
box 2, folder 18

Letter to the editor, Life, . 1943 April 10

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy and typescript copy of additional letter by the Polish ambassador, Jan Ciechanowski
box 2, folder 19

Speech, Polish Constitution Day, Washington Irving High School, New York City, . 1943 May 2

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 20

Letter to the editor, Christian Science Monitor, . 1943 October 26

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 21

Letter to the editor, Washington Post, . 1943 October 29

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and printed copy
box 2, folder 22

Letter to the editor, New York Post, . 1943 November 19

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 23

"The Foreign Policy of Russia," speech, . 1944 March 21

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 2, folder 24

"Latvian Minister Says His People Want Atlantic Charter Freedom," Evening Star, . 1944 October 17

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 25

"Baltic States Stand Firm," New York Herald Tribune, . 1945 January 28

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 26

"Latvian History," Washington Post, . 1945 March 11

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 2, folder 27

Latvia as an Independent State, Washington, D.C., . 1947

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy of review by Edgars Andersons in Sauksme, no. 11/12, 1947. Folder contains entire serial issue
box 2, folder 28

Latvia: Country and People, Washington, D.C., . 1948

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
 

Latvian Legation Office File, . 1934-1946

Scope and Contents note

Aide-mémoires, lists, and memoranda and reports, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 3, folder 1

Aide-mémoires, . 1941-1944

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials pertaining to the Latvian Legations in Washington and London, and whose authorship is uncertain. Typescripts
 

Lists 1934-1946

box 3, folder 2

Latvian place names 1934

box 3, folder 3

Latvian refugees and missing persons, . 1940-1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes names of Latvians in Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States
box 3, folder 4

Latvian officials deported into the Soviet gulag 1941

box 3, folder 5

Latvian diplomats abroad 1946

 

Memoranda and reports 1935-1944

box 3, folder 6

General 1943

 

About Latvia and the Baltic states

box 3, folder 7-8

General, . 1935-1944

Scope and Contents note

Unattributed writings; may include some authored by Alfreds Bilmanis
 

Written by L. Elkis for the Latvian Legation, Washington, D.C.

box 3, folder 9

Latvia: Economic Resources and Capacities, Washington, D.C., . 1942

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 3, folder 10

"Russian Bolshevistic Atrocities in Latvia," . 1943 April

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
 

Subject File, . 1920-1948

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, reports, and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by subject
box 3, folder 11

Baltic States--Politics and government, . 1940-1945

General note

See separate headings for each country for more materials regarding individual histories.

Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopy of secret instructions, in Russian, to Soviet security agents regarding the arrest of "anti-Soviet elements" in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
box 3, folder 12

Estonia--Politics and government 1940-1991

 

Latvia

box 3, folder 13

Economic conditions 1945

 

Foreign relations

box 3, folder 14

Soviet Union 1929-1944

box 3, folder 15

United States 1928

box 3, folder 16

Latvian Red Cross 1945

box 3, folder 17

Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party 1944

box 3, folder 18

Latvijas Centrala Padome (Latvian Central Council), . 1944-1945

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to underground resistance in Latvia during World War II, and to the activities of this organization, based in Sweden
box 4, folder 1

League of Nations, . 1920-1939

Scope and Contents note

Copies of published proceedings concerning the three Baltic States, and copies of various international treaties to which they were signatories, as recorded by the League of Nations
box 4, folder 2

Lithuania--Politics and government, . 1940-1991

Scope and Contents note

Includes copies of instructions to Soviet security forces, in Lithuanian and in English translation, regarding the handling of "anti-Soviet elements" in Lithuania
box 4, folder 3

Merchant ships--Latvia, . 1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials relating to the sinking of Latvian cargo ships during World War II, and to postwar litigation concerning the Soviet nationalization of the Latvian Shipping Company
 

Refugees

box 4, folder 4

Germany (West), . 1945-1948

Scope and Contents note

Materials relating to refugees from the three Baltic States, primarily those from Latvia, living in displaced person camps in occupied Germany following the Second World War
box 4, folder 5

Sweden, . 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Materials pertaining to the situation of Latvian refugees after World War II, especially those subject to repatriation to the Soviet Union in 1945, and to protests concerning such relocation
box 4, folder 6

Soviet Union--Politics and government 1942-1943

 

Printed Matter, . 1944-1948

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, pamphlets, and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by physical form and therein by title
box 4, folder 7-9

Clippings

 

Latvian serial issues.

Scope and Contents note

Most titles originating from Germany or Austria represent the publishing efforts of Latvian refugees in displaced person camps
box 5, folder 1

Atbalss (Canada), no. 2 1948 June 30

box 5, folder 2

Atbalss (Germany) 1948 January-June

box 5, folder 3

Auseklis (Germany), no. 171 1947 December 13

box 5, folder 4

Baltiešu Ziņas Austrija (Austria), nos. 95, 119, 120, 121, 122, 132, 134 1947-1948

box 5, folder 5

Ceļs (Germany), no. 7/8 1947

box 5, folder 6

Cī"ņa (Latvia), nos. 243, 253, 258, 279, 281, 290, 305, 1947; no. 4 1948

box 5, folder 7

Dienas Zi"ņas (Germany), nos. 8 (incomplete), 44, 45, 72, 77, 84, 100, 101, 103, 1946; nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 1947

box 5, folder 8

Dzimtene (United States) 1940 October

box 5, folder 9

Dzimtenes balss (Sweden), nos. 7-8, ; nos. 2-4, 6, ; nos. 2-3 1946 1947 1948

box 5, folder 10

Gana balss (Sweden), nos. 1-5, ; nos. 4-7, ; nos. 1-7, ; nos. 1-2 1945 1946 1947 1948

box 5, folder 11

Ilustrētas Vārds (Germany), nos. 16-18, ; no. 26, . 1947 1948

Scope and Contents note

Includes some articles in English
box 5, folder 12

Jaunadze (Germany), nos. 68-72 1947

box 5, folder 13

Labietis (Sweden), nos. 1-2 1946

box 5, folder 14

Lapa (Germany), nos. 6-8 1947

box 6, folder 1

Latgola (Germany), nos. 34, 37-40, ; nos. 57-59, 61-62, 75-77 1947 1948

box 6, folder 2

Latviešu studentu centrālās savienības biļetēns (Germany), no. 1 1948

box 6, folder 3

Latviešu Ziņas (Germany), nos. 90, 93, 95-97, ; 1, 4, 9-10, 12-17, 43-44 1947 1948

box 6, folder 4

Latvija (Argentina), nos. 123-124 1947

box 6, folder 5

Latvija (Camp Churchill, Germany), nos. 325-328, 335-336, ; nos. 337-340 1947 1948

box 6, folder 6

Latvija (Günzburg/Donau, Germany), no. 79, ; nos. 7, 10-14, 42-45 1947 1948

box 6, folder 7

Latvju Vārds (Sweden), nos. 13-21 1948

box 6, folder 8

Latvju Zinas (Sweden), nos. 14-21, 46, 48-51, . 1948

General note

See also OVERSIZE MATERIALS
box 6, folder 9

LCK Informācija Biļetens (Germany), no. 6 1948

box 6, folder 10

Londonas Avīze (Great Britain), nos. 37, 40, 42, ; nos. 93-95, 110 1945 1948

box 6, folder 11

Londonas Latviešu Vestnesis (Great Britain), nos. 49-52, 68 1948

box 6, folder 12

Meža Vēstis (Germany), nos. 8 and 12 1948

box 6, folder 13

Pax Romana (Germany?), nos. 6-8 n.d.

box 7, folder 1

Sauksme (Germany), nos. 1-4, 9/10 1947

box 7, folder 2

Svētdienas Zi"ņas (Germany), nos. 56-60, 73-74 1948

box 7, folder 3

Tāvu zemes calendars (Germany) 1948

box 7, folder 4

Tēvzeme (Germany), no. 80, ; nos. 6, 7-8, 10-11, 13-15, 18, 43-45 1947 1948

box 7, folder 5

Tiesībniks (Germany), nos. 1 and 3 1947

box 7, folder 6

Valkas Ziņas (Germany), nos. 2-3, 6-17, 42-45 1948

box 7, folder 7

Vēstnesis (Germany?), nos. 1-2 1945

box 7, folder 8

Ziņas (Germany), nos. 156-167, 203-209 1948

box 7, folder 9

Latvian miscellany. Fragments of bulletins, largely from DP camps in Germany, . 1945-1948

Scope and Contents note

Includes one newssheet from Sweden
 

Publications in languages other than Latvian

box 8, folder 1

Balt-Press, no. 15 1946

box 8, folder 2

Baltic Review, no. 1, v. 2 1947

box 8, folder 3

The Beacon 1947 October

box 8, folder 4

Oras, Ants, Deportations in Estonia n.d.

box 8, folder 5

Im Ausland, nos. 2, 4, 22 1948

box 8, folder 6

Izvestia 1947 October 15

box 8, folder 7

K. Silinis: Paintings, Frankfurt am Main 1947

box 8, folder 8

La Lettonie et les autres états baltes dans la politique internationale 1946 August 10

box 8, folder 9

Lithuanian Bulletin, no. 12, ; nos.1/2 1947 1948

box 8, folder 10

Svensk Tidskrift, v. XXXIV 1947

box 8, folder 11

Trud 1947 December 4

box 8, folder 12

Vytis 1948 March

 

Oversize Materials, . 1919-1947

Scope and Contents note

Clipping, correspondence, diary, maps, photograph, and serial issues, arranged by size
box 9, folder 1

Clipping and photograph relating to the sinking of Latvian cargo ships 1942 February 2

box 9, folder 2-4

Serial issues, Latvju Ziņas (Sweden), nos. 1-65, ; nos. 1-99, ; nos. 1-100 1945 1946 1947

box 10, folder 1

War diary kept by Kārlis Birkaivs during a military campaign in Kurzeme, Latvia, . 1919

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters and telegrams, relating to this diary, 1919-1947
box 10, folder 2-3

Maps, drawn by Kārlis Birkaivs, showing telegraph lines used by the Latvian army in Kurzeme 1919

map_case Map case

Four maps, drawn by Kārlis Birkaivs, showing telegraph lines used by the Latvian army in Kurzeme 1919