Māra Sprūdža Cooperative Activities of the National Archives of Latvia ICARUS-Meeting #19 | 5th co:op partner meeting 29–31 May 2017, The National Archives of Estonia, Nooruse 3, Tartu, Estonia

1. Cooperative Activities of the
National Archives of Latvia
Māra Sprūdža, National Archives of Latvia
ICARUS-Meeting #19 | 5th co:op partner meeting, Tartu 29.05.2017.

2. New posibilities in cooperation
with Latvian diaspora -
digitalisation of the archives of
the diaspora organizations
II pilot projects:
• Digitalization of the Archives of the Sydney
Latvian Society
• Digitalization of the Archives of the Latvian
National Council in Great Britain
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3. Digitalisation of the Archives of the
Sydney Latvian Society
Partner: Sydney Latvian Society
Duration: preparations June, 2015 – September, 2016
work on the site in Sydney Latvian House - November, 2016
Financing: National Archives of Latvia
Sydney Latvian Society
State Culture Capital Foundation
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4. Main goal of the project
• Appraisal, arrangement and description in series level
of the archives of the Sydney Latvian Society
• Digitization of the files, which will transferred to the
National Archives of Latvia
• Appraisal of the archives of the other incorporated
organizations in the Sydney Latvian House e.g. Sydney
Latvian Theatre ensemble, Information Bulletin
«Ritums», Sydney Latvian Mixed Choir, Latvian Aged
Care «Laima»
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5. Team leaders
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6. Sydney Latvian Society Board of
Management
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7. Beginning
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8. Volunteers
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9. Work in progress
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10. Results
• description in series level of the Archives of the Sydney
Latvian Society (1953. - 2000.)
• descriptions of the minutes of the Sydney Latvian
Society Board of Management meetings in records level
• digital copies for Society of all transferred records to
National Archives
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12. Additionally to planed many private
archives has been donated to National
Archives
•Private archive of Australian - Latvian Artists' Alliance
member Latvian artist Gunars Krumins
•Photo archives of Vilis Motmillera (3000 negatives) of
social and cultural life of Latvian society in Sydney 1959
-1982
•17 diaries of Maks Kradzins (07.08.1900.-03.07.1964.)
from 1951. till 1961.
• Photo archives of architect Klara Silamlis form 1930 (in
Latvia) till 1953 (in Australia)
•etc.
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13. Some examples of donations
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15. Digitalization of the Archives of the Latvian
National Council in Great Britain
Partner: the Latvian National Council in Great Britain
Duration: preparations September, 2016 – February,
2017
work on the site in Latvian Documentation and
archives Centre in Lutterworth, Catthorpe Manor
«Straumēni» - March , 2017
Financing: National Archives of Latvia
Latvian National Council in Great Britain
The Culture Fondation of the World Federation
of Free Latvians
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16. Main goal of the project
• Digitization of the archives of the Latvian National
Council in Great Britain
• appraisal, arrangement and description in series
level of the archives has been done by the Latvian
National Council volunteers
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17. Beginning
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18. Work in progress
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19. Results
14728 records and 5702 has been digitalised
Digitalisation has been done in order of original arrangement
•Photo albums
• Daugavas Vanagi
• Private photo albums
•Papers of the Latvian National Council in Great Britain:
• organization's founding documents; statutes; list of members
• minutes of governing board (1950. - 2014.)
• correspondence (1972. - 1998.)
• Latvian National Council session papers (1950. – 2006.)
• papers of the Latvian school in Corby
• wills (bequests to Latvian National Council 1966. – 1994.)
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