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The significance of diaspora archives for Lithuanian historical research
Type of publication
Straipsnis recenzuojamoje užsienio tarptautinės konferencijos medžiagoje / Article in peer-reviewed foreign international conference proceedings (P1d)
Title
The significance of diaspora archives for Lithuanian historical research
Is part of
Accessing the history of the Baltic diaspora [elektroninis išteklius], Baltic heritage network conference July 7-10, 2009 Tartu: articles and papers / eds. M. Holmberg, L. Neill, P. Noorhani. Tartu : Baltic heritage network, 2010
Date Issued
Date Issued |
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2010 |
Publisher
Tartu : Baltic heritage network, 2010
Extent
p. 270--276
Field of Science
Abstract
Since the beginning of the Lithuanian mass emigration to the U.S. in the second half of the 19 th century, traces of Lithuanian emigrants` activities have accumulated in the form of written documents, collected and released books and periodicals. The period leading up to and following the First World War saw much activity among the emigrants and many organisations were formed but unfortunately, we only have very limited documents from that period. This is due to circumstances; many Lithuanian emigrants were illiterate and had no possibility of understanding the importance of their documents. Their descendants might have perceived the archives as unnecessary bundles of paper. This is how the old Lithuanian diaspora archives were irretrievably lost. The history of Lithuania and the Lithuanian people contains some pages which will remain white or, in the best of cases, perhaps grey. Researchers no longer have these archival sources to rely on, but only published literature and source material.
Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Estija / Estonia (EE)
Date Reporting
2011