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Letters from Valdemars and Zigrida Petersons to family in Sweden

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Title
Letters from Valdemars and Zigrida Petersons to family in Sweden
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Displacement
Manuscripts, Latvian
Voyages and travels
Ship letters
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Emigration and immigration
Families--History
New South Wales--History
Category
4. World War II
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Keywords
displaced persons
Creator
Petersons, Valdemars Vladislavs
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference
January 24, 1949 – November 11, 1953
Date
January 24, 1949
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KDqMV1
Series number
MLMSS 8567/Box 1X
Item number
Y0KDqMV1
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright status: In copyright

Approval for reproduction required: From the copyright owner. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright owner
Country of origin
Australia
Language
Latvian
English
Description from source
0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - manuscript. Individual letters were paper-clipped together; this arrangement was kept.

Includes 15 handwritten letters, in Latvian, from Valdemars and Zigrida to his sister Maij and to other family members. Also included are 12 handwritten translations of selected letters into English. Three of the letters are written whilst on board ship on their way to Australia.
Physical format
Letters