Title:
Letters and transcripts to the American Volga Relief Society from Jacob Velte and the Dittel community in Russia
Record Group Number:
RG4879.AM
Collection:
American Volga Relief Society
Location:
HQ 02/01/08/02
Box:
Box 1
Folder:
Folder 1
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Creator:
Velte, Jacob
Contributor:
American Volga Relief Society
Date:
1923-31-10
Description:
Two letters and transcripts from the Dittel village in Russia to the American Volga Relief Society, dated October 31, 1923. The first letter explains that the village had elected a commission for the relief effort and is signed by Jacob Velte, schoolmaster in Dittel. The second letter is from the Dittel commission and lists the number of inhabitants, widows, orphans, and livestock before and after the war. Transcriptions are English translations.
Language:
ger/deu; eng; rus
Subject (Topics) :
Russian Germans
Subject (Topics) :
Famines
Subject (Topics) :
Humanitarian assistance
Source (Places):
Russia
Source (Places):
Lincoln (Neb.)
Source (Places):
Lancaster County (Neb.)
Source (Temporal):
1920s
Format-Extent:
9 pages
Format-Medium:
correspondence
Format-Medium:
translations (documents)
Type:
Text
Relation:
Original; transcript
Rights:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: [email protected]
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
2021-08-09
Identifier:
RG4879b001f001i0033-0041
