LoBH digital
Finding and preserving materials from the Baltic past is not an end in itself. It is only a first step. The Internet is today's universal global library. As it becomes increasingly commercialized, free sources of inconsistent quality such as Wikipedia are coming to the fore for the average reader because peer-reviewed academic journals and books are increasingly transforming themselves into pay-to-view services.
Our goal is to bring reputable, informative, even unique materials to the library of the Internet—free to access insofar as possible—for individuals to use as sources, whether for formal studies or simply to blog based on facts, not misinformation or misperception.
Our full list of digitized materials follows below.
Titles
- "Estonia", "Finland", "Lithuania", "Latvia." The New Human Interest Library. Vol. V. Chicago: Midland Press, 1928.
Articles about the Baltic states, a decade after independence. Illustrations and photographs. - Estonia, Wonderful Present—Marvellous Future, Müürisepp, Aleksei. Soviet Booklets, London. 1959
Career apparatchik and then soon-to-be Estonian SSR Supreme Soviet Chairman Алексей Александрович Мюрисеп waxes eloquently of life under the U.S.S.R., one of a series of booklets produced about each of the fifteen Soviet Republics. - "Latvia Under German Occupation in 1943." Washington, DC: Latvian Legation, 1944.
The Latvian diplomatic corps reports on Latvia's third year under Nazi occupation, recounting still-fresh events. - Latvian folk costumes, Dāŗziņa, Anna. Esslingen, Jānis Liepiņš, ca. 1950.
Artist A. Dāŗziņa's illustrations of Latvian folk costumes. Set of 18 postcards. - Pirmās Latvijas Daiļamatniecības Izstādes Katalogs [The First Latvian Arts and Crafts Exhibition Catalog]. Riga: Valstspapīru Spiestuve, 1937.
Essays on the exhibition and on aspects of traditional arts and crafts. In Latvian. B&W and color plates of exhibit objects. - Soviet Aggression Against the Baltic States. Rumpēters, Augusts. New York, The World Federation of Free Latvians, 1974.
Augusts Rumpēters (1899-1978) served in the Supreme Court Senate of the Republic of Latvia. His cogent and superbly annotated dissertation provides pertinent counterpoint to those who continue to insist the Baltics joined the USSR willingly and legally. - The Soviet Union, Finland, and the Baltic States. Soviet Information Bureau. Soviet War News, 1941.
In a monograph published after the Winter War and toward the end of its first occupation of the Baltic states, the Soviet Union blames the Finns and Balts for their troubles, only the Soviets have consistently engaged in "neighbourly relations," rebuffed by its neighbors at every turn. A classic study in Stalinist propaganda and a version of history still familiar in official Russian rhetoric. - These Names Accuse—Nominal List of Latvians Deported to Soviet Russia in 1940-41, second edition with supplementary list. Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation, 1982.
History leading up to and including the Soviet invasion of the Baltics, the first Soviet occupation, and the first mass deportations. Documents, photographs, list of names (in progress).