http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0p3031df No online items Processed by David Jacobs Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-60 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: hooverarchives@stanford.edu 2012 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. 2007C6 1
papers Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: David Jacobs Date Completed: 2012 Encoded by: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun and Samira Bozorgi. 2009, 2012 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Title: Ansis Pommers papers Dates: 1929-2012 Collection Number: 2007C6 Creator: Pommers, Ansis. Collection Size: 19 manuscript boxes (7.6 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-60 Abstract: The Ansis Pommers contain materials pertaining to the history of the Latvian emigration after World War II, from the experience of Latvians in Displaced Persons camps in Germany immediately after the war to their subsequent lives as immigrants in the United States, Canada and other countries. In particular, the collection has numerous publications that reflect the efforts of Latvian Americans to sustain their culture through various community based institutions and publications. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: English, with some Latvianmaterials Access Collection is open for research. Use copies of all sound recordings in the collection are available for immediate access. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ansis Pommers papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2007, with subsequent increments Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1935 Born, Rīga, Latvia 1945-1949 Lives with family in the Displaced Persons camp in Fischbach, Germany 1950 Emigrates with family to the United States 1955 Awarded A.A. degree, Sierra Community College 1966 Awarded B.S. degree, Sacramento State College 1966-1992 Works as an engineer for Link Flight Simulation Systems 2007C6 2
1970 Awarded M.S. degree, Santa Clara University 1992 Starts own technical writing business 2007 Publishes Fis bachas virsŏs 1945-1950 Scope and Content of Collection The Ansis Pommers contain materials pertaining to the history of the Latvian emigration after World War II, from the experience of Latvians in Displaced Persons camps in Germany immediately after the war to their subsequent lives as immigrants in the United States, Canada, and other countries. In particular, the collection has numerous publications that reflect the efforts of Latvian Americans to sustain their culture through various community based institutions and publications. The two edited works by Pommers in the papers describe the lives of Latvians in the Displaced Persons camp in Fischbach, Germany, where Pommers and his family were among the camp residents. The first of these works, Fis bachas virsŏs 1945-1950, provides a comprehensive account of life in Fischbach, including the numerous cultural activities that took place in the camp. The work describes the educational institutions in the camp, and, in particular, the Kārlis Skalbe elementary school and high school. The second edited work, Lāpa 15, describes the final period of the Skalbe schools and includes many short biographies of the schools' graduates, with details on their later careers in the countries they emigrated to. The Printed matter series in the collection contains many serial issues, most of them emanating from Latvian American organizations. These include numerous issues of the newsletter of the Northern California Latvian Association. There are also many issues of Jaunā Gaita, the most prominent Latvian cultural journal in North America, as well as all the issues of Lāpa, published by former Fischbach students. Other serial issues relate to academic life in the Latvian emigration ( Akadēmiska Dzīve), Latvian military history ( Kadets and Latvju Karavīrs), and a Latvian church in San Francisco ( Zelta Vārtu Vēstis). There are also two journals published by young Latvian Americans in Sacramento, California ( Dzirksts and Sakramento Latviesŭ Jaunatne). In addition, this series contains copies of programs for various Latvian song festivals and theatre productions. The Organizations file series includes minutes of meetings and other records of the Baltic Alliance of Northern California, a group whose members advocated for the independence of the three Baltic States during the period immediately prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The collection also contains a recording of an extensive interview with Pommers in which he describes his own formative experiences, his participation in Latvian-American community life, and recounts some of the political controversies that divided Latvian Americans during the Cold War. Arrangement The collection is organized into 6 series: Edited works; Writings by others; Organizations file; Printed matter; Sound recording; Photograph Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Latvia. Refugees. Latvians--United States. Box: 1 Edited works, 2004-20 Contains drafts and printed copies of monographs, photographs and reviews, arranged chronologically by title Box/Folder: 1 Fis bachas virsŏs 1945-1950, 2004-2007 Box/Folder: 1 Draft, 2004 Box/Folder: 1 : 1 Paper copy, 2004 Box/Folder: 1 : 2 CD-Rom containing digital file, 2004 Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Photographs, 2007 Box/Folder: 1 : 4 Printed copy, 2007 Box/Folder: 1 Lāpa 15, 20 Box/Folder: 1 : 5 Printed copy, 20 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Reviews, 20 2007C6 3
Writings by others, 1956-2012 Box: 1-2 Writings by others, 1956-2012 Contains article, monographs, and research paper, arranged alphabetically by name of author Box/Folder: 1 Abula, Biruta Box/Folder: 1 : 7 Ausekliesĭ no pažobelēm pausaules tālēs 1945-1950, 2004 Box/Folder: 1 : 8 Latviesŭ literārie pulcinị Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs 1950-2011, 2012 Box/Folder: 2 : 1 Anderson, Edgar, "The United States and the Soviet Union in the 1980s," address, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1981 April 2 Box/Folder: 2 : 2 Ernstons, Arnolds, No Cīravas līds Sanfrancisko, 1996 Box/Folder: 2 : 3 Kreismanis, Nicholas, "Latvian Immigrants in the Sacramento Area," 1956 Box/Folder: 2 : 4 Slaidins, Raimonds, Latviesĭ Sanfrancisko un tās apkārtnē, 2011 Box: 2 Organizations file, 1952-1998 Contains announcements, bumper stickers, financial records, minutes of meetings, and reports, arranged alphabetically by name of organization Box/Folder: 2 Baltic Alliance of Northern California, 1990-1998 Box/Folder: 2 : 5 Bumper stickers, 1990 Box/Folder: 2 : 6 Financial records, 1990-1998 Box/Folder: 2 : 7 Minutes of meetings, 1990-1993 Box/Folder: 2 : 8 Los Gatosas Latviesu Kopa, minutes of meetings, 1952-1953 Box/Folder: 2 : 9 Ziemelkalifornijas Latviesŭ Evanġēliski Luteriskā Draudze, report, 1959 1952-1953 Box/Folder: 2 Zinaīdis Lazda Pieminas Fonds, 1970-1978 Box/Folder: 2 : Announcements, 1975-1978 Box/Folder: 2 : 11 Report, 1970 Box: 3-19 Printed matter, 1929-2012 Contains monograph, pamphlets, programs, and serial issues, arranged by physical form and alphabetically by title thereunder Box/Folder: 3 : 1 Monograph, Valmieras kājnieku pulka vēsture, 1929 Box/Folder: 3 : 2 Pamphlets, 1975-2003 Box/Folder: 3 Programs for Latvian song festivals and theatre productions, 1946-2008 Box/Folder: 3 : 3 1946-1948 Box/Folder: 3 : 4 1965 Box/Folder: 3 : 5 1972 Box/Folder: 3 : 6 1979 Box/Folder: 3 : 7 2003 Box/Folder: 3 : 8 2006 Box/Folder: 3 : 2008 9- Box/Folder: 3-19 Serial issues, 1955-2012 Box/Folder: 3-4 Akadēmiska Dzīve, 1959-1963 Box/Folder: 3 : 11 1959 Box/Folder: 3 : 12 1962 Box/Folder: 4 : 1 1963 Box/Folder: 4 : 2 Baltic Bulletin, 2008 September Box/Folder: 4 : 3 Brīvība, 1972-1988 Box/Folder: 4 : 4 Bulletin of Baltic Studies, 1970 December Box/Folder: 4 : 5 Drauga Vēsts, 1945 October/November Box/Folder: 4 : 6 Dzirksts, 1960 Box/Folder: 4- Jaunā Gaita, 1955-2012 Box/Folder: 4 : 7 Nos. 1-2, 1955 Box/Folder: 4 : 8 Nos. 3-6, 1956 Box/Folder: 4 : 9 Nos. 7-8 and 11-12, 1957 2007C6 4
Printed matter, 1929-2012 Box/Folder: 4 : Nos. 13-18, 1958 Box/Folder: 4 : 11 Nos. 19-24, 1959 Box/Folder: 4 : 12 Nos. 25-27, 1960 Box/Folder: 4 : 13 Nos. 28-33, 1961 Box/Folder: 4 : 14 Nos. 34-39, 1962 Box/Folder: 4 : 15 Nos. 40-44, 1963 Box/Folder: 5 : 1 Nos. 45/46-50, 1964 Box/Folder: 5 : 2 Nos. 51-56, 1965 Box/Folder: 5 : 3 Nos. 57-60, 1966 Box/Folder: 5 : 4 Nos. 61-66, 1967 Box/Folder: 5 : 5 Nos. 67-71, 1968 Box/Folder: 5 : 6 Nos. 72-76, 1969 Box/Folder: 5 : 7 Nos. 77-81, 1970 Box/Folder: 5 : 8 Nos. 82 and 84-86, 1971 Box/Folder: 6 : 1 Nos. 87-91, 1972 Box/Folder: 6 : 2 Nos. 92-96, 1973 Box/Folder: 6 : 3 Nos. 97-1, 1974 Box/Folder: 6 : 4 Nos. 2-6, 1975 Box/Folder: 6 : 5 Nos. 7-111, 1976 Box/Folder: 6 : 6 Nos. 112-116, 1977 Box/Folder: 6 : 7 Nos. 117-121, 1978 Box/Folder: 7 : 1 Nos. 122-126, 1979 Box/Folder: 7 : 2 Nos. 127-131, 1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 3 Nos. 132-136, 1981 Box/Folder: 7 : 4 Nos. 137-141, 1982 Box/Folder: 7 : 5 Nos. 142-146, 1983 Box/Folder: 7 : 6 Nos. 147-150, 1984 Box/Folder: 7 : 7 Nos. 151-155, 1985 Box/Folder: 8 : 1 Nos. 156-160, 1986 Box/Folder: 8 : 2 Nos. 161-165, 1987 Box/Folder: 8 : 3 Nos. 166-170, 1988 Box/Folder: 8 : 4 Nos. 171-175, 1989 Box/Folder: 8 : 5 Nos. 176-180, 1990 Box/Folder: 8 : 6 Nos. 181-185, 1991 Box/Folder: 8 : 7 Nos. 186-190, 1992 Box/Folder: 9 : 1 Nos. 212-215, 1998 Box/Folder: 9 : 2 Nos. 216 and 218-219, 1999 Box/Folder: 9 : 3 Nos. 220-223, 2000 Box/Folder: 9 : 4 Nos. 224-227, 2001 Box/Folder: 9 : 5 Nos. 228-231, 2002 Box/Folder: 9 : 6 Nos. 232-235, 2003 Box/Folder: 9 : 7 Nos. 236-239, 2004 Box/Folder: 9 : 8 Nos. 240-243, 2005 Box/Folder: : 1 Nos. 224-245, 2006 Box/Folder: : 2 5 CD-ROMS containing digital files of selected articles from Jaunā Gaita, 1955-2006, and an annotated list of the articles, 2012 Box/Folder: Kadets, 1969-1993 Box/Folder: : 3 Nos. 2 and 5-7, 1969-1978 Box/Folder: : 4 Nos. 8-11, 1979-1982 Box/Folder: : 5 Nos. 12-15, 1983-1987 Box/Folder: : 6 Nos. 16-20, 1989-1993 Box/Folder: : 7 Laika Griežos, no. 68, 1946 Box/Folder: -11 Lāpa, 1946-1986 Box/Folder: : 8 Nos. 1-3 and 5-12, 1946-1947 Box/Folder: : 9 Bulletins, 1966 Box/Folder: : Nos. 4-7 (new series), 1967-1970 2007C6 5
Printed matter, 1929-2012 Box/Folder: : Bulletins, 1970 11 Box/Folder: : Nos. 8-, 1971-1973 12 1 Nos. 11-12, 1980-1982 2 Nos. 13-14, 1983-1986 3 Latvian Dimensions, volume 17, no. 1, 2008 Box/Folder: 11 Latvju Karavīrs, 1979-1986 4 No. 1, 1979 5 No. 2, 1980 6 No. 3, 1986 Box/Folder: 11 Sakramento Latvies u Jaunatne, 1956-1957 7 1956 8 1957 Box/Folder: 11 Tilts, 1956-1973 9 Nos. 17 and 19, 1956-1957 Nos. 0/1 and 138/139, 1970-1973 Box/Folder: 11-12 Zelta Vārtu Vēstis, 1954-1979 1954 January and April/May 11 1955 January/February and May 12 1956 February and November-December 13 1958 May-October 14 1961 January/February and October 15 1969 November 16 1970 April 17 1972 January 18 Box/Folder: 12 : 1 1976 February-March and June Box/Folder: 12 : 2 1977 February Box/Folder: 12 : 3 1979 April Box/Folder: 12-19 Zielmelkalifornijas Apskats, 1959-20 Box/Folder: 12 : 4 Annotated list of issues, 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 5 1959 September-December 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 6 1960 January-December 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 7 1961 January-December 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 8 1962 January/February-December 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 9 1963 January-November 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 1964 January-September and November-December 20 Box/Folder: 12 : 1965 January and April-December 20 11 Box/Folder: 13 1966 Box/Folder: 13 : 1 Box/Folder: 13 : 2 Box/Folder: 13 1967 Box/Folder: 13 : 3 Box/Folder: 13 : 4 Box/Folder: 13 1968 Box/Folder: 13 : 5 Box/Folder: 13 : 6 2007C6 6
Printed matter, 1929-2012 Box/Folder: 13 1969 Box/Folder: 13 : 7 Box/Folder: 13 : 8 Box/Folder: 13 1970 Box/Folder: 13 : 9 Box/Folder: 13 : Box/Folder: 14 1971 Box/Folder: 14 : 1 Box/Folder: 14 : 2 Box/Folder: 14 1972 Box/Folder: 14 : 3 Box/Folder: 14 : 4 Box/Folder: 14 1973 Box/Folder: 14 : 5 Box/Folder: 14 : 6 Box/Folder: 14 1974 Box/Folder: 14 : 7 Box/Folder: 14 : 8 Box/Folder: 15 1975 Box/Folder: 15 : 1 Box/Folder: 15 : 2 Box/Folder: 15 1976 Box/Folder: 15 : 3 Box/Folder: 15 : 4 Box/Folder: 15 1977 Box/Folder: 15 : 5 Box/Folder: 15 : 6 Box/Folder: 15 1978 Box/Folder: 15 : 7 Box/Folder: 16 : 1 Box/Folder: 16 1979 Box/Folder: 16 : 2 Box/Folder: 16 : 3 Box/Folder: 16 1980 Box/Folder: 16 : 4 Box/Folder: 16 : 5 Box/Folder: 16 1981 Box/Folder: 16 : 6 Box/Folder: 16 : 7 Box/Folder: 17 1982 Box/Folder: 17 : 1 Box/Folder: 17 : 2 Box/Folder: 17 1983 Box/Folder: 17 : 3 Box/Folder: 17 : 4 Box/Folder: 17 1984 Box/Folder: 17 : 5 Box/Folder: 17 : 6 Box/Folder: 17 1985 Box/Folder: 17 : 7 Box/Folder: 17 : 8 Box/Folder: 18 1986 Box/Folder: 18 : 1 Box/Folder: 18 : 2 Box/Folder: 18 1987 Box/Folder: 18 : 3 Box/Folder: 18 : 4 September-December 2007C6 7
Printed matter, 1929-2012 Box/Folder: 18 1988 Box/Folder: 18 : 5 Box/Folder: 18 : 6 Box/Folder: 18 1989 Box/Folder: 18 : 7 Box/Folder: 18 : 8 Box/Folder: 19 1990 Box/Folder: 19 : 1 Box/Folder: 19 : 2 Box/Folder: 19 1991 Box/Folder: 19 : 3 Box/Folder: 19 : 4 Box/Folder: 19 1992 Box/Folder: 19 : 5 Box/Folder: 19 : 6 Box/Folder: 19 : 7 1993 March and July/August Box/Folder: 19 : 8 1997 April-May and June/July Box: 19 Sound recording 2008 Box/Folder: 19 : 9 Interview of Ansis Pommers by David Jacobs 2008 July 17 Access Information Use copy reference number: 2007c6_a_0001485 One compact disc containing an interview of Ansis Pommers by David Jacobs, Hoover Institution Archives staff member. Part of the oral history project: The Latvian Emigration in California. In English. Duration 52:33. One compact disc. Box: 19 Photograph, 1993 Consists of one print Box/Folder: 19 : One print depicting Ansis Pommers, Maija Ozola, Alissa Ozola, Ojārs Celle, Aivars Savelis, Gunta Golts, and Andrejs Grīslis, on the occasion of voting for 5th Saeima elections, Latvian Hall, San Francisco, California, 1993 2007C6 8