Caks, Raimunds, Papers

Finding Aid

VITRAGE

IHRC

Immigration History Research Center, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota

Descriptive summary

PROVENANCE

Collection donated to the IHRC by Raimunds Caks in 1981. It was processed by Astra Apsitis who also compiled an inventory to the collection that was published by the IHRC in 1994. The publication was made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. In 2005, the inventory was included in the IHRC Collections Database, prepared for encoding and made available on the IHRC website by DaN.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Raimunds Caks was born in Latvia’s Saikava region in 1915, later moving to Riga where he served, among other activities, as the Latvian Scouting headquarters’ secretary. Caks left Latvia during World War II and lived in displaced persons camps in the French Zone of Occupied Germany. While in Germany, he continued his involvement in scouting as the Baltic Scouting representative for the French Zone and editor of the publication Trimda (Exile) Caks immigrated to the United States and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained actively involved in Latvian scouting and journalism. He wrote many articles about scouting and scouting activities for Latvian publications. Caks was the editor of Daugavas Vanagu Menesraksts (a monthly publication of the national Latvian Social Welfare group, Daugavas Vanagi) from 1964-1974, and again after 1977. Caks also wrote articles and editorials as a correspondent for the Latvian newspaper Laiks.

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

The Raimunds Caks collection is comprised of personal papers that reflect his participation in a number of Latvian civic and cultural activities and organizations since settling in the United States after World War II. The folders include correspondence, bulletins, announcements, invitations, and reports. Though Caks is noted for his activity with Latvian scouting and journalism, this collection contains primarily documentation of his involvement with the Daugavas Vanagi, thus providing insight to the organization’s activities throughout the United States and internationally.

ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS

Series I – Daugavas Vanagi Subseries 1: Daugavas Vanagi – Centrala Valde (Central Board) Subseries 2: Daugavas Vanagi – ASV Valde (U.S. Board) Subseries 3: Daugavas Vanagi – ASV (United States) Subseries 4: Daugavas Vanagi Internationally Subseries 5: Daugavas Vanagi Reports and Publications Series II – Latvian Cultural Organizations and Activities Subseries 1: General Subseries 2: Milwaukee Subseries 3: Programs and Invitations Series III – Political Organizations and Activities Series IV – Oversize Materials

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

The Caks, Raimunds collection is available for public research.

OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS

The Caks, Raimunds collection is the physical property of the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota.

For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRC.

CITE AS

The Caks, Raimunds Papers, Latvian American Collection, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota

RELATED COLLECTIONS

Records of Daugavas Vanagi

Index Terms

Description of Series

This section briefly describes each series in the collection. A more detailed description of the contents of each series may be found in the following section.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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