Overview of the Sandr Riga papers

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Overview of the Sandr Riga papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Sandr Riga papers

Dates: 1971-2002

Collection Number: 2000C30

Creator: Riga, Sandr, 1939-

Collection Size: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Clandestine serial issues, other writings, and printed matter, relating to the ecumenical movement in the Soviet Union, political dissent, conditions in psychiatric hospitals, and Russian and Latvian culture.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: Russian

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.

Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sandr Riga papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2000.

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.

Biographical/Historical Note

Latvian-Russian journalist and ecumenical movement activist; editor, Prizyv, 1971-1995; psychiatric hospital prisoner, 1984-1987.

Scope and Content of Collection

Clandestine serial issues, other writings, and printed matter, relating to the ecumenical movement in the Soviet Union, political dissent, conditions in psychiatric hospitals, and Russian and Latvian culture.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Ecumenical movement.

Civil rights Soviet Union.

Political prisoners Soviet Union.

Dissenters Soviet Union.

Soviet Union Religion.

Russia (Federation) Civilization.

Latvia Civilization.

Journalists.

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