This colelction contains Estonian life stories (including women) on a wide range of different topics: everyday life, migration, forced migration, and different kinds of life stories (ordinary and extraordinary). They are mainly on paper, but some are recorded in electronic form. Some published stories have been translated to English.
Original source name : Eesti elulood
English translation : Estonian Life Stories
Creator : N/A
Document- type 1 : diary/memoir
Document- type 2 : personal
Reference number : EKLA, f 350
Language(s) : Estonian
Geographical coverage : Estonia
Time range : 20th-21stc.
Year(s) : 1989–
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Link to the item in the catalogue : Project page (in Estonian): https://galerii.kirmus.ee/elulood/
Publication(s) : Rutt Hinrikus, “On the Collection of Estonian Life Stories,” in Kirss, Tiina (ed.). Estonian Life Stories (VII−XII) (Budapest New York: Central European University Press, 2009).
English translation : Estonian Life Stories
Creator : N/A
Document- type 1 : diary/memoir
Document- type 2 : personal
Reference number : EKLA, f 350
Language(s) : Estonian
Geographical coverage : Estonia
Time range : 20th-21stc.
Year(s) : 1989–
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Link to the item in the catalogue : Project page (in Estonian): https://galerii.kirmus.ee/elulood/
Publication(s) : Rutt Hinrikus, “On the Collection of Estonian Life Stories,” in Kirss, Tiina (ed.). Estonian Life Stories (VII−XII) (Budapest New York: Central European University Press, 2009).
Archive name : Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Archive name (English) : Estonian Literary Museum
Archive address : Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu
City : Tartu
Country : Estonia
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.kirmus.ee/en
Archive name (English) : Estonian Literary Museum
Archive address : Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu
City : Tartu
Country : Estonia
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.kirmus.ee/en