A digitized, fully searchable and hyperlinked repository of visual testimonies by almost 52,000 survivors of genocidal wars. The vast majority of the testimonies in the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive are from Jewish survivors of the Holocaust (1939-1945), as well as other Holocaust witnesses, rescuers, and aid providers.
Created by U.S. Presidential directive during World War II and at first placed under the Federal Communications Commission in 1941, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) was later transferred to the War Department, and then to the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947.
The Wrong family has many connections to the University of Toronto. George Wrong, son of Margaret and Edward Blake, was professor of history at the University of Toronto and head of the department from 1894 until his retirement in 1927. His son Hume served as lecturer in and assistant professor of history at the University, and his other son Harold and nephew Gerald Blake were graduates of the University.
Originally known as the Students’ Union, the Students’ Administrative Council was established in 1901 to oversee student services and to enhance the student experience at the University of Toronto.
Among the correspondence and subject files relating to the Students' Administrative Council, are minutes of the Latvian Students' Centre Association Abroad from around 1952 to 1955.
The Baltic Biographical Archive (BaBA) lists biographical data on more than 80,000 individuals. It is a cumulation of 150 biographical works published between 1600 and 1940. It contains information on nationals of Baltic States as well as persons who worked there and were of some influence in the region. The selection of biographical sources puts special emphasis on the specific role of German-Baltic individuals. Included are Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and other nationals who shaped the historic course of the Baltic region.