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ORGANIZATIONS by COUNTRY

CANADA

British Columbia

Lithuanian Community of British Columbia
Website: http://www.lithuaniansofbc.com/
Email: lithuaniansofbc@canada.com

Canada Lithuanian Foundation
Lithuanian-Canadian Fondation
1573 Bloor St.
West Toronto, Ont. M6P 1AP
Canada

Canada Lithuanian Youth Union
1573 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M6P 1A6
Canada

Lithuanian House
1573 Bloor Street
West Toronto, Ontario M6P 1A6
Canada
Phone: 416-532-3311, FAX: 416-769-1266

The Lithuanian Museum-Archives of Canada
Email: litharch@the-wire.com
2185 Stavebank Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5C 1T3
Canada

Established in 1989, the Lithuanian Museum-Archieves of Canada collects, preserves and displays documents of Lithuanian-Canadian community life and activities along with family heirlooms of Lithuanian Canadians. When Lithuania began to break away from the Soviet Union, they added a third category of collections: documentation of the process and atmosphere of the era of regaining Lithuanian independence, 1989-1992.

Their holdings include:

1. Documents, photos and ephemera (programmes, pamphlets, posters, memorabilia, flags) of Lithuanian Canadian organizations such as the Lithuanian Canadian Community, the Lithuanian Canadian Foundation, the Lithuanian Community Houses in Hamilton and Toronto, "Sauliai", Lithuanian Veterans, Lith. Scouts, World Lith. Youth Association, Lithuanian schools in Ottawa and Toronto, Lith. Catholic Womens Assoc., etc.

2. Documents, photographs and letters of some individual Lithuanian Canadians, especially relating to their emigration from Lithuania and immigration into Canada. Larger collections include the papers of:

+ Elze Jankute (Daughter of writer and publisher Martynas Jankus)
+ Adolfas Sapoka, Historian
+ Martynas Anysas, Diplomat and Historian
+ L. Balsys, liason officer for Balt refugees with Allied occupation forces in Germany after WW II
+ Pranys Alsenas, author and journalist
+ E. Fedaras and K. Strikaitis, Winnipeg Lithuanian Community Activists
+ Dr. P. Lukosevicius, Lithuanian-Canadian Community founding member
+ E. Kardeliene, opera singer
+ Jonas Kardelis, Lithuanian Canadian Community founding member
+ Tadas Bartkus and Mecys Pranevicius, former Lithuanian army officers
+ Plus many others.

3. Maps of Lithuania (including 4 antique maps).

4. Posters produced in Lithuania and Canada. Ephemera of all kinds relating to Lithuanian Canadian events: programmes, tickets, lapel pins, banners.

5. News service faxes, newspaper and magazine articles from all over the world, "Sajudis"-sponsored newspapers, photographs, posters and souvenirs from the era of regaining Lithuanian independence, 1989-1992. Documentation of elections in Lithuania 1992 and 1996.

6. Current news about Lithuania from ELTA news service, OMRI-L, BALT-L, other Internet sources and Canadian newspapers.

7. Historical objects and heirlooms: old Lithuanian textiles, coins, medals, stamps, folk craft objects, tools, carvings by prisoners in Siberia, objects from post-WWII "DP" refugee camps, military uniforms, a piece of the Lenin monument which stood in Vilnius during the Soviet era, etc. etc.

8. Art by Lithuanian modern artists -- painting, lithographs, sculpture.

9. Approximately 1,500 rare books and journals, dating from the 1860's to the 1940's.

10. Full sets of the two Lithuanian Canadian newspapers, "Teviskes Ziburiai""and "Nepriklausoma Lietuva".

11. Some issues of most Lithuanian American magazines and journals.

12. Full or almost full sets of the journals "Moteris", "Karys", "Äidai", "Laiskai lietuviams"", "Lituanus", "Lietuviu Dienos".

13. A small library with 1,152 catalogued and approx. 200 uncatalogued books. We have some fiction, but the best collections are in the areas of history, archaeology, folk lore and folk religion, music, art, study of Lithuanian language, religious books, documentation of Soviet rule in Lithuania and the political fight against this in the United States and Canada.

A partial catalogue, still in rough form and in the process of being corrected, is available in ASCII or "Word for Windows" format. This is an abbreviated version of our database catalogue, which does not encompass all our holdings because, like all archives and museums, we have a backlog of uncatalogued materials and during our first two years material was catalogued using a borrowed non-DOS computer. If you would like a copy of the DOS brief catalogue, we can send it as an attachment by e-mail (will be about 50 pages) or can send a disk to you.

The museum usually cannot spare the time to do much research, but will be very happy to send copies of finding aids to our collections or of specific documents if you know what you require and are willing to pay photocopy and mail fees.

For further information, contact Dr. Rasa Mazeika, Director
Email: litharch@the-wire.com
Telephone: 905-566-8755
Fax: 416-252-7638 [Allow to ring 6 times]

Parama Lithuanian Credit Union
Email: parama@total.net
2975 Bloor St W.
Toronto, Ontario
Phone: (416) 207-9239
Fax: (416) 207-9401

Parama is a full service credit union, offering a complete range of financial services in direct competion with banks and trust companies. They have been in operation for 45 years. By definition, Parama is an ethnic credit union, meaning an individual must be of Lithuanian hertigage in order to open an account and become a "member." Parama has almost 6,000 members, and over $100 million (CDN) in assets. Parama ranks within the top twenty credit unions operating in Ontario and the top 100 accross Canada.

For Further Information, Contact: Linas Zubrickas
Email: parama@total.net

Sportininku Vadovybes SALFASS
Chairman Audrius Sileika
150 Colbeck Street
Toronto, Ontario M6S 1V7
Canada

Newspapers and Publications

Teviskes Ziburiai
2185 Stavebank Rd.
Mississauga, Ontario
L5C 1T3, Canada
FAX: 416-275-1336

MANITOBA

Eastern European Branch
Manitoba Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 2536
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3C 4A7
Quarterly Newsletter, Membership - $12.00 US

QUEBEC

Nepriklausoma Lietuva
7722 George St., Lasalle
Que. 48p1C4
CANADA
Phone: 366-6220