Date	1949-01-24
Subject	World War, 1939-1945–Refugees Displacement Manuscripts, Latvian Voyages and travels Ship letters Australia–Emigration and immigration—History Emigration and immigration Families–History New South Wales–History
Category	4. World War II 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Keywords	displaced persons
Creator	Petersons, Valdemars Vladislavs
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Series number	MLMSS 8567/Box 1X
Item number	Y0KDqMV1
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright status: In copyright Approval for reproduction required: From the copyright owner. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright owner
Country of origin	Australia
Language	Latvian English
Period of reference	1949-01-24 to 1953-11-11
Description from source	0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) – manuscript. Individual letters were paper-clipped together; this arrangement was kept. Includes 15 handwritten letters, in Latvian, from Valdemars and Zigrida to his sister Maij and to other family members. Also included are 12 handwritten translations of selected letters into English. Three of the letters are written whilst on board ship on their way to Australia.
Physical format	Letters