1979 to 1996

Perth

Skele, Daina

H2008.104.1-14

Digitised

WA Museum

Manila folder containing newspaper and magazine cuttings in Latvian about Daina Skele, typed articles and biographical information. NEED TRANSLATING
[.1] COPY OF CUTTING; Daina Skele, ‘Paregis, Skice’, Australijas Latvietis, 8 dec. 1995
[.2] CUTTING; glued, Daina Skele, ‘Paregis, Skice’, Australijas Latvietis, 8 dec. 1995
[.3] CUTTING; Daina Skele, ‘Vel par rakstisanu un lasisanu, Pardomas’, Piektdien, 1996. gada 31. maija
[.4] COPY OF CUTTING; Julieta Rumberga, ‘Dazu literaty domas par Dainas Skeles gramatue “Mes – sievietes”
[.5] POEM; Arvids Mellins, ‘Terces. Klusi vardi’, typed notepaper, signed A Mullins / ‘Parbraucot no. Rakstnieku / dienam Adelaida. 4.7.78.
[.6] CUTTING; Nina Luce, ‘Jauna Stastniece’, Londonaas Avize, Dainai 1979.g.14 dec.
[.7] COPY OF CUTTING; Olgerts Liepine, ‘Stasti vieglai lasisanai’, Sestdien, 1980. go.2 februari
[.8] CUTTING; Daina Skele?, ‘Vins Miniatura par milestibu’, DV Menesroksts, 1980.g.No.5, pp.44-45
[.9] COPY OF CUTTING; Daina Skele?, ‘Apspiesta un Atbrivota / Vasarijas impresijas’.
[.10] ARTICLE; unpublished typed and hand-written on lined exercise paper. begins ‘Pirms sesiem gadiem sing pasa vieta…’. 25. ace 1980.
[.11] ARTICLE; Daina Skele, ‘Bulla Zime Dzimuse’, unknown source, pp.85-86
[.12] ARTICLE; Daina Skele, ‘Bulla Zime Dzimuse’,unpublished, typed
[.13] ARTICLE; ‘Isbiografija – Daina Skele’, unpublished, typed yellow paper.
[.14] ARTICLE; unpublished, handwritten, double-sided foolscap, begins, ‘Jau vairakus gadus sarrksatos an savai dadreszi…’
[.15] FOLDER; ‘Spicers stationery, ‘Translever Services’ in pencil, ‘published stories’ in pen; Tudor File Folder on reverse.


Brief description
A collection of personal material reflecting the life of Daina Skele (nee Dzintars) who fled Latvia during World War Two and emigrated to Western Australia with her family as ‘Displaced Persons’ after the war. It includes items of clothing, haberdashery, photographs, books and letters.

Full description
The Daina Skele collection reflects the life of a woman and her family who experienced the dislocation of World War Two in Europe, post-war migration and adapting to a new life in Western Australia from the 1940s to the 1970s. The items of clothing, haberdashery, books and letters were carefully selected over time, gathered and kept in a suitcase. Items include: family keepsakes from Latvia which were some of the only items Daina left with when she fled with her young son during the Russian takeover in 1945; Baby clothes hand made for her second child born in a Displaced Person’s camp in Germany; Several items from two years the family spent in the Northam Camp after immigrating to Western Australia in 1949; Letters reflecting Daina’s attempts to have her European qualifications recognised and to find work. The Skele family created a life in Western Australia, and the suitcase was kept as a ‘memory box’, full of things that had been brought from Latvia as well as items that had become part of their lives since.

Notes
Collection is supported by extensive digital copies of family photographs from the 1930s-1960s, including Daina’s own childhood.

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Siobhan Campbell