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Sveicināti „letiņi”! Vairāki materiāli mūsu vietnē tika izdoti latviski. Tie ir pieejami pārrakstīti daļēji vai pilnībā, jeb arī kā faksimilis pilnībā. Mēs tos esam atsevišķi uzskaitījuši šeit mūsu latviešu apmeklētājiem.

Materiāli galvenokārt sakārtoti izdošanas gada secībā, izņemot biografijas (dzimšanas gads) un raksti par agrākiem vēsturiskiem notikumiem.

  = albums/pastkartes    = ietver pilnu faksimilu    = kultūras priekšmets    = padomju propaganda

• Fridrihs BriedisFridrihs Briedis (LATVIAN, Briedis: īss dzīves stāsts ar 12 ilustracijām pēc Aleksandra Plensnera manuscripta), Aleksandrs Plensners, Mikelis Goppers; David Guild, trans., 1963—Biography of Fridrihs Briedis (June 23, 1888–August 28, 1918), a Latvian colonel and the first and one of the most famous Latvian Riflemen commanders. He eventually sided with the Whites against the Bolsheviks, who captured and executed him in 1918. Latvian and English translation.
• Devastated Latvia, 1921
  
  Devastated Latvia, photographed and published 1921 (LATVIAN, Latvijas Izpostīto Apgabalu Kongresa Padomes izdevums uzņemts u. izdots 1921 g.), Mārtiņš Lapiņš, Latvijas Izpostīto Apgabalu Kongresa Padome, 1921—Photo print album issued by the Latvia's Devastated Regions Congress Council in 1921 documenting the destruction left in the wake of WWI and Latvia's War of Independence.
• Opera Program
  
  
  Latvian National Opera program (LATVIAN, Latvijas Nacionālas Operas nedēļas repertuārs), April 1923—Opera attendees' program for April 17 through 28, 1923, restored and facsimile with translation
• Jānis Čakste In Memoriam
  
  Jānis Čakste Memorial Album (LATVIAN, Pirmā Latvijas Valsts Prezidenta Jāņa Čakstes Piemiņai), Latvian Young People's Christian Society "Christian Endevor", 1927—Photo album dedicated to Latvia's first President upon his death in office.
• Freedom Monument
  
  Freedom Monument (LATVIAN, Brīvības Piemineklis), Jānis Siliņš, Brīvības Pieminekļa Komiteja, 1935—Art critic Jānis Siliņš's detailed discussion of the Freedom Monument, published by the Freedom Monument Committee.
• Arts & Crafts Exhibition
  
  
  The First Latvian Arts and Crafts Exhibition Catalog (LATVIAN, Pirmās Latvijas Daiļamatniecības Izstādes Katalogs), Valstspapīru Spiestuve, 1937—Essays on the exhibition and aspects of traditional arts and crafts. B&W and color plates of exhibit objects. Facsimile.
• Latvian Signs
  
  
  An Children's ABC of Latvian Signs (LATVIAN, Latvju Rakstu Ābecīte), Latviešu Bērnu Draudzības Savienība, 1939—A child's primer on the basics of Latvian ornaments and examples of how more complex forms are then constructed. Facsimile.
• Letters on Birch BarkLetters On Birch Bark from Siberia (1941-1956) (LATVIAN, Sibīrijas vēstules uz bērza tāss (1941-1956)), UNESCO, 1992—Birch bark was often the only material to write on. Background on deportations, gallery of letters and their writers' stories.
• A Shepherd Died
  
  
  A Shepherd Died (LATVIAN, Viens gans nomira), 1942—A miniature folk song booklet published by Tautas Palīdzība (Peoples' Welfare) in war-time Latvia and given out for donations to help the orphaned and widowed, illustrated by a popular Latvian pre-war and post-war diaspora artist—and who dated Peters's father while they studied together at the Academy of Art.
• Latvian Central CommitteeLatvian Central Committee Memorandum, Riga, March 17, 1944 (LATVIAN, Latvijas Centrālās Padomes Memorands, Rīga, 1944. gada 17. marts), Konstantīns Čakste and Fēlikss Cielēns, 1944—The underground Latvian Central Council, headed by Konstantīns Čakste, petitions Inspector General of the Latvian Legion Rudolfs Bangerskis to work toward restoring Latvian sovereignty.
• 1945 Literary Almanac
  
  
  
  1945 Literary Almanac (LATVIAN, Literatūras Gada Grāmata), E. Damburs, ed., VAPP Fine Literature Publisher, 1945—Still at war, Latvian Communists serving the Soviet cause declare literary Russification an enrichment of Latvian culture. Full facsimile and selected translations.
• Summer Scenes
  
  Latvia II, Summer Scenes (LATVIAN, LATVIJA II, Vasaras Skati), A. Grapmanis, Jaunā Vārda Apgāds, 1946—Album of nine plates of photographs with captions in Latvian and English
• 1947 Exiles' Calendar
  
  
  1947 Latvian Exile's Calendar (LATVIAN, Latviesu Trimdinieka Kalendars 1947), J. Grīnblats, Fürth, 1946—Complete facsimile with poetry translations. Published during the post-WWII Displaced Persons camps era.
• Fischbach Song Day
  
  
  Fischbach Song Day, June 27, 1948 (LATVIAN, Pirmo Latvieši vispārejo Dziesmu svētku 75 gadu atceres Dziesmu diena, Fišbachā pie Nirnbergas, 1948. gada 27. jūnijā), Kārlis Puriņš, Viktors Puriņš, 1948—Latvians in the Displaced Persons camps of Fischbach and Märzfeld in Nuremberg and environs gather to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the very first Latvian Song Festival (in 1873, in Rīga, with over 1,000 singers participating). Photo album of 24 pictures, with foreword by composer and Fischbach DP camp elder Jēkabs Poruks.
• European Unification and LatviaThe European Unification Movement and Us (LATVIAN, Eiropas apvienošanas kustība un mēs), Modris Gulbis, Latvian Association for a "European Union", 1948—Gulbis makes the case that a European Union must be created to ensure the future welfare of the European continent and Latvia.
• Latvian Kitchen
  
  The Latvian and Modern Kitchen (LATVIAN, Latviskā un Modernā Virtuve), Fischbach Latvian Committee Literary Publisher, 1949—Traditional Latvian recipes, excerpts and translations for pīrāgi, galerts, and kotletes, published at the Fischbach DP Camp, Germany.
• First USA Song Festival
  
  
  The First Latvian Song Festival in America (LATVIAN, Koŗa dziesmu krājums, I. latviešu dziesmas svētki Amerikā), Chicago, 1953—Mixed choir participants' music. 21 songs, complete.
• Folk Costume Fold-Outs
  
  
  
  Soviet era folk costume foldouts (LATVIAN, Tautas tērpi), Latvian State Publishing House, ca. 1958—Collection of women's and men's folk costume Soviet era souvenir fold-outs, depicting costumes from various regions of Latvia and including descriptions in French, English, Russian, and Latvian.
• 1960 Baltic Freedom ManifestoManifesto of Free Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians (LATVIAN, Baltijas Brīvības Padomes Deklarācija), Baltic Freedom Council, 1965—Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians commemorate and mourn the 20th anniversary of the June, 1940 Soviet occupation of the Baltic states. Newsprint photos from Daugavas Vanagi commemoration in Toronto.
• The Golden Horse
  
  
  The Golden Horse, 1965 performance (LATVIAN, Zelta Zirgs)—Elementary Latvian school students of the New York metropolitan area stage Rainis’ Christmas play, celebrating the centenary of his birth.