Archives of schools and theaters

F45. 412 items: manuscripts and other documents from 1904–1934. In Lithuanian, Russian, French, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue. 

The compilers of the collection are the Vilnius Kanklės Society of Theater Lovers established in  1905, the Vilnius Studio (active in 1918–1919), the Lithuanian Society of Artists  (1920–1921), and  the State Theater in Kaunas  (active since 1922).

The collection was received in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.

F46. 104 items: manuscripts and other documents from 1914–1941. In Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian.  Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue. 

The compiler of the collection is Liutnia (Lute), a Polish theatre established in Vilnius in 1907 and active until October 1944.

The collection was received in 1944 from the abandoned premises of the theater.

F47. 467 items: documents from 1832–1940. In Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, and Latin. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue. 

The compilers of the collection are the Vilnius Beginners Lithuanian School (1908–1931), the Vilnius Vytautas Magnus School (1915–1940); the Vilnius Teachers Seminary (1916–1927); the Švenčionys Lithuanian School (1925–1936).

The collection was received in 1947 from the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (now the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore), which had taken over the collection of the Lithuanian Scientific Society  (active in 1907–1940).

F48. 20 items from 1905–1928: manuscripts, publications, and other documents. In Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish.  Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue. 

The compiler of the collection is the Lithuanian Mutual Aid Society of Vilnius established in 1904. Its members took effort to obtain permission to establish a two-year school on March 29, 1907.  The school housed a shelter and offered evening courses. It was closed in 1932.

The collection was received in 1952 from the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (now the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore)

F270. 193 items from 1824–1882.  In Russian and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.

The collection was acquired in 1968 from the Library of the Theater Society of the Lithuanian SSR (Theater House) and handed over by the head of the library, Janina Šliubiauskienė.