F392. Partially catalogued, 52 temporary items: documents from 1988–2000. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Nastazija Kairiūkštytė (b. 1935), historian, Doctor of Humanities, staff member of the Lithuanian Institute of History (1973–1998).
The collection was acquired from the founder in 2010.
F337. Partially catalogued, 335 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Anatolijus Kairys (1914–2008), writer and activist in the American Lithuanian Community.
The collection was acquired from the founder in 1993–2000.
F336. Partially catalogued, 57 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The collection was acquired from the founder in 1993
F408. Uncatalogued.
The founder of this collection is Valentina Karatajūtė-Talimaa (b. 1930), Lithuanian geologist, paleonthologist, Habilitated Doctor of Physical Sciences (1976).
The collection was acquired in 2013.
F264. 1418 items from 1420–1950: manuscripts, print publications, engravings, and other documents. In Lithuanian, Russian, Belarusian, Latin, Polish, German, French, and English. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue; part of the collection is also described in the electronic Manuscripts Catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Povilas Karazija (1887–1955), cultural activist, bibiophile, collector, numismatist, and amateur sphragist.
The collection was acquired in 1966 m. from Uršulė Karazijienė.
F431. Partially catalogued, 161 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Romualdas Karazija (b. 1942), physicist, Habilitated Doctor of Physical Sciences, professor.
The collection was acquired from the founder in 2018.
F348. 165 items from 1921–1984: manuscripts, typescripts, photographs. In Lithuanian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Jonas Karys-Kareckas (pseud. Žilvitis, 1903–1984), activist in the American Lithuanian community, economist, journalist, and numismatist.
The collection was acquired from the Book Chamber in 1988.
F108. 50 items: manuscripts from 1876–1912. In Polish, Russian, and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Adomas Karpovičius (Adam Karpowicz, 1842–1914), jurist, teacher of Polish literature in Vilnius schools, editor of “Dziennik Wileński” (1906–1907), “Tygodnik Ludowy” and other Vilnius newspapers.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F414. Partially catalogued, 767 temporary items: photographs and negatives from the 20th-21st centuries. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Juozas Kazlauskas (1941–2002), photographer, cinematographer, film director, and traveler.
The collection was received from the founder’s spouse, Dalia Kazlauskienė, in 2014.
F288. 142 items from 1925–1956: manuscripts, print publications, and autographs. In Lithuanian, Latin, German, Russian, and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Juozas Keliuotis (1902–1983), journalist, socio-political writer, and translator.
The collection was purchased from Juozas Keliuotis in 1976 for 600 rubles.
F280. 118 items from 1921–1944: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications. In Lithuanian, English, German, French, Latin, Polish, and Russian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Fabijonas Kemėšis (1880–1954), a priest, economist, Doctor of Economical Sciences (1924).
The collection was acquired from the Vilnius Church of Holy Spirit through the effort of a staff member of the then Vilnius Institute for Conservation of Monuments, L. Žilevičius, in 1974.
F166. 131 items: documents from 1915–1934. In Lithuanian, Russian, Latvian, German, Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Izidorius Kisinas (1904–1958), bibliographer and educator.
The collection was acquired in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F428. Partially catalogued. 111 temporary items: documents from the 20th century. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Kazys Napaleonas Kitkauskas (b. 1931), architect restorer, construction engineer, cultural and civic activist, and Doctor of Humanities (1980).
The collection was received from the founder in 2017.
F191. 406 items from 1907–1966: manuscripts and other documents. In Lithuanian, French, Russian, German, English, Polish, Italian, Portuguese. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Petras Klimas (1891–1969), jurist, historian, socio-political writer, editor, diplomat, minister of foreign affairs, signatory of the Act of Independence of Lithuania of February 16, 1918.
The collection was acquired in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F283. 189 items from the 20th century: manuscripts, drawings, typescripts, print publications, photographs. In Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Kazys Klimavičius (1886–1972), book smuggler, educator, civic activist, and editor.
The collection was received from the founder’s widow, Eugenija Klimavičienė, in 1975.
F366. Partially catalogued, 22 temporary items. Newspapers from 1946–1980. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Steponas Kolupaita (1892–1964), a geodesist, hydrologist, journalist, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1941), pioneer of Lithuanian river hydrology, professor at Kaunas University, member of the Academy of Sciences since 1941, professor of the University of Notre Dame (U.S.A.).
The documents were obtained in 2002, through the effort of Professor Kęstutis Kilkus, from the founder’s daughter, E. Masiokienė, a resident of the U.S.A.
F109. 65 items: manuscripts from 1844–1862. In Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Vladislovas Sirokomlė (Władysław Syrokomla, real name Ludwik Kondratowicz, 1823–1862), Vilnius poet, the author of “Margiris” and other poems on the history of Lithuania.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F110. 144 items from 1582–1920: manuscripts and other documents. In Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, French, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founders of this collection are Count Stanislovas Kazimieras Kosakovskis (Kasakauskas) (Stanisław Kazimierz Kossakowski, 1837–1904), owner of the Vaitkuškis estate in Ukmergė County, agriculturist, Polish poet and playwright, photographer; and his son, the writer Mykolas Kosakovskis (Michał Kossakowski) .
The collection was acquired in 1941 from the Vaitkuškis estate, and its other part was received in 1954 from the Vilnius Art Museum (the present-day Lithuanian National Museum of Art).
F111. 243 items from 1755–1938: manuscripts and other documents. In Latin, Polish, Russian, French, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Stanislovas Koscialkovskis (Stanisław Kościałkowski, 1881–1960), historian and professor at the Department of History of Vilnius Stephen Batory University (1924–1939).
The collection was acquired in 1954 from the Vilnius Art Museum (the present-day Lithuanian National Museum of Art).
F112. 7 items from 1858–1937: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, and photographs. In Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Juozapas Kozakevičius (1858–1940), an accountant who lived in Panevėžys since 1882, worked at the Panevėžys Mutual Credit Society, and was regularly reelected to the Panevėžys Duma. He wrote a memoir entitled “Amžiaus kronika” (“The Chronicle of the Age”), which is the only work of this kind Panevėžys of the late 19th – early 20th century.
The collection was acquired in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University, to which the founder had donated the documents in 1937.
F113. 33 items: manuscripts from 1827–1858. In Polish and Latin. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Juozapas Koženiovskis (Józef Korzeniowski, 1797–1863), Polish playwright and author of comedies, librarian, teacher of the poet Zigmunt Krasiński, director of the Kharkov Secondary School since 1837, lecturer in the history of Polish literature and assistant professor at the Department of the Latin Language at Kiev University (1831–1836), author of books published in Vilnius.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F114. 74 items from 1839–1860: manuscripts and other documents. In Polish, Latin, and Greek. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Juozapas Ignotas Kraševskis (Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 1812–1887), Polish historical and socio-political writer, translator of Lithuanian folk songs into Polish, author of four-volume monograph “Wilno” (“Vilnius”), editor of the journal “Athenaeum”, and literary critic.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F242. 566 items from 1889: manuscripts, postcards, seals, photographs. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Father Petras Kraujalis (1882–1933), the chairman of the Rytas Society for the Education of Vilnius Lithuanians (1933–1939).
The collection was acquired in 1962 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).
F115. 570 items from 1656–1939: manuscripts and other documents. In Polish, Russian, French, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Manfredas Kridlis (Manfred Kridl, 1882–1957), Doctor of Philology (1921), historian of Polish literature, professor at the universities of Warsaw, Vilnius, and Columbia.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F188. 220 items: manuscripts from 1930. In Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Jonas Kriščiūnas (1888–1973), agriculturist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR, professor.
The manuscripts were acquired in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F418. Uncatalogued.
The founder of this collection is Juozas Algimantas Krištopaitis (1931–2018), Lithuanian historian of science, philosopher, chemist, essayist, Habilitated Doctor of Humanities.
The collection was received from the founder in 2015.
F210. 226 items from 1811–1944: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications. In Lithuanian, Russian, French, English, German, and Dutch. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Domas Krivickas (1905–1999), jurist, professor at Kaunas and Vilnius Universities.
The collection was acquired in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F413. Uncatalogued. Documents from the 20th-21st centuries.
The founder of the collection is Birutė Kuckaitė (b. 1939), folk artist and painter.
The collection was received from the founder in 2014.
F429. Uncatalogued.
The founders of the collection are: Vaidutis Kučinskas (b. 1947), Lithuanian geneticist, professor, full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Habilitated Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (1987); and Zita Aušrelė Šarkinaitė-Kučinskienė (b. 1948), physician, professor, Habilitated Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (1988), full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, laureate of the Lithuanian Science Prize (2011), head of the Department of Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, head of the Centre of Laboratory Medicine of the Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinic.
The collection was received from the founders in 2018.
F376. Partially catalogued, 1101 temporary items: documents from 1929–1986. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Pranas Kulikauskas (1913–2004), archaeologist, Doctor of Humanities (1949), lecturer at Vilnius and Kaunas Universities, associate professor (1964).
The documents were received from the founder’s spouse, Dr. Regina Kulikauskienė, in 2005.
F377. Partially catalogued, 3168 temporary items: documents from 1942–2003. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Regina Volkaitė-Kulikauskienė (1916–2007), archaeologist, Habilitated Doctor of Humanities (1968), corresponding member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, lecturer at Vilnius and Kaunas Universities.
The documents were donated by the founder in 2005.
F427. Uncatalogued. Documents from 1940–2017.
The founder of the collection is Marytė Kuodytė (b. 1942), Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
The documents were received from the founder in 2017.
F319. 101 items from 1921–1970: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications. In Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish. Described in the electronic Manuscripts Catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Zigmas Kuzmickis (1898–1976), literary scholar, educator, Candidate of Philology (1966), author of textbooks.
The collection was acquired in 1990 from Teresė Kuzmickienė.
F372. Partially catalogued, 25 temporary items: documents from 1980–1990. Described in a temporary item list.
The documents were acquired through the mediation of the Presidium of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Deputy Director of the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in 2004.