Name
Palmær, Eva‏ 1904-1995 (Interviewee)
Baevsky, Sonya (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Eva Palmær, 1978
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Eva Palmær, 1978
Abstract
Impressions of Alexandra Kollontai, initially from her writing and after 1931 in person; her interest in the Swedish-Soviet League and in the Swedish women's movement, dislike of war and dedication to peace, concern for her family and friends; success as Soviet ambassador to Sweden, negotiation with Finnish statesmen, opposition to Nazism; optimism for women's progress, especially for working women . The interview's audio contains the interview represented in the transcript and additional interview content in Swedish
Collection Name
Alexandra Kollontai oral history collection
Subjects
Women--History; Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940; Women and socialism; Socialism in Sweden; Russia History Revolution, 1917-1921; Russia Foreign relations 1917-; Russia Foreign relations Sweden; Sweden Foreign relations Russia; Palmær, Eva‏ 1904-1995; Kollontai, A. (Aleksandra), 1872-1952
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1978
Physical Description
sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note (Language)
In Swedish and English
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by Sonya Baevsky
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
6864771
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-b0vs-9y13
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.