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Example of traditional Latvian embroidery and textiles. Photo taken December, 2011.

Ted and Viola Baker visit with fellow Latvians Anna Rudovics and Arturs Konnerth, Edmonton, 1957.

Teacher Anna Gipters (later Rudovics) in Latgale, Latvia, 1938.

Ojars Briedis in the company of his mother and brother on the tragic occasion of his father's funeral, Latvia.

University of Alberta identification card of Faculty of Dentistry student, Anna Rudovics nee Gipters. View 2.

Party at the Jones farm, circa 1955.

Popular Latvian book by one of the "two mothers of Latvian literature", Anna Brigaderes (1861-1933) about a peasant boy who has adventures in the forest near his family home. There is a museum in Tervete, Latvia which honours this key…

In honour of his Latvian heritage, Linda's son had the three stars of Latvia tattooed on his body. The three stars are most recognized as part of the Freedom Monument in Riga and represent the three regions of Latvia, Kurzeme, Vidzeme, and…

Latvian Catholic Students Association, Marburg, Germany, 1947. Anna Gipters (later Rudovics) second from left, bottom row.

Ceremony portrait of Riga sorority "Dzintra", 1937. Linda Linis (later Celmainis) third from right. Ribbons across the body indicated the number of sorority "friends".

The Edmonton Latvian folk dance group, "Daina" attends the 1975 Seattle Song Festival.

German military document for Ojars Briedis, conscripted during WWII.

Autobiography of Dr. Anna Rudovics nee Gipters.

Anna Gipters (married surname Rudovics), dentistry student (centre), and classmates enjoying a Riga University athletics event in traditional Latvian dress, 1941.

First Canadian home owned by the Bruzis family in Edmonton, Alberta.

University of Marburg identification card of ethnic Latvian dentistry student, Anna Gipters (later Rudovics).

Alfreds and Paulina Dimitris with their daughter, Cesis, Latvia. Circa 1927.

The Latvian folk dance group, "Daina" on the occasion of their 1975 performance in Fort Edmonton Park for the annual Heritage Days festival.

School document of Anna Gipters (later Rudovics) received from the Marburg University, Germany, 1946.

Ausma with her baby daughter, Christine.

Boy Scouts and schoolchildren surrounded an American military ambulance in a German refugee camp in 1946.

Fellow Latvians, Ludmilla Cinats, Anna Rudovics, and Viola Baker enjoyed a visit in the Cinats' house in 1956.

Detail of Ausma Alutis' war time passport.

Linda Celmainis and daughter Diane on acreage in Red Deer, Alberta.

Alfreds Dimitris, age 93, Canada.

Peteris Poruks in Turin, Alberta where he completed his mandatory year of labour, as per the immigration regulations, in the sugar beet industry. 1949.

Uldis Delveris and friends in Germany.

1936 graduating class photograph of a teachers' college attended by Anna Rudovics nee Gipters in Latgale, Latvia, 1936. Anna fourth from left, second row from top.

Linda Celmainis and daughter Diane on acreage in Red Deer, Alberta.

Inira aka Sarah Celmainis in national costume made by mother Linda, Sweden, circa 1948.

Book published in Germany by Latvian literati who wished to maintain their unique Latvian literature as cultural diaspora living in exile.

Canadian citizenship document for Mirdza Poruks nee Grivnieks.

Linda Celmainis in Lake Louise, Alberta.

Partygoers Ilga Green (glasses), Mr. Lucis, Peter Green, and Mrs. Algadzis, circa 1975.

Elma Bruzis nee Trankalis and son Uldis, England, ca 1953.

Arijia Delveris and friends in a displaced persons camp, circa 1947.

Framing the Auzins' house in Pigeon Lake, Alberta, 1949.

Clipping from a 1976 Edmonton Journal, detailing the socially active and highly educated, Dr. Anna Rudovics nee Gipters, ethnic Latvian and Canadian citizen.

Latvian book published and distributed under the umbrella of UNNRA in Germany. Janis Poruks was a famous Latvian poet.

Dr. Ena Rudovics on the occasion of the 2011 Latvian Independence Day Memorial celebration accepted a citation for her cultural preservation efforts as president of Imanta, the Edmonton Latvian Cultural Association.