Gediminas Ilgūnas Collection

Gediminas Ilgūnas was a well-known Lithuanian writer, journalist, ethnographer and traveller. In the 1950s, he was accused of anti-Soviet activity and imprisoned. On being released from prison, he and his close friends started to organise ethnographic expeditions, collecting material about important personalities in Lithuanian national history. The collection holds various manuscripts, including documents relating to his activities in the Sąjūdis movement and his political activities as a member of the Supreme Council, short memories about the Stalinist period, and material collected for a biography of Vincas Pietaris. The collection shows the actions of a Soviet-period cultural activist who tried to collect and preserve Lithuania's past culture.

盖迪米纳斯·伊尔古纳斯系一位蜚声国际的立陶宛作家、记者、民族志学者及旅行家。二十世纪五十年代，因其涉嫌反苏活动而被监禁。出狱后，他与几位密友着手策划民族志考察，搜集有关立陶宛民族历史重要人物的材料。该藏品包含多种手稿，其中包括与他参与萨尤迪斯运动（Sąjūdis movement）及其作为立陶宛最高委员会（Supreme Council）成员的政治活动相关的文件，对斯大林时期短暂的回忆录，以及为撰写文卡修斯·彼得里斯（Vincas Pietaris）传记而搜集的资料。此藏品展现了苏联时期一位致力于搜集与保存立陶宛过往文化的文化活动者的行动轨迹。