Background
Cakste, Anastasija was born on February 24, 1909 in Riga, Latvia. Daughter of Antons Stipnieks and Anete Strupkajs. came to the United States, 1951.
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Anastasija Cakste
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Anastasija Cakste, Latvian Librarian, educator. Avocations: painting, history, gymnastics, music
F C. Recipient Electronics award International Advisory Panel, Massachusetts, 1974. Member American Meteorological Society, American library association, Massachusetts library association, American Association of University Professors, National Goeg. Society, American Library Association, Baltic Women's Council, Baltic Freedom League.
Education
Attended, Latin School, Riga, 1927; student, University Lódz.V.U., Riga, 1932; Bachelor of Laws, University Lódz.V.U., Riga, 1941; licensed, Institute Library Science, Paris, 1934.
Career
Librarian, periodical jurist, LLS publications, Riga, 1936-1941; archivist, Meteorologiska Institution Kungi University, Uppsala, Sweden., 1945-1951; librarian, research assistant, Harvard University and Blue Hill (Massachusetts) Metropolitan Observatory, Cambridge, 1954-1957; reference librarian, L.F.E. Electronics, Boston, 1958-1965; librarian and cataloguer, reference department, Northeastern U., Boston, 1966-1982. Translator Nordisk Ekuminiske Institut, Sigtuna, Sweden, 1945, State Archive Uppsala, Sweden, 1945-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Meteorological Society, American library association, Massachusetts library association, American Association of University Professors, National Goeg. Society, American Library Association, Baltic Women's Council, Baltic Freedom League.
Connections
Married 1932, widowed 1945. Children: Anna Justine, Katrina Konstance.
