Gabrielės Petkevičaitės-Bitės archyvas Maironio lietuvių literatūros muziejuje

ENThe Maironis Literary Museum in Kaunas keeps the writer and teacher Gabr ielė Petkevičailė-Bitė 's books, their first and repeated editions, original photographs, several letters, lettercards, greetings, visiting-cards, ex-libris, created by contemporary artists and devoted to the writer’s 125'1' anniversary. Her first books were published during the period of the ban of the Lithuanian press: "Tėvas ir sūnus" (Father and Son) (Tilžė, 1900), "Kova" (Struggle) (Tilžė, 1900), "Nebepirmas" (No Longer the First) (1902), drama "Velnias spąstuose" (Devil in the trap) (Tilžė, 1902), which was published under the pen-name Dvi Moneys (Two Women) (a common work by Žemaitė and G. Petkevičaitė-Bitė). Her most important stories were published in the book “Krislai" (Motes)(Vilnius, 1905). In 2001 G. Petkevičailė-Bitė 's archive was enriched by an original photograph made by M. Voiženovičius (Bauskas 's Photo Firm), in which we can 7 find the writer herself, but we can see her father doctor J. L. Petkevičius and other people from the writer's environment of that time.