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Kaleva Summer Camp (St. Louis County, Minnesota) records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1161

Abstract

Records consist of camper applications, health certificates, insurance forms, legal papers, financial records, receipts, and correspondence pertaining to the Kaleva Summer Camps held by Finnish American organizations around northeastern Minnesota during the 1940s-1950s.

Dates

  • 1948-1958

Language of Materials

English, Finnish

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Kaleva Summer Camp was a one week camp for approximately 50 young people held at various sites in northern Minnesota in the 1940s and 1950s sponsored by the Knights and Ladies of Kaleva Lodge in the United States and Canada.

Extent

5 linear inches

PROVENANCE

Collection acquired from David Kess of Virginia, Minnesota in 1985.

RELATED COLLECTIONS

Kaleva Nuoriso Chapter, Ely, Minnesota, Records (IHRC1160)

  • Festivals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Finnish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Labor Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Sports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Youth Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author
IHRC Archives
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding Aid in English

Collecting Area Details

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