Kopra - Saksinen Family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: IHRC3879

Staff Only

Abstract

Collection consists of family correspondence between Antti Kopra and his relatives in Finland, also his children Leo, Weikko, Lennart and Esther and other correspondents. Antti Kopra resided in Butte, Montana, and San Francisco, California, and maintained correspondence with several relatives in Finland. Included are photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of articles, postcards, printed matter and other materials documenting the life and work of the various Kopra family members, materials pertaining to Antti, Ester (Saksinen) and Lennart Kopra are particularly rich.

Dates

1915-1986

Language of Materials

Finnish, English

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

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

OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Antti Kopra (1890-1968) and Ester Elisabeth Saksinen (1884-1954) arrived in New York City on November 21, 1914, from Finland and raised four children in the United States and Canada.