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Finnish American communists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Central Cooperative Wholesale records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC426
Abstract Records (1916-1969), in English, of the Central Cooperative Wholesale (Superior, Wisconsin), include correspondence; minutes; memoranda; district meeting plans; reports; newspaper clippings; pamphlets; registration lists; and a large number of photographs. The records contain substantial correspondence with and information on other cooperatives in the area. Also included are essays written by children competing for scholarships, and materials pertaining to Cooperative Youth Camps, and...
Dates: 1916-1969

Finnish American Trade Unionists records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC669
Abstract

The Finnish American trade unionists collection (1943) consists of conference proceedings; a pamphlet; memoranda; and correspondence relating to Finnish American activities denouncing Finland's participation as an Axis ally in World War II.

Dates: 1943

Finnish Socialist Chapter (Ely, Minnesota) records

 Collection — Box P3415
Identifier: IHRC705
Abstract

Records (1905-1966) of the Finnish Socialist Chapter (Ely, Minn.) consist of chapter minutes.

Dates: 1905-1966

Finnish Socialist Federation records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC711
Abstract

Minutes of the Eastern District Committee (Fitchburg, Mass.) (1913-1920) and the National Executive Committee (Chicago, Ill.) (1915-1925) of the Finnish Socialist Federation.

Dates: 1913-1925

Finnish Socialist Organizations, West Coast Chapters records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC716
Abstract The collection (1904-1967) of Finnish Socialist Organizations, West Coast chapters, comprises minutes; financial records; membership records; correspondence; stock certificates; music manuscripts, sheet music and playscripts from ten Finnish Socialist organizations active in California or Oregon. The organizations are: Berkeley Suomalinen Toveri Yhdistys (Berkeley Finnish Comrade Association (Berkeley, California); Berkeley (California) Finnish Cultural Club; the International Workers'...
Dates: 1904-1967

Finnish Workers’ Federation of the United States, New York records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC720
Abstract The Finnish Workers' Federation of the United States collection includes, in Finnish and English, corporate documents; correspondence; financial records; minutes; and reference material of the Federation, the Finnish Federation, Inc.; and Turva Gardens. Also included are constitutions and by-laws of Finnish associations in Illinois; a commemorative scrapbook of the Finnish Peoples Democratic organization; correspondence re deportation of William Lahtinen; correspondence (1958-1967) of Ira...
Dates: 1910-1967

Helmi Dagmar Mattson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1513
Abstract

Papers of Helmi Dagmar Mattson (1890-1974) include an autobiography; correspondence; diaries; handwritten and typescript articles, plays, poetry and books; records and papers relating to the Northwestern Finnish Historical Society; minutes of meetings of the Mt. Solo Washington Finnish Club; bylaws of the Finnish Workers Association (Portland, Ore.); miscellany; memorabilia; photographs and photograph albums; and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1916-1974

Helvi Lahti Rajala papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IHRC2226
Abstract

Papers (1987) of Helvi Lahti Rajala (1916- ) consist of a memoir essay entitled "Commune Cement #3" pertaining to experiences of the author and her family in Soviet Karelia in the 1930s and her subsequent efforts to arrange the departure of family members from the USSR.

Dates: 1987

Kajastus Finnish Laborers Association, Milford, New Hampshire records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC1154
Abstract

The records (1913-1966) of the "Kajastus" Finnish Laborers' Association (Milford, New Hampshire) comprise the official papers and by-laws (1913-1928); and clippings and articles on New England Finnish Americans (1951-1966).

Dates: 1913-1966

Kenneth Enkel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC621
Abstract The papers (1947-1958) of Kenneth J. Enkel (b. 1916) consist of legal briefs, documents, and correspondence relating to deportation proceedings taken in the McCarthy Era against the seven following persons: Taisto A. Elo; Knut E. Heikkinen; Mrs. Vera Hathaway; Harry Roast; Charles Rowoldt; Lopez-Hernandez v. Brownell; and Heikkila v. Barber. The materials on the Knut Heikkinen case are incomplete. Mr. Enkel undertook these cases at the behest of the Minnesota Committee for the Protection of...
Dates: 1947-1958

Nashwauk Finnish Socialist Chapter records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1647
Abstract

Records (1906-1953) of the Nashwauk Finnish Socialist Chapter and related organizations (Nashwauk, Minnesota) consist of twenty-two ledgers reflecting Finnish organization activity in Nashwauk. Included are minutes, membership ledgers; and financial records.

Dates: 1906-1953

Rudolph Pinola papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IHRC2082
Abstract

Papers (1990) of Rudolph Pinola consist of a manuscript of "Finnish American Emigration to Soviet Karelia in the Early 1930s," a research paper presented at the conference "The Roots of Northland Radicalism" held at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. on April 28, 1990. Included is a list of 1200 names of Finnish Americans, both individuals and families, who emigrated to Soviet Karelia in the early 1930s.

Dates: 1990

Tyomies Society (Superior, Wisconsin) records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC2635
Abstract Records (1903-1970) of the Tyomies Society Kustannus Yhtio (Superior, Wisconsin) include on microfilm minutes of the Board of Directors (1904-1928); and minutes of the Executive Committee (1920-1930). Also included are unpublished proletarian plays and sheet music from the Tyomies lending library and personal papers of Andrew Roine of Angora, Minnesota. Additionally, the collection contains a large set of photographs. The Tyomies Society was a radical Finnish-American publishing company...
Dates: 1903-1970

William Heikkila papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC885
Abstract

Papers (1947-1962) of William Heikkila (1906-1960) consist of legal files relating to his deportation case, and newspaper clippings about the case.

Dates: 1947-1962

William Lahtinen papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC1322
Abstract

Papers (1954-1967) of William Lahtinen, a political activist, consist of testimony and transcripts from his deportation trial.

Dates: 1954-1967