Finnish American communists

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...

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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.

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

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

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'...

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...

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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.

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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.

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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).

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...

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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.

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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.

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...

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

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