Materials related to the development and implementation of "The Finnish Experience" educational kit in regional schools.
Articles, clippings, research notes, correspondence, copies of organizational minutes, diaries, and other materials not categorized elsewhere in the TBFCHS collection. Includes materials related to the Finnish Building Company, Otava Male Choir, and a diary of the Finnish Civil War.
Photographs are divided into seven subseries:
A - Architecture
B - Arts (Theatre, music, dance, arts, crafts)
C - Business & industry
D - Churches
E - Communities in Northwestern Ontario
F - People, families, & genealogy
G - Organizations
Original records and research collections arranged by a variety of subjects and creators.
- Bay Street Project research materials
- Business & industry
- Genealogy, people, & families
- Greeting cards
- News articles
- Einar Nordstrom collection (phonographs & transcripts)
- Organizations (including Suomalainen Osasto (Finnish Association), Finnish Building Company, Canadan Teollisuusunionistinen Kannatus Liitto (CTKL), Canadan Uutistoimisto (CUT), Vapaus Publishing Company, Tyolaisnaisten Liitto, Port Arthur Finnish History Society, Port Arthur Finnish Language School)
Collected records related to organized labour and the Finnish community in Thunder Bay. Include records related to the Canadan Suomalaisen Jarjesto (Finnish Organization of Canada), Vapaus Publishing Company, Canadan Farmarien Yhteysliitto (Farmers' Unity League of Canada), Lumber & Agricultural Workers Industrial Union of Canada.
Also includes forms and notes related to oral history interviews.
Records and reference material from five major research projects sponsored by the Finlandia Club and other organizations.
- Bay Street Project I: A study of Finnish immigration to Canada
- Bay Street Project II: A study of Finnish settlements in the rural Thunder Bay District
- Bay Street Project III: A study of sports and athletics in the Finnish community in Thunder Bay
- Bay Street Project IV: A study of religion and churches in the Finnish community in Thunder Bay
- Bay Street Project V: A study of the arts in the Finnish community in Thunder Bay, including literature, theatre, and music
Manuscript, sponsored by Finlandia Club and Department of Secretary of State, entitled "Bay Street Project I" (1974). A study of Finnish immigration to Canada.
Manuscript, sponsored by Finlandia Club and Department of Secretary of State, entitled "Bay Street Project I" (1974). A study of Finnish immigration to Canada. (2 copies)
Questionnaires from the History Department of the University of Turku, Finland on Finnish immigrants who have returned to reside in Finland, and Finnish immigrants residing in North America.
Manuscript by P. Voutilainen entitled "Historic Events of the Athletic Club Isku" describes how and why the early athletic clubs were first formed and some of the events from 1900's to 1963-64.
Photocopied excerpts from booklet entitled "Evangelical Lutheran National Church: The First 50 Years" . Describes the beginnings of the church in Port Arthur. (written in Finnish, 1948).
Report by Professor James Mavor, Canada, Department of Interior entitled "Report on European Emigration" (1900)
- Manuscript by Raymond W. Wargelin entitled "European and American Factors Attending the Confrontation Between Finnish Radical Labour and the Finnish Church During the Steel Strike of 1907 on the Mesabi Range." (1974). In depth study of the involvement of socialism, religion and history of the Finnish people and how it pertains to the strike.