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Blank sheet Partnership between the Finlandia Club of Port Arthur and the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society. Road map to a new beginning, 2010. Big Finn Hall, a film proposal by Kelly Saxberg. Sheet Brief history of the Big Finn Hall and request for financial donation to the restoration effort, Finnish Heritage Building Fund.

Contact names and information on ethnic communities in northwestern Ontario communities. Lists of submission report forms. Contacts and contact information. Notes on project and topics for a conference. Booklet Thunder Bay Croatian Community celebrates 13 centuries of Christianity. St. Louis County Historical Society Newsletter vol. 22, no. 2, 1979. Personal directory...please look in the Book, City of Thunder Bay. Assorted business cards and ticket for Go-getters Incorporated draw.

Copy of Ethnic Directory 1977, the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association, second updated edition.

Official plan (draft) The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay, 1977/78

Black and white photograph portrait of a wedding couple. The man is seated and the woman's hand is resting on his right shoulder.

Black and white photograph portrait of a couple. The man is seated and the woman's right hand is resting on his shoulder.

Handwritten Thank you letter to Mr. Airola for the interview and the donation of photographs June 24, 1976 signed Cairine Budner, Vice President. Thank you letter to Cliff Brown regarding presentation of the P.D. Railroad from A.W. Laakkonen, Secretary June 25, 1976. Handwritten Report to the general meeting September 28, 1976. Handwritten miscellaneous notes. Handwritten Notice of general meeting Arthur Street Public Library February 16. Notice of Annual general meeting March 15, 1976 at the Finlandia Club. Sheet Project 2 & 3 notes. Sheet Early logging companies in Thunder Bay area, contacts and information. Handwritten notice of executive meeting November 12, 1975 and minutes. Sketch of Broadway Avenue. Newspaper clippings from Lakehead Living and Apuraha Historiaseuralle and article "New ministry to promote multiculturalism by Terry Hill, Regional consultant". Handwritten notice of meeting October 23 at Finlandia Club. Handwritten Agenda and minutes of executive meeting October 1, 1975. Handwritten list of members with contact information. Questionnaire for the study of Finnish immigration to Thunder Bay. Sheet Kyselylomake suomeen planneelle siirtolaiselle questionnaire in Finnish. Sheet Description of other clubs written for the sports project. Sheet For your information from Ontario Forest Industries Assoc. February 22, 1978. Handwritten Agreement between the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society and the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society. Sheet Form C Identification card -participants in oral history project. Sheet Sports photos to be reproduced for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario October 10, 1978. Blank sheet with letterhead Monitor North. Newspaper clipping of article on Finnish history researched 1980 grant funded by Secretary of State. Handwritten sheet on supporting Paul Paularinne's application for the District manager for the Secretary of State. Thank you letter to Mrs. Liimatainen for her time and assistance in providing material, documents and information for research. The Pajala Project manuscript relating to the biography of Rev. Toivo Pajala. Promotion for the book A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay. A Forum on Finnish culture and heritage, Finnish Labour Temple Annual General Meeting November 14.

Correspondence for support between a researcher engaged on a M.A thesis on the Ukrainian community of Kingston, Ontario and Cairine Budner.

Letter regarding resume from William Shannon on Dalhousie University, School of Physical Education letterhead, May 16, 1977. Handwritten notes on material loaned from Mrs. Anderson by Thunder Bay Finnish Historical Society for reproducing, February 15, 1978.

Letter from Institute of Migration regarding the third Finn Forum in Turku, Finland October 11, 1983. Letter from Institute of Migration regarding the third Finn Forum with program and questionnaire, November 15, 1983. Letter from Ahti Tolvanen, seminar co-ordinator regarding participation in the Forum. Includes blank pre-registration and list of seminars for participants, January 1984.

Purolator receipts from Multicultural History Society to C. Budner. Business Supply Company (Lakehead) Ltd. statement and receipts 1978. Travel receipts for expenditures, supplies and personal expense reports. Includes handwritten notes on expenditures. Shel/Don Reproduction Centre list of prints in order. Newspaper clipping Ethnic history being preserved Chronicle Journal, December 13, 1977. Handwritten letters to MHSO regarding their project on compiling Ethnic History of the province and their offer to assist the Thunder Bay Finnish Historical Canadian Society in their research. Confirmation letter from MHSO of the telephone discussion regarding hiring a part-time researcher to catalogue the existing Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society holdings, August 8, 1977. Letter from MHSO confirming the combined part-time positions of researcher in the Finnish community and regional co-ordinator for the Thunder Bay area, September 7, 1977. Sheet on a Guide to researchers from MHSO and Institutional records. Resume of Taina Hordy for Finnish Cataloguer grant position, August 1976. Sheet on paycheck confirmation deposits, October 10, 1977 and statement of earnings, December 22, 1977 from MHSO. Reminder letters from the MHSO regarding end of contract report, December 7, 1977 & June, September, November 1978. Handwritten report on the shipment of boxes to MHSO, 1977 & 1978. Handwritten and three month typed reports of progress of projects by the Finnish researcher and regional co-ordinator to the MHSO, December 1977 & March, June 1978. Handwritten note from Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation regarding tape recorders and tapes. Handwritten notes on supplies and ethnic groups. Handwritten note regarding miscellaneous topics related to the project. Letter from the Multicultural History Society of Ontario on change of address, April 1978. Renewal of contract for part-time researcher and regional co-ordinator MHSO 1978. Handwritten note with contact information. Statement for duplicate set of prints & negatives.

Constitution of the Finnish Athletic Club (F.A.C) Nahjus GfIII-0001 rules and regulations.

Constitution of the Finnish Athletic Club (F.A.C) Nahjus GfIII-0001 rules and regulations.

Kunniakirja (Diplomas) recognizing individual athletes participation in competitions.

18 black and white photographs portraits mounted inside cardboard folders. Portraits appear to be taken professionally at portrait studios in Port Arthur and Fort William between 1929 to 1961. Fryer's Studio Fort William Canada, 1929 - 1961 6 photograph portraits circa 1920, 1930s and 1955. 1955 Daily-Times Newspaper illustrated ad for wedding portraits at Fryer's Studio. The wedding ad was placed within a Star Photo Studio folder. Two black and white photograph portraits of women seated. One of the women has a bob cut and the other has curly hair swept back from her face. Two black and white wedding portrait photographs of a man and woman standing and seated. The women are holding bouquets and grasping her husband's arm. Black and white studio portrait photograph of a smiling seated couple. The woman is wearing an angled black hat and has a corsage pinned on her right side. "Portrait by Fryer, Fort William written at bottom of photograph.

Photocopied typed oral histories of sports clubs arranged alphabetically. Oral history content was Project Bay Street 3, Sports.

1 Men, women and children seated and standing, and a photograph of a woman posing in front of a blossoming tree.
2 Fact sheet and photographs on Gunnard Otto Wilen.
3 A couple and a black and white photograph of a family seated on a bench, 1923. In the background is a sign on the building which reads Ladies and Gents Tailor O. Wilen, Phone 5.1154.
4 Various photographs of a wedding couple, glass framed wedding certificate, Raatali Otto Wilen liikkeessaan, Fort William, Ontario 1913, couple with a small child, and a family portrait.
5 Decorated cake with Finnish writing, Jussi Erickson (Tenukla) and Family, Sellars 1908, and O. Wilen tailor sewing.
6 Families and couples and O. Wilen and his sign on his tailor's shop.
7,a & b Mock ups of graphics and text used for Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society The Finnish Experience pamphlet and display. Also contains a loose sheet on Alex Beck.
8 Mock up of graphics and text used for the Hoito Restaurant menu.
9, a & b Mock up of graphics and text for Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society publication A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay.
10 Mock ups of graphics and text used for Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society Project Bay Street: activities of Finnish-Canadians in Thunder Bay before 1915 book.
11, a & b Mock ups of graphics and text used for Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society Project Bay Street: activities of Finnish-Canadians in Thunder Bay before 1915 book.

Pamphlets in Finnish and English. Letter from Canadian Suomi Foundation to the Finnish Building Company regarding the donation to the Lakehead Finnish Studies Chair fund April 24, 1992. Pamphlet Suomi-Seura R.Y.

Letter regarding setting up a branch of the Canadian Friends of Finland Branch CFF in Thunder Bay, 2001. Two professional cards Sedun Kanerva Architects and Ken Mark freelance writer. Package of legal documents on the Canadian Friends of Finland includes letters patent, by-laws, newsletters Autumn 1998 issue 12, Fall 1999 issue 14. Handwritten notes to Dr. Kajander, CCF and contact information note. Brochure Finnish Architecture, a symposium November 1, 1997 Council Chamber, City Hall Toronto.

Black and white photograph portrait of a smiling family. 1948 is written on the lower left of the cardboard frame. Black and white photograph portrait of a man and woman, possibly a wedding photograph.

Records were created, held, or gathered by Cairine Budner over the course of her association with the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society, and other local heritage organizations and sports organizations.

The fonds includes

• Records of the operations of the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society
• Records of the operations of the Thunder Bay Historical Society, Thunder Bay Art Gallery (National Exhibition Centre), Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
• Oral history interviews created with the TBFCHS and Multicultural History Society of Ontario
• Historical photographs and documents gathered from the community, including sports photographs, records of the Finnish Building Company, and minutes of the Nahjus Athletic Club

Pamphlets Annual Gym and Variety display, May 13, 1950. Flyer The Finnish Athletic Club Nahjus presents its Annual Gymnastic Display, Wednesday 2, 1951. Letterhead sheet of The Finnish Athletic Club Nahjus Port Arthur, Ontario. Interviewers handwritten notes from a 1976 interview with Omni Paavi about Nahjus Club. Interviewer was Jari Paivalainen.

C.T.K.L union rules on cardboard folds. In Finnish.

The Finnish Experience a display by the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society. Multicultural History Society of Ontario brochure*. Selections from the Finnish Organization of Canada Collections Public Archives Canada in English and Finnish. Blank Membership cards of the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society. CBQ radio stations serving Northwest Ontario card. Cut out letters for a display. CTKL stickable labels. NOAA (Northwestern Ontario Archives Association) Archives in Ontario's Northwest brochure. Bay Algoma a unique shopping district Thunder Bay, Ontario brochure. Living heritage of Finnish America an adventure in American culture brochure from Finnfest USA, August 5-7. Finnish Labour Temple information brochure. Table signs for Finnish books plus prices. Finnish immigrants in the decade of depression, 1929-1939 An international conference, Prince Arthur Hotel March 25-27 2004. We are Canadians National conference June 10-11 1944 Port Arthur, Ontario.

Nahjus group photograph 1920 - 21. Mrs. Kajander in early athletic women's uniform. Donated by E. Kajander 49. Nahjus female members from 1927. Mr. E Kajander early wrestler and gymnast. Donor E. Kajander 45. Early wrestling and gymnastic group Port Arthur. Donor E. Kajander 46. Unidentified wrestler performing wrestling hold. Unidentified group of three women, 1920s.