Section 11: Sports Skydiving PHIII-0026 contains photographs of Kathy Kangas, 1975-77 Sky diving team to world championship. Donor Kathy Kangas.
Section 3: Sports Nipigon PHIII-0032 contains a photo of Kuhnus Athletic Club, Nipigon Hockey Arena and Leo Lespi, hockey player, 1976. Donor M. Nevala and T. Kivisto.
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.
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.
Black and white photograph portrait of a man seated.
Black and white photograph portrait of a couple. The man is seated and the woman's right hand is resting on his shoulder.
Five black and white photographs portraits mounted inside cardboard folders. Portraits appear to be taken professionally,however the studios are not identified. Photos are circa1929 to1951. Black and white photograph portrait of a family. Two young girls are seated on a bench and the parents are standing behind. Black and white photograph portrait a baby propped up sitting on a couch. Black and white photograph portrait of a bride and groom cutting the wedding cake. Black and white photograph portrait of a bride and groom standing by a draped window. The bride is holding a bouquet and the groom is turned towards the bride with his hands behind his back. Group photograph of small Finn Hall men's choir, Ruth Saari director. Choir portrait, individuals identified Olavi & Veil Kentala, Rudolf Niemi, George Saivo, Alfred Saari, Elma Nahkala, Sigrid Niemi, Fanny Ketola, Martha (Beck) Norlander. Unidentified portrait group name. Individuals identified Kerttu Hietala, first row, third from left. Group portrait Finnish choir South Porcupine, Ontario, 1938. Choir leader Vaino Valo. Unidentified group. Robertson Street Hall?. Sunday school children and teacher portrait from 1st Lutheran Church, Rowand Street, Fort William at picnic held at Lake Superior beach near Current River about 1913. Unidentified portrait of young man.
Series consists of records of Nahjus and Reipas Athletic Clubs including a listing of northwestern Ontario Finnish-Canadian sports clubs including club name, affiliation, active years and type of sport, photographs, newspaper articles of events, activities of the Club, membership lists and attendance records from the Nahjus Minute Book. A few booklets of Regulations on the 11th World Championship of Modern Gymnastics at Prague, 1965 and booklet on Army Physical Training Centre, Gymnastics Camp Borden,1959, are of particular interest.
These two athletic Clubs had very different beginnings. The Finnish Labour Temple was home for the Nahjus Athletic Club and this club made quite the mark in the community during the club's lifespan from 1920 to the mid-1950s. The club was an affiliate of the Canada Tyovaen Kannatus Litto (CTKL), a worker's organization using the Big Finn Hall (Labour Temple) as its branch headquarters in Port Arthur. In the Temple on Bay Street, the club had all the necessary apparatus for gymnastics, such as mats, a pommel horse, parallel bars, rings that hung from the ceiling, and a trampoline. Every year Nahjus presented its Annual Gymnastic Display. Property for outdoor sports, such as track & field was eventually leased from the City of Thunder Bay and is known today as George Burke Park.
Reipas Athletic Club was started in 1955 by Finnish immigrants who were looking for ways to maintain physical fitness, socialize and compete in sporting events. Primarily known for their activities outside the Big Finn Hall, including such sports as running, skiing, hockey, broomball, the Reipas Club maintained an affiliation with the Hall up until their disbandment in 2011.
The Minute book for the Nousu Athletic Club in Finnish is also included. This athletic club was active in the 1930s.
Nahjus 1920-1939; Reipas 1960-present; Nousu Athletic Club, Alppila, Ont. 1930s.
V. & U.S. Nahjus - 1922 - 24; 1925 - 27; 1927 - 28 membership attendance records and names of people and organizations plus contact numbers.
Sheets of names of adults and children identifying photographs, 1926.
Reipas SAA first prize athlete receiving an award. Hopeajoukkue (Broomball Team) winners in the best of three series. Reipas athletes marching in front of the main auditorium in honor of opening the match in their host city. Spoils well divided at track meet here. Big winner in track meet. Blank Finnish Athletic Club Nahjus card with notice of a upcoming meetings. Active Nahjus Club organized in 1920, plan gym display. Fitness forum and exercise questions answered by athletes Arne Rita, Paavo Voutilainen and Mauri Ahkas. 1949 Nahjus Club annual gymnastic display and history of Nahjus beginning in 1920. Bearcats relat victors, Fors runs 4.38 mile. Local talent should prove attraction at Annual fair. Mayor pays tribute to Nahjus club. More than 3000 see Y circus.
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.
Finnish Ever Young Circle rules in glass frame. United Senior Citizens' (incorporated) of Ontario membership certificate of affiliation with the Finnish Ever Young Circle. The United Senior Citizens of Ontario certificate of Star membership for the Finnish Hall Ever Young Circle, March 1977.
Photocopy of an Application to stop up and close and sell a lane/street (or portion of lane/street) for Thunder Bay Finlandia Centre Inc.
Notepad with written notes. In Finnish. Information sheet from Industraialistin Tilaajille (For Industralisti subscribers). In Finnish. Letter from The Workers Soc. Pub. Co. Duluth, Minnesota to Svante Kiviniemi, Sunshine, Ontario from IND. Konttori. Insert is a list of names and addresses in Sunshine, postmarked April 26, 1928. In Finnish. Letter from The Workers Soc. Pub. Co. Duluth, Minnesota to Savioja John with detachable tabs for payment of $2.75. In Finnish. Receipt from Workers Socialist Pub. Co. for John Savioja, Sunshine, ON. 1934. In Finnish. Torn sheets in Finnish from Workers Socialist Pub. Co. In Finnish. Receipts from Kalle Lampainen, General Merchant, Mabella, Ont., 1929. In Finnish. Invoices from Auto Wrecking Company Ltd. 1931/32. Envelope for ordering MacLeod's, Winnipeg. Weekly Time-Book, 1929/31 with invoices from John Sryrja. In Finnish. The Triumph loose leaf notebook with handwritten notes on torn pages. In Finnish and English.
Series consists of a variety of booklets; copy of Canadian Co-operator: magazine of social and economic progress 1910; 25th convention Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, 1909; membership booklet of Industrial Workers of the World 192?; photographs of Ranta Bakery, Paavo Voutilainen, Comets Athletic Club, Timmins; Finnish booklets, pamphlets; and Finnish multimedia. Also included are brochures on various topics, newspaper clippings, journal articles and handwritten notes.
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.
Cool Million Classic Lakehead University and Canadian Suomi Foundation 25,000 raised for the Chair in Finnish Studies at Lakehead University, Chronicle Journal January 26, 2005. Local film Letters from Karelia up for Gemini Award by Kathryn Lyzun Thunder Bay Post September 8, 2006. Finns love their daily coffee bread, Toronto Star September 25, 2002. Folksy Finns keping cultural riches alive Thunder Bay Source June 3, 2005. Breakfast at the Hoito and other Finnish rituals Toronto Star September 25, 2002. Nipigon native returns home to launch novel May 27, 2005. St. Urho event unique by Chen Chekki Chronicle Journal March 19, 2006. 1998 -1999 Directory. Restaurant placemat menu from the Hoito. Praise for city's Finns Andrew Ehrkamp Chronicle Journal March 1, 1998. Blue loose handwritten sheet with contact information. Suurjuhlat 1994 Finnish Grand Council Thunder Bay June 24-July 3 1994. Colour photograph of two women sitting on a couch. Two loose sheets with handwritten notes. City hosts big Finnish festival Stephen Knight Chronicle Journal. Sold flowers aided Red Cross Port Arthur News-Chronicle August 26, 1942. Receipt slip Nahjus Club 1953. Book launch Second Watch by Karn Autio May 28, 2005 Finnish Bookstore.
Suomen Jukan Humoristisia Lauluja (Finnish humorous songs). Soolo-kuvaelma-ja piirileikki lauluja.
Series consists of records of a number of sports associations, federations and councils that were active in the 1970s, especially in hockey and gymnastics. The Thunder Bay Gymnastics Association, Ontario Gymnastics Federation, Northwestern Ontario Regional Gymnastics, Annual Lakehead Sports Celebrity Dinner, Northwestern Ontario Council all focused on Northwestern Ontario athletes, and their accomplishments. The need to record accomplishments of athletes was answered by the formation of a Sports Hall of Fame for Northwestern Ontario. The organization was officially launched at the first annual general meeting held on May 7, 1977 in Thunder Bay; induction dinners are still an annual event as well as published pamphlets. In Cairine's role as Northwestern Ontario Co-Ordinator for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario 's project Multi-Ethnic History in the Province, a full record as possible of immigration to Ontario, ethnicity, and old country origins was developed by sharing Finnish-Canadian historical culture. Resources were gathered, volunteers and community based researchers built an extensive archive of taped interviews as well as photographs. Oral history material submission reports, interview log forms and accession forms were shared with MHSO. Also included from the Minister of State for Multiculturalism news releases and Cultures Canada issues.
Filled in spreadsheet labelled Project Bay Street no. 1 Finnish immigration to Thunder Bay and submission report number for MHSO (Multicultural History Society of Ontario).
Sheet on Social Welfare History Archives: instructions for physical care and treatment of manuscripts. Strangers in the land: the experience of the immigrant Finns by Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, pamphlet. Publications available from the Immigration History Research Center, pamphlet. The Ethnic Fraternal Project Immigration History Research Center pamphlet, 1980. Paper on Archives in brief: an introduction to archival standards, procedures, and equipment, University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center pamphlet, 1980.
Board of Directors agenda and meeting prior to the official opening October 28, 1978 of Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Letter from Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology regarding Recreational Technician September 14, 1978. Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Minutes of the second general meeting Vallis Room, Ortona Branch, Royal Canadian Legion , June 3 1978. Pamphlets Come see Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame and Souvenir programme Thunder Bay '70 Winter Carnival February 19 - 22. Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Agenda, First annual general meeting May 7, 1977. Includes press release, Steering committee members, map of area served, constitution, background and logo contest. Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame minutes March 28, 1977 in the Fitness Centre. Handwritten list of various sports, trophies or awards,sports equipment some examples, literature and photographs. Typed lists of various sports equipment, literature, trophies and photographs. Unfinished draft letter to Ministry of Culture & Recreation. Note on Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame meeting March 1978 in the Confederation College Fitness Centre. Newspaper clippings Constitution adopted by sports hall group, Chronicle Journal May 9, 1977, Still seeking sports log, Second printing of book. Contents of Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame who's who, map of area served, constitution, background and logo contest. Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Agenda and minutes of the annual meeting held at the Red Oak Inn, May 7, 1977. Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Committee letter to various addresses in northwestern Ontario, May 1976. Photocopies of Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame statement of receipts and payments for the period April 22, 1976 to June 25, 1977 and April 22, 1976 to March 28, 1977. Handwritten notes on the logo contest, general notes and draft agenda. Sports Hall of Fame Minutes of meeting held April 22, 1976 in the Confederation College Fitness Centre.Note on selection committee written on the back of sheet. Proposed structure of the Sports Hall of Fame articles, qualifications,nomination and selection committee. Draft and original constitution of the Sports Hall of Fame. Notices of Sports Hall of Fame meetings February 26, March 11, April 22, 1976 Confederation College Fitness Centre. Empty Confederation College Fitness Centre envelope with March 8 meeting next meeting handwritten on it. Letter re Sports Hall of Fame September 8, 1975 concerning the formation of a committee to form a Sports Hall of Fame. Minutes of the Sports Hall of Fame meetings September 24, 1975, October 16, 1975; March 15 and May 3, 1976 in the Confederation College Fitness Centre. Proposed visits of Sports Hall of Fame members, suggested itinerary. Two copies of 2nd Annual Induction Dinner October 1, 1983. Program for 2nd Annual Induction Dinner October 1, 1983. Program for 3rd Annual Induction Dinner September 29,1984.
22nd, 23rd & 24th Annual Lakehead Sports Celebrity Dinner February 2, 1977, February 1, 1978, February 7, 1979. Folklore Festival Committee notice of meeting February 9, Ukrainian National Hall. Handwritten note on members of the 1928 women's hockey team. 1990-91 Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce Membership & Business Directory. Letter from the Canadian-Suomi Foundation March 4, 1980, in Finnish. News clipping Buying Silver and gold, Castle Coins and Antiques. Information sheet on Swedish Heritage Project, Elinor Barr and Millie Scollie. Sheet on Canadian Studies Conference, 1987 University of Lund, Swedish language institutions and activities in the Canadian Lakehead area of northeastern Ontario 1900 to 1930.