Printed for public distribution.
Based in Timmins.
In English. Correspondence regarding Amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada – affecting the activities of trade unions. Correspondence regarding incidences of police intimidation.
Advertising for flights to Finland, prices; notices of cancellation; offers of flights only for CSJ members.
Appeals for public support of special issues; flyers; appeal to get new subscribers for the 40th anniversary; competition to get 250 new subscribers for Liekki, including list of all FOC districts and subscriber goals; rules for Vapaus Press workers; material from other publications; totals collected for Labour Day advertisements; plans for subscription competition; notice of increase in subscription rates; calendar of events 1942 including special issues; questionnaire for people to be featured in a book about Finnish-Canadians fighting in the Second World War; Vapaus 25th anniversary competition to get 1000 new subscribers, including FOC districts and subscriber goals; advertising forms for various clubs, choirs, and affiliated groups.
Printed for distribution to membership.
- Printed for distribution to membership
- Vapaus Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements 1935-36, 1936-38, 1938, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54
Correspondence regarding Vapaus subscriptions and support.
Solicitations for printing letterhead, envelopes, etc; letters to agents, clubs, organizations; material from Vapaus Travel Agency; campaigns for more subscriptions; appeals for public support; special issues.
Advertising rates; special issues; letters to agents, clubs.
Correspondence with agents of the newspaper, clubs and organizations; letters to subscribers; appeals for public support; special issues.
Correspondence related to advertising, branch advertisements, appeals to distribute the book “Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa” (Our Boys In Spain), other publications including one about Finnish-Canadians fighting in the Second World War, speech for the 35th anniversary of Vapaus, discussion of the financial situation of Vapaus, particularly losses of revenue, a special issue on the SCAUL (Athletics Association), notice of the annual general meeting, a special issue on the Finnish Canadian Grand Cultural Festival.
Solicitations for subscriptions; appeals to agents to increase advertising; appeals for public support of special issues; notices of special issues; financial and sales information; information regarding the annual general meeting; advertising rates; distribution of publications.
Includes a poem written by Aku Päiviö written for the 30th anniversary of Vapaus; a speech written for the 35th anniversary of Vapaus; correspondence with CSJ branches; special May Day issues; meetings of shareholders; minutes of executive board of Vapaus; operations of Vapaus Publishing Company; current affairs impacting operations; financial information; Includes many edited drafts of activity reports, speakers’ notes.
Various materials printed by Vapaus Publishing Company: Financial statements for the Farmers & Workers Co-Operative Stores of Wanup, Limited; Exhibit catalogue for Helene Schjerfbeck, National Gallery of Canada, 1949; forms printed for Oscar Setala; Industrial Standards Act for the Carpentry Industry, Sudbury Zone; letterhead for St. Matthew’s Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church; concert poster; part of a calendar for 1946.
Information related to regular operations; discussion of correspondence; information on branch offices; Creighton Mine Nickel Company threatens to fire miners for reading Vapaus 1935; discussion of the International Communist movement, Popular Front, and the potential for cooperation with other organizations; discussion of the work of the editor of Vapaus and expectations for political involvement; subscribers; advertising revenue; book publishing.
- Printed for distribution for membership
- Vapaus Financial Statements 1949-50, 1948-49, 1946-47, 1945-46, 1935-36, 1947-48
Printed for distribution to membership.
Typewritten, for internal use.
Some in English, some in Finnish
1940, 1942, 1941, 1943, 1944-45, 1946, 1948