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Archival description- Series
- 1911 - 1952
Materials relate to a project of collecting Finnish historical and archival documents. Includes news clippings, transcripts, notes, articles, and lists of publications and reference materials. Compiled by Hannes Sula in the 1940s-1950s.
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- 1915
- Printed by Forward Press, Toronto
- Sponsored by the Finnish Socialist Organization of Canada
- Translated by L. N____nen
CSJ + SCAUL Varhaisnuorisokomitea / Youth Committee: 1946
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- 1946
Correspondence to CSJ branches and SCAUL clubs.
CSJ / TPK Circulars: 1945-1955
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- 1945 - 1955
- TPK refers to the Executive Board of the CSJ.
- 1945-1950 includes an account of 30 Years of Vapaus; activities in the peace movement; appeals for new members; Save the Children Campaign; discussions of Finnish-language instruction for children.
- 1950-1955 includes information on organizing; the peace movement; political activities in Finland; campaign against nuclear war; organization’s 40th anniversary; appeal for historical material in preparation for the 40th anniversary; Vapaus subscription competition; Canadian Peace Congress
CSJ / TPK Financial Records: 1945-1965
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- 1945 - 1965
TPK refers to the Executive Board of the CSJ.
CSJ / TPK Reports to the Meetings of Representatives: 1946-1953
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- 1946 - 1953
Reports are each on many topics. Includes: culture, festivals, theatre, and films; education and travelling speakers; building the organization; the youth group; women’s activities; history and archives fund; aid to Finland; struggle for democratic rights; struggle for higher wages; the peace movement; civil rights; unemployment; 40th anniversary celebrations for the Organization; Canadian Peace Congress; information about the organization.
CSJ Activity Reports: 1947-1948
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- 1947 - 1948
- Printed for distribution to membership. Describes the organization and its aims and activities. Account of a general meeting.
- Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly, 1947
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- 1951
Finnish Organization of Canada Assembly, 1951
CSJ Constitution and Bylaws: 1931, 1937, 1953
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- 1931 - 1953
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- 1944 - 1951
CSJ was made legal again in 1944. This includes minutes of the first meeting after that period.
CSJ Executive Committee: Activity Report, Minutes, Decisions: 1945-1948
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- 1945 - 1948
- Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly, 1945
- Finnish Organization of Canada Fifth Enlarged Executive Committee Meeting, 1946
- Finnish Organization of Canada Sixth Enlarged Executive Committee Meeting, 1948
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- 1945 - 1955
Forms for donations to the organization, postcards pre-addressed to the Prime Minister for advocacy efforts; forms for members selling event tickets; blank letterhead.
CSJ Full Meeting -- Pöytäkirja ja Lausunto / Minutes and Opinions: 1952
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- 1952
Report of a meeting for distribution to branches: organizational matters, financial information, new constitution; the peace movement; civil rights; cultural activities; the organization’s 40th anniversary; competitions; education; youth activities; women’s activities; children’s activities; archives and history treasury; organizing.
CSJ Meetings, Correspondence, Imprisonment of Communist Leaders: 1929-1934
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- 1929 - 1934
- Includes information on the arrest and imprisonment of Communist leaders A.T. Hill, Tim Buck, Tom Ewen, Malcolm Bruce, Sam Carr, John Boychuk, and Matthew Popovich; Canadian Labour Defence League
- Petition for Unemployment Insurance to Canadian federal government (English), 1934
CSJ Minutes of the Meetings of Representatives: 1945-1970
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- 1945 - 1970
- Includes Executive Board minutes. Discussions of the International Question; dangers of nuclear weapons; peace agreements and the problem of West Berlin; cultural activities; educational programs and travelling speakers; youth and children’s activities; women’s activities; aid to Finland; citizenship and race; information about the organization (branches, membership numbers, finances, etc.); Canadian Centennial celebrations.
- Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly, 1947
- Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly, 1967
- Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly, 1949
CSJ Musiikkikomitea / Music Committee: 1945-1947
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- 1945 - 1947
- Discussion of concerts to be held in Timmins, 1947
- Letter discussing the formation of the music committee in Toronto, 1944
CSJ Port Arthurin Osasto / CSJ Port Arthur Branch – Circulars: 1949
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- 1949
Information about Port Arthur events including music and sports festival.
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- 1951
- Speech for Finnish Independence Day: discusses internationalism
- Speech from CSJ 40th Anniversary Celebration: discusses the history of the organization
- Speeches were distributed from the CSJ to branches to be given locally. Speakers are encouraged to modify the text and add local examples.
CSJ Sudbury Local #16 Circulars: 1952-1960
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- 1952 - 1960
Discusses: sending representatives to World Peace Conference in Helsinki, 1955; organizational matters; Vapaus distribution; youth theatre competition; district conferences; youth courses in Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie; Vapaus Travel Agency and Helsinki Olympics (1952).
CSJ Sudbury Local #16 Memoranda: 1955
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- 1955
Relates to: Aku Päiviö and the burning of his home, appeal for funds; district festival; cultural activities; peace movement.