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Oras Choir performing at Nahjus Park, Thunder Bay, directed by Helen Laine, 1950. Donor: Helmi Saari.

Dairy farm (Holstein's?) in Ostola. Loaned by: Ranta.

Finnish immigrant pioneer family.

Supply orders and invoices, work reports, account statement, receipt for John Fossum and P. Fossum, Oct. - Dec. 1931, Jan 1932, Jan-Mar 1933.

Arts (Drama): "Klaus Louhikon Herra" performed at Big Finn Hall, June 1954.

Lumber camp at Mokomon, late 1920's. Donor: Hill.
2 copies.

Members of the Finnish Independent Lutheran Church, Secord Street, Thunder Bay. People in photo: Pastor Martti Kaipainen (seated, right), Mr. & Mrs. Lahdenpera, Mr. & Mrs. Muotio, Mrs. S. Lehtonen, Mr. & Mrs. John Parta, Helena Hautala, Pirjo and Riitta (girls).

Communities in Northwestern Ontario (Pine Portage).

Formerly MG8_D784Hi48

Play entitled "Luxembergin Kreivi" (Operetta) performed at the Big Finn Hall, 314 Bay Street, Thunder Bay, 1940's.
People in photo: Ted Lake.
Donor: Lauri Lahti.

Wedding at Finnish Hall, Nipigon or Port Arthur, 1918(?). Donor: Nipigon Museum.

Oras Choir Concert directed by Helen
Laine, May 15, 1954. People in photo: Helen Laine
(Choir Director) (front, centre), Bertha Beck
(Concert Organizer and Pianist) (front, far left),
Gary Lake (Violinist) (seated), -- Depkat (Cellist)
(seated), choir members (front row, left to right)
Eini Luoma, Anita Hakomaki, Aili Kontturi, Tyyne
Randen, Mamie Paavi, Kerttu Niemi, Seija Ryhanen,
Marja Torma, Margaret Lindholm, Eila Lehto, Lisi
Pasola, Helvi Koljonen, Ellen Karita, Helen Martola,
(2nd row) Valma Myhzie, Elli Siren, Kerttu Tapio,
Laila Rajakisto, Tilda Oja, Laina Katainen, Enni
Piukkula, Helmi Saari, Hulda Makela, Aili Laakso,
Hjlma Kajander, Laura Luomala (Ranta), Hanna
Viita, Mandi Anttila, Sylvia Niemela, Sandra Koivu,
Eva Sorapoukama, Hilja Vallekila, Helmi Tolvanen,
Aina Kuntsi, (3rd row) John Aarnio, Ed Aarnio,
Lahja Koivu, (back row) John Niemela, Onni Paavi,
Art Wainio, -- Oja, John Wickstrom, Lauri Laakso,
Armas Randen, Kauko Kiviluoma, Ariel (Ilmari)
Lehto, -- Kajorinne, -- Kajorinne, -- Kajorinne,
John Tuliin, Eino Kuntsi. (Members missing from
photo: Daniel Koljonen, Raimo Sipola.) Donor:
Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society.
Donor: Elli Siren. 2 copies.

Organizations (Parades): Parade of people with sign "Women should vote", Port Arthur, 1911. Donor: Luhtala.

Letters of Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, May, August 1933; 1932 convention report of Ontario Experimental Union, Thunder Bay Branch.

Organizations (Parades): May Day March, 1910. From Bay Street to Cumberland Street. "Women should vote" banner. Donor: Ellen Karila.

Lumber quotations. Correspondence in relation to Mr. John Styffe's position as Norwegian vice consul. Correspondence with Mr. D. C. Clark, Nipigon Lake Timber Company Limited, Port Arthur, Ontario concerning an agreement made between them and the Union, September 1954. Correspondence concerning work permits, 1954. Letter concerning the New York State Ranger School, April 19, 1954. Letter to Norwesto Communications Ltd., Sioux Lookout, Ontario concerning the return of a radio set, January, 1954.

Oras Choir, 10th Anniversary, the Big Finn Hall, 314 Bay Street, directed by Helen Laine, 1957. Donors: Elli Siren, Helen Naykki, Eino Kuntsi. 5 copies.

Records relating to wood export: Canada Customs reports, clearances, freight bills, May - July 1933.

Letter from Oscar Styffe Limited to Mr. M.A. Parsons, Fort William, Ontario concerning a difference between the peeled spruce cut in the bush and the final scale figure, December 13, 1954. Correspondence with Mr. H. G. Playle, Ouimet, Ontario concerning buying slabs from Oscar Styffe's Ancliff lot, November 1954. Letters concerning employee matters such as forwarding Unemployment Insurance book and cheque for wages earned; incomplete contract for sap-peeled poplar; reference for travel to the United States; agreement with Mr. Matti Pekkala, Pigeon River, Ontario concerning jack pine and spruce lumber to be delivered to Oscar Styffe Limited. Correspondence concerning the salvage of pulpwood that broke free of the storage booms at Pine River and Cloud River storages, May 1954. Letter to Mr. J. H. Martin, Sioux Lookout, Ontario concerning his report on the Track Camp at Umfreville, Ontario, March 2, 1954. Letter to the Public Library, Fort William concerning Mr. J.C. Bristow using their film library, February 1954. Correspondence with the Peterborough Lumber Co. Limited, Peterborough, Ontario concerning their five-year operating plan required by the Department of Lands and Forests. Correspondence with the Patricia Lumber Company concerning a #12 bull edger, January 1954.

Correspondence from the Pulpwood Salvage Association, Port Arthur, Ontario concerning the salvage of pulpwood from Lake Superior in both Michigan and Wisconsin. Contracts for salvaging pulpwood by various individuals. Raft Reports and Special Raft Reports. Letter from the Pulpwood Salvage Association to a number of people, organizations and companies involved in the pulpwood trade concerning the considerable loss of pulpwood by Oscar Styffe Limited into Lake Superior, May 1954. Copy of a letter from the legal firm Rees, Robinson & Petermann, Houghton, Michigan concerning the United States Laws and Michigan State Laws with regard to salvaged wood on Lake Superior. Copy of a letter from the Canadian Legation in Washington concerning duty free entry of salvage equipment into each other's waters for the purpose of salvaging. Copy of a notice in Houghton Daily paper concerning the loss of wood by Oscar Styffe Limited. Contract with Mr. Clarence Durocher, Freida, Michigan to act as Oscar Styffe's official salvage contractor, June 1954. Letter from the Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs, Duluth, Minnesota to the Pulpwood Salvage Association concerning the proper reporting of the vessel involved in the salvage operations on the shores of Isle Royale, June 1949. Various other correspondence concerning the salvage of the wood lost by Oscar Styffe Limited in the spring of 1954. Completed 1953 Rafting and Loading Information form for Oscar Styffe Limited. Agenda and minutes for the Spring Meeting of the Pulpwood Salvage Association, April 30, 1954. Agenda and minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Association, December 13, 1954. 1954 Annual Report for the Pulpwood Salvage Association. 1954.

Price lists, brochures, information sheets, advertisements, catalogues, etc. for office equipment and supplies, automotive supplies and other equipment used by a logging company such as Oscar Styffe Limited. 1954.

Truck rental agreement between Oscar Styffe Limited and A. Ross, January 5, 1954. Agreement between Samuel Hand, Trucker, Port Arthur, Ontario and Oscar Styffe, Limited, January 25, 1954. Agreement with Mr. Harold Ruth, Port Arthur, Ontario to move pulpwood from the dragline and dumping it in the water at Oscar Styffe's Camp 2. Agreement between Oscar Styffe Limited and Jessiman Motors Limited to rent a 3 ton truck, February 11, 1954. Memorandum of agreement between M. Storozuk, Jobber and Oscar Styffe Limited, Feb. 5, 1954. Memorandum of agreement between Oscar Styffe Limited and Oliver Winters' Sawmill crew, 1954.

Lifestyle: Gathering in front of Mokomon railway station, 1912-14. Ralph Poutanen (second from right back). Donor: Marlene Markman (Putanen).

Information and the second annual salary survey from the National Office Management Association, Thunder Bay Chapter, Fort William Ontario. 1954.

Oras Choir performing at the Big Finn Hall, 314 Bay Street, Thunder Bay, directed by Vieno Rita, 1958. People in photo: (back to front, left to right) Frank Oja, Lahja Koivu, Armas Randen, Onni Paavi, Rudolf Hulkko, Arne Rita, Sula Hautala, Jouko Bjorn, Olavi Ahokas, Eino Kuntsi, Rauni Lankinen, Annikki Viherkoski, Elli Siren, Olga Hulkko, Kaisa Johnson, -- Aijo, Helmi Saari, Eva Sora, Hilma Kajander, Valma Mynzie, Tyyne Randen, Mandi Anttila, Laina Katainen, Helen Laine, Tili Oja, Vieno Rita, Helen Ahokas, Helmi Tolvanen, Ellen Karila, Helen Martola, -- Naykki. Donors: Helen Lepikko, Ellen Karila.

Records relating to wood export: Canada Customs reports, clearances, freight bills, September - October 1933.