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Lifestyle (Outdoors): Men and boys roughhousing in a field in Pearson Township. Donor: Jack Lankinen.

Purchase order from Barnard Lumber Company, Beaver Bay, Minnesota, August 1955.

Certificate of honorable mention given to Helmi Saari, Oras Choir member, by the Choir on their 30th Anniversary, May 28, 1977. Donor: Helmi Saari.

Lifestyle (Outdoors): Finnish families at picnic, 1920 or 1921. Donor: Rachel Adams (Wilen).

Correspondence concerning the Port Arthur Senior Hockey Club from Bert Styffe, President and Acting Secretary-Treasurer, 1954. Correspondence with Mr. W. C. Harrison, Woods Manager, Abitibi Power & Co. Ltd., Pine Falls, Manitoba concerning Operation "Mallard", October 1954. Letter to McComber & McComber, Port Arthur concerning clear title to 78 Ruttan Street, Port Arthur, August 20, 1954. Various personal correspondence concerning hotel reservations, donations, and summer camp for his son. Copy of Speech to the Timber Cullers' Association, April 19, 1954. Correspondence with Rt. Hon. C.D. Howe, Minister of Trade & Commerce, Ottawa, Ontario concerning a contract for supplying ties to C.N.R. 1953-54.

Food and supply orders for loading camp and crew, McKellar Harbour, July-November 1946.

Food and supply inventories: Camp #7 (July 1947), Camps #9 and #10 (March 1947).

Certificate of honorable mention given to Helmi Saari by the City of Thunder Bay for her 30-year membership with the Oras Choir, May 28, 1977. Donor: Helmi Saari.

Lifestyle (Outdoors): Family in front of waterfalls.

Food and supply orders for Camp #10 (Ancliff) June 1947-January 1948; inventories of van and cookery supplies March 1948.

Lifestyle (Outdoors): Men in canoes. Donor: Forsberg and Dr. Laine Family.

Financial statements for The Port Arthur Curling & Athletic Club, Inc. for April 1 to October 19, 1953, April 1 to September 27, 1954 and April 1 to December 31, 1954. Minutes of the Finance Committee meeting June 22, 1954. Letter to Mr. Geoffrey Spencer, Fort William, Ontario from the Thunder Bay Flying Club concerning insurance on Cessna CFEMR, October 30, 1954. Lakehead Bonspiel Committee Financial Statement for 1953-1954. Rough copy of the Nominating Committee report to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, April 14, 1954. Various correspondence concerning the Lakehead Bonspiel, 1954.

Sointu Choir (later became Otava Choir) directed by Kosti Koivukoski, 1932. People in photo: Kosti Koivukoski (front, centre), Mrs. Koivukoski (3rd left). Donor: Mr. Mannila.

Payroll records: payment receipts for employees at Camp #10 (Ancliff) September, November 1947.

Lifestyle (Outdoors): Girls playing in the snow.

Otava Mixed Choir directed by Kosti Koivukoski, Port Arthur, 1939. (Otava Choir was formed in 1938, was a mixed choir until 1952 when it became a male choir. The women were assimilated into the Oras Choir which was changing from a mixed to a ladies choir. In 1940, the mixed Otava Choir won first prize for mixed choirs at the Lakehead Music Festival in Thunder Bay.) Donor: Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society.

Thunder Bay Flying Club financial report, August, 1954.

Food and supply orders for the "watering gang" at Camp #10 (Ancliff) and for the Ingrid "S", August 1947.

Yard program for November 5 to 12, 1954. Letter to the Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec from Roy Styffe concerning a bill received from them, June 26, 1954. Letter to Sun Life Assurance Co. Winnipeg, Manitoba from Roy Styffe concerning a mortgage, January 13, 1954.

Otava Male Choir performing at the Big Finn Hall, 314 Bay Street, Thunder Bay, directed by Kosti Koivukoski, 194-. People in photo: (back row, left to right) Paul Sillanpaa, name not known, Vaino Jacobson, Matti Puustinen, Kalle Karttunen, Armas Randen, Rudolph Hulkko, (front row) Toivo Isotalo, Kunnar Lundquist, Kosti Koivukoski, Arvo Tuomi, Kalle Tolvanen. Donor: Matti Puustinen. 2 copies.

Lifestyle (Outdoors): People gathered at Current River. Donor: Ellen Karila.

Correspondence:letters, telegrams to and from Camp #22 (Umfreville) April-September 1947.

Report of injury claims for Oscar Styffe Limited for 1954. Minutes of the North West Safety Committee meeting, December 18, 1954. Royal Bank Monthly Letter, December 1954. I.A.P.A. Accident Prevention, No. 22, January 1955. American Pulpwood Association Training Guide Number 2 and 3. Agenda for the Ontario Pulp and Paper Makers' Safety Association meeting, September 21, 1954. Ontario Pulp and Paper Markers' Safety Association Woods Safety Code, 1954. Letter from the Northwestern District Accident Prevention Committee and the Lumberman's Safety Association concerning instituting a safety plan. Minutes of the Northwestern District Accident Prevention Committee meeting, July 6, 1954. Minutes of the meeting of Directors of the Lumberman's Safety Association, July 29, 1954. Correspondence with Northwestern District, Lumberman's Safety Association concerning a brief on the need of maintaining the local office, 1954. Lumberman's Safety Association August News Letter. Extract from Bill 90 "An Act to Amend the Workmen's Compensation Act", 1954. Copy of Miner and News, Kenora-Keewatin, Ontario, July 24, 1954. Pulpwood Cutters' Handbook. Brief of the Activities of the Lumberman's Safety Association Branch Ontario, Port Arthur, Ontario. Newaygo Timber Company Organization Plan Accident Prevention, Safety & Health, December 24, 1953. Correspondence with the Newaygo Timber Company, Limited, Port Arthur, Ontario concerning a nylon boot liner for woods workers, January 1954. Letter to Ontario Forest Industries Association, Port Arthur, Ontario from The Workmen's Compensation Board concerning the Proposed Organization Plan for Safety Work, Class 1 January 1954. A Brief for Presentation to the Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board by the Ontario Forest Industries Association. Draft letter to be sent to larger Class 1 Employers, February, 1954 and response correspondence concerning it. Minutes of the Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association Northwestern (Woods) Branch annual meeting, February 25, 1954. Suggested letter covering accident prevention to be sent to small operators from the Lumbermen's Safety Association. Report of Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Lumbermen's Safety Association, April 20, 1954. Minutes of the Spring Meeting of the Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association Northwestern (Woods) Branch, May 18-19, 1954.

Lifestyle (Outdoors): Men with cross country skis Pike Lake.

Otava Mixed Choir performing at the Big Finn Hall, 314 Bay Street, Thunder Bay, directed by Kosti Koivukoski, early 1940's. Donor: Matti Puustinen.