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A vast and varied collection of records documenting the experiences of Finnish immigrants to Northwestern Ontario. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, interviews, published material, and ephemera. The photograph collection is extensive and covers a wide range of subjects.

The records are arranged into the following series:
A - Bay Street Project
B - Finnpraxis Project
C - Collections
D - Photographs
E - Miscellaneous
F - Finnish Experience

Collection is organized into the following series:
I. Hoito Restaurant
II. Port Arthur Workingmen’s Association: Imatra no. 9
III. C.T.K.L. (Canadian Industrial Unions: Port Arthur’s Finnish Association)
IV. C.U.T. (Canadian News Service) and C.T.K.L.
V. Finlandia Club
VI. Finnish Socialist Local no. 6: Port Arthur
VII. Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union of the One Big Union
VIII. New Attempt Temperance Society
IX. Finnish Athletic Club: Nahjus
X. Finnish Building Company
XI. Miscellaneous

Records contributed by Harry E. Stafford (1882-1979), an engineer working in Port Arthur, Ontario. Includes a variety of reports, research, correspondence, and work done by or pertaining to Stafford. Much of this collection revolves around mining, forestry, and engineering. Includes a set of examinations from the early years of Lakehead Technical Institute.

Stafford was an electrical engineer, who worked for various industries around Northwestern Ontario and across Canada. After his retirement in 1950, he continued working as a consultant, and taught. He was also a textbook author.