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Records about the administration of the School of Library Technology, including program planning, annual reports, and relationship to the Faculty of University Schools and Lakehead University.

Records relate to Amerikan Laulajat as an organization throughout the years, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, and financial records.

Records generated by Board activities kept by Rev. Ed Long through his time as a Board member, Treasurer, and President. Original arrangement by category has been largely retained. There will be some overlap with the primary Board and Financial Records series.

Fish inventory studies were conducted by Walter Momot, Sam Stephenson, and the students of biology class 4221, to examine trends in abundance and population variables for key indicator fish species. Sam Stephenson was a University of Manitoba Ph.D. student working with Momot as a teaching assistant. Connie Hartviksen, LU biology research and teaching assistant, performed taxonomic verifications and notations.

Connie Hartviksen noted on February 14, 1992, the status of their inventory since 1988 had collected specimens from 120 creeks and rivers, approximately 155 lakes in Northwestern Ontario.

The LU data collection including biology 4221 class represents 150 streams, 4x 150 for river data and 640 lakes concentrated in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Primary watershed division, 2nd and 5th secondary watershed divisions in Ontario, within those two divisions 10 tertiary watershed divisions 2AD (units; 22, 19,1,4,5,6,24,23,7,10,9,11,13), 2AE (2), 4GA(16), 5QA(units; 8,4), 5PB(units; 1, 25,5,24,22,23) 5PA(3,5,7,8), 2AA(units; 1,2,3,4), 4GB(units 5,4,3,11), 2AB (all units,5 Lake Superior tributaries, 2AC (all units except 4 and 5, 21 Lake Superior tributaries)

This collection includes correspondence between Dr. Crossman and Dr. Momot regarding the verification of rare fish species. These fish have either been introduced or adapting to an environmental stressor such as climate change. Positive identification is an important step to mapping and documenting changes to their distribution overtime.

Includes records related to local history, public teaching, local access cable programming, and more.

Records of Zimmermann's involvement with the NDP, and provincial and federal elections.

Consists of personal professional materials, including: job applications, promotion and tenure files, book reviews, correspondence, and records related to events and conferences.

Records relate to teaching in the Lakehead University Department of History, including files relating to specific courses.

The Kaministiquia River designated as a high focused area to study due to the important link it has to water quality and fisheries. Kaministiquia River has had many spelling variants, including Kaministikwia. Kaministiquia, Ojibway name, means the meeting of rivers or a meandering river with three mouths (Kivi 1987) and was declared by Geography Board of Canada as the official spelling in 1982. The Kaministiquia or the “Kam” as it is known here locally orginates in the North at Dog Lake and, after a meandering course of 60 miles (95 km), it drains into Thunder Bay, of northwestern Lake Superior. It has many rapids and falls, notably the pictureseque Kakabeka Falls (154 feet [47 m] high), site of a major hydroelectric station. A private salmon fish hatchery was established 1986 upstream of Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd Pulp and Paper Mill at the base of the Ontario Power Generation Station outlet in Kakabeka Falls. The river divides into three channels as it enters Thunder Bay, providing deepwater shipping docks at the city of Thunder Bay.” In 1986, the Kaministiquia River received the highest discharge of industrial waste in the city of Thunder Bay. There is historical evidence of thousands of fish dying through the summer months due to oxygen depletion in the 48 kilometre stretch of the lower levels of the river.

Dr. Walter T. Momot of Lakehead University’s biology department accepted the task of investigating the Kaministiquia River Water quality barrier. The study focused on biophysical impacts on the aquatic species above and below the Great Lakes Pulp & Paper Mill of the Kaministiquia River. The preliminary investigations of the International Joint Fisheries Commission identified both physical and chemical impacts along the river. The physical components included the destruction of wetland areas or changes in the substrate composition, both of which were used formerly for spawning and nursery habitat by various aquatic species. Another important physical impact was water temperature fluctuations from effluent discharge and shipping ballast water at the Kaministiquia River delta. The Mission and McKellar rivers meet the Kaministiquia at this river delta. Chemical aspects of the study included the impacts of pollutants from both municipal and industrial sources and chemical lampricide use.

In addition to the biophysical impact study, the IJFC requested that the Ontario government look at impacts of over-exploitation, past and current commercial (lake whitefish and lake trout) and recreation fishery demands (walleye) and impacts of competition by invasive aquatic species. At this point of time, fifteen of the fifty-five species of fish in the Thunder Bay Area of Concern (AOC) were non-native species. This AOC had great potential for new exotic or invasive species. The first objective for this study was to obtain baseline knowledge of the fish community of the river. Stage 2 of the remedial process would assess the response of the fish community to rehabilitation efforts based on the pollution abatement measures of the Remedial Action Plan (RAP) applied to the lower reaches of the Kaministiquia River.

Dr. W. T. Momot worked cooperatively with Lake Superior Fisheries Management Unit (LSMU) of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) and Ontario Ministry of the Environment (OMOE).

The results of this study can be found in the final report named “Fish Community and Aquatic Habitat of the Kaministiquia River.” The study documents the collection of 11, 663 fish that represented a total of 40 of the 44 species known to occur in the Kaministiquia River study area. The study area was divided into distinct reaches of the river name after a geographic landmark. These were named old fort reach (deep and long meandering section with a 3km oxbow, 141.5 ha), great lakes reach (7 km, 126.6 ha), mouth reach (2 km, 36.4 ha), Stanley reach (6 km, 76 ha), Rossyln reach (6km, 55.6 ha), Breukelman Reach (5km, 79.5 ha), Harstone reach (6km, 69.8 ha)and the Kakabeka reach (4km, 45 ha).

Audio cassette recordings of oral history interviews. All are identified by interviewee name or alias, and are associated with written and edited transcripts.

Records of Amerikan Laulajat's performing tours of Finland, and other major events and performances.

Consists of Lands for Life public material, from the start of the project. Includes records such as meeting materials, correspondence, community meetings, presentations in Northwestern Ontario, media and publicity, and reference material.

The Ministry of Natural Resources began developing master plans for parks in the 1970s. The plan for Sleeping Giant Provincial Park (at that time Sibley Provincial Park) didn’t rely on any public consultation, and was not well received.

As more Park Plans were rolled out, the MNR engaged in more consultation. Responses to plans as well as draft and final Plans are included in these records.

Park Plans include those for:
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park (1972)
Northern Lights Lake Area Plan (1972)
Ouimet Canyon (1975)
Neys (1977) (no files)
Rushing River (1986)
La Verendrye (1985-1986)
Slate Islands (1985-1988)
Turtle River/White Otter (1990-1992)
Brightsand (1990-1993)
Lands for Life (1998)
Kakabeka Falls (2000-2001)
Black Sturgeon River (2002-2003) (no files)
Lake Nipigon Area Plan (2002-2003)

As well as other records related to:
Stanley Bur Oak park proposal (1988-1990)
Pukaskwa National Park Provisional Master Plan (1972-1995)
Graham Area Land Use Plan (1972)
Algonquin Park (1973)
Greenwood Lake White Pine (1979)

Includes a complete run of Thunder Gay Magazine as produced for local television 1987-1991. The program addressed a variety of topics affecting LGBTQ+ people locally.

Also includes various television and radio news programs, and informational videos produced by the AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay.

Records include photographs and photocopies of artwork; brochures, correspondence, and news coverage of art exhibitions; records of art sales and donations.

• Publicity and news clippings
• Artist Biographies
• Art Finances - 1977-1983
• Art Sales
• Art Education Information
• Artists North of Superior Curatorial Collective
• Exhibitions 1970-1980
• Exhibitions 1980-1990
• Exhibition - Thunder Bay Art Gallery - 1988
• Exhibition - The Human Landscape, Dundas - 1989
• Exhibition - Artists North of Superior - 1989-1992
• Exhibition - Motions of Matter - 1994
• Exhibitions 1990-2004
• Exhibition - Ultima Thule - 1995
• Exhibition - Atikokan - 1996
• Exhibition - Kenora - 1999
• Applications and Competitions
• Anthropological Artwork
• Cover Designs
• Artwork - Sketches and Photocopies
• Copies for Cards
• Printmaking plates - in small yellow box

Records of the Painted Turtle Art Shop, founded May 1983 by Ruth Tye McKenzie, and sold in May 2003. Includes records related to the inception of the shop, advertisements, sales records.

• Painted Turtle - General
• Painted Turtle Start - 1983
• Advertising + Clippings
• Donations + Community Support
• Sales
• Small Business Development 1992
• Window on Art 2000 (2 folders)
• 20th Anniversary Bag
• Thunder Bay Business Women’s Network Awards 1998
• Painted Turtle Weekly Calendar 2000
• Sale 2003
• “Escape of the Painted Turtles”

Records reflecting the student experience at the School of Library Technology, including photographs of students and faculty, scrapbooks and clippings, yearbooks, and convocation programs.

This collection contains the draft reviews of the Great Lakes Remedial Action Plan Publications and COA Agreement between the international Joint Commission and Lakehead University.

• 14” x 17” -- 16 volumes, 1997-2004 and undated
• 11” x 14” -- 18 volumes, 1990-2005 and undated
• 9” x 12” -- 2 volumes, undated
• 8 ½” x 11” -- 8 volumes, 1991-2005 and undated
• 5” x 7” -- 4 voumes, 1996-1998 and undated

Records of the Soviet Karelia Oral History interview project, including consent forms, photographs, correspondence, and news clippings.

Series consists of a variety of booklets; copy of Canadian Co-operator: magazine of social and economic progress 1910; 25th convention Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, 1909; membership booklet of Industrial Workers of the World 192?; photographs of Ranta Bakery, Paavo Voutilainen, Comets Athletic Club, Timmins; Finnish booklets, pamphlets; and Finnish multimedia. Also included are brochures on various topics, newspaper clippings, journal articles and handwritten notes.

Series consists of oral history cassette interviews with Finnish immigrants in and around Thunder Bay in 1974-79. Themes from the interviews on Finnish immigration to Thunder Bay, 1876-1914 and history of Finnish settlements in the rural Thunder Bay regions. Interviews provided the material and formed the basis of the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society's (TBFCHS) Bay Street Projects 1-2. Also includes specific interviews by Einar Nordstrom and Roy Mannila on the labour and union activities at the Lakehead with a particular emphasis on the Finnish community and socialist movements. Cassette recordings, once completed, were shared with the Multicultural History Society of Ontario.

Various other recordings include Isku Club sports history, Finns in Sport in Canada, TBFCHS meetings, Raija Warkentin, Multicultural seminar, Finnish Independence, Human Rights Conference. Also a copy of a VHS recording from Mother Tongue Production of Aina Wilen: fighting for the Franchise (Finnish) originally released in 2006. Aina became one of the many Finnish Canadians to fight for enfranchisement.

Issues of 100th Anniversary edition of Illka newspapers; oversize folders of photographs; a glass frame of a crocheted Finnish flag.

Extensive runs of Thunder Gay Magazine (physical newsletter 1980-1987) and newsletters of the AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay / AIDS Thunder Bay (digital versions of reACT-Believe 1988-2002 and FrontLine 2003-2006).

Includes:
“Library Beat” newsletter (2005-2008), notes and published copies
Long Night Against Procrastination, signage and notes