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CSJ branches and memberships, 1911-1921. History of Vapaus newspaper. Numbers of Finns in Canada by province, 1901-1941 by decade. Trade between Canada and Finland 1931-1953. Finnish immigration into Canada by calendar year. Historical information about Viikko Uutiset. Historical information about Isien Usko. Listing of Finnish Co-Operatives in Canada, and membership. Historical information on strikes in lumber, coal mining, and metal mining. Statistical information on Vapaus newspaper 1944-1949. History of Finns in Nipigon. Statistics on Finnish-Canadians in Soviet Karelia.

• Printed for distribution by Työkansa, Port Arthur, Ontario.
• Transcribed by Aku Päiviö
• Assembly was held in Port Arthur, Ontario from March 19-23, 1914

• Minutes published for distribution by the Workers’ Party of Canada Finnish Socialist Organization
• Assembly held in Toronto, Ontario on February 15, 16 and 20 and 21, 1922
• Minutes recorded by A.T. Hill and Jussi Latva

Text discussing the history of Finns in Canada and the United States, possibly an excerpt from a book. Reproduced news items from Vapaus, 1922, “Priest Against the Working Class.” Excerpts from Vapaus, “The Oldest Finnish Co-Operative in Canada,” regarding Sointula Co-Operative Store. Excerpt from Viikko-Uutiset, regarding skiing championships. Excerpt from Viikko-Uutiset, 1933, regarding meetings of ethnic societies. Notes regarding Matti Kurikka, one of the founders of Sointula. Notes regarding Vapaa Sana’s annual general meeting. Notes from a Helsinki encyclopedia, description of Sointula. Notes on Finnish settlement in Copper Cliff, ON. Notes on Canmore, AB. Notes regarding a bequest. Notes regarding finances of Finnish-Canadian Music, Sports, and Co-Operative Festival. Notes regarding Vapaa Sana Annual General Meeting. Notes on important happenings in the Nickel District [Sudbury area] 1887-1900, from INCO Triangle 1952. Excerpt from publication Ajan Sana regarding early history of Finns in North Wellington, mentioning minute-book of a temperance society in North Wellington and Nanaimo. Note regarding English translations of Finnish literature. Note regarding the first Finns in North Wellington, BC, from Canadan Uutiset. Discussion regarding Finnish-Canadian literature. Note regarding John Penttinen, history of the Western Federation of Miners Local 182 in Garson. Book excerpts. Note on research questions. Biographical notes on Hannes Sula. Note regarding history of Sointula. Note regarding publication “An Unemployed Worker.” Note regarding potential donation of records. Notes regarding Copper Cliff Temperance Society. History of Työkansa newspaper. Excerpt from “Canadians All: A Canadian Primer of National Unity.” Notes on Finnish lumber workers in Sudbury in the One Big Union, 1921. Notes on Finns and the founding of the Canadian Workers’ Party. Notes on Workers’ Sports Association of Canada. Notes on Port Arthur Women’s Section of the Sports Organization, 1909. Notes on the history of Finns in Sault Ste. Marie. Notes on the history of Finns in Sudbury. Notes on Soviet Karelia.

• 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

• Lumberworkers’ Industrial Union of Canada material. Largely photocopies. Donated separately by J. Stafford
• Correspondence regarding Metsätyöläinen (The Lumber Worker) newspapers financial difficulties
• Telegram to Port Arthur regarding the deaths of Rosvall and Voutilainen from Toronto FOC Branch and response from Alf Hautamäki
• Leaflet entitled I.W.W., sen parjaustulva ja syyt siihen (The I.W.W., its flood of vilification, and the reasons for it), published by the Executive Committee of the Sixth District of the Communist Party of Canada

Finnish hall December food requirements, 1946. List of advance insurance payments, 1946. List of donations for various causes, 1946. Finnish hall list of movable contents, 1944.

Printed for public distribution.

Printed for distribution to members.

• Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly Minutes, 1931
• Minutes of the Enlarged Executive Committee of the Finnish Organization of Canada, 1934
• Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly Minutes, 1935
• FOC Executive Committee Activity Report, 1935
• FOC Enlarged Executive Committee Report, 1936
• Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly Minutes, 1937
• Finnish Organizations of Canada Assembly Minutes, 1929

Includes a poem written by Aku Päiviö written for the 30th anniversary of Vapaus; a speech written for the 35th anniversary of Vapaus; correspondence with CSJ branches; special May Day issues; meetings of shareholders; minutes of executive board of Vapaus; operations of Vapaus Publishing Company; current affairs impacting operations; financial information; Includes many edited drafts of activity reports, speakers’ notes.

Solicitations for subscriptions; appeals to agents to increase advertising; appeals for public support of special issues; notices of special issues; financial and sales information; information regarding the annual general meeting; advertising rates; distribution of publications.

Publication. Report and decisions of the Finnish Organization of Canada Assembly, 1933.

Printed for distribution to membership.

Typewritten, for internal use.

• Some printed for distribution; some typescript for internal use.
• Vapaus Editors and Board of Directors Activity Reports for 1959-60, 1956-1957, 1963-64
• Vapaus Financial Statements 1934
• Vapaus Editors Report 1964

Printed for distribution to membership.

Printed for distribution to membership.

• Printed for distribution to membership
• Vapaus Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements 1935-36, 1936-38, 1938, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54

Information related to regular operations; discussion of correspondence; information on branch offices; Creighton Mine Nickel Company threatens to fire miners for reading Vapaus 1935; discussion of the International Communist movement, Popular Front, and the potential for cooperation with other organizations; discussion of the work of the editor of Vapaus and expectations for political involvement; subscribers; advertising revenue; book publishing.

• Printed for distribution for membership
• Vapaus Financial Statements 1949-50, 1948-49, 1946-47, 1945-46, 1935-36, 1947-48