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Survey by the Department of Temperance and Moral Reform, Methodist and Presbyterian Church, entitled "Preliminary and General Social Survey of Port Arthur" and "Preliminary and General Social Survey of Fort William." (1913)

Photocopy of "Vakaleuka Almanac 1913" - a humorous Finnish way to look at the year with jokes, riddles, and cartoons. Printed in Port Arthur.

• Printed in Port Arthur, Ontario by Työkansan Kustannusyhtiö
• Includes original songs by Finnish-Canadian socialists Moses Hahl (including humorous songs under his penname Hijoppi Rotilainen) and Aku Päiviö

Correspondence between the Port Arthur Trades and Labour Council, Mayor Oliver, Minister of Labour, Deputy Minister of Justice, and the Paymaster of 96th L.S.R. - Concerning the Joint Street Railway Strike in May and June 1913. (May-September 1913).

Daily Journal for 1913: On the Foley, Welsh & Stewart's contract from Cochrane to Harricanaw River in Quebec - P.B. McDonald wrote the account.

• Board of directors’ meetings minutes

Consists of records relating to the CSJ, its Executive Board, and Branches. Activities of the organization include political and international concerns including the peace movement; culture and sports; educational programs; and women’s, youth, and children’s groups. Most documents are typescript and for internal use; some are printed for distribution to the membership.

Consists of representative assembly or executive committee minutes of the CSJ.

• Account Book
• Canada’s Socialist Organizations

Publication entitled "Asetus", Canadan Suomalainen Jarjesto, regarding Workmen's Compensation, printed by the Forward Press, Toronto, 1914-1915.

Account book for the Finlandia Club, 1961-1965, and three library ledgers 1914-1955.

Photocopy of 1914 Henderson's directory for Port Arthur
and Fort William

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

Raili Margaret (Virta) Charnesky (1936-2022) was born and raised in Port Arthur to parents Kalle and Impi Virta, both immigrants from Finland. Raili worked in the Mining Recorders Office, Ontario Department of Mines, in Thunder Bay, and became the Mining Recorder for the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines in Sudbury and Toronto. She retired in 1993 after 40 years of public service.

These records primarily reflect family relationships, particularly the early death of her brother Olaf in 1951, and the deaths of her parents Kalle (1961) and Impi (1983). Records include family & genealogical information, photographs, memorial books and sympathy cards.

• Finlandia Club
• Record of book circulation
• Lists borrower’s name, the book number under categories a (non-fiction) and b(fiction) and the date the book was borrowed

• Printed by Forward Press, Toronto
• Sponsored by the Finnish Socialist Organization of Canada
• Translated by L. N____nen

Meeting Minutes, cashbooks, and other administrative documents relating to the Thunder Bay District of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario.

General Archives #143 Boxes #43-45, #189 Box #58

Cricket at Current River Park, Sept 11, 1915.
A group of men posed with sports equipment.
Identified people are: H. Halton, Hugh Keefer, A.L. McEwen, F.H. Keefer, Justice Sutherland, W.H. Nelson, Neil McDougall, Hume Govelier, Col S.W. Ray, Turville, W.F. Langworthy.

• Theatrical Society
• Port Arthur’s Finnish Socialist Local
• Inventory of costumes and furniture (or props)