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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Miscellaneous</titleproper>
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      <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Miscellaneous</unittitle>
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      <unitdate normal="1909/1969" encodinganalog="1.4B2">1909-1938, 1967, 1969</unitdate>
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      <p>Consists of additional organizations affiliated with labour and the Finnish immigrant experience. Materials on the Temperance Society, Defence Leagues, Workers International Relief, Finnish Organization of Canada, Finnish Socialist Local, INudstrial Worker, Work People's College, Communist Party, Lumberworkers International Union of Canada, numerous membership cards, community clubs, cooperative stores, photographs, and framed watercolours.</p>
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        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Obituary: Hilma Sepp</unittitle>
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          <p>Published</p>
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          <p>H, 22, 1, I 1: Obituary notice for Hilma Sepp</p>
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        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Temperance Society</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1909-1916</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
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          <p>H, 22, 2, I 1-4: Temperance Society: bookplate used for library books of the P.A.S.S. Osaston ja U.Y.R. (Uusi Yritys Raitius Liitto) = P.A. Finnish Socialist Local and the New Attempt Temperance Society; minutes of the U.Y.R. = New Attempt Temperance Society general meeting, Nov. 7, 1909; library minutes, Apr. 16, 1905-Aug. 27, 1911 and Feb. 1916. In Finnish.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Finnish Restaurant</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1912</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
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          <p>H, 22, 3, I 1: Finnish Restaurant invoices. No address. May 1912.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Canadian Labour Defence League</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1919-1933</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
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          <p>H, 22, 4, I 1-38: Defense League: Canadian Labor Defense League membership card, 1933; Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council Defense Committee receipts, 1919; Port Arthur and Fort William Workers' Defence League receipt books, 1920 and 1921; Port Arthur and Fort William Workers' Defence League correspondence, Oct. 1919, mostly in Finnish including subscription lists.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Workers' Defence League Subscription Lists</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1919</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
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          <p>H, 22, 5, I 1-75: Port Arthur and Fort William Workers' Defence League subscription lists from throughout North America. 1919.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Workers' Defence League Subscription Lists</unittitle>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 6, I 1-71: Defence League subscription lists (as above).</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Workers International Relief of the Thunder Bay District</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1933-1934</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 7, I 1-2: Workers International Relief of the Thunder Bay District financial statements. June 1933 and Jan. 1934.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Port Arthur Finnish Organization</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1919</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
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          <p>H, 22, 8, I 1-4: Port Arthur Finnish Organization: regulations and accompanying letter, 1919, in Finnish; letter from J.W. Ahlqvist (Toronto) to I. Sepp</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Port Arthur Finnish Organization</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1919-1925</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 9, I 1-2: Port Arthur Finnish Organization minutes, Feb. 9, 1919-Sept. 6, 1925: photocopy of Finnish original July 12, 1925-Sept..6, 1925, handwritten translation of a Finnish minute book, Feb. 9, 1919-June 28, 1925.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Finnish Socialist Local</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1911-1918</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 10, I 1-5: Finnish Socialist Local returned cheques. 1911, 1914, 1915, 1917-1918,</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Industrial Worker</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1926-1928</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 11, I 1-8: Industrial Worker: minutes, Jan. 1926-Mar. 1928; financial statements, Jan. 1926-Mar. 1926.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Industrial Worker</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1925-1932</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 12, I 1-12: Industrial Worker: correspondence and miscellaneous May 1925-(1932).</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Work People's College, Duluth</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1926-1932</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
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          <p>H, 22, 13, I 1-36: Work People's College meeting minutes, Duluth, Minnesota. Aug. 22, 1926-June 5, 1932. In Finnish.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Work People's College, Duluth</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1929-1932</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
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          <p>H, 22, 14, I 1-7: Work People's College: correspondence [1929? onwards); financial statement, Jan. 1932. In Finnish.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Workers Educational Association Correspondence</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1925</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 15, I 1: Workers Educational Association (Chicago) correspondence to fellow workers. Nov. 27, 1925.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Workers International Educational Society</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1927</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 16, I 1: The Workers International Educational Society (Chicago) shareholders meeting minutes July 3, 1927 including financial statement Jan. -July 1927.</p>
        </scopecontent>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Communist Party Publications</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1930</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 17, I 1-2: Communist Party publications: " Lessons of British General Strike", no date; "Young Worker: Official Organ of the Young Communist League", pub. Toronto. Nov. 25, 1930.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Membership Cards</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1929-1933</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 18, I 1-4: Membership cards: General Defense Committee [I.W.W.?], 1929; Workers' Unity, 1933; Industrial Workers Unemployed Union; The National Unemployed Workers' Association of Canada.</p>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada Membership Cards</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1926-1936</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 19, I 1-27: Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada membership cards. 1926-1929 and 1933-1936.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Membership Cards</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1931-1938</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 20, I 1-15: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America membership cards. 1936-1938 and [1934?, 1931?].</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Labour and Social Democrat Party Membership Cards</unittitle>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 21, I 1-17: Labour and Social Democrat Party membership cards from Finland.</p>
        </scopecontent>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Construction Workers Membership Cards</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1920-1929</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 22, I 1-2: Construction workers membership cards from Sweden and Norway. 1920's.</p>
        </scopecontent>
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      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Finnish American Athletic Club of Duluth Membership Card</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1929</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 23, I 1: Finnish American Athletic Club of Duluth membership card. 1929.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Athletic Clubs at Isku Park, Port Arthur</unittitle>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
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          <p>H, 22, 24, I 1: Photograph (framed, black and white) of athletic clubs marching at Isku Park (Port Arthur). No date. Note: stored at end of collection.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Community Clubs</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1927-1930</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 25, I 1-3: Community Clubs: Calgary Labour club dance tickets, 1927; North Star Community Club constitution, 1930 and bylaws, no date.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Cooperative Stores</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1967-1969</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 26, I 1-2: Cooperative Stores: People's co-op (Port Arthur) financial statement and auditor's report, Dec. 31, 1967; International Cooperative Stores' Ltd. financial statement, Dec. 31, 1969, in Finnish.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Coal Fights for Canada</unittitle>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 27, I 1-3: "Coal Fights for Canada" 2 copies of poster by the Department of Labour, poster of exercises of the first course of the Weider system of the barbell program.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Vapaus Port Arthur Ledgers</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="1.4B2">1930-1963</unitdate>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 28, I 1: Ledger: Vapaus Port Arthur Branch account book, Aug. 1 1930-Nov. 1930; pages: 32-36, Port Arthurin j</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
      <c level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="1.1B">Watercolours, Spanish Civil War</unittitle>
        </did>
        <odd type="publicationStatus">
          <p>Published</p>
        </odd>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="1.7D">
          <p>H, 22, 29, I 1-2: Framed copies of watercolours (Spanish Civil War?] no date, no signature. Note: stored at end of collection.</p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c>
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