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Milford Finnish Relief Committee (Milford, New Hampshire), Records: Identifier: IHRC1545:

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FOLDER 1: Correspondence 1939-1941(Records (1939-1941)

Finnish Relief Committee contain correspondence; lists of contributors; receipts; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings on the relief effort. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover; Oskari Tokoi; the Finnish consulate in New York; the Finnish legation in Washington, D.C.; the Finnish Relief Fund, Inc. etc.

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FOLDER 2. Contributor Lists, 1939-1945:

This folder contains lists of contributors and amounts contributed for the period from December 1939 to November 1941. Also included is a listing of Milford civic.

organizations and an audit dated June 27, 1945 of monies collected from December

1939 to June 1941.

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FOLDER 3. Milford Relief Committee Receipts, 1940-1941:

The receipts in this folder are from contributions to the Finnish Relief Fund, Inc. And the Fitchburg Relief Committee for Finland. Also included are several miscellaneous receipts. (1940 – 1941).

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FOLDER 4. Miscellaneous Clippings, 1940-1941:

The clippings in this folder include articles entitled ”New Hampshire Organizes to Aid Finns,” ”Suomen avustus ja Amerikan suomalaiset” and its English equivalent ”Finnish relief and Finnish Americans,” and ”Finnish Relief Committee resents statements that Russo-Finnish peace can be beneficial.” (1940 – 1941

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Finnish Socialist Federation, Records: Identifier: IHRC711:

Minutes of the Eastern District Committee (Fitchburg, Mass.) (1913-1920) and the National Executive Committee (Chicago, Ill.) (1915-1925) of the Finnish Socialist Federation.

Finnish American League for Democracy, Records: Identifier: IHRC668:

Records (1944-1962) of the Finnish American League for Democracy (Fitchburg, Mass.) include treasurer’s minute books and other minutes books. Two reels in Finnish.

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Saima Workers’ Society (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) records: Identifier: IHRC2344:

Records (1914-1964) of the Saima Workers’ Society (Fitchburg, Minn.) include proceedings; board of directors minutes (1916-1918); correspondence; economic committee reports; and property inventories (1919).

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Raivaaja Publishing Company (Fitchburg, Massachusetts), Papers: Identifier: IHRC2225:

Records (1896-1966) of the Raivaaja Publishing Company (Fitchburg, Mass.) include proceedings of the board of directors.

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Edith Koivisto (1888-1981) Papers, ca. 1904-1975: Identifier: IHRC1233:

Papers (1904-1975) of Edith (Laine) Koivisto (1888-1981) consist of biographical material on her and Finnish Americans in Minnesota; art materials; diaries; creative works such as plays and newspaper articles; historical works and research notes; photographs; scrapbooks; and material relating to her activities in Finnish American organizations. Included are correspondence from Alex Kyyhkynen; John F. Kennedy; Lauri Lemberg; Fanny Ojanpaa; Harry S. Truman; Hans R. Wasastjerna; and others.

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