Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society (Soudan, Minn.).

Dates:
Active 1886
Active 1925

Biographical notes:

The Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society was the first Finnish temperance society in Minnesota. It originally belonged to the Independent Order of Good Templars. In 1888, the Pohjan Leimu and four other lodges resigned from the Good Templars and formed the National Finnish Temperance Brotherhood in America, the first all-Finnish temperance organization in the United States.

From the description of Records, 1886-1925. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62800233

From the guide to the Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society Records, 1886-1925, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc])

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Subjects:

  • Finnish Americans
  • Finnish Americans
  • Temperance
  • Temperance

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Places:

  • Minnesota (as recorded)