John Wiita papers, 1976-1978

Workers Party of America

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Socialist Party (U.S.). Finnish Federation.

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Finnish Socialist Federation (Superior, Wis.)

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Northeastern Board of Realtors.

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Karni, Michael G.

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Wiita, John, 1888-1984.

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John Wiita (1888-1984) was born in Ylistaro, Finland. After attending folk school, he came to the United States at the age of seventeen. He settled in Superior, Wisconsin, where he worked as a longshoreman and railroad car repairman and was active in the Superior Chapter of the Finnish Socialist Federation. He also attended and taught at the Work People's College in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1916, he moved to Detroit, Michigan and later to other places, always remaining active in Socialist organizat...

Work People's College (Duluth, Minn.)

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In 1903, leaders of the Finnish National Lutheran Church of America opened the Finnish People's College and Theological Seminary (Suomalainen Kansan Opisto ja Teologinen Seminaari) in Minneapolis, Minnesota to provide training for clergy and a liberal education for Finnish Americans in general. The college in Minneapolis soon failed and was moved to the Duluth suburb of Smithville, Minnesota where more Finnish Americans had settled. Finnish American Socialists were strong supporters of the schoo...