Milford Finnish Relief Committee Records, 1939-1941

Milford Finnish Relief Committee (Milford, N.H.)

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The Milford (New Hampshire) Finnish Relief Committee was formed in 1939 when the local club of the Finnish American League for Democracy elected a committee to begin relief efforts in the Milford area. Finnish relief efforts had begun prior to the 1939 Russo-Finnish conflict when Finnish Americans sent funds to aid in evacuation of Finnish civilians. Funds were also raised to support families of Finnish men called into the army reserves. Aid was channeled first through the Finnish embassy and th...

Finnish Relief Fund

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American charitable organization for provision of relief to Finland during the Russo-Finnish War. From the description of Finnish Relief Fund records, 1939-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867229 Historical Note (From Herbert Hoover, An American Epic, Volume IV) In the Stalin-Hitler alliance of August 23, 1939, Stalin had exacted as part of his share in conquest the annexation of the helpless Baltic Sta...

Tokoi, Oskari

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...