Edith A. Koivisto interview, 1973 Aug. 3.

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Edith A. Koivisto interview, 1973 Aug. 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174474621

Topics include the settling in Spokane, Wash.; schooling in Finland; Industrial Workers of the World; Työväen Opisto (Work People's College); cooperatives, Arvid Koivisto (1886-1964); and art work, theater activities, and playwriting.

Transcript : 16 p.

Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum

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Koivisto, Edith, 1881-1981

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Edith (Laine) Koivisto (1888-1981) was born in Kuusenkoski, Finland and immigrated to Spokane, Washington in 1910. In 1912, she moved to Smithville, Minnesota where she worked at and attended Työväen Opisto (Work People's College). In 1913 she married Arvid Koivisto; they lived in Duluth, Minnesota and Quincy, Massachusetts before settling in Hibbing, Minnesota where Arvid worked for the Hibbing Co-op and then for Central Cooperative Wholesale. In Hibbing, Edith Koivisto participated in numerous...

Koivisto, Arvid, 1886-1964

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Ollila, Douglas J.

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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...