Finnish Workers' Federation of the United States Records, 1910-1967.

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Finnish Workers' Federation of the United States Records, 1910-1967.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320186649

The Finnish Workers' Federation of the United States collection includes, in Finnish and English, corporate documents; correspondence; financial records; minutes; and reference material of the Federation, the Finnish Federation, Inc.; and Turva Gardens. Also included are constitutions and by-laws of Finnish associations in Illinois; a commemorative scrapbook of the Finnish Peoples Democratic organization; correspondence re deportation of William Lahtinen; correspondence (1958-1967) of Ira Gollobin and Mike Wastila; financial statements (1930) of the Pacific Development Society (Astoria, Oregon); financial statements (1930-1931) of the Peoples' Voice Cooperative Publishing Company (New York Mills, Minnesota); various Socialist Party publications; a Finnish-American glossary; and photographs.

1.5 linear ft.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7333544

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Pacific Development Society.

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Wastila, Mike.

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People's Voice Cooperative Publishing Company.

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Finnish American Mutual Aid Society

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Turva Gardens.

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Finnish Federation, Inc.

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Finnish American Mutual Aid Society. Turva Lodge 3801.

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Lahtinen, William.

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Finnish Peoples Democratic Organization.

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Gollobin, Ira, 1911-

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Ira Gollobin, an immigration rights attorney and author, served as pro bono counselor to refugees from all over the world including Nazi Germany and Duvalierist Haiti. His work with Haitian refugees, the purview of this collection, began in 1974. In this capacity he served as lead counsel on several major cases that were pivotal to the rights of Haitian refugees, the so-called "boat people." Gollobin's critical role as lead counsel was as important as his active role in developing grassroots org...

Finnish Workers' Federation of the United States

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The Finnish Workers' Federation of the United States was organized in 1927 and incorporated in New York City in 1932. It was the political, cultural and educational organization of the Finnish American Communists and actively supported militant labor unions, farmers' organizations, the cooperative movement and the unemployed movement. In 1941, the Federation joined the International Workers' Order, as the Finnish American Mutual Aid Society. When the International Workers' Order dissolved in the...