Papers, 1975-1977.

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Papers, 1975-1977.

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Papers (1975-1977) of Velma (Hakkila) Doby (b. 1923) consist of papers on Finnish Americans and Finnish American life written for college classes at the University of Minnesota. Also included are a dossier; a background study of Finnish American women; interviews with Mary Hakkila and Kaisu Maki; a translation of Helmi Mattson's autobiography; a poem; and miscellany.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Mattson, Helmi Dagmar, 1890-1974.

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Helmi Dagmar (Lampila) Mattson was born in 1890 in central Finland. She attended a business college in Helsinki and a Home Economics school in Tampere before emigrating to Canada in 1911. With her husband William, she lived at various times in Minn., N.Y., and Ore. From the time of her arrival in the United States, Mattson was a prolific contributor of articles, poetry and serialized novels to Finnish American newspapers, particularly to Toveritar. In 1920 she became editor of Toveritar, a posit...

Minnesota Finnish-American Historical Society

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Hakkila, Mary.

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Doby, Velma M.

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Velma (Hakkila) Doby (b. 1923 ) was born in Brule, Wisconsin, of Finnish immigrant parents active in the Finnish American cooperative movement and in community organizations. She attended the Central Michigan University and Wayne State University, and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Doby has worked for the Peace Research Institute (Washington, D.C.), Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan), the Minneapolis (Minnesota) public schools, and the Immigration History Research Center, Un...

Minnesota Genealogical Society. Finnish Genealogy Section.

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Maki, Kaisu.

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Finn-Fest U.S.A.

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