Papers, 1916-1974.

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Papers, 1916-1974.

Papers of Helmi Dagmar Mattson (1890-1974) include an autobiography; correspondence; diaries; handwritten and typescript articles, plays, poetry and books; records and papers relating to the Northwestern Finnish Historical Society; minutes of meetings of the Mt. Solo Washington Finnish Club; bylaws of the Finnish Workers Association (Portland, Ore.); miscellany; memorabilia; photographs and photograph albums; and scrapbooks.

3 linear ft. (7 boxes)

fin,

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 7816115

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Northwest Finnish Historical Society.

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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...