Martin Kaurala Manuscripts, 1990-1994.

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Martin Kaurala Manuscripts, 1990-1994.

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Manuscripts, 1990-1994, written by Martin Kaurala of Mass City, Michigan. Contains memoirs and recollections of growing up in the Finnish-American community in Michigan, especially the political and social aspects of the co-operative in the community. Manuscripts include "The Co-operative Experience," "Meditations of 1992," "The Mass Co-operative Company," "Interesting Experiences and Random Thoughts," and "Potpourri of 1994," as well as recollections of a stump farmer and lumberjack.

0.01 cubic feet; 1 folder.

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8083425

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Mass Co-Operative Company (Mass, Mich.)

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The co-operative movement was a characteristic feature of Finnish-American life in the 20th century, material core to the Finnish-American radical tradition. Co-operatives sold goods ranging from coffee to shingles. They were also cultural organizations, social spaces, and very often, radical political nexuses. In 1929, the movement splintered into "red" and "white" camps, the former affiliated, loosely or formally, with the Communist Party of the United States, the latter often affiliated with ...

Kaurala, Martin 1910-2010.

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Martin John Kaurala was born September 8, 1910, in Mass City, son of the late Isaac and Olga Kaurala. He attended the country school through grade eight and graduated from Greenland Township High School with the Class of 1929. During the Depression years, he worked on the family farm and as a deliveryman for the Mass Cooperative Company. He was one of thousands of citizens who collected signatures for enactment of Social Security legislation, unemployment compensation and collective bargaining b...