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Finnish Immigrant Home fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1926-1932.

Reference:

R4555-0-3-E, MG28-V128

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100909

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Finnish Immigrant Home fonds
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Fonds includes:

63 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1926-1932.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.15 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of records which fully document the activities of the Home. Most importantly, they include an extensive card file and related documentation pertaining to approximately 5,000 clients. In effect, this information relates to perhaps one quarter of the inter-war immigration of Finns to Canada. The records include: subject and general correspondence, 1927-1932, volumes 1-3, 49 cm, receipts of bills paid, 1927-1930, volumes 3-4, 35 cm, miscellaneous papers and records of individuals and organizations, 1926-1928, volume 5, 1 cm, and financial accounts, record books and informational records relating to the clients of the Home, 1927-1932, volumes 5-9, 1.3 cm.

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Finnish Immigrant Home

Biography/Administrative history:

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Finnish Immigrant Home : Montreal was the port of entry into Canada for thousands of Finnish immigrants. Disturbed by the lack of facilities for the care of these newcomers, Mr. Akseli K.L. Rauanheimo, the first Finnish consul in Montreal (promoted to consul general in 1925), sought as early as 1923 to enlist the aid of the headquarters of the Finnish Seamen's and Immigrant Mission in Helsinki, Finland. Pastor Frithjof J. Pennanen was sent in 1927 to establish the Finnish Immigrant Home in Montreal and to supervise its activities.

The Finnish Immigrant Home began its operations in conjunction with the newly established St. Michael's Finnish Lutheran Congregation. In addition to aid received from Finland and the Congregation, the Finnish Immigrant Home depended on the assistance of the steamship companies. With the onslaught of the Great Depression, the Finnish Immigrant Home faced two major problems, declining immigration and growing financial difficulties. As a result, the Congregation relinquished its responsibilities in operating the Home of the Finnish Seamen's and Immigrant Mission in 1931. Finally, on 1 May 1932, the Finnish Immigrant Home closed its doors.

During the course of its short lifespan, the Finnish Immigrant Home received more than five thousand guests in its hostelry. These included immigrants who settled in Montreal or moved on to settle elsewhere and also transients of Finnish origin who were passing through Montreal. The Home provided a placement service and, in particular, sought to take single female immigrants under its protection. With the demise of the Home, some of the services it had offered continued to be provided by St. Michael's Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid describes volumes 1 to 9 at the file level. MSS1136 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002801.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1976 from Pastor Markku Suokonautio, Montreal, Quebec. The records were kept together with those of St. Michael's Finnish Evangelical Church until their transfer to the National Archvies.

Language note:

This material is mostly in the Finnish language.
Subject heading:

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Finland - Emigration and immigration - Canada, 1926-1932

Canada - Emigration and immigration - Finland, 1926-1932

Associations, institutions, etc. - Canada - Records and correspondence, 1926-1932

Canada - Emigration and immigration - Social aspects, 1926-1932
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Private

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MG28-V128
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG28 V 128] 1--9

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1136] 97

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12