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Hilda Eskola and family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1911-1934.

Reference:

R1771-0-9-E, MG30-C213

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101525

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Hilda Eskola and family fonds
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Date(s):

1911-1934.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

21 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of private correspondence addressed to Hilda Eskola and her daughter, Laura, from friends and relatives in Finland, Canada and the United States.

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Eskola, Hilda (family)

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Eskola, Hilda (family) : Hilda Eskola was born about 1882. She emigrated from Myllykallio in the vicinity of Kuusankoski, Finland, to Copper Cliff, Ont., about 1910. Hilda, a single mother, was either accompanied by her infant daughter Laura or gave birth to Laura shortly upon arrival here. In Canada, Hilda worked for some time as a waitress. Although she had many suitors in Canada and abroad, she never married. Neither did Laura, who is reported to have died about 1982.

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Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a file list with index. MSS1640

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General note:

Received in 1983, from George Prusila of Sudbury Ont.

Language note:

The documents are in Finnish.
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Finnish letters, n.d., 1911-1934 Finland, n.d., [1911-1934]

Eskola family - Archives, n.d., [1911-1934] United States, [1911-1934]

American letters, n.d., 1911-1934
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Private

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MG30-C213
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 C 213] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1640] 126

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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