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Victor Kangas fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1923-1969.

Reference:

R1775-0-8-E, MG30-C138

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101630

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Victor Kangas fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1923-1969.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.
34 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of the Kangas family papers, n.d., 1923-1969, 1 cm, and miscellaneous records of the Montreal Local of the Finnish Organization of Canada (FOC), n.d., 1949, 1950, 1.5 cm.

The fonds also contains photographs which depict the activities of Victor Kangas and of the Finnish Organization of Canada; as well as portraits of members of the Kangas family,1923-1969.

Provenance:

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Kangas, Victor, 1902-1973

Biography/Administrative history:

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Kangas, Victor, 1902-1973 : Victor Kangas, historian and carpenter, née Vihtori Kivikangas, was born in 1902 at Evijarvi, Finland. He immigrated to Canada in 1924, after completion of his compulsory service in the Finnish army. During his first years in Canada, he worked on the hydro-electric project in the Kenogami region of Quebec. When employment ended there, he settled in Montreal and worked as a carpenter until his retirement.

After his marriage with Olga Pesonen failed, Kangas married Mrs. Martta Aaltonen (née Haavisto) who had two children, Aare and Aili, from her earlier marriage. He was survived by his wife Martta.

Within the Finnish Canadian community, Kangas was well known as a violinist and Finnish Organization of Canada (FOC) activist. He had been an energetic organizer for the FOC both in Montreal and Kenogami, serving on the executive of the FOC locals there. Until his death, he was custodian of those records of the defunct Montreal Local of the FOC which had not been transferred to the National Office or the FOC Archives in Sudbury.

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General note:

Received in 1976 from Martta Kangas of Montreal, Que.

Language note:

The material in this collection is mostly in the Finnish language.

Availability of other formats note:

Photographs: Copy negatives available: C-87882 to C-87892; PA-123631, PA-127086

Related material:

See also: Finnish Organization of Canada Collection, MG 28, V 46.
Subject heading:

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Montreal (Québec) - Business enterprises

Finnish Canadians, [1923-1969] Montreal Tramway School, 1949-1950

Finnish Americans, [1923-1969] Aare Aaltonen, 1949

Victor Kangas - Will, 1969 Aili Aaltonen, 1949

Finland - Military, 1924 Finnnish Organization of Canada (Montreal, Quebec), History Committee, [1949-1950]

Finnish organizations - Canada, 1949 "History of the Finns from Kenogami and its surrounding region", [1950]

Finnish Organization of Canada - Records and correspondence, 1949 "History of the Finns in Montreal before 1950", [1950]

Canada - Population - Ethnic groups, [1902-1973]

Montreal (Quebec) - Bankruptcy, 1949

Finns - Soviet Karelia, [1923-1969]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1976-159 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-C138
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 C 138] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [KANGAS, VICTOR 1976-159]

[Consultation 90 Open]

5033;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C 0076;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright is expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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