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Vilho Säilä fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1939-1978.

Reference:

R4249-0-7-E, MG31-H118

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101783

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Vilho Säilä fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1939-1978.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of miscellaneous papers consisting of manuscript and notes, n.d.; manuscripts of letters, articles and memoirs, n.d., 1965-1973; memoirs, 1975, 1975-1978; and a speech, 1976. Also included are printed programme of a Finnish Organization of Canada Festival, 1939; a poem by Jussi Latva, typescript, 1945; newspaper clippings, 1976, ca. 1975; and scrapbook, 1976-1977.

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Säilä, Vilho, 1886-1980

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Säilä, Vilho, 1886-1980 : Vilho Säilä born in the parish of Alastaro, Finland. Apprenticed at the age of fourteen to his uncle, Säilä began to acquire the skills of a master tailor. Säilä immigrated to Canada in 1907, taking up permanent residence in Toronto. He became associated with Iso Paja ("The Big Shop"), a Finnish tailoring cooperative established by Jaakko Lintala and Jussi Ranta in Toronto in 1904. The tailors of Iso Paja at that time constituted a driving force in the affairs of the Finnish Society of Toronto [now Local No. 1 of the Finnish Organization of Canada].

Säilä was elected National Secretary of Canada (FSOC) in 1912. He was succeeded by J.W. Ahlqvist in 1913. Thereafter, Säilä served in various other capacities on national and local executive bodies of the FSOC and its successor organizations.

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General note:

Received in 1980 from Mrs. Helen Tarvainen, National Secretary of the Finnish Organization of Canada.

Language note:

The material is in the Finnish Language with the exception of one item.
Subject heading:

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Finland - Emigration and immigration - Canada, 1965-1973, 1975-1978 Finnish Organization of Canada Festival, 1939

Canada - Emigration and immigration - Finland, 1965-1973, 1975-1978

Canada - Emigration and immigration - Social aspects, 1965-1973, 1975-1978

Community life - Ontario, 1939-1978
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Private

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MG31-H118
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