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Korpi, Eli - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1979-05-31Item number (ISN):16460Link to related resource:Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:EKLUND, WilliamAccession:1986-0173Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1979-05-31Production company:Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical SocietyProduction credit:interviewer, Raili NieminenSponsor:Multicultural History Society of OntarioDescription:Interview of Eli Korpi by Raili Nieminen for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario about Finnish Canadians. Eli Korpi was born in Kauhajoki, Finland on March 21, 1902. He immigrated to Canada on June 13, 1924, landing in Halifax on James VIII of the Scandinavian-American Line. He then came to Fort William, where his brother met him. He was a farmer in Finland, but in Canada ended up working on the railroad and later in the bush. He describes the poor working conditions. He belonged to railway workers union and the Lumber Workers Industrial Union (LWIU).Language:FinnishNotes: -
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