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Korpi, Eli - Interview

Item number (ISN):

16460

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-05-31

Item number (ISN):

16460

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

EKLUND, William

Accession:

1986-0173

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1979-05-31

Production company:

Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society

Production credit:

interviewer, Raili Nieminen

Sponsor:

Multicultural History Society of Ontario

Description:

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:

Finnish

Notes:

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1. This interview was conducted through the co-operation of the Finnish Organization of Canada, Port Arthur Branch.~2. Others present during this interview were Helena Doherty and Nestor.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

12204

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0173/19

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

569816

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

16460-1986-0173-19-S1.wav
16460-1986-0173-19-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

37:37

Made from:

1986-0173/19

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

569817

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

16460-1986-0173-19-S1.mp3
16460-1986-0173-19-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

37:37

Made from:

1986-0173/19

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 20096

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1979.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright ownercopyright owner : Multicultural History Society of Ontario

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