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Lehto, Anna - Interview

Item number (ISN):

16463

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-04-17

Item number (ISN):

16463

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:

1979-04-17

Production company:

Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society

Production credit:

interviewer, Raili Nieminen

Sponsor:

Multicultural History Society of Ontario

Description:

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Interview of Anna Lehto by Raili Nieminen for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario about Finnish Canadians. Anna Lehto was born in Orivesi, Finland on November 11, 1901. She came to Canada in 1924. “Montrose” was the name of the ship she came on. After landing in Quebec, she came to Port Arthur. She had married in Finland, and her husband came across a year earlier. They lived in Sunshine, then moved to Pohjola and farmed there for 10 years. They had four shares in the Co-op Dairy, and 21 shares in Kam Co-op. $5 each. The Co-op was built in 1931 and Henry Niemi was the first manager. Lehto went to Finland in 1947 to visit. After that, they quit farming and went to work in bush camps (Dog Lake). In 1956-57, a cook made $12 a day. She was a member of the Finnish Organization of Canada (FOC). They held dances at the school in order to raise money to pay a teacher. Antti Lappalainen was secretary at the time. The money was raised to build the Pohjola Hall. They helped strikers by giving them food and a place to sleep. Other FOC activities included plays, bingos, sports, youth groups and Ladies' Club, and Pioneers (small children's club). The Hall was burned in the 1960s.

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.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

12207

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0173/21

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

569822

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

16463-1986-0173-21.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

29:27

Made from:

1986-0173/21

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

569823

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

16463-1986-0173-21.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

29:27

Made from:

1986-0173/21

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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