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Raketti, Harry - Interview

Item number (ISN):

16476

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-04-11

Item number (ISN):

16476

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

EKLUND, William

Accession:

1986-0173

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1979-04-11

Production company:

Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society

Production credit:

interviewer, Helena Doherty

Sponsor:

Multicultural History Society of Ontario

Description:

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Interview of Harry Raketti by Helena Doherty for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario about Finnish Canadians. Harry Raketti was born in the U.S., and came to Saskatchewan in 1915. He homesteaded on the prairies before coming to Northwestern Ontario in 1928. He has worked on farms, bushcamps, the railroad, and prospecting near Sioux Lookout. He was unemployed in the 1930s, and travelled across Canada 16 times during the Depression. He moved to Kirkland Lake in 1933. He was arrested during the Lumber Workers' strike in Rouen, and sentenced to 18 months. He spent six months waiting for bail. In 1942 he worked as a clerk for the Abitibi Paper Co. In 1934 he was an organizer for the Lumber Workers Industrial Union (LWIU), and the Secretary. The main difficulty was getting to the camps to organize the workers. The camps has poor working and living conditions, food, and wages. The 1945 general strike very successful in improving them. Raketti took part in Union conventions. The unemployed movements in Vancouver and Northwestern Ontario fought for jobs, relief. He was in charge of the unemployed movement in Kirkland Lake. From 1957-1959 he was the accountant for the workers' Co-op in Timmins. He came to the International Co-op in Port Arthur in 1959, and stayed until it closed. Liquidator. He blames the shutdown on too great a capital investment. He was on the Board of Directors for the Thunder Bay Co-op Dairy for one year (1960). <45mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This interview was conducted through the co-operation of the Finnish Organization of Canada, Port Arthur Branch.

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Vault ISN:

12218

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0173/38

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Duration:

45:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

569844

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

16476-1986-0173-38-S1.wav
16476-1986-0173-38-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

40:51

Made from:

1986-0173/38

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

569845

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

16476-1986-0173-38-S1.mp3
16476-1986-0173-38-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

40:51

Made from:

1986-0173/38

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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