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Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1965-1968.

Reference:

R3542-0-3-E, MG28-V92

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100849

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Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver fonds
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Date(s):

1965-1968.

Place of creation:

British Columbia

Extent:

3 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists primarily of minutes and correspondence, documenting the various activities of the Committee and delineate the relationship it enjoyed with other Finnish societies and individuals in B.C. and across Canada, the United States and Finland. The files are identified as follows: Minutes, Finnish Centennial Committee meetings, 1965-1968; correspondence with Finland's ambassador, 1965-1966; correspondence with Suomi-Seura r.y., 1965-1967; correspondence with Vancouver Local of the Finnish Organization of Canada, 1966-1967; correspondence concerning Mauno Kuusisto Concert, 1966-1967; correspondence with N.M.K.Y. Choir, 1967; cCorrespondence concerning Finland's Independence Day celebrations and other activities, 1966-1967; draft programme: 50th Anniversary of Finland's Independence celebration 1967. This material is primarily in the Finnish language.

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Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver

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Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver : Organized in 1965, the Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver was the co-operative effort of five local Finnish societies, including the United Kaleva Brothers and Sisters Lodge. Its chief purpose was to commemorate Canada's Centennial Year and the Fifieth Year of Finnish Independence (both anniversaries occurring in 1967). The Committee's activities included the publication of B.C.:n. Suomalainen: Uusi Lansi, 1967, the organization of several concerts, craft exhibitions, church services and other public gatherings as well as the sale of Centennial memorabilia. Upon dissolution of the Committee at the end of 1967, all its earnings and assets were transferred to the non-profit Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association.

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General note:

Received in 1977 from Hannes J. Varila of Vancouver, B.C.

Language note:

This material is primarily in the Finnish language.
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Canada - Centennial celebrations, etc

Finns in Canada, 1965-1968 Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association, [1967-1968]

Vancouver (B.C.) - Finnish Canadians, 1965-1968 Suomi-Seura r.y., 1965-1967

Associations, institutions, etc. - Canada, 1965-1968 Vancouver Local of the Finnish Organization of Canada, 1966-1967

Vancouver (B.C.) - Associations, institutions, etc., 1965-1968 Mauno Kuusisto Concert, 1966-1967

Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver - Records and correspondence (English and Finnish), 1965-1968 N.M.K.Y. Choir, 1967

Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver - Minutes (English and Finnish), 1965-1968

Finns in the United States of America, [1965-1968]

Finnish Organization of Canada. Vancouver Local - Records and correspondence, 1966-1967

Mauno Kuusisto Concert - Correspondence, 1966-1967

Finland - History, [1966-1967]

Vancouver (B.C.) - Centennial celebrations, etc., [1965-1967]

Finnish Centennial Committee of Vancouver (Vancouver, B.C.) - Centennial celebrations, etc., [1965-1967]

N.M.K.Y. Choir - Correspondence, 1967

Canada - Music, 1966-1967

Concerts - Canada, 1966-1967

Vancouver (B.C.) - Concerts, 1966-1967

Independence Day - Finland, [1966-1967]

Finland - Anniversaries, etc., [1965-1968]

Diplomatic and consular services, Finnish - Canada, 1965-1966

Finnish Canadians, 1965-1966
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Private

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MG28-V92
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