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25 microfilms (positive)
There are about 6000 letters in this collection. Most of the letters have been written by emigrants who used to live in Satakunta but there are also some from persons who lived in other provinces before emigrating. There are also post cards, diaries and passports in the collection. The letters were written to residents of Satakunta from 1880 to 1964. Although most of the letters were sent from the United States and Canada, there were a few letters from South America, Australia, New Zealand and Soviet Union.
The collection was arranged by towns (also known as parishes or municipalities). Within each town series the letters of each recipient were kept together. The owners of the letters are in chronological order according to the emigrating year of their correspondents.
Every collector of letters filled out a questionnaire for each writer. The questionnaire is at the beginning of the sender's letters. In the upper right corner of the questionnaire there is a code that includes the abbreviation of the town and the location of the sender.
Questionnaire used in collecting America letters:
- The owner of the letters (name and address)
- The writer of the letters (name and last address)
- The relationship between the owner and the writer
- When left for America
- Who were they visiting in America
- Why left
- Home town in Finland
- The occupation of the parents
- How large was the family of the parents of the emigrant
- Was the emigrant married when he left Finland
- Did the wife and children emigrate, too
- Did the emigrant get married in America
- What year
- The nationality of the spouse
- The occupation of the emigrant when emigrated
- Had the emigrant ever been working outside the home town before emigrating
- How did the emigrant go to America (route and vehicle)
- The first workplace in America
- What kind of work
- Where did the emigrant live the longest time in America
- What kind of work
- Other members of the group who emigrated at the same time: name, hometown, return to Finland
- The later life of the emigrant: did/did not return to Finland
- If applicable, why did the emigrant return
- Return route and vehicle
- Occupation after return
- The number of the letters (photos, diaries etc.) in the enclosed questionnaire envelope
- The owner donates the letters/loans them only for microfilming
- The collector of the letters (name and address)
- To be filled by the Institute of General History
Documents in this collection contain the following abbreviations for the names of the town or parish from an immigrant came:
- AHL = Ahlainen
- ALAS = Alastaro
- EURA = Eura
- E-KI = Eurajoki
- HIN = Hinnerjoki
- H-KI = Honkajoki
- H-TI = Honkilahti
- HUIT = Huittinen
- HAM = Hämeenkyrö
- IKA = Ikaalinen
- JAM = Jämijärvi
- KAN = Kankaanpää
- K-KU = Karkku
- KAR = Karvia
- KIH = Kihniö
- KIIK = Kiikka
- KNEN = Kiikoinen
- KOK = Kokemaki
- KUL = Kullaa
- KOY=Köyliö
- LAP = Lappi Tl.
- LAV = Lavia
- LOIM = Loimaa
- MEL = Mellilä
- MER = Merikarvia
- MET = Metsämaa
- MOU = Mouhijarvi
- NOOR = Noormarkku
- PAR = Parkano
- POM = Pomarkku
- PORI = City of Pori and rural parish of Pori
- PUN = Punkalaidun
- RAUM = Rauma: city and rural parish
- SIIK = Siikainen
- SUOD = Suodenniemi
- SAK = Säkylä
- TYRV = Tyrvää and Vammala
- VAMP = Vampula
16 microfilms
The Varsinais-Suomi Region immigrant letters consist thousands of letters written by Finnish emigrants from Varsinais-Suomi (Southwest Finland) region to their families and friends in Finland between 1880 and 1964. There are also post cards, diaries and passports in the collection. Many letters originate from the United States and Canada, but there are also others from South America, Australia, New Zealand and the Soviet Union. The Institute of General History collected the letters between February 1 and October 31, 1966. The collected letters were organized and microfilmed in the fall of 1966.
The collection was arranged by town (also known as parishes or municipalities). Within each town the letters of each recipient were kept together. The owners of the letters are in chronological order according to the emigrating year of their correspondents.
Every subseries of letters includes a questionnaire that was completed by the letter recipient. In the upper right corner of the questionnaire there is a code that includes the abbreviation of the town and the location of the sender.
The questionnaire for collecting these America letters contained the following questions:
- The owner of the letters (name and address)
- The writer of the letters (name and last address)
- The relationship between the owner and the writer
- When left for America
- Who were they visiting in America
- Why left
- Home town in Finland
- The occupation of the parents
- How large was the family of the parents of the emigrant
- Was the emigrant married when he left Finland
- Did the wife and children emigrate, too
- Did the emigrant get married in America
- What year
- The nationality of the spouse
- The occupation of the emigrant when emigrated
- Had the emigrant ever been working outside the home town before emigrating
- How did the emigrant go to America (route and vehicle)
- The first workplace in America
- What kind of work
- Where did the emigrant live the longest time in America
- What kind of work
- Other members of the group who emigrated at the same time: name, hometown, return to Finland
- The later life of the emigrant: did/did not return to Finland
- If applicable, why did the emigrant return
- Return route and vehicle
- Occupation after return
- The number of the letters (photos, diaries etc.) in the enclosed questionnaire envelope
- The owner donates the letters/loans them only for microfilming
- The collector of the letters (name and address)
- To be filled by the Institute of General History
Documents in this collection are identified with the following abbreviations indicating the name of the town or parish from which the immigrant came.
- ALAS = Alastaro
- AURA = Aura
- B-DÖ = Brändö Al.
- D-FJÄRD = Dragsfjärd
- HAL = Halikko
- HIIT = Hiittinen
- HOUTS = Houtskari
- JOK = Jokioinen
- K-KERTA = Kakskerta
- K-TI = Kalanti
- K-LA = Karjala Tl.
- K-NA = Karuna
- KEM = Kemiö
- K-KO = Kisko
- K-JOKI = Kodisjoki
- KORP = Korpoo
- K-KI = Koski-Tl.
- K-VI = Kustavi
- K-TO = Kuuisto
- KUUS = Kuusjoki
- L-LA = Laitila
- LEMU = Lemu
- L-TO = Lieto
- LOIM = Loimaa
- L-TI = Lokalahti
- MAAR = Maaria
- M-LA = Marttila
- M-KU = Masku
- MERI = Merimasku
- MIET = Mietoinen
- MUUR = Muurla
- M-KI = Mynämäki
- NAAN = Naantali
- ORIP = Oripää
- PAAT = Paattinen
- PAIM = Paimio
- PAR = Parkano
- PER = Perniö
- P-LI = Pertteli
- PYHÄ = Phyämää
- RÖY = Pöytyä
- RYM = Rymättylä
- S-VO = Sauvo
- S-RO = Somero
- SUOM = Suomasjärvi
- T-LO = Taivassalo
- T-JOKI = Tarvasjoki
- T-KU = Turku
- USK = Uskela
- VEH = Vehmaa
- VEL = Belkua
- VÄST = Västanfjärd
- Y-NE = Yläne
2 linear feet
The papers of John B. Trevor relate primarily to his association with the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies (beginning in 1929) and his association with Albert Johnson, chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of the US House of Representatives. The collection is an important resource for the study of various immigration restriction legislation in the 1920s.
25 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
The papers of Dr. John Tanton consist of materials documenting his work as a political and environmental activist from 1960 through the 2000s. The portion of the collection open without restriction is divided into the following series: Personal/Biographical; Population and Immigration Organizations and Issues; Conservation Organizations and Issues; Topical Files and Activities; Correspondence; Politics and Government; and Social Issues. The portion of the collection closed to research until 2035 includes the continuation of several series: Correspondence; Personal/Biographical; Population and Immigration Organizations and Issues; Conservation Organizations and Issues; and one new series, Public Interest Organizations and Issues.
100 microfilms
The Suomi College Finnish-American Collection is comprised of 100 reels of microfilm containing records from 151 separate organizations (68 of which are located in Michigan). These organizations are comprised of the following kinds of records:
- Church materials: 62 record groups (32 from Michigan)
- Labor societies: 9 record groups (0 from Michigan)
- Temperance materials: 61 record groups (26 from Michigan
Other organizations, including educational, relief, musical, athletic, national, historical societies, publishing companies, and some personal: 19 record groups (10 from Michigan)
Because the materials have been filmed in a random order, an index at the end of the container listing has been prepared to guide the researcher to specific kinds of records: church, temperance, etc.
36 linear feet (in 41 boxes) — 31 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder
The Sligh family collection consists of the personal and business papers of the four generations of Slighs mentioned in the biographical introduction: James W. Sligh, Charles R. Sligh, Charles R. Sligh, Jr., and Robert L. Sligh. Although there is some overlap, the files have been arranged into seven series, one for each of these three Slighs, one for the Sligh Furniture Company and related family businesses, and one each for Newspaper clippings and Scrapbooks, and Visual Materials.
Sligh Family Papers, 1842-2012
36 linear feet (in 41 boxes) — 31 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder
4 linear feet
The Menefee papers documents his professional career as a teacher and as a specialist in engineering mechanics. Following a single folder of Biographical Material, the collection divides into the following series: Correspondence, Speeches, Subject Files, and Photographs.
3 microfilms — 1 folder
The Lucas collection consists of manuscripts, pamphlets, maps, pictures, newspapers, and other materials dealing with the Dutch migration to America collected for his book Netherlanders in America.
14 linear feet
The C.C. Little papers document a wide range to topics, events, administrative actions, policy developments during Little's tenure as president of the University of Michigan. The collection contains mainly reports and replies to letters but very little incoming correspondence. However, the researcher may use these replies as clues to other collections in the library which contain the individual correspondent's papers.
The chronological ordering of the papers makes subject access somewhat difficult. To selective indexes of correspondents and subjects found in the papers provide some assistance in using the Little papers. The following discussion of the papers follows the structure of the subject index.
The growth of the university which had begun at the close of World War I continued to be felt during President Little's tenure. New buildings completed earlier were handling classroom and laboratory needs, so attention now turned to living accommodations and the athletic department's needs (Sec. II). The period of the 1920s was one of increased interest in theories of progressive education. President's Little's primary interest was in educational policy arising from such theories. Thus, academic and departmental proposals and reorganizations (Sec. III of the subject index) form a major part of his papers. He made fewer administrative changes (Sec. I of the subject index). The twenties are also remembered as a time of social ferment in the country and this was reflected in campus life, with more attention being paid to regulating student social mores and the use of alcohol and cars (see Secs. I and IV of the subject index).
Although President Little oversaw the reorganization of some administrative offices, his attention was mainly focused on educational policy, his primary interest. This is reflected in materials on admissions policy, freshman orientation, continuing education of alumni, and the re-organization of the university into two separate units.
A few months after President Little took office, the "Day Report", so named because Edmund Day, Dean of the School of Business Administration chaired the committee which drew it up, was completed. It was the result of an exhaustive study of athletics, physical education and recreation in the university and led to changes in the Board in Control of Athletics, development of women's and intramural athletics, and gave impetus to the financing and building of the stadium (opened in 1927).
President Little's concern with developing students of good moral character resulted in regulation of the use of cars and alcohol, thought to be related twin evils, and the initiation of planning for dormitories, where all students would live under university supervision.
The major building projects that came to fruition during the Little Administration were the Stadium and the Women's League Building. Construction work at the Law School and the School of Education represented on-going projects begun in earlier administrations, while plans for a natural science museum were just beginning to take shape.
During President Little's tenure, schools and departments established earlier continued to grow, while some projects, such as the Creative Arts Fellowship, were brought to a close. The financing and governance of the Lawyers' Club presented on-going difficulties. Compensation for and the role of "outside work" in Medicine, Engineering, and Education required continued attention. The university contributed to scientific research through the Hobbs Expedition to Greenland which also showed the value of the university's fledgling radio program in maintaining communication with such distant projects.
With the appointment of Samuel Trask Dana as Dean, the School of Forestry was established in the spring of 1927. At that time the state was faced with the problems of cutover lands and the collapse of the lumbering industry. In 1927 the School of Forestry provided leadership in dealing with these problems by sponsoring two conferences which brought together owners and operators in the lumbering industry, state officials, and forestry experts to consider solutions.
The School of Education continued its growth with the addition of an elementary school building. The completion of that building in 1929 enabled the School to provide K-12 education under the supervision of its faculty. Some attention was given also to providing pre-primary education, but nothing came of this during Little's tenure.
The university and its academic life did not escape the impact of the societal upheavals of the "roaring twenties". Perhaps more so at the University of Michigan because of President Little's active role in several of those issues, as is reflected in his correspondence. He was an officer in the American Eugenics Society, a vocal proponent of both population control and the "betterment of the human race", and also served as chairman of the Michigan chapter of the League of Nations Non-partisan Association.
25.5 linear feet — 9 oversize volumes
Although the record group does include some correspondence, the bulk of the records consist of minute books and financial ledgers, mainly from the 1880s up to 1920. Many of these are for lodges in Illinois and Washington State. In addition, there are published materials, such as temperance books, pamphlets, and issues of periodicals. The proceedings of annual meetings are from many more states and provide detailed information on the national importance of the organization. The photographs are mainly of various group meetings.
International Organization of Good Templars records, 1855-1970
25.5 linear feet — 9 oversize volumes