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<titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Inventory of the America Letters, Etelä-Pohjanmaa Collection, 1890-1960.</titleproper>
<author encodinganalog="Contributor">Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, March 24, 1987</author>
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<publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">University of Minnesota Libraries
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<date encodinganalog="Date">May 7, 2004</date>
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<addressline>Minneapolis, MN 55455</addressline>
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<corpname encodinganalog="110">America Letters: Etelä-Pohjanmaa (Finland), 1890-1960.</corpname>
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<unittitle encodinganalog="245$a" label="Title: ">America Letters, Etelä-Pohjanmaa Collection,</unittitle>
<unitdate encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" label="Dates: " normal="1890/1960">1890-1960</unitdate>
<repository encodinganalog="852$a" label="Repository: ">University of Minnesota Libraries. <subarea>Immigration History Research Center [ihrc]</subarea></repository>
<physdesc><extent encodinganalog="300" label="Quantity: ">16 microfilm reels.</extent></physdesc>
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<language encodinganalog="041" langcode="fin">Mainly in Finnish.</language></langmaterial></did>
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<head>Organization/Arrangement: </head>
<p>Arranged alphabetically by town.</p>
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<head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>The America Letters (1890-1960), Etelä-Pohjanmaa (Finland), collection consists of 4,000 letters sent by Finnish immigrants in Canada and the United States to friends and relatives in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa area of Finland.</p>
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<p>Inventory available.</p>
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<p>Two related collections at IHRC: America Letters, Varsinais Suomi (Finland), 1885-1960 and America Letters, Satakunta (Finland), 1880-1964.</p>
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<p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. </p>
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<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Finnish Americans--Personal narratives--1890-1960.</subject><subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Finns--Canada--Personal narratives--1890-1960.</subject>
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