ihrcpohjan Inventory of the Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society Records, 1886-1925. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, April 17, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries May 7, 2004

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonMay 7, 2004 English Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society (Soudan, Minn.). Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society Records, 1886-1925 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 1 microfilm reel. FIN In Finnish. Biographical/Historical Note

The Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society was the first Finnish temperance society in Minnesota. It originally belonged to the Independent Order of Good Templars. In 1888, the Pohjan Leimu and four other lodges resigned from the Good Templars and formed the National Finnish Temperance Brotherhood in America, the first all-Finnish temperance organization in the United States.

Scope and Content

Records (1886-1925) of the Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society (Soudan, Minn.) consist of correspondence and minutes.

No inventory available.

Index Terms

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.

Pohjan Leimu Temperance Society (Soudan, Minn).National Finnish Temperance Brotherhood in America.International Order of Good Templars. Finnish Americans--Minnesota.Temperance--Societies, etc.Temperance--Societies, etc.--Minnesota.