ihrcsaima Inventory of the Saima Workers' Society Records, 1914-1964. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, April 16, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries May 21, 2004

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonMay 21, 2004 English Saima Workers' Society (Fitchburg, Mass.). Saima Workers' Society Records, 1914-1964 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 3 microfilm reels. FIN In Finnish. Biographical/Historical Note

The Saima Workers' Society of Fitchburg, Mass. was founded in 1894 as a Finnish workers' organization. In 1905, it joined the Socialist Party, thus making it the oldest Finnish Socialist chapter in the United States. In 1906, it joined the Finnish Socialist Federation, and by 1924-1925 was the largest such chapter in the country, with over five hundred members. The Saima became a chapter of the Finnish American League for Democracy in 1940. In 1946, second generation Finns organized the Finnish American Club of Saima to carry on the activities of the original organization.

Scope and Content

Records (1914-1964) of the Saima Workers' Society (Fitchburg, Minn.) include proceedings; board of directors minutes (1916-1918); correspondence; economic committee reports; and property inventories (1919).

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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.

Saima Workers' Society (Fitchburg, Mass.).Socialist Party (U.S.). Finnish Federation.Finnish American League for Democracy.Finnish American Club of Saima (Fitchburg, Mass.). Corporate minutes. Finnish Americans--Massachusetts--Fitchburg--Societies, etc.Finnish American Socialists.Finnish Americans--Massachusetts--Fitchburg--Political activity.Finnish American theater.Ethnic theater.Finnish Americans--Music.