Bulletin, Issue 26Michigan Historical Collections, University of Michigan, 1976 |
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Page 3 - The most important Finnish-populated areas in the United States were in the northern portions of the country. According to the Census of 1930, Michigan had more Finns than any other state (about 74,000 first and second generation). Other important "Finnish...
Page 3 - Finns came to the Copper Country of Michigan in the 1860s, imported by one of the large mining companies operating there. After the first Finns settled they encouraged their friends and relatives to come. Thus the Finn, who had never been a miner, became one in the United States. This was not only the case in Michigan but in other states as well, most notably Minnesota.
Page 5 - Collections at the University of Michigan and the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
Page 3 - This was not only the case in Michigan but in other states as well, most notably Minnesota. No other nationality, it has been said, ever dug so much iron from American soil. From the copper mines of Houghton and Keweenaw counties the Finnish population spread to other parts of the Upper Peninsula like the iron districts in Marquette County and along the Gogebic Range.
Page 23 - Finnish-American newspapers that were published in Michigan. There were many other newspapers issued by the Finns in Michigan, but so far they have not been microfilmed. The three Finnish newspapers in the collection so far (91 reels of microfilm) are Amerikan...
Page 2 - ... in the new land. Quite typical was the emigrant who told his relatives that he would come back as soon as "the pockets [were] full of money." Of the 350,000 Finns who went to "seek gold" in America, however, only about one-fifth returned permanently to the old country.
Page 2 - Quite typical was the emigrant who told his relatives that he would come back as soon as "the pockets [were] full of money." Of the 350,000 Finns who went to "seek gold" in America, however, only about one-fifth returned permanently to the old country. More than half of those...
Page 23 - ... most important ways to keep in touch with each other and with events in the mother country. Over the years the Finns published hundreds of newspapers and periodicals. In 1975 the Michigan Historical Collections was able to acquire from the Helsinki University Library copies of three Finnish-American newspapers that were published in Michigan.
Page 23 - Finland collected letters that the Finnish immigrants had sent to their relatives and friends in Finland. The letters were collected from two provinces in Finland, Satakunta and Varsinais-Suomi. Afterwards the letters were microfilmed and the Michigan Historical Collections purchased copies (41 reels) of them in 1974.
Page 1 - Many of the surplus rural residents moved from the farms to cities and towns within Finland; others chose to leave for America. That area known as "Emigration Finland...