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United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters, Berkeley Lodge No. 21 records
BANC MSS 2018/192
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters, Berkeley Lodge No. 21 records,
Creator:
United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters. Berkeley Lodge No. 21
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2018/192
Physical Description:
15 linear feet
(12 cartons, 4 boxes, 3 oversize folders, 1 volume)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1902-2009
Language of Material:
English
, Finnish
.
Access Restrictions to Collection
Collection is open for research with the exception of the NITRATE NEGATIVES IN VOLUME 1, WHICH ARE CLOSED TO RESEARCHERS DUE
TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters, Berkeley Lodge No. 21 records were gifted to The Bancroft Library by Frederic
R. Mork in 2018.
Arranged at the folder level. Within each series arrangement is generally chronological.
United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters was founded to assist Finnish immigrants and their descendants in the Western United
States and Canada. The organization's lodges were located in various cities on the West Coast. This particular collection
mostly documents Berkeley Lodge No. 21, which was founded in 1911 as a mutual aid society for the East Bay's Finnish community,
though materials documenting other lodges and the Grand Lodge can also be found throughout. Prior to the founding of Lodge
No. 21 in 1911, some of its early members belonged to San Francisco Lodge No. 1, which was founded in 1882. After the 1906
San Francisco earthquake, many Finnish immigrants relocated across the Bay to Berkeley and Oakland. The Finnish Hall, the
building on Chestnut Street that provided a center of activity for the Lodge and for the larger Finnish community, was built
in 1932 on land donated by Berkeley Finnish-American manufacturer Walter Mork.
The Berkeley Lodge corresponded actively with the other lodges all around California and the northwest. Berkeley Lodge No.
21 hosted several clubs and organizations including the Kaleva Ski Club, an association that provided relief and care to the
sick in the community, a worker's educational club, a sewing club, and theater and choral groups, among others. This collection
was housed in the Finnish Hall before its transfer to The Bancroft Library in 2018.
[Identification of item], United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters, Berkeley Lodge No. 21 records, BANC MSS 2018/192, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Collection processed in 2018-2019 by Heini Ylärakkola with support from Lara Michels.
Collection consists of records and correspondence documenting the administration of United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters
Berkeley Lodge No. 21 and its relationship to the United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters Grand Lodge in Astoria, Oregon;
records of the Lodge's events and activities, including clubs, organizations, and theatrical/musical programs; records of
and copies of the Lodge's publications and other Finnish magazines and publications. Also included are a few scrapbooks documenting
a predecessor organization, United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters San Francisco Lodge No. 1.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Finnish Americans
Finnish Americans -- California
Finnish Americans -- Oregon
Finnish Americans -- Societies, etc.
Finnish Americans -- Social life and customs