Register of the Finnish subject collection

Finding aid prepared by Olga Dunlop

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Finnish subject collection

Date (inclusive): 1900-1995

Collection Number: XX753

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Mainly in Finnish

Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes, memorabilia (2.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Trial transcripts, maps, pamphlets, and bulletins, relating to the Finnish independence movement before World War I, and to the trial of former Finnish government leaders accused of responsibility for Finnish participation in World War II. Includes a flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Finnish subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Finland -- History

World War, 1939-1945 -- Finland

Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940

Finland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements

War crime trials

Finland

SUBJECT FILE

Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous material related to Finnish history, including Russification, Finnish independence movement and the Finnish War Guilt Trials of 1945-1946.

History

box 1, folder 1-4

Russification program and Finnish independence movement. Includes maps, pamphlets, and bulletins 1809-1917.

box 1, folder 5

Letter from the leader of the Finnish Socialist Party Tokoo to American socialists in New York, 27 September 1918. Clipping 1917-1918.

Finnish War Guilt Trials, 1945-1946. Transcript of the proceedings. Typescript 1939-

box 1, folder 6-7

Files 1-2

box 2, folder 1-6

Files 3-8

box 3, folder 1-6

Files 9-14

box 4, folder 1-6

Files 15-20

box 5, folder 1-6

Finnish postcards of the Russo-Finnish War 1940-1944

Scope and Contents

many with correspondence on the back

MEMORABILIA undated

Scope and Contents note

Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland.

memorabilia_cabinet

Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland.