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2014
Saturday, April 12th
8:00 AM

Exhibit: “Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-1914 Copper Strike”

Michigan Technological University Archives

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

8:00 AM - 12:00 AM

8:30 AM

Light Breakfast

Michigan Technological University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

9:00 AM

Welcome Notes

Susan Martin, Michigan Technological University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

9:30 AM

Father Dietz, the Catholic Church and the 1913 Michigan Copper Strike

John P. Beck, Michigan State University

Fisher 138

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Heikinpäivä in Hancock

Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin

Fisher 126

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Insiders and Outsiders in East Hancock: Finnish Domestic Workers in a Copper Country Suburb

Sarah Fayen Scarlett, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Fisher 127

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

9:50 AM

Our Lives, Our Thoughts and Our Allegiance: New Immigrants and American Industry in 1914

Thomas Mackaman, King's College - Wilkes Barre

Fisher 138

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM

10:00 AM

Toward a Better World: Finnish Utopian Communities since 1972

Teuvo Peltoniemi, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

Fisher 126

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

'Työmies?': Finnish Canadians in the Economy: A Historiographic Overview

Peter Krats, Western University

Fisher 127

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:10 AM

Company Houses Along the Picket Line

Erik Nordberg, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 138

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Q & A

Erik Nordberg, Michigan Technological University
Thomas Mackaman, King's College - Wilkes Barre
John P. Beck, Michigan State University

Fisher 138

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Q & A

Sarah Fayen Scarlett, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Peter Krats, Western University

Fisher 127

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Q & A

Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin
Teuvo Peltoniemi, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

Fisher 126

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Break

Michigan Technological University

Fisher Hall

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

An Anarchist Foreign Minister?: The Ideological Background of Rudolf Holsti

Pauli Heikkilä, University of Tartu, Estonia

Fisher 127

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Finnish Fighting Words: Printing the Työmies Translation Project

Daniel Schneider, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 126

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

The Role of Fraternal Organisation in Migration and Informal Labour Organisations in Mining Communities: Cornwall, the Keweenaw, and California Compared

Roger Burt, University of Exeter, Devon, UK

Fisher 138

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

11:20 AM

Challenging Folk Icons - Rewriting Woody and Santeri

Oren Tikkanen

Fisher 127

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Mainari, Farmari, Lumperjäkki, Piika : “Ethnic Identity” and Earning a Living in the Keweenaw and Nickel Belts to 1930

Peter Krats, Western University

Fisher 138

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Työmies and Pappi: A Critical Look at the Finnish Socialist Federation and the Suomi Synod in Early 20th Century Michigan

Gary Kaunonen, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 126

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

11:40 AM

Finnish Miners versus Ivy League Capitalists

Lynn Laitela

Fisher 127

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Teofilo Petriella : Marxist Revolutionary

Paul Lubotina, Middle Tennessee State University

Fisher 138

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

The Copper Country Strike of 1913-1914 in Finnish Newspapers

Jari Nikkola, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

Fisher 126

11:40 AM - 12:00 AM

12:00 PM

Q & A

Roger Burt, University of Exeter, Devon, UK
Peter Krats, Western University
Paul Lubotina, Middle Tennessee State University

Fisher 138

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Q & A

Daniel Schneider, Michigan Technological University
Gary Kaunonen, Michigan Technological University
Jari Nikkola, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

Fisher 126

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Q & A

Pauli Heikkilä, University of Tartu, Estonia
Oren Tikkanen
Lynn Laitela

Fisher 127

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

12:30 PM

Lunch

Michigan Technological University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

12:45 PM

Respectful Digging at Italian Hall

Timothy Scarlett, Michigan Technological University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Under the Crimson Flag: Fahle Burman's Two Trips to the Michigan Supreme Court

John Beck, Michigan State University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

2:00 PM

Federal Authority and the Development of Corporate Mining, 1807-1847

Patrick Allan Pospisek, Grand Valley State University

Fisher 138

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Lessons Learned from 'Hall of Socialism': Juxtaposing Finnish-American Radicalism with Today's Protest Movements

Tanja Aho, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York

Fisher 126

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Social and Political Issues and the Finnish Deportees from North America

Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku

Fisher 127

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

2:20 PM

“Beneath the Starry Flag”: the Flags and Songs of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike as Image-making in the American Labor Movement

Alice Margerum, community

Fisher 138

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

Finnish Americans and the Farm Revolt of the 1930s

William Pratt, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Fisher 127

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

Radical Verses: Aku Päiviö's Literary Influence on the Finnish Working-Class

A. Brooke Boulton, Northern Michigan University

Fisher 126

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

2:40 PM

Building the New Society in the Shell of the Old: Finnish-Canadian Hall Socialism and the Canadian Industrial Unionist Support League

Saku Pinta

Fisher 126

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Gender on the Range: Feminine Strategies in the 1913 Michigan Copper Strike

Shannon Rebecca Kirkwood, Central Michigan University

Fisher 138

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Unions to Die For

Richard Hudelson, University of Wisconsin - Superior

Fisher 127

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Q & A

Patrick Allan Pospisek, Grand Valley State University
Alice Margerum, community
Shannon Rebecca Kirkwood, Central Michigan University

Fisher 138

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Q & A

Tanja Aho, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York
A. Brooke Boulton, Northern Michigan University
Saku Pinta

Fisher 126

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Q & A

Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku
William Pratt, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Richard Hudelson, University of Wisconsin - Superior

Fisher 127

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM

Break

Michigan Technological University

Fisher Hall

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

A Balance Shifted: The Unionization of Michigan’s Lake Copper District, 1935-1955

Daniel Schneider, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 138

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Panel Discussion - Finns in the United States

Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku
Arnold Alanen
Peter Kivisto
Gary Kaunonen, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 127

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Panel Discussion - Local Finns in Illinois

Diane M. Rodgers, Northern Illinois University
Jessica Peterson, Northern Illinois University
Jill Sanderson, Northern Illinois University
Lucy Sosa, Northern Illinois University

Fisher 126

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

3:50 PM

Flash in the Pan: Cross-Class Cooperation in 1916 Iron Range Strike

Ryan Driskell Tate, Rutgers University

Fisher 138

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

4:10 PM

The Copper Strike of 1968-1969

Brendan Pelto, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 138

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM

Q & A

Daniel Schneider, Michigan Technological University
Ryan Driskell Tate, Rutgers University
Brendan Pelto, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 138

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

5:00 PM

Exhibits

Finnish American Heritage Center, Finlandia University

Finnish American Heritage Center

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

5:30 PM

Keynote Dinner

Finlandia University

Wiljanen Community Hall, Finnish American Heritage Center

5:30 PM

6:00 PM

Musical Performance

The 1913 Singers

Wiljanen Community Hall, Finnish American Heritage Center

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM

6:45 PM

Dinner is Served

Finlandia University

Wiljanen Community Hall, Finnish American Heritage Center

6:45 PM

7:45 PM

Keynote Speech, “Gardens in the Backyard, Barns along the Alley: Resident-based Food Production in Mining Communities of the Lake Superior Region”

Arnold Alanen

Wiljanen Community Hall, Finnish American Heritage Center

7:45 PM