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Albert Edelfelt’s Archive Materials
collection of letters written by Albert Edelfelt to his mother Alexandra Edelfelt, openly accessible
Archive collection of publications of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
archival collection of books and manuscripts published by the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland since 1886
Archives of the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University
archive documenting the activities and administration of the Royal Academy of Turku (1640–1828) and the Imperial Alexander University
C. L. Engel’s Collection of Letters and Drawings
collection of Carl Ludvig Engel’s letters and drawings
Collection of archived publications of the Finnish Literature Society (1834–)
collection of about 100 shelf metres documenting the role of the Finnish language and literature in nation-building and literary culture over nearly 200 years
Edvard Westermarck’s archives
collection of Edvard Westermarck’s studies, letters and notes
Fragmenta membranea Collection
collection of parchment fragments with medieval texts preserved at the University of Helsinki Library
Gadolin’s Library
collection of about 3,400 works from three generations of professors Gadolin, preserved at Åbo Akademi
Gustaf Erikson Shipping Company archives in the Åland Islands from the era of the last Windjammers in global trade 1913-1949
Memory of the World international register inscription, added 2023
Helsinki Workers’ Association archives
material deposited in the Labour Archives illustrating the development of the Finnish labour movement, culture and society from the 1880s to the 2000s
Jean Sibelius’ musical manuscript archives
collection of Jean Sibelius’s sketches, scores and correspondence preserved at the National Library
✨ Pro Finlandia cultural petition 1899
1899 petition by the Finnish people to Nicholas II of Russia
Suomen äänitearkisto’s collection of 78 rpm records
collection of Finnish 78-rpm records that documents the musical culture of the early 20th century
✨ Tape Archive of the Finnish Language
world’s largest audio collection of Finnish speech, containing recordings of dialects and language varieties from the 20th century onwards
The Archives of the Economic Society of Finland (1797–1917)
collection preserved at Åbo Akademi documenting the development of agriculture and society in Finland in the 18th–19th centuries
The Folklore Genre Card Index of the Finnish Literature Society
collection of about three million archive cards classifying the genres, themes, places of origin and collectors of oral folk poetry
The Monrepos Library
collection representing 18th-century Enlightenment culture, compiled by Ludwig and Paul von Nicolay, transferred to the University of Helsinki Library in 1916
The Star Collection
collection of more than 60 000 poems from the oral tradition, collected by Elias Lönnrot and others in the 19th century
The Talvadas / Dálvadas Collection of the Sámi Folklore Research Project
world’s largest audio collection of Sámi tradition, recorded in Lauri Honko’s research project in the 1960s–70s
✨ The accounts of the bailiffs
collection of bailiffs’ accounts from 1537–1634 documenting taxation and administration in Sweden and Finland
The archival materials and collections of the Finland-Swedish literary modernists
collection of manuscripts, letters and archival materials from Finland-Swedish modernist writers
The oldest folkloristic, ethnographic and linguistic collections from 1874–1939 in the archives of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
collection of the earliest folkloristic, ethnographic and linguistic materials gathered between 1874 and 1939
Vasa Svenska Lyceum Library, including the Oskar Rancken Collection
Vasa Svenska Lyceum Library, including Oskar Rancken’s collection of more than 4,000 works
XV Olympia Helsinki 1952 Archives
archive containing documents and materials on the organization of the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki
Zacharias Topelius archive materials
collection of Zacharias Topelius’s lectures, textbooks, poems, fairy tales and novels
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