2.Finns in Spencer/Van Etten
Map of Spencer from 1941 with landowner’s names, made by high school students.
One page scanned. From Jean Alve’s book Looking Back II
Page 10
Mackie, Lydia Ahola (ca 1979) The Spencer Finns.
Talk given at a Spencer Historical Society meeting as well as at a Finger Lakes Finns meeting. The manuscript was published under the sponsorship of the Spencer Historical Society.
Långstedt, Rainer (2015). Finns in Spencer and Van Etten. In Finnish-Americans in War and Peace (pp. 7-11). Helsinki:St. Magnus Press.
Långstedt, Rainer (2015). William and Grace Wendela. In Finnish-Americans in War and Peace (pp. 153-155). Helsinki:St. Magnus Press.
Alve, Jean (1978) Verna Alve Starr Arriving at Ellis Island. Interview recorded and transcribed by Jean Alve. From Spencer Historical Society files.
Crumtown in 1921. Spencer Needle, July 28,1921 issue. Author unknown.
Alve, Jean. Crumtown / Finntown. Compiled by Jean Alve from the weekly Spencer Needle over many years. Jean Alve assumed that most of the material was written by Elizabeth Ahola, a school teacher, whose untimely death in a traffic accident is included at the end of the articles. Spencer Needle. (pp. 1-4) Assembled by Jean Alve in Looking Back I. Date 12-30-1995 Pages 202-205 scanned.