Oral history interview with Andy and Hannah Johnson, Sept. 1968.

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Oral history interview with Andy and Hannah Johnson, Sept. 1968.

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Johnson worked as a farmer and a miner and became active in the Communist Party. He talks about living and working in northern Minnesota and his political activities. His wife Hannah is present and is included in the interview and toward the end of the interview his brother, Arne Johnson, is interviewed.

Sound recordings : 4 sound cassettes (90 min. each)Transcript : 76 p. ; 28 cm.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7642926

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Paull, Irene, 1908-1981

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Johnson, Andy, 1899-.

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Johnson, Hannah

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Probably a McLean County, Illinois, resident. From the description of Writing book, 1828 Jan. 18. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28514874 ...

Johnson, Arne.

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Arne Johnson (Jonassen) was born in Kingsberg, Norway, in 1896 and emigrated to Canada in ca. 1911-12. He began farming in Saskatchewan and moved to Nixon Camp near Chase, B.C., to become a logger. Johnson became a leading figure in B.C. Coast loggers' organizations by 1928 and was a major figure in the loggers' strike of 1934. During his work career, he was a member of the One Big Union-British Columbia Loggers' Union, Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,...