Arne Johnson fonds. 1918-1967.

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Arne Johnson fonds. 1918-1967.

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The fonds consists of documents relating to his career in logging, including membership cards in various union organizations; correspondence with Myrtle Bergren relating to her book, Tough Timber, on the history of the loggers of British Columbia; union correspondence, and minutes of some union meetings including a meeting of October 3, 1948 in which a motion was passed to disaffiliate the membership from the International Woodworkers of America and form the Woodworkers Industrial Union of Canada.

6 cm of textual records.3 photographs.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781640

University of British Columbia Library

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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,...

Syndicat international des travailleurs du bois d'Amérique. Local 1-80

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Woodworkers' Industrial Union of Canada

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Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union

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Bergren, Myrtle, 1919-

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