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Arne Johnson fonds
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Arne Johnson fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1662
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1970

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, <em>Tough Timber</em>, 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 (IWA) and form the Woodworkers Industrial Union of Canada.

The records in the first accrual reflect Johnson’s activities both as a leader in the The Lumber Worker’s Industrial Union (LWIU) during the first half of the 1930s and his later activities as part of the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers’ Union (LSWU) and IWA from 1937 to 1963. Included in the LWIU period are detailed financial and membership account books as well as meeting minutes and correspondence relating to the 1934 strike. This accrual contains the following series: Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union series, Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union financial records series, Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union (Local 1-7 1) series, Photograph series, Workers’ Unity League series, and Personal records series.

The second accrual consists of records related to Arne Johnson’s activities as a logger and trade unionist. There are two series: Union activities series and Historical controversies series.

The third accrual consists of two files added to the Personal records series: one file contains a variety of personal documents, including Johnson’s birth certificate, marriage certificate, transportation records, and correspondence; one is a notebook consisting mostly of newspaper clippings.

Johnson, Arne

Personal documents

File contains a variety of personal documents, including Johnson’s birth certificate,
marriage certificate, transportation records, and correspondence.

<em>The Fisherman</em> article controversy

-Includes newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to an article which appeared in <em>The Fisherman</em> in July of 1962.
-Incoming letter from: “Operator 212”, July 21st, 1962.
-Incoming letter from: George North, Managing Editor, <em>The Fisherman</em>, July 19th, 1963.

<em>Tough Timber</em> controversy

-Contains correspondence and a number of drafts a document created by Johnson relating to the historical controversies contained in <em>Tough Timber</em>.
-Incoming letter, from: [HP?], Thursday, Feb 9th, 1967.
-Incoming letter, from: “Al”, Dec. 17, 1966.
-Hand-written draft of Johnson’s document responding to <em>Tough Timber</em>.
-Hand-written draft of Johnson’s document responding to <em>Tough Timber</em>.
Hand-written draft of Johnson’s document responding to <em>Tough Timber</em>.
Incoming letter, from: British Columbia Medical Services Association, September 4, 1957.
-Outgoing letter, to: Clay Perry, July 8th 2001.
-Outgoing letter, to: Clay Perry, June 2, 2001.

Photograph series

Series consists of 3 unidentified photographs, 2 photographs depicting IWA conferences in the mid-1940s. Also contains photographs of Johnson with his relatives and friends during the 1960s.

Historical controversies

Series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and an extensive personal note relating to two historical controversial published histories of the ILWU’s activities in the 1930s. One of these publications was the 1966 book Tough Timber written by Myrtle Bergren. The other controversy involves a 1962 article published in The Fisherman, the United Fisherman and Allied Worker Union’s newspaper.

Correspondence : outgoing

Bergren, Myrtle and Hjalmar Aug. 14, 1963
Nine letters relating to the publication of Tough Timber and His recollections of past historical events.
Sept. 19, 1963
Aug. 31, 1965
June 19, 1965
Oct. 23, 1965
Dec. 1, 1965
Jan. 3, 1967
Comments n.d.
[typescript] critical comments on the book, Tough Timber. n.d.
Fisherman, The Editor July 17, 1963

Notebook

Notebook consists mostly of newspaper clippings.

1934 strike materials

-“Memorandum of proceedings” for negotiations between the union and the various lumber employers. March 8th, 1934.
-Personal note made by Johnson calculating the pay scale for workers after the strike.
-Record entitled “Wage Scale Before the Strike of 1934.”

Correspondence

-Incoming letter, from: John Ferguson, Oct. 8th 1934.
-Incoming NSF cheque, from: The Royal Bank of Canada, Nov. 5th 1935.

Personal records

Contains records related to Johnson’s personal finances and his political activities outside of his trade union activism.

Printed material

Leaflet, “I.W.A.; Union Launches Lawsuits Against Blubber Bay Officials.” n.d.
Pamphlet, The International Woodworker’s of America Publication #2, IWA n.d.
Sheet, Proposed Amendments to I.W.A. constitution n.d.
Booklet, Accident Prevention Regulations for Logging. n.d.
Vancouver: Workmen’s Compensation Board 1945
Clippings, (2) Soviet Russia and the Press n.d.
Differences between the Communists and Social Democratic Methods n.d.

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