UBC AtoM

-“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.”

"Carl Palmgren’s Report to Hdqtrs in Black Account Book Explains 'V' system of notation."

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-02
File
[1934]

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Carl Palmgren’s correspondence with LWIU head office and various records from the Sixth Annual Convention of the Lumber Worker’s Industrial Union of Canada BC District and a transcript of a Radio Speech regarding the 1934 strike.

"To File with Mystery Brown us"

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-03
File
1934

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

December 22 (1934) Telegram attached to a flyer entitled “$20 for 50 cents.

LWIU membership accounts books, other accounts books and notebooks

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-06
File
[1932-1934]

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Accounts book, April 1931-Jan 1932.
Membership book, nd. [contains names of members[?] from various logging camps.]
Address book, nd.
Notebook, nd.
Membership accounts book, nd [1933-1934?]
Membership accounts book, nd [1 933-1934?]

Union Paraphernalia

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-03
File
1934

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Includes annotated union cards and one photograph (BC-1974/8) depicting the 1934 strike.

"1935 Worker’s Unity League Disbands, United Front Begins."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-04
File
Nov 1935

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Annotated draft Report of Executive Council to the Delegates of the 3 National Congress of the Worker’s Unity League of Canada.

Correspondence

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-02
File
1934-1935

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

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

Membership book, United Brotherhood of Carpenters And Joiners of America (2)

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-18
File
1936

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union (LWIU) financial records

Series
1932-1936

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Contains records relating to the financial activities of the LWIU. These include membership account ledgers and cash books describing financial transaction undertaken by the union between 1932 and 1936.

Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union (LWIU)

Series
1932-1936

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Contains records relating to the functions of the LWIU including correspondence, meeting minutes and convention documents. Also includes records relating to the preparations for and planning during the 1934 strike and the registration license for the LWIU’s vessel, the Laur-Wayne.

Workers’ Unity League

Series
1932-1936

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Contains publications and records related to Johnson’s activities in the union federation the Worker’s Unity League. This includes an annotated draft report of the executive committee’s decision to disband the organization.

Certificate of registration and application for direct relief

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-21
File
1938

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

<u>Briitsh Columbia Worker</u> receipt

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-22
File
1938

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Minutes of a meeting of the International Woodworkers of America, local 71; of America, local 71. July 2-3, 1938 Minutes of an I.W.A., local 71 meeting

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-01
File
July 2-3, 1938

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Credential card issued by the Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-19
File
July 1 and July 31, 1938

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Membership card of the Unemployed Woodworkers’ Section Of the I.W.A.

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-20
File
1938-1939

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"Minutes Local 71, Dec 28/ 1938. Membership from 926 in Sept 1939 to 404 one yr later."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-13
File
1938-1939

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Notebook

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-08
File
[ca. 1920-1939]

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Notebook consists mostly of newspaper clippings.

"Statement (Report?) for Convention(?) 1937-1939."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-20
File
1937-1939

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Union activities

Series
1930-1939

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Series consists of correspondence, minutes, union cards and ephemera from Johnson’s period as an elected representative for the ILWU. Includes items related to the 1934 woodworkers strike which was successful in achieving significant wage and benefits gains for ILWU members.

"Nov 1943 Convention Call, Financial Reports. Etc"

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-10
File
Nov 1943

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Records relating to the 1943 IWA Convention Call.

"Minutes, Local 1-71 Semi-Annual General, July 2/43, Minutes Exec July 1/43."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-12
File
July 1943

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"International Woodworkers of America, 8th International Convention, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Oct 24th-Oct 28th, 1944."

RBSC-ARC-1662-BC-1974/7
Item
Oct 1944

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"District Council 43-44."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-19
File
1943-1944

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Printed material

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-34
File
1945, n.d.

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

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.

Printed material

Series
1945, n.d.

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Series consists of a leaflet relating to the Blubber Bay strike, 2 I.W.A. publications, a Workmen’s Compensation Board publication and two clippings relating to Soviet Russia.

"Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 1-71 of the IWA"

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-07
File
1937-1946

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Correspondence, financial documents, meeting minutes and other records relating to Local 1-71 from 1937-1946.
Includes records related to Arne Johnson’s 1937 arrest while conducting union activities in a logging camp.

"IWA District Number 1, Wages and Contracts Conference Vancouver BC, March 1947."