UBC AtoM

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

RBSC-ARC-1662-BC-1974/8
Item
Mar 1947

"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

Notebook

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

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Notebook consists mostly of newspaper clippings.

Personal documents

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-07
File
1896-1953

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

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

Tough Timber controversy

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-06
File
1957, 1966, 1967, 2001

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

-Contains correspondence and a number of drafts a document created by Johnson relating to the historical controversies contained in Tough Timber.
-Incoming letter, from: [HP?], Thursday, Feb 9th, 1967.
-Incoming letter, from: “Al”, Dec. 17, 1966.
-Hand-written draft of Johnson’s document responding to Tough Timber.
-Hand-written draft of Johnson’s document responding to Tough Timber.
Hand-written draft of Johnson’s document responding to Tough Timber.
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.

Tough Timber controversy

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-05
File
1965-1967

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

-Contains correspondence and extended personal notations by Johnson relating to the historical controversies contained in Tough Timber.
-Incoming letter, from: Myrtle and Hjalmer Bergren, May 31, 1966.
-Incoming letter, from: Myrtle Bergren, Sept 5th 1996.
-Incoming letter, from Myrtle Bergren, June 15, 1965.
-Incoming letter, from: Myrtle Bergren, Jan. 19, 1967.
-Incoming letter, from: Myrtle Bergren, Oct. 1965.
-Incoming letter, from: Myrtle Bergren, Jan. 3, 1967.

The Fisherman article controversy

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-04
File
1962-1963

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

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

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.

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.

1934 strike materials

RBSC-ARC-1662-4-01
File
1934

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

-“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.”

Inventory of Progress Books from January-February 1963.

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-22
File
Jan 1963-Feb 1963

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Resolution of the 6th Convention of the L.W.I.U on the Situation and Tasks of the B.C District.

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-21
File

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

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

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

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"District Council 43-44."

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

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

“BC Lumber Worker Nov 22/48”

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-18
File
Nov 1948

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"1959 Statement of Soviet Union of ‘Threat of War."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-17
File
1959

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"Laur-Wayne Registration: Owned by Robert Kenneth Lusk Sept 19/34."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-16
File
Sep 1934

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Alaska Pine, magazine

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-15
File

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Draft of Proposed Bill Re Right of Employees to Organize

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-14
File

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

"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

"Copy of 'Chunking Out', By-Laws, Financial Reports, Call for 2nd Semi Annual, 1943, etc."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-11
File
1940's

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Minutes of District Council meetings from the 1940's.

"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.

Two editions of the Lumber Worker

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-09
File
1933

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"Jan 7/33 LWIU District Convention."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-08
File
Jan 1933

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"Preparing for 1934: Nov 16th/1933-Dec 16th/1933 L,Ws, pre-strike wage scale, instructions from hdqtrs to camp pre-strike."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-07
File
Nov 1933-Dec 1933

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Records relating to preparations for the 1934 LWIU strike.

"1932 Fraser Mills Alderman Douglas."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-06
File
ca. 1932

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Correspondence from company and among union members related to working conditions and wages at Fraser Mills ca. 1932.

"Loan to purchase car for trading finance out/1933 to Trygue Gunnerud. Payment record, a 1929 Ford, Car Insurance from Calen Falls insurance company. A John Doe Life Insurance Contract. Financing: They Made a down Payment..."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-05
File
1929, 1933

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"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.

"One Bowl of Rice, Support for Chinese."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-03
File

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Published program.

"Xmas card to AJ from Chris Valley with photos of men behind Hammer and Sickle."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-02
File

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"Alaska Pine Pension Certificate of A.J."

RBSC-ARC-1662-3-01
File
1952

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Johnson’s certificate of membership for Alaska Pine Pension Plan 1952.

"Music Taste, learning Latin, Little Blue Book."

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-09
File
1960's

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Photographs of Arne Johnson with friends and family predominantly from the 1960's.

Correspondence and newspaper clippings related to an article that appeared in Labour Truth that discussing Johnson’s role in the LSWU decision not to affiliate to the CIO

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-08
File

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"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.

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?]

LWIU membership accounts book for [1931?]

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-05
File
[1931?]

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

LWIU membership accounts book

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-04
File
1932-1933

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

"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.

"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.

1932, LWIU Accounts

RBSC-ARC-1662-2-01
File
[April 1932-June 1932]

Part of Arne Johnson fonds

Cash book

Unidentified

RBSC-ARC-1662-1-35
File
n.d.

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.

Receipt books, (3)