- 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.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
File contains a variety of personal documents, including Johnson’s birth certificate,
marriage certificate, transportation records, and correspondence.
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
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Series consists of documents relating to his work and union activities such as membership books, receipts, and credentials.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Ticket stubs, Adams River Lumber Co. Ltd., (2)
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Notebook consists mostly of newspaper clippings.
Receipt from C.K. Tanabe, watch maker and jeweller
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
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.
Unemployment registration card
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
LWIU membership accounts book for [1931?]
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union (LWIU) financial records
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.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Cash book
LWIU membership accounts books, other accounts books and notebooks
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?]
Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union (LWIU)
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.
"1932 Fraser Mills Alderman Douglas."
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Correspondence from company and among union members related to working conditions and wages at Fraser Mills ca. 1932.
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.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Two editions of the Lumber Worker
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Series consists of two address and appointment books written by Arne Johnson.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Records relating to preparations for the 1934 LWIU strike.
"Jan 7/33 LWIU District Convention."
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
"Laur-Wayne Registration: Owned by Robert Kenneth Lusk Sept 19/34."
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
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.”
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.
"Carl Palmgren’s Report to Hdqtrs in Black Account Book Explains 'V' system of notation."
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"
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
December 22 (1934) Telegram attached to a flyer entitled “$20 for 50 cents.
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."
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.
Membership book, United Brotherhood of Carpenters And Joiners of America (2)
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
MacKewich, Harry Dec. 8, 1958
Sointula Co-operative Store Jan. 22, 1937
Unidentified [1965]
"Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 1-71 of the IWA"
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.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to his activities as a member of logging unions, 1937-38, and his input and opinions on Myrtle Bergren’s book, <u>Tough Timber</u>, on the history of the loggers of British Columbia, 1963-67.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union (IWA Local 1-71)
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Contains correspondence, meeting minutes and convention documents related to the LSWU including the merger of the union with the IWA. Also includes documents related Johnson’s activities within the LSWU including his arrest in 1937.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union, Local No. 2783.
June 11, 1937
June 25, 1937
July 23, 1937
Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union, Local No. 71.
Aug. 26, 1937
Jan. 21, 1938
April 22, 1938
April 25, 1938
"Statement (Report?) for Convention(?) 1937-1939."
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Membership card of the Unemployed Woodworkers’ Section Of the I.W.A.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Certificate of registration and application for direct relief
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
<u>Briitsh Columbia Worker</u> receipt
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
"Minutes Local 71, Dec 28/ 1938. Membership from 926 in Sept 1939 to 404 one yr later."
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Series consists of minutes of 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.
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Credential card issued by the Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
"Copy of 'Chunking Out', By-Laws, Financial Reports, Call for 2nd Semi Annual, 1943, etc."
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Minutes of District Council meetings from the 1940's.
"Nov 1943 Convention Call, Financial Reports. Etc"
Part of Arne Johnson fonds
Records relating to the 1943 IWA Convention Call.