Arthur SUNDBERG (b. 1899)
Residence: Potlatch
Occupation(s): Maintenance foreman and lead man in Potlatch mill for forty years
Family Origin: Came with parents from Wisconsin in 1909
Interviews
Arthur Sundberg Interview #1, 7/11/1975
- Topics:
- Potlatch as a company town: housing, store, script. Rowdy Midwest logging towns. Bad lumbercamp conditions. Company role in area devel opment. Immigrant labor. 7-11-75 2 hr 37p
- Duration:
- 2:05:37
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans clothing drinking fighting food immigrants lice logging camps lumberjacks neighbors stores women workers
- Locations:
- Potlatch
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Arthur Sundberg Interview #2, 7/18/1975
- Topics:
- Early working conditions in Potlatch mill. Attitudes towards foreign workers. Mill joking and sign language. Operation of mill equipment. 7-18-75 2.5 hr 49p
- Duration:
- 2:35:51
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Greek Americans Japanese Americans fighting food immigrants logging logging camps mess halls mills sign language timber winter workers world wars
- Locations:
- Potlatch
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Arthur Sundberg Interview #3, 7/25/1975
- Topics:
- Laird and Deary as general managers. Weyerhaeuser and rags-toriches theory; ambitions of young. Potlatch baseball. Mill products and car loading. Town whistles. 7-25-75 3 hr 57p
- Duration:
- 3:06:21
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- automobiles churches dances drinking fires foremen logging lumber mills politics workers working conditions
- Locations:
- Potlatch Spokane Lewiston
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Arthur Sundberg Interview #4, 8/1/1975
- Topics:
- Unionizing: IWW versus company; millworker gullibility; his involve ment. Worker aspirations. Foremen-crew relationships. Gyppoing. His work. 8-1-75 2.5 hr 45p
- Duration:
- 2:35:50
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- IWW mills sawmills foremen unions workers clothing gyppos lumber fires strikes smoking [working conditions]
- Locations:
- Potlatch
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Arthur Sundberg Interview #5, 8/7/1975
- Topics:
- Mill safety problems. Company management of town. Cooperation in the depression. Worker stagnation; character of Nob Hill. Power transmission in mill. 8-7-75 3 hr p
- Duration:
- 3:06:58
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- mills sawmills logging foremen alcohol Great Depression CCC poor drinking women neighbors lumber families dances accidents death
- Locations:
- Potlatch
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Arthur SUNDBERG (b. 1899)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/sundberg_arthur.html
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