PERSON

Arthur Sundberg Item Info

Born 1899
Interviewers Sam Schrager
Locations Mentioned
Origin Came with parents from Wisconsin in 1909
Residence Potlatch

Interviews

Arthur Sundberg Interview #1, 7/11/1975

July 11, 1975
2:05:37
Sam Schrager

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...

clothing drinking fighting food +9

Arthur Sundberg Interview #2, 7/18/1975

July 18, 1975
2:35:51
Sam Schrager

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

Japanese Americans fighting food immigrants +10

Arthur Sundberg Interview #3, 7/25/1975

July 25, 1975
3:06:21
Sam Schrager

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...

churches dances drinking fires +8

Arthur Sundberg Interview #4, 8/1/1975

August 01, 1975
2:35:50
Sam Schrager

Unionizing: IWW versus company; millworker gullibility; his involve ment. Worker aspirations. Foremen-crew relationships. Gyppoing. His work. 8-1-75 2.5 hr 45p

[working conditions] clothing fires foremen +9

Arthur Sundberg Interview #5, 8/7/1975

August 07, 1975
3:06:58
Sam Schrager

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...

CCC Great Depression accidents alcohol +12

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