I’ve stayed home for all of April, and therefore haven’t had access to the IWA archive. This blog post is created out of media accounts of events, which I can access online. Since the IWA was directly involved in the planning and execution of two of the three blockades narrated here, it’s possible that theContinue reading “The Loggers Strike Back! Three Times Forestry Workers Blockaded Environmentalists, by Henry John”
Category Archives: Environmentalism
When a Woodworkers’ Union was at the Cutting Edge of Environmentalism, by Henry John
This blog post is based on findings discovered in the records of the International Woodworkers of America Local 1-217’s Vancouver office, currently housed in the Kaatza Station Museum’s IWA Archive in Lake Cowichan. For more information on this archive, follow this link or email hrljohn89@gmail.com. There was a day when forestry workers and environmentalists walkedContinue reading “When a Woodworkers’ Union was at the Cutting Edge of Environmentalism, by Henry John”
“Arrival: My Introduction to the IWA Collection” by Henry John, February 2020
This is my first post of what we hope will become a collaborative public history blog, issued every month by myself, Henry John, and my partner in dusty archival happenings, former IWA Job Evaluator & Technical Advisor John Mountain. We are both currently wrestling with the sorting, arranging, and eventually describing of a vast 150-plusContinue reading ““Arrival: My Introduction to the IWA Collection” by Henry John, February 2020″
“Digging into History: The Early Loggers”, by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 10 (October, 2019)
These first few blog posts are backdated issues of John Mountain’s historical newsletter “Digging into History”. As of March 2020, John had been working on sorting the collection for over a year and a half, publishing a newsletter every month detailing his findings. The Early Loggers – Myrtle Bergren wrote about Lake Cowichan’s early loggersContinue reading ““Digging into History: The Early Loggers”, by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 10 (October, 2019)”
Introducing the IWA Collection
This blog is a collaborative effort, produced by Henry John and John Mountain as together they arrange the massive collection of International Woodworkers of America collection housed at the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives. Using this blog we will publicize updates on our progress, and will also write historical posts on important topics referenced inContinue reading “Introducing the IWA Collection”
The International Woodworkers of America Archive 