Woodworkers in Rain City: The Records of I.W.A. Local Union 1-217, by Henry John

The records of the I.W.A. Local Union 1-217 (Vancouver) have now been arranged and intellectual control has been asserted over them through the creation of a Finding Aid. Although the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives do not currently have provisions in place to host researchers, if you would like to view the Finding Aid and

“Digging Into History: The Loggers Navy” by John Mountain, Vol. 2 No. 6

The Logger’s Navy: An Essential Tool for Servicing Members – This month, I want to share with you something that I dug out of the bottom of an archive box – operating log books from the Logger’s Navy from the years 1955 to 1957. The Logger’s Navy was a boat that was used by Local

The Loggers Strike Back! Three Times Forestry Workers Blockaded Environmentalists, by Henry John

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 the

“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-plus