“‘Logging Was to Be Their Future:’ My Family, The Logging Industry, and the I.W.A. Archive”, by Kaden Walters

Since this is my first post on the blog, I think it is fitting that I should use this opportunity to briefly introduce myself and outline my personal connections to logging and the I.W.A. I am currently in my fourth year of the Bachelor of Arts Program at Vancouver Island University, of which I am

“Digging into History: IWA Ladies Auxiliary” by John Mountain, Vol. 2 No. 7 (July, 2020)

Deep Dig for July 2020IWA Ladies Auxiliary: Women Hone Valuable Leadership Skills – What a super find this month. It’s a couple of items that speak volumes about the important part that loggers and sawmillers wives, their mothers and/or their daughters played in union building and I want to share them with you. First up

“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

“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 loggers

“Digging into History: What Happened to Hillcrest Lumber?”, by John Mountain, Vol. 1 No. 8 (August, 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. What Happened to Hillcrest Lumber? – I was a twelve years old