Interviewer
Orlan J. Svingen
Files
Description
Onnie Hamma recalls growing up in Milltown, Montana, as a first-generation immigrant from Finland. He describes working in the boxing plant for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company [ACM] before he went into the service during World War Two. Hamma and John “Jack” Leary discuss various aspects of the ACM, including wages, the strike of 1946, and the evolution of mining in the late ‘50s, with the construction of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana. Hamma also explains immigrant culture from mainly Scandinavian countries in Milltown and Bonner. Both Leary and Hamma describe the changes in log and lumber transportation during the 1950s and ‘60s from railroad transportation to trucking.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Anaconda Company; Anaconda Copper Mining Company [ACM]; Champion International Corporation; Butte, Montana; Milltown, Montana; Bonner, Montana; Atlantic Richfield Company [ARCO]; Box plant; Molding plant; World War, 1939-1945; War industry; Berkeley Pit; Butte mining; Deep mines; Western Lumber Company; Immigration, Montana; Canadian immigrants, Montana; Scandinavian immigrants, Montana; Lumber industry, wages; Labor strikes; Labor unions; Logging; Northern Pacific Railroad; Milwaukee Railroad; Art Koch
Original Date
5-7-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Champion International Corporation Centennial Oral History Project, OH 119, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 119-004b, 005
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (60 min. each): analog + 1 transcript (41 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:31:46 minutes
Local Filename
OH_119_004b_005.mp3; OH_119_004b_005.pdf
Citation
Leary, John F. and Hamma, Onnie, "John F. "Jack" Leary and Onnie Hamma Interview, May 7, 1984" (1984). Champion International Corporation Centennial Oral History Project. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/championinternational_oralhistory/4