Interviewer
Diann E. Wiesner
Files
Description
Ole Bodin describes immigrating from Sweden to the United States on a ship that sailed from Denmark to Halifax, Canada. He talks about traveling from there to Monroe, Washington where he found employment as a sawyer. Bodin describes the logging camps in which he worked and the process of taking down the trees. He recalls the beginning of the Great Depression which caused the logging camp to close. Bodin discusses unions like the IWW [International Workers of the World] and their attempts to push for better work conditions by organizing strikes. He also mentions traveling between Minnesota and Washington and looking for work at every stop.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Logging, Washington, Great Depression (1929-1939); Mining unions; International Workers of the World; Weyerhaeuser
Original Date
7-18-1978
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Ole Bodin Interviews Oral History Project, OH 041, 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 041-002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (25 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:28:12 minutes
Local Filename
OH_041_002.mp3; OH_041_002.pdf
Citation
Bodin, Ole, "Ole Bodin Interview, July 18, 1978" (1978). Ole Bodin Interviews Oral History Project. 2.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/olebodin_interviews/2