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Finnish pioneer of the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley; transcript of interview with Tauno Arvi Ahonen.
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  • Descriptive Summary
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  • Publication Rights
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Finnish pioneer of the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley; transcript of interview with Tauno Arvi Ahonen.
    Dates: 1979
    Collection Number: OH--Ahonen
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    Extent: 1 v. (iv, 33 l.: port. ; 29 cm.)
    Repository: Berkeley Historical Society
    Berkeley, California 94704
    Abstract: Transcript of interview with Ahonen and his involvement with cooperatives, August 1979.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.

    Preferred Citation

    Finnish pioneer of the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley; transcript of interview with Tauno Arvi Ahonen.. Berkeley Historical Society

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Ahonen's father and co-ops in Finland; emigration to California; association with Finnish Hall; formation of the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley and its expansion; political difference within the co-op and the decline in Finnish involvement.