Finnish pioneer of the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley; transcript of interview with Tauno Arvi Ahonen.
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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
The collection is open for research.
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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.