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

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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

Creator/Collector:

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.