Ahonen, Tauno Arvi. Finnish pioneer of the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley; transcript of an interview by Herbert Maccoby., 1979

Summary

Title:

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

Dates:

1979

Creators:

Maccoby, Herbert, interviewer

Abstract:

Extent:

1 v. (iv, 33 l.: port. ; 29 cm.)

Language:

Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Oral histories

Names:

Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid created by Berkeley Historical Society staff.

Date Prepared:

1979

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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

Location of this collection:

Berkeley Historical Society

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Berkeley, CA 94704, US

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