Axel ANDERSON (b. 1886 )
Residence: Bovill; Elk River
Occupation(s): Assistant logging superintendent; camp foreman; employed by Potlatch Lumber Company for 44 years
Family Origin: Arrived in 1907, two years after emigrating from Sweden
Interviews
Axel Anderson Interview #1, 7/23/1974
- Topics:
- First experiences in America. Beginning work for Potlatch. Preparing Elk River millsite and townsite (1909). Foreman for 350 men. Severe flooding of St.Joe River (1933). 7-23-74 2.5 hr 58p SS&LS
- Duration:
- 2:30:36
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager; Laura Schrager
- Keywords:
- CCC Great Depression IWW Irish-American Norwegian-American death farmers floods harvest holidays homesteads immigrants livestock logging logging camps lumber lumberjacks mills mining railroads sawmills
- Locations:
- Bovill Elk River Spokane Wallace Clarkia
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Axel Anderson Interview #2, 7/25/1974
- Topics:
- IWW strike of 1917; improvement of camp conditions. Fighting 1910 fire. Relationship to crew. Elk River life. Childhood on a Swedish estate. Weyerhaeusers. 7-25-74 2 hr 38p SS&LS
- Duration:
- 2:06:16
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager; Laura Schrager
- Keywords:
- IWW foremen forest fires gyppos homesteads immigrants logging logging camps lumber mills sawmills schools strikes workers world wars
- Locations:
- Bovill Elk River Potlatch
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Axel Anderson Interview #3, 7/26/1974
- Topics:
- Serving in forestry unit in France in World War I. Drinking and liquor control in camp. Log chutes; donkeys and horses. Depression logging. 7-26-74 2 hr 40p SS&LS
- Duration:
- 2:01:43
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager; Laura Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression IWW armed forces bootlegging drinking families logging logging camps lumber railroads sports world wars
- Locations:
- Bovill Elk River Potlatch
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Axel Anderson Interview #4, 8/20/1974
- Topics:
- Work as walking boss. Hiring and firing men. Relations with workers and management. Woods routine and variety. Laying shay lines. 8-20-74 2 hr 42p SS&LS
- Duration:
- 2:03:00
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager; Laura Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression drinking fires forests gyppos immigrants insurance lumberjacks railroads work workers world wars
- Locations:
- Bovill Elk River Potlatch
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Axel Anderson Interview #5, 8/24/1974
- Topics:
- Unsuccessful IWW strike of 1936. Gyppo logging. Accidents. Camp life; cooks and flunkeys. Woods animals. Retirement. Inflation. 8-24-74 2.5 hr 47p
- Duration:
- 2:36:54
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager; Laura Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression accidents construction gyppos holidays horses isolation logging logging camps lumberjacks strikes timber world wars
- Locations:
- Bovill Elk River Potlatch
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Axel ANDERSON (b. 1886 )", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/anderson_axel.html
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