JOHNSONEMIL

Interview with Emil Arthur Johnson, 1974

 

1974-05-06

 

Interviewer: Wood, Tom

Johnson was a co-owner of National Quarries, one of the largest quarries in California at the time. He discusses his Scandinavian family history and that of other quarry workers. He also talks about the different varieties of granite, the process for making granite marketable, and the general granite industry in San Diego. This oral history was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). This oral history was created for an oral history class.

California Audiovisual Preservation Project; CAVPP; Emil Arthur Johnson; National Quarries; Family histories; Granite industry; Oral histories; Interviews; Tom Wood

 

California

Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Emil A. Johnson. Copyright Holder has given San Diego State University, Special Collections and University Archives permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner.

 

 

English

 

Audiocassette

00:59:55

No

 

 

 

Audio

MP3

73.20 MB