Business and Commerce

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  • Includes: commercial activity involving exchange of commodities or services; retail and service businesses; banking; business owners and operators; business-related associations and chambers of commerce.
  • DO NOT USE for not-for-profit enterprises.

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          2003.8.4.05.08 · File · 1979-1981
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains a list of directors and alternates for British Columbia Forest Products. Also includes memoranda, an Annual General Meeting notice for 1981 and 1980, directors meeting minutes, and declarations of interest for the positions of director and alternate director.

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2003.8.4.05.23 · File · 1976-1979
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains share analysis, market-share documents, and other company information pertaining to the startup of Donohue-St. Felicien Inc. by the Donohue Company Ltd. of Quebec City and British Columbia Forest Products of Vancouver. File contains a binder entitled "Felix" which outlines the project, and a "Report on the Proposed Forest products Complex at St. Felicien, Quebec for Donohue St.-Felicien Inc. March 29, 1976".

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          BC Forest Products - Finance
          2003.8.4.05.25 · File · 1980
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains investment tables, major project lists, and financial review sheets for British Columbia Forest Products.

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2003.8.4.05.03 · File · 1976-1980
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains general correspondence, reports, and memoranda regarding the operations of British Columbia Forest Products. Contains a note to not add any more papers to the file because it was being used in the case against Blandin Paper.

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2003.8.4.05.04 · File · 1980
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains general correspondence and memoranda regarding the operations of British Columbia Forest Products including news releases and statements of earnings. Includes documents regarding the resignation of Noranda executives from the board of British Columbia Forest Products.

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2003.8.4.05.17 · File · 1969-1972
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains reviews of the Mackenzie operations of British Columbia Forest Products and a booklet titled "Recommendation for Development of TSHL A00516 for Presentation to Board of Directors September 29, 1969".

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2003.8.4.05.10 · File · 1966-1968
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, operating reports, financial statements and so on regarding the takeover of British Columbia Forest products Limited by Northwood.

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2000.13.1.43 · Item · 1970.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of Ray Williston at a banquet hosted by Sanyo Pulp Ltd. in May 1970. Mr. Williston is flanked by Vern Stothert of Stothert Veco Consultants Ltd., who designed BC Forest products’ mill in Mackenzie and Margaret Nagy, who was scouting financing for a pulp mill in Bella Coola.

          2009.5.3.18 · Item · [ca. 1913]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts Mr. Barnett seated in floating canoe tied to tree on shore. Forest on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of this photograph reads: "Billy Barnett". It is speculated that this photograph may have been taken on the Fraser River near Giscome Portage, B.C.

          Board of Directors
          2000.1.1.4.3 · File · ca. 1951 - ca. 1960
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains photographs featuring members of the Board of Directors of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., which was formed on the 17th of May, 1951. Cassiar's forerunner was a company named Conwest, formed in 1534, a consolidation of two companies owned by Fred Martin Connell and his brother W. Harold Connell. The first board of directors included the Connell brothers, George Armstrong, John E. Kennedy, Charles & Arthur Mortimer, and Charles Rainforth Elliot (chartered accountant and secretary-treasurer of Conwest & Cassiar). Directors depicted in this file include F.M Connell, Harold Connell, Charles Elliot, John E. Kennedy, George Armstrong, Ken A. Creery, John Drybrough, Tam Zimmermann, George Washington Smith (president of Bell Asbestos Mines), Nick Gritzuk, Jack Christian (general manager, president, and CEO). Other individuals depicted include Fred Murry, Andre Beguin, Plato Malozemoff from Newmont Mining (co-founder of Cassiar with F.M. Connell), Alfred Lloyd Penhale (founder and CEO of Asbestos Corporation of Canada Ltd.), C.B. Brown, Pierre Marcotte, Francis Parker Smith (brother of George Smith), Bill Oughtred, Bill Johnson, and a Mr. Janitsch. File also includes a portrait of an unidentified director of Cassiar from Turner and Newall in England, taken at the corporate club in Toronto. Group portraits were taken at the Cassiar Valley, the office building, "House 130," fishing outings, and at formal events in unidentified locations.

          2000.13.1.85 · Item · 1976.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of the Board of Directors of the British Columbia Cellulose Company. Pictured from left are: Mr. Harvey of Plateau Mills, Ted Vezak of Ocean Falls Corporation, Ken McKenzie, Ray Williston, John Liersch, Jack Sigalet of Kootenay Forest Products, Ian Mahood, and Don Watson.

          Bob Harkins fonds
          2001.12 · c.1953 - c.2000

          Fonds consists of textual records, photographic items and published reports related to professional life and career of Bob Harkins, broadcaster, local historian, and former city councilor. Includes textual and photographic items related to development and history of city of Prince George and the Central Interior of BC region history and development in late 20th century. Items includes an unpublished manuscript on the life of Ray Williston by Eileen Williston, an unpublished paper on the history of technological change in logging industry; an unpublished paper on the history of radio and television in Prince George; a report related to the creation of a university for Northern British Columbia (1989) and proofs of the publication "Wild Liard Waters: Canoeing Canada's Historic Liard River" by Ferdi Wenger, c.1998. Also includes photographic files including CKPG Radio Studio photographic items c.1953; and photographs and correspondence regarding guide outfitter Skook Davidson c.1975.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.11.2 · Item · c.1986
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and tape summary of analog recording of interview with Bill Woycik and Howard Foot on the history of the Recreational Services Division of City of Prince George. Includes information on various events hosted including aquatic, circus and sports events c.1958-c.1986.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.11.1 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of printed transcript and tape summary of recorded interview with Carrie Jane Gray on controversy of Woodward's Department Store construction in Prince George

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.20.2 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with Elmer Nelson who discusses Axel Wenner- Gren's business interest in the Rocky Mountain Trench area of Northern British Columbia in the 1950s.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.9.1 · Item · c.1970 - c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of interview with George Gibbons who discusses his working career with Prince George City Hall and as Alderman and Prince George's history c.1950s-c.1960s.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.19 · Item · c.1979-c.1980
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and tape summary of recording and speeches during the Freeman Banquet honouring Harold Moffat, Mayor of Prince George on his retirement as mayor.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.21 · Item · 1979
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with Tom Payne who discusses his life, emigration from England, service in World War I, and career as shoemaker in Quesnel. Also discusses his subsequent work at the Experimental Farm in Prince George

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.8.2 · Item · c.1979 - c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of printed transcript and tape summary of interview with Tony and Alma Skae who discuss their family's history in Stone Creek and later Prince George particularly in the newspaper and food and hospitality industry

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.28 · Item · 1987
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript of interview with Ambrose Trick discussing the sawmilling and logging industry in Northern BC, c.1930s-1950s including the 1953 strike; the creation of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association. Trick also discusses his involvement in railway work, his involvement with hockey in Prince George and discusses Prince George politics, prominent personalities in the North.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.30 · Item · c.1970s
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and tape summary of recorded interview with Gordon Wood, pharmacist, businessman and sports enthusiast who lived in Prince George c.1920s-c.1970s. He discusses various events that impacted Prince George including the Great Depression of the 1930s and set up of relief camps; the set up of army camps during World War II. He also discusses local politicians, his drugstore business and community members.

          Harkins, Bob
          2003.8.4.05 · Subseries · 1966-1981
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Subseries consists of records regarding British Columbia Forest Products that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenure as an Executive Director of the company after it was acquired by Noranda in 1969. Includes annual reports, director's meeting materials, proposals, financial records, and information relating to possible acquisitions of various companies. Also contains records regarding BC Forest Products' acquisition by Northwood Pulp (Noranda).

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2011.12.25 · Item · [ca. September 1950- June 1951]
          Part of Giscome, BC Historical Photograph collection

          Photograph of the front of Brown's General Store. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Brown’s General Store. The wheelbarrow is for bringing the groceries and mail over from the train. Also if you buy a great quantity of things you wheel it home and then bring back the barrow (Taken on Sunday).”

          2003.8.4.01.5 · Sub-subseries · 1969-1984
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Sub-subseries consists of building materials operations records concerning Northwood Mills that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President, Director, and Chairman. Includes the records of acquired companies, including Prestige Structures, Northwood Building Materials, Northwood Properties, Northwood Panelboard, and Norbord Waferboard.

          Northwood Mills Ltd.
          2012.13.1.87.067 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a row of buildings in Upper Fraser, B.C. with the store (titled "Paradise") with a Pepsi sign. Map coordinates 54°07'09.1"N 121°56'47.0"W

          2003.8.4.06 · Subseries · 1970-1982
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Subseries consists of records regarding Bulkley Valley Forest Industries that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenure as President of Northwood Pulp, the parent company of BVFI after its acquisition by Noranda in 1972. Includes correspondence, reports, reorganization documents, and operational records. Also contains records regarding Bulkley Valley Forest Industries' acquisition by Northwood Pulp (Noranda).

          Bulkley Valley Forest Industries Ltd.