File contains draft copies of an agreement between Northwood Mills, Mead, and Noranda.
Mead CorporationFile contains a final draft of the agreement between Northwood Mills, Mead, and Noranda to build the Northwood Pulp Mill.
Mead CorporationFile contains official legal agreement between Noranda-Mead to create Northwood - incorporation agreement.
Mead CorporationFile contains brief correspondence and a draft of an agreement between Northwood and Mead.
Mead CorporationFile contains a draft of the agreement between Northwood Mills, Mead, and Noranda to construct Northwood Pulp.
Mead CorporationFile contains brief correspondence and copies of an agreement for pulp production as well as cost and production reports.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports regarding the Mead Corporation.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence and bound reports regarding the Mead Corporation.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence with Mead executives, balance sheets, and estimated earning sheets.
Mead CorporationFile contains brief correspondence about a trip Adam Zimmerman took to Vancouver, as well as a letter addressed to JW McSwiney, president of Mead Corporation.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence and a business agreement between Mead, Noranda, and Forest Kraft.
Mead CorporationFile consists of a report entitled "Evaluation of World Supply and Demand for Wood Pulp, Newsprint, and Lumber and Factors of Location in British Columbia" by the Mead Market Research Department.
Mead CorporationFile contains general correspondence with Mead executives and a report on General Media Inc.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence and reports regarding sales to Mead.
Mead CorporationFile contains meeting agendas/minutes and report on sales, as well as correspondence.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence, several reports, material regarding trade resolutions with the United States, and various other material.
Mead CorporationSubseries consists of records regarding the Mead Corporation that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as President of Northwood Pulp and its successor, Northwood Pulp & Timber. Mead Corporation formed an agreement with Noranda Mines to create Northwood Pulp Ltd.; each company had a 50% stake in the newly formed venture. Primarily includes records relating to the pulp agreements between Northwood Pulp and Mead Corporation. Also includes sales records, financial records, and correspondence.
Mead CorporationFile contains correspondence, memoranda, and legal agreements pertaining to Mead share acquisition by Northwood.
Mead CorporationThis fonds consits of the administrative and business papers of Mr. Adam Zimmerman during his tenure as a senior level executive with Noranda Inc., Noranda Mines Ltd, and Macmillan Bloedel Ltd., particularly in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia with the majority of these records relating to the senior level operations of these companies. It includes textual records relate to the creation and development of Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. in Prince George including all aspects of its regional operations throughout Northcentral BC). The fonds also includes records related to Noranda Inc.’s successful and unsuccessful attempts at business acquisitions in both forestry and mining operations internationally, particularly in Mexico, Brazil, the Netherlands and Tasmania.
The fonds also contains textual records generated by Zimmerman in his directorship and chairman positions on various forest industry association boards. It includes his notes, general correspondence, minutes, as well as booklets and brochures notably from the Canadian Forest Industries Council, the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, the Forest Sector Advisory Council and other similar industry associations. Much of this material relates to the issue of the softwood lumber dispute and Zimmerman’s involvement in the lobbying efforts regarding Canada/U.S. Free Trade issues and includes bound reports, agreements, and publications as well as correspondence to/from Zimmerman and his handwritten notes within the files. The fonds also includes general business information (annual reports, brochures, publications) pertaining to other Canadian forestry and mining companies.
The fonds also contains Adam Zimmerman’s speeches and correspondence related to his involvement in numerous charities, foundations and corporate fundraising initiatives with numerous Canadian educational institutions, non-profit societies and federal election campaigns.
Business records of Noranda Inc. are extensive and include administrative, business, personnel, financial and legal records. Record types include correspondence, memos, handwritten notes, business proposals and meeting notes, merger proposals and notes, prospectuses, board meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, financial statements, resumes, portfolios, printed brochures, publications and other ephemera related to the business operations of Noranda Inc., Noranda Mines and MacMillan Bloedel [during Noranda Mines take-over of MB] all during Zimmerman’s tenure as Chair and/or CEO. The fonds includes correspondence, financial reports, legal testimony transcripts resulting from the Gaspe Copper Mine labour strike in Quebec in 1957 and the subsequent Gaspe Law Suit of 1960 between Noranda and the United Steel Workers of America. The fonds also includes extensive correspondence between Zimmerman and various levels of government regarding the lobbying of government on forestry policy and correspondence with various environmental lobbying groups in the 1980s including correspondence with well-known environmentalist David Suzuki.
Subjects include all facets of business operations pertaining to Canadian forestry and mining sectors including labour issues, environmental impacts of industrial developments, industry and effects on the Canadian economy, the free trade debate, the softwood lumber issue etc.
The fonds provides a detailed archival record of Mr. Zimmerman’s contribution to the building of Noranda Forest in Canada, Northwood Pulp & Timber in BC and Noranda Inc. as a resource-based conglomerate. Many records were utilized by Mr. Zimmerman in the writing of his book, Who’s in Charge Here, Anyway?: reflections from a life in business, (Don Mills, Ontario: Stoddart; Distributed in Canada by General Distribution Services), 1997.
Zimmerman, Adam42" 0 FRP Lagoon inlet pipe from looking S.
Lagoon Site from N.E. corner looking S.W.
"B" Mill Pulping Group from Col. line 32P looking N.
"B" Mill Pulping Group from near Woods Division Building looking S.E.
B.L. Tanks from in front of Maintenance Shops looking S.E.
Capacitator and X fmr Rooms "B" mill Machine Room looking S.E.
Temporary cable bridge to #2 Chip Rail Car Dumper looking N.W.
Chip Screen building foundations from S.W. corner lookng N.E.
Trussed girt on W. wall of "B" Mill Pulping Group bracing connection looking W.
Lagoon weir box base slab looking N.W.
Unloading digester shell plates near chip silos looking S.E.
Trussed girt on W. wall of "B" Mill pulping group bracing connection looking West.
Chip Screen Building excavation and foundations N. looking W.
Trench at E. side of H.A.S. Field Office looking S.W.
"B" Mill Machine Room W. wall looking N.E.
Excavation far Utility Bridge Tower T4 looking S.E.
"B" mill Pulping Group from N-S roadway looking N.E.
30" EMUC-36-060 from Col. line 34P "B" mill Pulping Group looking S.
"B" Mill Power Group from N-S Roadway looking N.E.
"B" Mill Pulping Group from near Woods Div. building looking S.E.
Lagoon site from top of stock pile looking N.W.
Water Treatment Clarifier from N. side of Water Treatment Plant looking N.
Looking E. down South dike from aoubt TP19.
Spoil area at worked out gravel pit looking S.E.
Water boiling up at about N. and E.
Tert pit along south dyke looking N.
24" EMUC-36-062 outlet from Fiber Salvage Sump looking E.
Fiber Salvage Sump looking N.E.
"B" Mill Machine Room, south side of wire silo showing position of fan pump suction.
"B" Mill Turbo-Generator inner skin cladding N.S. central rd. looking N.
Excavation E.W. corridor MH3B, IF, 10" GF MH, 24" EMC 36-061 4" ES 36-083 2 valves on 6" WFP 36-130, 1 gas riser on 6" GF 36-207 and gas riser on 8" GF 36-207 looking S.E.