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Incoming Bucket, Station #1
2000.1.1.3.17.004 · Item · 1962
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts bucket hanging from tramline in foreground. Support tower stands in midground in front of station building. Another building can be seen at top of mountain in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "INCOMING BUCKET #1 STATION". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

2000.1.1.3.18.005 · Item · [ca. 1960?]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts an unidentified individual wearing a welding helmet, and kneeling behind large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Door, bulletin board, and miscellaneous supplies in background.

1961 - Mill Fan
2000.1.1.3.19.023 · Item · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts a fan from the air system used to transport fibre throughout the mill system. It is believed that this photograph was taken on the top floor of the mill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

2000.1.1.3.19.033 · Item · 1965
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts man [possibly Paul Clark?] seated with two women at table in lab. Second man [possibly Lab Superintendent Ross Duddy?] seated at table in background. Miscellaneous equipment and supplies throughout. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Paul Clark / [Odett?] Cario".

2000.1.1.3.19.035 · Item · 1965
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts two women seated at lab table, facing away from photographer. Woman on right believed to be combing asbestos fibres to determine length and grade. Woman on left believed to be conducting standard lab tests (weighing filters, test tubes, or fibres).

2000.1.1.3.19.132 · Item · [ca. 1980]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts part of the vacuum dust control and removal system in the Cassiar mill building. Unidentified man can be seen at rotary air-lock, in which heavy blown dust would collect before dropping to plenum conveyor resting just above floor. From here, the dust would eventually be expelled at the tailings pile outside of the mill. Second unidentified man can be seen climbing steps in background. This section of the mill was located above the lab.

Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds
2016.7 · Fonds · 1988-2019

Fonds consists of the research and professorial records of Dr. Joselito Arocena, a founding faculty member of UNBC. Arocena was an internationally-recognized soil scientist and UNBC’s first Canada Research Chair. His records demonstrate his accomplishments as an academic and researcher, as well as his many and varied interdisciplinary research endeavours. Also included are selections from Arocena’s extensive photographic slide collection which illustrate his teaching, research projects, and personal interests.

Arocena, Joselito
Logs and Machinery
2012.13.1.87.056 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous piles of logs, and two unidentified individuals operating an excavator with a "thumb" attachment during the demolition of the Upper Fraser town site. Map coordinates 54°06'51.6"N 121°56'26.3"W

2012.13.1.93.29 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous pieces of what appears to be old farming equipment. There is also an unidentified individual sitting aginst the side of a building. The location is possibly Fort St. John, B.C.

Computer Room?
2012.13.1.93.52 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts what appears to be a computer room at an uncertain location, possibly in Fort St. John, B.C.

Cypress Hill?
2012.13.1.121.09 · Item · July 1970
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts two unidentified individuals and a van on a farm at an uncertain location, possibly a place called Cypress Hill, with an atmometer and a sunshine recorder.

Machinery
2012.13.1.31.20 · Item · 1985
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a large, old piece of machinery, possibly some form of mining or prospecting equipment; it is located in Quesnelle Forks, B.C.

Mosquito Creek Gold Mining
2012.13.1.37.05 · Item · 1974
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts several unknown individuals present as a piece of machinery is used to assist in the mining of gold at Mosquito Creek in Wells, B.C.