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Kelson Group Property Management
1996.2.2.2.23 · Dossiê/Processo · 1998-2001
Parte de Brian Fawcett fonds

File consists of records and correspondence of Kelson Group Property Management, which was owned by Brian Fawcett's brother, Ron Fawcett.

F&N Developers Ltd.
1996.2.2.2.24 · Dossiê/Processo · 1974-2000
Parte de Brian Fawcett fonds

File consists of records and correspondence of F&N Developers Ltd., which was owned by jointly by the Fawcett family.

Fawcett Holdings Ltd.
1996.2.2.2.25 · Dossiê/Processo · 1984-2000
Parte de Brian Fawcett fonds

File consists of records and correspondence of Fawcett Holdings Ltd., which was owned by jointly by the Fawcett family.

Russian Mine Tour
2000.1.1.1.13 · Dossiê/Processo · [between 1951 and 1992]
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographic negatives depict men on tour in unknown locations in Russia. Images depict urban areas, mining areas, construction of buildings, railway, mineral samples, and equipment including dump truck and electric shovel. Also includes images of area speculated to be a mine pit. Men on tour are dressed in formal attire.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on envelope containing negatives: "Russian 'Asbest' Mine Slides" "7 copies of each - 23 negatives - 161 prints".

New Mill Construction - Labour Documentation
2000.1.1.2.06 · Dossiê/Processo · 1 August - 11 March 1971
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs depict construction of the new mill, each taken from approximately the same distance and featuring two different angles of the building. Construction work progresses from framework to sheeting and siding. Vehicles, piles of building supplies, and a construction trailer are often in foreground, mountains in background. It is believed that these photographs were taken during a labour dispute. Each photo has been annotated on recto with the date and time of day, and some document the number of workers on site. Annotations include: "2 days work", "work gets less & less", "not much for 4 men", "very little done - less than usual low performance", "0° - 20° weather must have thickened their blood".

House - Small Business File
2000.1.1.3.12 · Dossiê/Processo · 9 June 1992
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains images depicting room by room view of a house in Cassiar identified as house 288. Handwritten annotation on verso of photographs: "288 June-9-1992". Photographs originally found in file labeled "TOWN ADMINISTRATION Small Business 1981"; it is likely that these images form part of the process documentation for a small business license.

General Operations Albums
2000.1.1.3.19 · Dossiê/Processo · 1961 - [ca.1985]
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File includes six aggregations of photographs which have been assembled in this file in order to maintain the integrity of each group by keeping the photos arranged together, though each group features operations pertaining to multiple files in this subseries. Includes groups featuring photos from 1961, 1965 1971, a helicopter trip, a community album, and a workplace album. Photographs depict images pertaining to the following operations at Cassiar, B.C.: mining, milling, maintenance, labratory tests, and tramline and town operations. Images featuring operations of the company town include the grocery store, bank, churches, school, library, lounge, pool, theater, community center, outdoor recreation, hospital, dentist, cafeteria, bus route, residences, air strip, firehall, laundromat, park, police, and newspaper.

Clinton Creek Operations
2000.1.1.3.20 · Dossiê/Processo · 1961 - [ca.1975]
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd opened a second mine in 1967 at what became the one-industry town of Clinton Creek, Y.T. File contains photographs depicting different areas of operations at Clinton Creek. Locations include the mine, plant, town, tailings pile, main office, the 40 Mile River, and surrounding area. Town photos depict the grocery store, cafeteria, medical clinic, school, auditorium residential area, Connell Street and power house. File also includes aerial photographs and images depicting forest fighting, photographers capturing the tailings pile, asbestos samples, mining machinery, staff offices, and operations in the mill, lab, and garage.

Additional photographs integrated into file depict Clinton Creek's surrounding area, and three slides of a tailing pile explosion believed to be Clinton Creek.

Shipping & Transportation
2000.1.1.3.21 · Dossiê/Processo · 1962 - 1983
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs pertaining to the transportation of asbestos fibre.

  • These include portraits of Clinton trailer trucks, trucks from the Cassiar Transport Division at Mile 860 on the Alaskan Highway, the assembly of large freight trucks, an unidentified bridge, and ships and buildings at the Cassiar Shipping Facilities at Pier 94 on the Asbestos Warf in North Vancouver, B.C.
  • Twenty-three photographs dated 1982 depict asbestos fiber bales on pallets and inside shipping containers, with accompanying annotations commenting on the quality of the packing. Several images show fibre bales broken during shipment. An accompanying note reads: "SMD - please ensure this cannot reoccur.", and a photo caption reads: "pierced bags are resulting as an environmental problem as fibre is beginning to build up in certain containers." One of the photographs depicting the Cassiar Transport Division was used for promotional posters with the following commentary: "The Cassiar Transport Division operates out of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and is responsible for delivering the asbestos to the White Pass and Yukon Route terminal in Whitehorse. Fuel oil and supplies are backhauled to the mines. By the end of 1967, the fleet will consist of 65 tractor-trailer units, each of which will carry 23 tons of asbestos. The distance from Whitehorse to Cassiar is 357 miles and Clinton is 403 miles. During the past year, the Division's trucks traveled 2,213,534 miles and handled 75,100 tons, and the mileage to 3.5 million miles. This is a year-round operation and convoys arrive at the mine daily in spite of the long difficult haul. The Division currently employs 43 drivers and 35 mechanics and operates its own maintenance and rebuild facilities in Whitehorse. Over the years these men have established and enviable record of safety, cost and performance."
  • Additional photographs that have been integrated depict the Asbestos wharf and its condition, 31 slides of wharf, maps of shipping routes, storage, forklifts, shipping trucks, and packaged asbestos.
  • Also included in this file are two copies of a "Photo Survey - Cassiar Ton Units - "Amstelveld & Trojoland" on arrival to Brisbane & Sidney - August 1967." This collection of photographs is a part of an assessment of the efficiency of shipping and transport to Australia from Cassiar. Pictures include: loading, forklifts, storage, ripped bags, broken straps, wharfs, trucks, slings. There are accompanied annotations with each of the photos explaining the safety hazards or inefficiency of the situation. This report was found inside a box linked to James Hardie Industries Ltd. This company is not mentioned in the photograph annotations, but could be related to the report since James Hardie Industries Ltd. was a key player in asbestos mining and manufacturing in Australia.
  • Collection of photos of roadside spill of Asbestos, depicting a man with shovel cleaning up on 5 June 1985
  • Photos from Eternit Societe Anonyme (a European company that Cassiar shipped to) of packaged Asbestos in storage in 1967
  • Collection of photos of James Hardie Coy. Pty. Ltd. shipment of asbestos that was not stored or transported effectively. Many photos depict broken bags as a result of inadequate storage and forklift punctures.
  • Collection of photos of Cassiar/Stewart Road Proposal. Photos depict tests of the various stages of shipping and transportation process including forklift tests, Marineo Sling tests, stacking tests, durability tests, container loading tests, problems with current units etc. Also included is a marketing drawing if proposed shipping plan - drawn by "Stewart 1977."
  • Photos of shipping process of Turners Asbestos Fibres Lmt. Photos depict lowering asbestos pallets onto barge with swing, and storage on barge.
  • Collection of photos of a shipment of asbestos, but the bags of fibre are not identified as a Cassiar shipment therefore the location is unknown.
1970 Labour Strike
2000.1.1.3.22 · Dossiê/Processo · 1970
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs depicting individuals at Cassiar on strike in the winter time, marching down roads, holding picket signs, carrying small children who hold signs, and driving cars covered with strike slogans. Many of the signs read "U.S.W.A. LOCAL 6536" (United Steel Workers of America).

  • Two photographs depict a man with a video recorder. Some photos feature plant buildings, two were taken at night. One photograph depicts a note that reads: "THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON SHIFT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5th 1970."
  • Many photos depict areas in the mine showing snow impacts, fissures in the mountain, asbestos evidence and other environmental activity. The picket signs contain protests regarding contracts, safety, environment, and ethics.
  • Handwritten annotation on original envelope containing photographs: "Pictures 1970 Strike."
  • Integrated into file are fourteen photos from file marked "Mr. B. Pewsey" that depict an area where a large rock fell, measuring tape, and protest sign.
Official Tours
2000.1.1.4.1 · Dossiê/Processo · ca. 1968; 1978
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.

Board of Directors
2000.1.1.4.3 · Dossiê/Processo · ca. 1951 - ca. 1960
Parte de 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.

Promotion & Outreach
2000.1.1.4.4 · Dossiê/Processo · 1963 - 1978
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs taken for promotional purposes.

  • Two photos depict a Cassiar display at an unknown event in 1963.
  • Eight photos were professionally taken for use in the 1978 Cassiar Asbestos Corportaion Ltd. Annual Report, and possibly other publications. These photos depict a skyscraper and products made with asbestos.
  • Additionally, two hand painted postcards of McDame Mountain and Christmas Tree House are included that may have been used for promotional reasons. Also, four slides of a display, "Story of Asbestos."
  • five photographs of unofficial tour of Cassiar via airplane in the 1970s.
2006.9.12 · Dossiê/Processo · 1977
Parte de Bob Harkins fonds

File consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins. Side A consists of interviews on a number of topics. Bart Hollinger discusses energy alternatives; Kerri Stratton conductor of the New Caledonia Symphony; Betty Harrower discussing the United Way activities; August Dornbierer discussing history of the PG Fire Department, and Ken Bernsohn discussing his career as a freelance writer. Side B consists of interviews with Ron Thorsen discussing athletics at the College of New Caledonia, Kathrine Mathews of the Elder Citizens' Recreation Society, Bob Martin alderman on his upcoming campaign for mayor and Vic Litnosky also a mayoral candidate in the 1977 election.

Harkins History
2006.9.2 · Dossiê/Processo · 1998 - 2000
Parte de Bob Harkins fonds

Consists of 1 DVD entitled "Harkins' History" consisting of clips from Bob Harkins TV interviews with various personalities in Prince George covering a range of topics related to local and regional history. DVD includes two sets of clips of segments broadcasted from October 1999 to June 2000.

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Noranda - General 1957-1967
2003.8.1.1.01 · Dossiê/Processo · 1957-1967
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains correspondence of a general nature regarding operations to the Noranda office in Toronto.

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Noranda - General 1968
2003.8.1.1.02 · Dossiê/Processo · 1968
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence to the Noranda office in Toronto.

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Noranda - General 1969
2003.8.1.1.03 · Dossiê/Processo · 1969
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence to the Noranda office in Toronto.

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Noranda - General 1970-1975
2003.8.1.1.04 · Dossiê/Processo · 1970-1975
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File consists of miscellaneous reference and background material accumulated by Zimmerman, including "The Future Role of Strategic Natural Resources in Canada-U.S. Relations: A Project Prospectus", clippings, "Papers for National Economic Conference 1974 - 6. Forest Products", and "Responding to Constraints on Commodity Supplies by the Trilateral Task Force on Access to Supplies".

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Noranda - General 1979
2003.8.1.1.06 · Dossiê/Processo · 1979
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence with colleagues, private individuals, and businesses. Also includes memoranda, interoffice communications, reports and periodical clippings.

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Noranda - General 1980
2003.8.1.1.07 · Dossiê/Processo · 1980
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence with colleagues, private individuals, and businesses. Also includes memoranda, interoffice communications, reports and periodical clippings.

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Noranda - General 1981
2003.8.1.1.08 · Dossiê/Processo · 1981
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence with colleagues, private individuals, and businesses. Also includes memoranda, interoffice communications, reports and periodical clippings.

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Noranda - General 1982
2003.8.1.1.09 · Dossiê/Processo · 1982
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence with colleagues, private individuals, and businesses. Also includes memoranda, interoffice communications, reports and periodical clippings.

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Noranda - General 1983
2003.8.1.1.10 · Dossiê/Processo · 1983
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence with colleagues, private individuals, and businesses. Also includes memoranda, interoffice communications, reports and periodical clippings.

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Noranda - General 1984
2003.8.1.1.11 · Dossiê/Processo · 1984
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains general correspondence with colleagues, private individuals, and businesses. Also includes memoranda, interoffice communications, reports and periodical clippings.

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Noranda - General 1985
2003.8.1.1.12 · Dossiê/Processo · 1985
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains miscellaneous correspondence and memoranda dealing with Noranda general operations.

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Noranda - General 1986
2003.8.1.1.13 · Dossiê/Processo · 1986
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains miscellaneous correspondence and memoranda dealing with Noranda general operations.

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Noranda - General 1987
2003.8.1.1.14 · Dossiê/Processo · 1987
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains memoranda and other interoffice communication regarding general office matters.

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Noranda - General - Company Profiles
2003.8.1.1.15 · Dossiê/Processo · 1984
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains copies of company profiles for various Noranda-owned businesses. This is not a complete listing of company profiles.

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Noranda - General - Noranda in the Media
2003.8.1.1.23 · Dossiê/Processo · 1983-1986
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File consists of correspondence to newspapers and other media, newspaper clippings, and responses to mentions of Noranda in the media.

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Noranda - Administration - Computers
2003.8.1.2.07 · Dossiê/Processo · 1980
Parte de Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains correspondence and computer promotional/informational packages from companies like Apple and Texas Instruments. Includes the second issue of the Apple Personal Computer Magazine and "Apple In Depth: A reference guide to apple products" from 1980.

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