Subseries consists of records regarding BC Chemicals that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as President of Northwood Mills and Northwood Pulp, the parent companies of BC Chemicals. Includes agreements, operational information, correspondence, and board of directors meeting material. Also includes records regarding the establishment of BC Chemicals by Northwood Pulp and Northwood Mills.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File consists of:
- A Canadian Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited publication “Instructions and Part List: ESH Horizontal ESV Vertical Compressors,” received and used by Vickers Krebs drawing office, 31 May 1967 (2 copies)
- Correspondence between B.C. Chemicals and other companies, 14 Mar. 1967-2 May 1967. The correspondence pertains to non-lubricated air compressors.
- A copy of Ingersoll-Rand, Air Power Compressor Division “Installation Manual ESH-ESV Lubricated and Non-Lubricated Double Acting Stationary Air Compressors,” July 1972.
- Two Flotec Inc. documents: “F Series Dimensional Data,” and “‘F’ Series Parts List: Phenolic Flexible Impeller Series.”
- Several documents pertaining to purchasing maintenance kits for air compressors. Includes advertisements, a business card, and “Maintenance Department Stores Code Sheet.”
- A hand drawn sketch for a discharge pipe modification and related correspondence between B.C. Chemicals and Bennett & Emmott Limited.
- An Ingersoll-Rand Co. certified plan 887-D-IAE “Foundation Plan for 7 X 5 ESV-INL-2 Compressor” created for Bennett & Emmott Ltd, March 1970.
- An information request from B.C. Chemicals to Normag Equipment and Rentals Ltd., 19 Oct. 1989.
- Invoices, correspondence and instructions pertaining to a B.C. Chemicals air compressor purchase from Bennett & Emmott in 1981. Includes an Ingersoll-Rand “ESH/V Installation Instructions” and “Parts List 5” & 7” Portable, Non-Lubricated ESV.”
- A plan entitled “20-3065 Grunewald.”
- A copy of Ingersoll-Rand, Air Power Compressor Division “5 & 7 Inch Frame, Lubricated or Non-Lubricated ESH/ESV Maintenance Instructions: Portplate Cylinder Continuous Duty Stationary Air Compressors,” Nov. 1974.
- A B.C. Chemicals memo “maintenance information” on compressors and pumps from 19 June 1978.
- B.C. Chemicals’ work forms, maintenance records, and purchase records for Item No. C-901, Air Compressor 18-3065.
- An Ingersoll-Rand Plan “Foundation Plan for 6 X 5 ESV-INL-2 Compressor,” received on 16 May 1967 and used by Vickers Krebs Drawing Office and B.C. Chemicals. (3 copies)
- A copy of a Ingersoll-Rand publication “Instructions Heavy-Duty T-Series, 7 ½ , 10 and 15 HP Type 30 Compressors,” received and used by Vickers Krebs Ltd., 28 Nov. 1966.
- Four advertisements from 1967 for Air-Maze Dry-Type Filter-Silencers received by B.C. Chemicals Ltd., and Vickers Krebs Drawing Office.
- A Canadian Ingersoll-Rand publication “Instructions for Stationary Compressor Foundation Building” received on 16 May 1967 and used by Vickers Krebs Drawing Office. (2 copies)
- A sheet of equipment notes received on 20 Mar. 1956 and used by B.C. Chemicals.
- Shipping correspondence from 1976 between Canadian Ingersoll-Rand co. and B.C. Chemicals. Two small instruction manuals, related to the equipment shipped, are also included: “Recommendations for the Installation, Fabrication, Testing and Cleaning of Air, Gas or Steam Piping” and “Section 2A General Operation: Non-Lubricated Cylinders, Vertical Units.”
- A Sarco Canada Limited Simplified Instructional Scheme for steam trapping and air venting. A completed examination, and correspondence are included in the course folios.
File contains a bound agreement between BC Chemicals, Dryden Chemicals, and Prince George Pulp and Paper regarding the construction of a new chemical manufactory in Prince George.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains several copies of agreements between Prince George companies regarding the details of a new chemical manufactory to be located in Prince George.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains several copies of agreements between Prince George companies regarding the details of a new chemical manufactory to be located in Prince George.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains copy of an agreement between BC Chemicals and Alberta Sulphate.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains a bound annual report for BC Chemicals 1967.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains a bound legal Bank Loan Agreement. Memorandum attached.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence, memoranda, and faxes regarding the use and disposal of chlorate at Northwood's mill in Prince George.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains a bound proposal to construct the Tall oil plant including capacity and draft blueprints.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence, meeting agenda / minutes, attendee lists.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, legal material.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence, memoranda, and bound reports regarding Dow Chemical.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains copy of an agreement between BC Chemicals and Dow Chemical.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence regarding the B.C. Chemicals vs Electric Reduction Company of Canada (ERCO) Limited Exchequer Court Action case.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains sales and distribution forecasts.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains general correspondence regarding the operations of BC Chemicals.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains general correspondence regarding the operations of BC Chemicals.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence and memoranda of a general nature, operations reports.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence and memoranda of a general nature, operations reports.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence of a general nature, reports, legal agreements, bound reports.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence of a general nature, reports, legal agreements, bound reports.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence bound reports.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains calculations and reports supporting the creation of a chemical plant in Prince George, British Columbia that would become BC Chemicals.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains a bound legal Sponsor's Agreement. Memorandum attached.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File contains correspondence and a number of bound reports regarding the construction and operation of a new oil plant.
BC Chemicals Ltd.File consists of:
- Letters from Arts Awards Cultural Services Branch, Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture to Bridget Moran re: her assistance as a juror for the Project Assistance for Creative Writers Competition (Nov. 9 and 27, 1995); includes contract
- Letter of receipt from BC Arts Council, Arts Awards Program to Bridget Moran re: her application for financial assistance towards "Mary and Me" (Sept.4, 1997) includes copy of grant application
- Copy of Project Assistance for Creative Writers grant application for "The Man from Tachie" ["Justa"] (1992)
- Letter from Jeremy Long, Cultural Services Branch to Bridget Moran re: request for submission of final report on use of funds (Aug.13, 1993)
- Booklet: "Slowly Into Autumn" by Stephen Cole autographed by author/poet to Bridget
- Notepaper
- List of Creative Writing Projects: Second Cut and Final Cut; handwritten adjudication notes
- Letter from Richard Brownsey, BC Arts Council, to Bridget Moran re: receipt of award of $5,000 to assist in writing of "Mary and Me" (Juan.13, 1998)
- Form: BC Arts Council, Individual Awards Final Report (blank).
File consists of annual district reports from 1969 and 1971 for the BC Department of Agriculture Development and Extension Branch detailing weather, crops, and season highlights. Includes a booklet on soil capability classifications and Central BC and Caribou agricultural census data for 1961-1966.
Photograph depicts the Department of Highways ferry named "Nimpkish" that was based in Port McNeill. It maintained a frequent daily triangle run, that travelled from Port McNiell to Sointula, then to Alert Bay. It held a capacity for 16 cars and 150 passengers.
Photograph depicts B.C. Electric ballast car #3013 standing on the new industrial siding on the northeast side of the Langley depot.
Item is a photograph of the B.C. Electric Board taken the day after the company’s take over by the Social Credit government on August 1, 1961. Pictured from the left are: Bill Means, former Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross, Einar Gunderson, board secretary W. Goth, Gordon Shrum, Mr. Williston, Hydro lawyer Arthur Fouks and John Dunsmuir.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric rail bridge crossing the north section of the north arm of the Fraser River from Vancouver to Mitchell Island. The span is always kept open except for rail traffic.
Photograph depicts the B.C Electric rail bridge crossing the south section of the north arm of the Fraser River. The view is looking north from Mitchell Island, which takes steel traffic to and from the Western Canada Steel Ltd.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the B.C.E.R. in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the BC Electric Railway on Granvile Island, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a view looking northeast of the B.C. Electric Railway from the abandoned Sumas substation at Vedder Mountain.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway, looking east from the depot at Cloverdale.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway crossing 3rd Ave. with the first intersection at the immediate left. Note the abandoned double trackage at left. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway crossing at Serpentine Creek, 2 miles west of Cloverdale. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway crossing on Main St. in Langley, looking southwest.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway depot at Huntingdon and Sumas, about 20 ft from the U.S.-Canadian border. The view is looking southeast.
File consists of historical and statistical research material regarding the BC Electric Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Brief History of British Columbia Electric Company Interurban Lines" by Cecil Maiden; "From Almost Horses to Trackless Trolleys" from The Buzzer; "British Columbia Electric Interurbans" roster; "Some Historical Dates in Southwest British Columbia Transit History" by Shantler; "B.C.E.R. Statistics" by Davies; "How Three BCER Electric Freight Locomotives were Cornered Near Vancouver's Downtown" by Davies; "Commuting in British Columbia: Vancouver's British Columbia Electric Railway was the Canadian Equivalent of the Sprawling Pacific Electric" by Swett; "The Centennial of Electric Traction" by Angus; and "British Columbia's Street Car Centenary" by Ewert.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway in Langley, looking northeast from town grade crossing.
File consists of research material regarding the BC Electric Railway interurbans, including the Fraser Valley line and the Lulu Island line. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Contains the following works: "Traction Substations" by Waddington; "By Interurban to Chilliwack: Memories of a 1949 Ride" by Hind; "How the Interurbans Came Home to British Columbia" by Turner; "How the Rule of the Road was Changed in British Columbia" by the British Columbia Electric Railway Company; "By BCER Interurban to Fraser Mills" by Smith; "Our Centurions" by Webster; "How Three BCER Electric Freight Locomotives were Cornered Near Vancouver's Downtown" by Davies; "British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited" by Ewert; "The Rebirth of 1231" by Murphy; "Interurban Era Ends with 1958 Run to Steveston" by Ewert; "Preserved BCER Interurban Station Shelters" by Green; "BCER's Connaught Car Back Home After 50 Years"; "1957 Recollections of B.C.E.R. Interurban Line from Marpole to Steveston, Greater Vancouver" by Davies; "Series 'Six Hundreds'" by Murphy; and "The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway" by T.C.H. Smith. Also includes a February 21, 1958 issue (vol. 43, no. 8) of "The Buzzer", the weekly publication of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company.
Photograph depicts a B.C. Electric Railway locomotive #902 and boxcar entering the Kitsilano yards and crossing 2nd Ave., near Fir St. in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a B.C. Electric Railway locomotive #902 crossing the False Creek trestle, travelling north.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway turning east at Glover Rd., south of Fort Langley.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway swing bridge at False Creek on the west side looking north.
Photograph depicts the fixed span of the B.C. Electric Railway swing bridge at False Creek looking south.
Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway swing bridge at False Creek.