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2022.03.06 · File · 1990-2001
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains records created or collected by Bob Stowell over the course of his employment with The Pas Lumber Company (B.C.) Ltd. (1965-1991):

  • Handwritten notes from Westward Timber regarding Table River C.P. 814, March 1990
  • Photocopied "Freight Transportation Agreement" between BC Rail Ltd. and Takla Track and Timber Ltd., 1990
  • Letter from The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. to all contractors and employers regarding the company's zero tolerance policy regarding leaving garbage in the forest environment, 1990
  • Correspondence regarding controversial New Yorker Magazine article "The Ancient Forest" by Catherine Caulfield, 1990
  • The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. September 1990 newsletter featuring news pieces on the new planer facility, economic problems, and employee changes
  • The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. October 1990 newsletter featuring news that the sawmill and planermill will have downtime
  • The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. January 1991 newsletter featuring news pieces on the new planer, lumber market prices, and stumpage.
  • Photocopied letter from The Pas Lumber Company to the Ministry of Forests regarding harvesting contract regulations, 1991
  • Photocopied log quality and bucking specifications of The Pas Lumber Company Ltd, 1991
  • The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. April 1991 newsletter featuring news pieces on lumber and log production, lumber markets, Vanderhoof Pulp & Paper Ltd., the B.C. Forest Alliance, and employee changes
  • Letter from Don Gould to Bob Stowell regarding The Pas Lumber Company's economic problems, 1991
  • Photocopied September 1991 "Forestry Bulletin" from David & Company Barristers and Solicitors
  • Financial performance quarterly reports for the British Columbia forest industry, 1991-1992
  • The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. planting summary 1973-1992
  • The Pas Lumber Company Ltd., Prince George, employee listing and telephone directory, 1992
  • Letter to employees of The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. announcing the retirement of Don Gould, 2001
The Pas Lumber Company (B.C.) Ltd.
2022.03.07 · File · 1981-1987
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains:

  • Published pamphlet of the 1981 Burgess-Lane Memorial Lecture, "Timber Supply Management in British Columbia - Past, Present and Future" by W. Young, Chief Forester, BC Ministry of Forests
  • Photocopied 1987 speech transcript by W. Young, "A Sad Story about Good Politics and Poor Land Use--The Agriculture Lease Rush of the Late 1960's and Early 1970's in the North-Central Interior"
  • Photocopied 1989 speech transcript by H. Carl Mason entitled "Of Owls and Pussy Cats" about the Northwest forest products industry
  • Photocopied presentation by W. Young to the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities in Vancouver entitled "Politics, Free Lunches & 2.9 Percent"
  • Photocopied paper by W. Young presented at a 1985 Forest History Seminar in Prince George entitled "The Forest History of the Prince George Area 1960-1984 -- including the Dynamic Era"
  • Photocopied "Safety" speech by Bob Stowell [undated]
  • Photocopied "Safety" speech transcript, possibly by Bob Stowell [undated]
  • Draft notes for speech entitled "What are the principle safety problems in the North and how can they be coped with???", possibly by Bob Stowell [undated]
  • Draft speech notes [undated]
Railway ephemera
2022.03.08 · File · 1933, [between 1973 and 1983]
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains:

  • Signed Christmas greeting card from British Columbia Railway, circa 1973-1983
  • Original commemorative presentation folio with railway illustration print and leaflet "The President and Directors of the Northern Pacific Railway Company announce the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Completion of the First Northern Transcontinental Railway System, September 8, 1883 - September 8, 1933"
2022.03.09 · File · 1977-1993
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains:

  • Name and address list for BC forestry companies, circa 1990-2005
  • Ministry of Forests publication, "Major Primary Timber Processing Facilities in British Columbia, 1993"
  • Photocopied 1988 chart prepared by the Ministry of Forests, "Ownership and Inter-corporate Linkages of Selected Forest Companies Operating in B.C."
  • Photocopied 1978 table from Forest Industries magazine entitled "The Top 100 Lumber Producers, U.S. and Canada, 1977"
  • Forest Industries magazine excerpt from July 1984 issue, "1984 Annual Lumber Review"
  • Forest Industries magazine excerpt from July 1985 issue, "1985 Annual Lumber Review"
  • Forest Industries magazine excerpt from July 1986 issue, "1986 Annual Lumber Review"
  • Forest Industries magazine excerpt from July 1987 issue, "1987 Annual Lumber Review"
  • Forest Industries magazine excerpt from July 1988 issue, "1988 Annual Lumber Review"
2022.03.10 · File · 1982-2008
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains records created or collected by Bill Stowell over the course of his career in the forestry industry. Includes material regarding Balco Industries Ltd., Weldwood of Canada Ltd., Babine Forest Products Company, West Fraser Timber Ltd., 100 Mile Lumber & Chasm Sawmills, Slocan Forest Products Ltd., Riverside Forest Products Ltd., Dunkley Lumber Ltd., Lignum Ltd., and Weyerhaeuser Canada. Includes a 100 Mile Lumber & Chasm Sawmills log truck safety manual from 2008. Also includes a promotional brochure from Dunkley Lumber Ltd. circa 1980s.

Tolko Industries Ltd.
2022.03.11 · File · 1989-2009
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains records created or collected by Bill Stowell over the course of his employment with Tolko Industries Ltd. as a log trader (1994-2010). Includes correspondence, memoranda, company budgets, reports, and periodical clippings.

2022.03.12 · File · 1980-2000
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains material collected by Bill Stowell over the course of his career in the BC forestry industry relating to the conflicts and partnerships between Indigenous peoples and the forestry industry. Primarily consists of clippings and photocopies from newspapers and periodicals. Also includes papers, meeting minutes of the COFI Native Claims Task Force, notes, and seminar materials. Contains the following papers:

  • Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia, "Native Indian Land Claims in British Columbia: A Background Paper", 1986
  • Lillooet Tribal Council, "The Hala'w Initiative", 2000
Forestry news clippings
2022.03.13 · File · 1981-2005
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains newspaper and periodical clippings collected by Bill Stowell over the course of his career in the BC forestry industry. Includes the following full issues:

  • Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition "Bulletin", Vol. 5, No. 2, August 1999
  • Forest Alliance of British Columbia, "Choices: Issues and Options for B.C. Forests", Vol. 8, No. 1, [2000?]
  • Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., "The Log", October 1981
  • MacMillan Bloedel Limited, "MB Journal", Vol. 10, No. 6, June 1990
  • "Forests Forever: Northern Interior" special B.C. forest industry newspaper supplement [to the Prince George Citizen], March 1989
Forestry publications
2022.03.14 · File · 1976-2006
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains:

  • B.C. Forest Service, "Site Index: A Growing Issue" pamphlet, 1986
  • The Working Forest Project, "Clearcuts don't stay cleared... End of argument." pamphlet, 1994
  • Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada, "Handbook for Ground Skidding and Road Building in the Kootenay Area of British Columbia", 1976
  • Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, "From Watershed to Watermark: The pulp and paper industry of Canada", 1987
  • Forest Productivity Councils of British Columbia, "Forest Growth and Yield in British Columbia - Vision" pamphlet
  • Prepared for BC Ministry of Forests and Range by Laszlo Orbay and Derek Goudie or Forintek Canada Corp., "Values and Volumes of Lumber Recovered from Mountain Pine Beetle Killed Wood", 2006
Forestry ephemera
2022.03.15 · File · 1995-2006
Part of Stowell Forestry Collection

File contains ephemeral material collected by Bill Stowell over the course of his career in the BC forestry industry. Includes:

  • "Hug a Logger" bumper sticker
  • Forestry business cards
  • Bucking specification cards for various forestry companies
  • Purden Ski Village ski run map [undated]
  • Photocopied Harken Towing Co. Ltd. map of Greater Vancouver log towing locations along the Fraser River between Sea Island and Nicomen Island
1992.1 · Fonds · 1987 - 1990

The fonds consists of minutes of executive meetings (1988-1989), Board of Directors meetings (1988-1989), annual general meetings (1988-1989), and a public meeting (1989); administration files including constitution, incorporation documents, and annual financial reports; correspondence, including that of the IUS presidents Elsie Gerdes and W. Murray Sadler and of various IUS committee members, and letters of support; reports, speeches, and records of membership campaigns and various programs of IUS committees; news releases and studies, including briefs to the provincial government; correspondence with the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council relating to the establishment of an Aboriginal Studies Faculty; records and reports of the Implementation Planning Group; clippings; photographs of IUS meetings and activities; and, ephemera.

Objects and Ephemera
1992.1.10 · Series
Part of Interior University Society fonds

Series comprises objects and ephemera related to the Interior University Society including Society sweatshirts, brochures, a scrapbook, campaign buttons, campaign bumper stickers, appointment books, an address book, corporate seal, invitations, bank deposit stamp, telephone stickers, guest book, IUS membership forms, receipts and computer disks, all circa 1989-1990.

Administration
1992.1.2 · Series · 1987 - 1989.
Part of Interior University Society fonds

Series comprises incorporation documents, constitution, financial reports, an organization chart, annual report, lists of Society members and biographies and c.v.’s of some members of the IUS Board of Directors.

Programs and Projects
1992.1.4 · Series
Part of Interior University Society fonds

Series comprises speeches, campaigns, information on Society membership, IUS newsletters, news releases, brief to Provincial Cabinet and correspondence arranged by category.

Photographs
1992.10.1 · Series · 1991-1992
Part of Ron A. Sebastian Collection

File consists of photographs of the construction of ceremonial mace, chairs, and Senate doors for the University of Northern British Columbia.

Audiovisual Material
1992.10.2 · Series · 1991-2000
Part of Ron A. Sebastian Collection

File consists of 6 videocassettes of the construction of ceremonial mace, chairs, and Senate doors for the University of Northern British Columbia.

1992.10.2.2 · Item · [1991 or 1992]
Part of Ron A. Sebastian Collection

Video recording is a compact VHS recording of the construction of the ceremonial chairs (President's Chair and Chancellor's Chair) for the University of Northern British Columbia.

1992.11 · Collection · 1991 - 1991

Fonds consists of 4 audio recordings of interviews related to the opening of the University of Northern British Columbia, including Jean Forsythe, Russ Clinton, John Chapman, and Charlie Lasser. All were interviewed by T. Cattell.