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Russian Mine Tour
2000.1.1.1.13 · File · [between 1951 and 1992]
Part of 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".

1970 Labour Strike
2000.1.1.3.22 · File · 1970
Part of 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 · File · ca. 1968; 1978
Part of 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 · File · ca. 1951 - ca. 1960
Part of 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.

Harkins History
2006.9.2 · File · 1998 - 2000
Part of 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.

Harkins, Bob
2003.8.4.02.05.19 · File · 1969-1970
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains operating documents, correspondence, and reports regarding the operations of Northwood's Silver Sawmills.

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.02.06.01 · File · 1964-1966
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains legal correspondence and drafts of legal agreements between Northwood and the BC provincial government, in particular, the forest ministry and Ray Williston.

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.02.06.20 · File · 1974
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains a report for the British Columbia Forest Service on the value of wood chips entitled "A Basis for Determining the Value of Wood Chips to be used in Appraisals for the Calculation of Stumpage Revenue in British Columbia".

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.02.08.07 · File · 1969-1980
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains agreements, contracts, and other bound correspondence with labour representatives regarding union contract with Northwood.

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.02.09.08 · File · 1971-1973
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains legal documents and copies of the legal action brought by Prince Albert Pulp against the Canadian National Railway regarding freight rates.

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
Northwood Pulp - Services
2003.8.4.02.09.12 · File · 1964-1967
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains correspondence with government and private corporations regarding the issue of services that Northwood will provide as well as services that Northwood needs provided to them (such as electricity and gas).

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.02.09.13 · File · 1966-1967
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains various legal documents regarding the negotiation of the freight rate of chips to be hauled by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway for Northwood.

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.02.10.15 · File · 1966
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains brief correspondence regarding arrangements for the opening of the Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George, as well as an official opening program for the event.

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
2003.8.4.03.1.24 · File · 1991
Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

File contains a binder of data documents compiled with the name "The Bible" for Noranda Forest Inc. Includes consolidated results, equity results, production and price information, a head count, information on associated companies, industry quarterly results, general statistics, and data on subsidiaries (Fraser, Maclaren, Norbord, NFRP/Island, Northwood, and Macmillan).

Noranda Forest Inc.