File contains set of images taken in Faro, Y.T. Annotation on photo envelope reads: “Visit to / CYPRUS ANVIL / FARO Y.T. / SEPT 1975 / BY DALE CARIN / R. WILSON.” Images depict the pit mine operated by Cyprus Anvil Corporation, including a grader, ore hauling truck (likely a Wabco), an explosives transport truck, and unidentified equipment including an electrical utility box and some type of rotating wheel in the mill building.
Photograph depicts large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970. Model is displayed on green material set on a platform in snowy area. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded. Mountain in background.
Photo depicts workers at construction site of Cassiar's new mill building.
Photograph depicts dump truck under power lines and tramlines on gravel road. Buckets hang on line, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts a man in work clothes and hard hat standing with hands placed on the first of many tram buckets hanging in a line. Steel beam framework of station building rises above him. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "[F1?] LOADING STATION EL. 5800". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".
Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Electric panels and unidentified individual in background.
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.
Photograph depicts the diesel-fired burners of the ore dryers. The large pipes and valves above were part of the fuel supply system fed by Cassiar's fuel tank farm which also supplied the power house generators. The dryer section of the mill received ore from the crushing plant by tramline and truck. These burners blasted the ore with hot air, and dried ore to desired moisture content before it was sent to the dry rock storage building and stored for mill use. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts unidentified woman using Bauer Mcnett machine to test length of fibre samples by using water. Woman stands facing wall, away from photographer, unidentified equipment on either side.
Photograph depicts group of twenty-four men standing on front steps of main office building. Handwritten annotations on recto of similar photograph: "OFFICE STEPS APPROX 1965 / TOP L-R / JULIEN ST. GEORGES / GEORGE TROWSDALE / HANS VELTMEYER / BOB LOVETT / KARL SHULTZ / LOTHAR TISCHLER / - "; "2ND / FRANK CLEMENTS [i.e Kliment?] / BILL PLUMB / HEWETT / - "; "3RD - / - / RENE PASIAUD / DICK [Stevens]"; "4TH / DOC NAVIN / VIC SARAKOSKI / - "; "5TH / CHARLIE GANDER / GORDON EDWARDS / AL FLANIGAN [i.e. Flanagan?] / ANDRE BEGUIN / CHARLIE BRONSON / JACK THORNICROFT". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to this photograph.
Photograph depicts woman wearing safety gear in second floor of mill building, holding unidentified instruments. Helen Joseph took air quality tests in the working areas and town (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.147).
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".
Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.
Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.
Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building).
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.
File consists of research for Ainley's work on Oral History of Montreal Women Scientists including correspondence, handwritten notes, and interview transcripts.
File consists of correspondence between Ainley and the editor of the University of British Columbia Press, Jean Wilson; an abstract and descriptions of chapters submitted to the University of British Columbia Press; style guides from the University of British Columbia Press; an author handbook from the University of British Columbia Press; and a pamphlet on symbols used for proofing text.
File consists a number of short articles by Ainley, including, "Women and Science: An Inside View/Femmes et Science: Vision de L'interieur," "No More Stereotypes" and "Women's Work in Geology: A Historical Perspective on Gender Division in Canadian Science."
Item is an interview about Allie Vibert's career, her involvement with the International Federation of University Women and her activities at Queen's University, during which she pushed for the enrolment of women into the Faculty of Medicine.
Item is the first part of an interview with Norah Toole about her and her husband Frank's lives and Toole's involvement with the University of New Brunswick.
Item is the second part of an interview in Fredericton, New Brunswick in which Marianne Ainley interviews Delphine Maclellan about the development of and perceived impediments to the development of her career.
Item is an interview with Monique Lortie, a professor at the Universite de Quebec a Montreal in biology, that discusses the development of her career.
Item is the first part of an interview in which Marianne Ainley interviews Sylvia Ruby about her early life and the development of her career including what influenced her choose a career in science and any impediments she perceived herself to face in becoming a scientist.
Item is an excerpt from a presentation on economics and immigration that details the globalization, the future of economics and how women can play a roles in the future of technology and engineering.
Item is two radio programs on women in geology broadcast on CBC's program Wild Rose Country, one of which interviews Marianne Ainley, originally broadcast on May 21, 1993 and May 25, 1993.
Item is a lecture about Aboriginal peoples, their common experience and their seeking of reparations from the governments in their respective countries.
Item the first part of a presentation on the history of women in science and includes a question and answer section.
Item is the second part of an interview with Dixie Pelleut, a former professor in biology at Dalhousie University, about her life and academic career as research for Fingard's monograph, "Gender and Inequality at Dalhousie: Faculty Women before 1950."
Item is the fifth part of an interview with Dixie Pelleut, a former professor in biology at Dalhousie University, about her life and academic career as research for Fingard's monograph, "Gender and Inequality at Dalhousie: Faculty Women before 1950."
Item is an interview in Grand Harbour, New Brunswick in which Wendy Dathan, a botanist, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
Item is an interview in which Helen Reynolds, a chemist and former warden of Royal Victoria College, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
Item is an interview, completed for the History of Women at UBC project, in which Rona Wallis discusses her experiences as a woman studying chemical engineering at the University of British Columbia.
Item is the second part of an interview in which Rose Johnstone, a former biochemistry professor and former Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at McGill University, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
Item is an interview in which Rose Sheinin, a former biology professor and Vice-Rector, Academic at Concordia University, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
Item is an interview in which Eva Rosinger, a chemist and chemical engineer and former Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
Item is an interview in which Genevieve Delmas-Patterson , a former chemistry professor at the Universite de Quebec a Montreal, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
Item is an interview in which Judy Mappin, a former chemist and owner of the Double Hook Book Shop, describes her family, early life, education and professional career.
File consists of possible peer reviews of Ainley's book on "Creating complicated lives: women and science at English-Canadian universities, 1880-1980."
Series contains material relating to Ainley's personal projects and research and professional projects. The material consists of transcribed copies of Ainley's early articles; drafts of sections, notes, research material and correspondence relating to "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; conference proceedings, research material, notes and correspondence relating to her research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; material, predominately course descriptions and syllabi, relating to administering the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia; and photographs and slides relating to both her research and her personal life and hobbies. Series also contains conference proceedings, research notes, bibliographies, curricula vitae and other material.
File consists of speaking notes for a speech made by Ainley on December 6, 2000 at a memorial for the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal, Quebec; Ainley's retirement speech speaking notes; and speaking notes for a presentation of Ainley's research for her Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project, "Engendering Canadian Science: Biographies of Women Scientists."
File consists of research, conference travel and other correspondence; abstracts for Ainley's articles; conference proceedings for, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and other conference proceedings by Ainley for presentations on the history of women scientists, women's studies methodologies and women naturalists; drafts of articles and material about Catharine Parr Traill; and short biographies of William Rowan and Alice Wilson.
File consists of speaking notes and conference proceedings; instructions for abstract submissions; abstracts; drafts of biographies of women scientists; correspondence; a short biography of David Ainley; A short story by David Ainley; notes; and a curriculum vitae.
File contains material relating to "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia." File consists of notes on publications, transcripts of interviews, list of sources, conference proceedings and thematic analyses of an interview.
File consists of outlines, notes and drafts sections of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980."
File consists of material related to Ainley's administration and teaching at the University of Northern British Columbia, including course outlines and syllabi.
File consists of drafts sections from "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; the book chapter, "Science, Environment, and Women's Lives: Integrating Teaching and Research," which was published in "Teaching as Activism: Equity Meets Environmentalism"; an article, entitled, "Mabel F. Timlin, 1891-1976: A Woman Economist in the World of Men," which was published in "Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal"; notes for Ainley's retirement speech; and a sabbatical proposal.
File consists of proceedings and drafts of a presentation of "Science lessons for everyone? The writings of Catharine Parr Traill, 1802-1899."
File consists of components of Ainley's Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; correspondence relating to her position at the University of Victoria as an adjunct professor and the status of her grant; correspondence requesting and extension to the grant; and ethics approval forms submitted to the University of Victoria.
File consists of drafts of chapters of each of the chapters of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980" as well as drafts of the epilogue, prologue, acknowledgements, table of contents and title page sections of the book; interview transcripts, transcript analyses and conference proceedings created for "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; a list of Ainley's publications; edited articles on Catharine Parr Traill; correspondence to the University of British Columbia Press; a curriculum vitae; and drafts of other articles by Ainley.
File consists of unpublished works and talks or presentations Dr. Ainley made on her research relating to women scientists in Canada. File includes 7 overhead transparencies for two of her presentations.