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Fonds · 1927-1973

The fonds consists of specifications for work on various ships and docks as well as tenders and agreements involving the shipyard. Several financial records, magazines, and manuals as well as a yard plan for the shipyard are also a part of the fonds.

Star Shipyard (Mercer's)
Al Addison fonds: 1912-1969
Fonds · [Photocopied ca. 1969]

Fonds consists of reproduced maps and reports, annotated by Addison, related to the Blue Flame Mine. Includes a copy of a portion of the G.H. Clapp report on gas formations in the Nanaimo Basin (1912), a copy of the Wilkinson report of Morden Mine and area (1920), a copy of a drilling report of the Big Flame Mine, and copies of sketches Addison made in 1969 of the stratigraphy in the area around the Blue Flame Mine.

Addison, Al
Coal Tyee Society fonds
CA NCAI 1996 037 A · Fonds · 1978-1990

Fonds is arranged in six series: 1) Constitution and bylaws; 2) Minutes; 3) Correspondence; 4) Financial Records; 5) Projects; 6) Miscellaneous.

Coal Tyee Society
Cominco Limited fonds
CA TCA 86.1;91.9;1997-4 · Fonds · 1896-1981

The fonds consists of land survey field notes, mining notes, reports (including a chronological record of outstanding events in the history of the company), correspondence relating to ceremonies and celebrations Cominco sponsored or participated in, and annual reports of the company's Refining Department (1950-1954). Fonds also includes indexes to Cominco historical correspondence and miscellaneous items: 1. "Alphabetic Index to Cominco's Historical Correspondence and Records, 1896-1981"; 2. Box/Envelope List (filelist) of Cominco historical records, 1896-1981 (relates to the alphabetic index); 3. File list of PRC reports, with microfilm/reel numbers; 4. Manuscript (typed) of "A Portrait of Progress: the Consolidated Cominco Story" (two looseleaf binders - 441 pages plus appendices, parts 1-2); 5. Another, edited version of "A Portrait of Progress" (unbound, no table of contents); 6. Submission on tax reform to Parliamentary Committee, 1970; 7. Miscellaneous, including notes from a Nov. 13, 1986 meeting of Cominco staff re disposition of historical records, and a numerical list/index of company names, place names, etc. (no indication is given as to which set of files the numerical index covers).

Cominco
Cominco Sullivan Mine fonds
CA KIM KM 994.17.1-2;KM 992.10.1-32 · Fonds · 1923-1970

The fonds consists of records of Cominco's Sullivan Mine (also known as the Sullivan Mine of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada) including time record books (1923-1975) of the blacksmith shop, the blacksmith and car shop, the blacksmith and welding shop, the car shop, and the steel shop; payledger (1928-1932); record book of mine activity (1909-1910); reference material, and ephemera.

Cominco. Sullivan Mine
Brown family fonds
CA HED 988.145 · Fonds · [ca. 1950]

The fonds consists of Brown family photographs of the staff and operations of the Kelowna Exploration Company's Nickel Plate Mine, including photographs of the Chinese cooks at the mine.

Brown (family)
Fonds · 1887-1958

The fonds consists of correspondence (1912-1931), interim statements (1936-1953) and cost statements (1958) of the Canadian Western Lumber Company Ltd. Fonds includes an early letterbook (with financial statements) of the MacLaren Ross Lumber Company and the Buckingham Pulp Company. Fonds also includes records of timber returns, timber cruises, and estimates of the Columbia River Lumber Company Ltd.

Canadian Western Lumber Company
Hans Blakstad fonds
CA MMB L752 · Fonds · 1899

The fonds consists of the log of Hans Blakstad detailing the voyage of the sealing schooner City of San Diego (July, 1899 to October, 1899) from Victoria, B.C., to the North Pacific and return.

Blakstad, Hans
George C. Williams fonds
CA KMA 75.44;77.34 · Fonds · 1915-1935

The fonds consists of journals, correspondence, and reference material relating to Williams' activities as a B.C. Forester.

Williams, George C., d. 1956
George Cahill fonds
CA HED 990.80 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1900]

The fonds consists of a mining claims locator notebook (1899-1900) documenting Cahill's work in the Hedley area and photographs depicting Cahill and his family in the American midwest and in British Columbia (including the Hedley area).

Cahill, George
CA HED 991.10 · Fonds · [ca. 1930-1958]

The fonds consists of medical certificates, employment applications, inventories, copies of crown grants, correspondence, contracts, collective bargaining agreements, and technical reference material of the Nickle Plate Mine operation at Hedley. Fonds includes plans of various sections of the mine and of water pipelines serving Hedley. Fonds also includes inventory of machinery (1930) of the Hedley Gold Mining Company.

Kelowna Exploration Company. Nickel Plate Mine
Fonds · 1890-1991

The collection consists of forestry, geological, mining, mineral claim, road and railway maps, and architectural drawings of various sites and structures in the Kaslo-Ainsworth areas, including the S.S. Moyie. Collection includes mine site and townsite plans for Kaslo and area.

L.M. Carlson fonds
CA HED 988.137 · Fonds · 1937-1938

The fonds consists of photographs depicting views of Hedley and of the Nickel Plate Mine.

Carlson, L.M.
CA FTST MS 35 · Fonds · 1898-1901

Fonds consists of a brewer's malt stock book belonging to Kaiser and Sick Brewery, proprietors of the Fort Steele Brewing Company, 1898-1901.

Fort Steele Brewing Company
Francis John fonds
Fonds · Photocopied 2000 (originally created 1916)

Fonds consists of a certificate of competency for mine rescue work (1916) and a certificate of competency for 2nd class (1916), which allowed Francis John to work as an Overman in British Columbia under the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations Act.

John, Francis
CA KSM MG12 · Fonds · 1956-1968

The fonds consists of documents relating to the business of the Association and consists of 5 series that contain constitutions; financial records; minutes; memberships and benefits.

Hillcrest Employees Association
Ivan Anderson fonds
CA FFG P998.24 · Fonds · 1930-1940

The fonds consists of photographic images depicting the forest industry, Sinclair Sawmill and Longs Worth Sawmill during the period of 1930-1940 inclusive.

Anderson, Ivan
James S. Clark fonds
CA MMB L29.1-5 · Fonds · 1882-[ca. 1905]

The fonds consists of plans for a new type of lifeboat (which won the Anthony Pollock Prize, 1900) and for a cargo ship, plans for launching Spanish cruisers (1905), yacht hull plans, principal dimension sheets for 13 ships built by Barrow Shipbuilding Company, and a book of plans of ships built between 1880 and 1905 by Barrow Shipbuilding, Vea Marquia Cadiz, and Mitsabishi Shipbuilding (Japan).

Clark, James Stewart
Fonds · 1887-1994

The collection consists of photographs of Esquimalt and area depicting individuals, families, businesses, community institutions (including schools) and groups, and events. Collection includes photographs of marine-related industry (including shipbuilding) and of naval and other military facilities and activities.

Melville Jack fonds
CA MMB L4593;L4594;L4595 · Fonds · 1913-1935

The fonds consists of continuous certificate of discharge (1917-1925) and other certificates and indentures of Melville Jack. Fonds includes postcards of the ships Princess Alice and Princess Elaine.

Jack, Melville, b. 1896
Nanaimo Foundry fonds
Fonds · 1930-1979

Fonds consists of the business records of the Nanaimo Foundry. Fonds is arranged in four series: 1) Plans, Quotes and Technical Drawings; 2) Photographs; 3) Work Orders and 4) Pattern Book.

Nanaimo Foundry
Nergaard Sawmill fonds
CA VAL 992.87 · Fonds · 1949-1950

The fonds consists of timesheets (1949-1950) of the Nergaard Sawmill.

Nergaard Sawmill
Fonds · [ca. 1880-ca. 1980]

The collection consists of photographs of Revelstoke area (including Rogers Pass, Big Bend, Glacier, Arrowhead, Three Valley, and the Upper Arrow Lakes) depicting industry, forestry, transportation networks, sports and recreation, community events, individuals, and organizations.