- Item
- ca. [1940-1982]
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Crown Zellerbach Canada Workflow Diagrams
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) Operations Files
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Subseries consists of partial documentation of the substantial forestry, logging, and sawmill operations conducted by Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) during the 1960s through 1980s. Predominantly, this subseries is comprised of prepared reports, prospectuses, industrial profiles, and descriptions of assets, work processes, and mill specifications.
Crown Zellerbach Canada
Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) Photographs
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Subseries consists of photographs created or acquired by Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. This aggregation consists of photographs concerning the former S.M. Simpson Ltd. mills as well as other mills purchased by Crown Zellerbach Canada at the same time.
The majority of these images are contact prints of aerial photographs from commercial photography studios, commissioned by Crown Zellerbach Canada:
Hans Giesen of British Columbia Ltd.
Jennings Ltd. Photography
Images depict sites, workers, events, processes, and capital projects at Crown Zellerbach mills, including those holdings in Enderby, Armstrong, Falkland, Monte Lake, Lumby, and Kelowna.
Crown Zellerbach Canada
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Series is comprised of documentary record generated by the business activities of Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd (Southern Interior Wood Products) which purchased the business holdings of S.M. Simpson Ltd. in 1965. Series also includes older materials from mills acquired at the same time as S.M. Simpson Ltd., but which were not affiliated with S.M. Limited during its active existence, namely Lumby Sawmill.
For several years after the acquisition of S.M.S. Ltd., those holdings taken over from S.M. Simpson Ltd. were referred to the S.M. Simpson Ltd. Division of Crown Zellerbach Canada.
In 1973, the name was changed to Crown Zellerbach Canada, and the corporation embarked on a modernization program, documented in this series. In 1981, it was purchased by Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. and the company name was changed to Crown Forest.
Series contains documentation of sawmills located in Kelowna, Lumby, Enderby, Armstrong, Falkland, and Monte Lake, British Columbia.
Series within this sous fonds continue at 2.1.3.
Crown Zellerbach Canada
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Box Factory Inco. IWA, August 4, 1959
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Includes 18 photographs depicting box factory demolition in the 1970s.
Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) Safety Program
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Subseries is comprised of documentation of Crown Zellerbach Canada’s (Southern Interior Wood Products) safety program.
Crown Zellerbach Canada
Enderby/Falkland/Monte Lake ca. 1974
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Kelowna/Peachland Aerials ca. 1974
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Contact images of mill scenes.
Armstrong Mill ca. 1969 to 1974
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Scenes at Enderby, Armstrong, Kelowna including work candids and mill scenes.
Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) Labour Relations
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Subseries consists of documentation of Crown Zellerbach Canada’s interactions with its workers, as well as their labour union, the International Woodworkers’ Association.
Subseries contains primary instance documents including forms (blank and completed), collective agreements, meeting minutes, seniority lists, job categorization lists, correspondence, committee rosters, contracts, bulletins, etc.
Crown Zellerbach Canada
Hans Giesen of British Columbia Commercial Photography Construction of New Stud Mill 1971 to 1973
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Contact images of mill scenes.
Crown Zellerbach 1960s to 1970s General
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Featuring banquet on Jan 30, 1970.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Contains Modernization Program plan, "About Crown Zellerbach" hand written notes, policy documents.
Certificates of Indefeasible Title
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Bound volume of land titles documenting changes in ownership.
Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. Interior Operations
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Binder containing profiles of production/operation sites incl. Knox Mtn., Kelowna Sawmill, Kelowna Plywood, Bear Creek Ranch, Monte Lake, Falkland Sawmill, Armstrong Plywood, Armstrong Sawmill, Enderby Sawmill, Lumby Sawmill, with mill stats; profiles typical tree stands, logging operations, describes tree licenses in detail.
Site Sketches and Workflow Diagrams
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Includes interior mill, exterior forestry management, maps, exterior mill, trucks.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Correspondence, minutes, policies.
Union Collective Agreements and Contracts
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Labour Contract 1967 to 1970, Collective Agreement between Comet Construction and Locals 1405 & 1423.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Labour Union - Promotion notices, LOA notices, Plant Committee Roster, Safety Mtg. Minutes, Sound Level Survey, and Seniority List.
IWA Bulletins and Publications
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Bulletin & copy tearsheet.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Certificate of history of incorporation of sawmills with record of purchase and renaming to Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd.
Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) Legal Files
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Subseries consists of records pertaining to the legal history of incorporation of the companies Crown Zellerbach Canada subsumed in 1965, including S.M. Simpson Ltd.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Correspondence re: grievances, wages, worker category lists, seniority lists, completed job applications, memorandum of agreement re: apprentice training program.
Crown Zellerback Contacts 1960s to 1970s General
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Contact images of interior and exterior mill scenes.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Includes 7 1960s management portraits. Includes 26 photographs depicting 1960s industrial safety initiatives.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
IWA Correspondence, IWA Meeting Minutes.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Labour Union - Grievance Reports, Job Vacancy applications, Seniority Lists.
"S.M. Simpson Ltd 1967 to 1968"
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Slips: requests for departmental transfer, Leave of Absence notices, change of address forms, hand written management meeting minutes, committee rosters.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Includes 4 photographs of the M.V. Stanley.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Bound volume containing analysis of timber resources, review of manufacturing capacity, work flow diagrams, site descriptions, summary of sales and distribution, financial state. Features hand annotations indicating edits.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Seniority Lists, Meeting Minutes, Committee Rosters.
Collective Agreements 1943, 1944, 1963 to 1967
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Labour Union - LOA notices, correspondence re: category revision, job descriptions and requirements, rates of pay, seniority lists.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
The subseries consists of commissioned commercial photography (portraits, candids, aerials) carried out primarily by three firms (Aero Surveys Ltd., ca. 1948 to 1958; Jennings Ltd. Photography, ca. 1971 to 1974; and Hans Giesen of British Columbia Ltd. ca.1973). None of these firms have a current detectable presence. Other commercial photographers include Jack Cash Photographic Studio, Pope's Studio, Paul Ponich, Kermode Studio, and Ribelin Photography. Of these, only Pope's Studio is clearly still extant. Other photographs originate from the mill(s) proper, and yet others have been collected from third parties' personal photo collections (acquired or copcopied) by Sharron J. Simpson. There are a total of approximately 2,350 images in the form of photographs, scans & photocopies on paper, slide transparencies, negatives, and contact prints documenting mill business (under various nomenclature and ownership) during the years ca. 1910 to 1994, in colour and black & white, with sizes ranging from oversize posters to 10x12cm prints.
S.M. Simpson Ltd.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Series consists of records generated by the business activities Stanley M. Simpson, the corporation he founded (S.M.S. Ltd) and its various subsidiaries between 1906 and 1965, when S.M.S. Ltd. was purchased by Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd.
Series documents the operations of several sawmills and wood manufacturing plants, forestry harvesting operations, and retail outlets owned by S.M.S. Ltd. operating throughout the Central Okanagan, predominantly during the mid twentieth century.
Series includes an extensive collection of artifacts, robust photographic record, and company records.
Series descriptions within this sous fonds continue at 2.1.2.
S.M. Simpson Ltd.
Horace B. Simpson Operations Notes
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Typewritten report RE: new mandate transition from logging to forest stewardship.