1930s - Fires/Kelowna Mill

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-003
• File
• 1926-1962, predominant 1939

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File consists of two sub-files depicting events and business activities of S.M. Simpson Limited during the 1930s.

1930s - Kelowna Mills sub-file

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-003-b
• File
• 1926-1962

Part of Simpson Family fonds

The second of two sub-files that comprise the OSC-ARC-02-001-003 - 1930s - Fires/Kelowna Mill file. Sub-file contains photographs depicting the day-to-day business operations of the Kelowna Mill.Includes photographs originally belonging to:Arthur ...

1940s

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-004
• File
• ca. 1930-ca. 1959, predominant 1940-1949

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File consists of graphic materials depicting the activities and structures of S.M. Simpson Limited, predominantly during the 1940s. Includes: photographs of the interior and exterior of sawmill buildings, including photographs of labour and indust...

1950s

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-005
• File
• ca. 1920-ca. 1959, predominant 1950-1959

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File consists of graphic materials depicting the activities and structures of S.M. Simpson Limited, predominantly during the 1950s. Includes: photographs of merchandise displays and company products; photographs of S.M. Simpson office buildings; p...

1960s

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-006
• File
• ca. 1950-ca. 1969, predominant 1960-1969

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File consists of graphic materials depicting the activities and structures of S.M. Simpson Limited, predominantly during the 1960s. Includes photographs of the interior and exterior of sawmill buildings, with a particular emphasis on machinery and...

Aerials Master File

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-010
• File
• 1948-1965, predominant 1958-1959

Part of Simpson Family fonds

An album of aerial photographs and photographs taken from Knox Mountain, commissioned by S.M. Simpson Ltd from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Depicts the S.M. Simpson Ltd. Mill on the shore of Okanagan Lake at Manhattan Point, adjacent to Kelown...

Aero Surveys Ltd. sub-file

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-010-c
• File
• 1948-1959

Part of Simpson Family fonds

Sub-file consists of aerial photographs taken by Aero Surveys Ltd., commissioned by S.M. Simpson Ltd. Photographs include those taken of downtown Kelowna near the waterfront, showing the Manhattan Point location of S.M. Simpson Ltd. sawmill, as we...

City of Kelowna Aerials sub-file

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-010-d
• File
• ca.1950-ca. 1959

Part of Simpson Family fonds

Sub-file consists of aerial photographs commissioned by S.M. Simpson Ltd., depicting the downtown Kelowna area near the waterfront, showing the location of the S.M. Simpson Ltd. sawmill, and one aerial view over Osoyoos.

Crown Zellerbach Canada (Southern Interior Wood Products) Operations

• Subseries
• 1968 - 1981

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 compri...

Crown Zellerbach Canada

Early Days Album - 1920s-1950s

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-002
• File
• ca. 1920- ca. 1959

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File contains album-mounted photographs depicting logging, mill scenes, group portraits, and candids.Contributors include:Ribelin Photo Studio

Framed Graphic Materials

• CA OSC-ARC-02-OS7
• File
• ca. 1955-2003

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File contains framed graphic materials. There is a framed collage of newspaper clippings, a commemorative print of the Stanley M. Simpson Knox Mountain Trust, a drawing of the S.M. Simpson Ltd. sawmill and a portrait of Stanley Merriam Simpson.

Framed Photographs

• CA OSC-ARC-02-OS8
• File
• ca. 1910-ca.1929

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File contains five framed photographs, all of which are duplicates of other photographs found elsewhere in the subseries.

Negatives

• CA OSC-ARC-02-002-001
• File
• ca. 1920-ca. 1999

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File contains black and white negatives, primarily of photographs existing in print found elsewhere in the subseries. Unique images include several colour photographic negatives of a "mid-life crisis" celebration. Contains negatives of p...

Oversize Photographs 1

• CA OSC-ARC-02-OS1
• File
• ca. 1910-ca.1987

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File contains oversized materials. Some of the materials are oversized overflow from other files (which have not been included in photograph count), as well as scanned and/or photocopied images printed on tabloid-sized paper. The majority of the p...

Oversize Photographs 2

• CA OSC-ARC-02-OS2
• File
• ca. 1910-1974

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File contains oversized photographs. Three photographs are aerials taken by Aero Surveys Ltd., and Hans Giesen of B.C. Ltd., commissioned by S.M. Simpson Ltd., two photographs are from the early days of the lumber industry, and one photograph is o...

S.M. Simpson Ltd. Business Operations

• Subseries
• 1909 -1965

Part of Simpson Family fonds

Subseries consists of contractor information, mill operations specifications and rules, notes, reports, customer and sales information, compiled descriptions of forestry sites, strategic planning, and geographical resources

S.M. Simpson Ltd.

Trautman Garraway Aerials sub-file

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-010-e
• File
• 1958-1965

Part of Simpson Family fonds

Sub-file consists of aerial photographs of the Trautman Garraway mill in Peachland, B.C.

Trautman and Garraway Sawmill Fire June 1959

• CA OSC-ARC-02-001-011
• File
• Jun. 1959

Part of Simpson Family fonds

File consists of graphic materials relating to the 1959 fire at the Trautman and Garraway Sawmill in Peachland, B.C. The Trautman and Garraway Sawmill was purchased by S.M. Simpson Ltd. to supply logs to its new plywood plant, S&K Plywood Ltd.