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Correspondence
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1919 - 1957 (Creation)
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2.2 metres of textual records.
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The series consists of handwritten and typed letters, as well as telegrams relating to the industry. This is the largest series in the fonds, and contains information relating to many aspects of the fish canning industry as well as the individuals who worked at inverness. A majority of the correspondence is between the Inverness cannery and the head office of J.H. Todd and Sons located in Victoria British Columbia. Other correspondence is between the cannery and other related companies such as lumber, boat manufacturers, and cannery equipment providers.
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Several different arrangements were used in keeping Correspondence records. Where possible, that arrangement has been preserved (alphabetical by sender, the correspondence of particular individuals). In other cases Correspondence files were kept in no order, and they have been arranged chronologically.
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Box 2 contains correspondence relating to the operation of the Sooke Net Traps from 1936-1937.
Box 9 contains correspondence between inverness cannery and the head office from 1949.
Box 14 contains incoming correspondence to the cannery from 1946-1948.
Box 19 contains incoming correspondence from the head office of J.H. Todd and Sons to Inverness Cannery from 1942-43.
Box 20 contains outgoing correspondence form inverness cannery to the head office from 1941-1942.
Box 21 contains outgoing correspondence from 1952, as well as incoming letters from the head office of J.H. Todd and Sons from 1951.
Box 22 contains outgoing correspondence from 1940-1942.
Box 23 contains incoming correspondence from the head office to inverness cannery from 1942.
Box 24 contains incoming correspondence from the head office to inverness cannery from 1941.
Box 27 contains outgoing correspondence from 1944.
Box 28 contains outgoing correspondence from 1941-1942.
Box 29 contains incoming correspondence from 1941-1943.
Box 34 contains outgoing correspondence to head office from 1940-41.
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Description created by Claire Williams in June 2017.