Forest products industry--British Columbia

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Glen Patterson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0509:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Forester and Vice President of Canadian Forest Products PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1974 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-07-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Patterson discusses: his move to Nimpkish Valley as a fire warden, 1947; first sustained yield plan for the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-48; fire protection practices in the Nimpkish Valley; company attitudes toward forest conservation, 1940s; forest service view of company practices, 1940s. Changes in Nimpkish Valley forestry practices, 1947-56. Forestry reform brought about by the Sloan Commission Report, 1953-55. Progressive forestry practices of CFP in the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-56. TRACK 2: Mr. Patterson discusses: fire protection practices in the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-52; development of volume and yield tables for the Nimpkish Valley; tree farm license granted in the Nimpkish Valley, 1960; responsibilities of B.C. Forest Service and logging companies in forest management; public attitudes toward forest management; the work of forestry institutions at the provincial and national level; life in the Nimpkish Valley and description of Woss Camp, 1948-56.

CALL NUMBER: T0509:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Forester and Vice President of Canadian Forest Products PERIOD COVERED: 1947-1956 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-07-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Patterson discusses women's lives in Woss camp, 1947-56 and the social divisions in camp life. (End of interview)

Henry Hansen interview

CALL NUMBER: T0299:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henry Hansen : logging in B.C., 1929-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1942 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hansen describes: early life in logging, 1929-1936; working for Brown and Kirkland Logging Company, 1942-1944; logging in the Nimpkish Valley, 1942-1962. Daily life in a logging camp. Changing worker-management relations, 1936-1946. Change from hand-falling to power-falling. TRACK 2: Mr. Hansen describes: the hiring of fallers during the 1940s; early camp life at Nimpkish, 1942; organization of the workforce at Nimpkish, 1942-44; decline of morale at B & K logging camp during 1943-44; changing worker-management relations, unions and strikes. CALL NUMBER: T0299:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henry Hansen : logging in B.C., 1929-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1970 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hansen describes: hand-logging, fallers, falling crews and falling; accidents in logging, 1930-70; changes from hand-falling to power saw-falling, 1936-50; wage rates of fallers, 1935-50; duties of the production supervisor. TRACK 2: Mr. Hansen discusses: changes in the manpower force at Englewood Division, 1950-70; changing types of work in logging, 1930-70; changing timber volumes, 1940-70; changing production costs, 1940-70; skyline and cold deck logging techniques, 1940-62; logging with caterpillar tractors; the building of Nimpkish, Woss and Vernon camps, 1943-53; travel in the Englewood Division, 1940-60; recreation in the camps; Vernon Lake fire, early 1950s. CALL NUMBER: T0299:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henry Hansen : logging in B.C., 1929-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1974 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Consequences of the Vernon Lake fire on the logging operation at Englewood. Organization of Nimpkish Valley logging operation, 1940s. Railway logging techniques, 1940s. Sorting logs and the water transportation of logs. Advent of truck-railway logging operation at Englewood, 1962-63. (End of interview)

Horace Hinton interview

CALL NUMBER: T0500:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Horace Hinton : life in the Nimpkish Valley, 1919-1962 PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1962 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1974-07-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hinton discusses early logging experience: move to Nimpkish Valley from Washington State, 1919; description of English Logging Company Camp #1; railroad personnel; aspects of railway logging; problems of isolation; logging camp life; life in Englewood, ca. 1926. TRACK 2: Mr. Hinton comments on: Shay and Climax engines; Japanese mill workers at Englewood; life in the logging camps during the 1930s; railway logging in Nimpkish Valley, 1930-70; railway maintenance and accidents, 1930-70. CALL NUMBER: T0500:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Horace Hinton : life in the Nimpkish Valley, 1919-1962 PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1956 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1974-10-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hinton discusses: Japanese mill workers at Englewood, 1920-40; Chinese mill workers at Nimpkish Lake; floating camps (description and conditions); repairing logging equipment particularly steam locomotives. TRACK 2: Mr. Hinton discusses: repairing locomotives (cont'd); working hours of locomotive engineers, 1920-40; the change from steam to diesel locomotives, 1951-52; registration of locomotives at Nimpkish; farms in the Nimpkish River area, 1920s; recreation and holidays from the camp, 1920s; travel on the union steamship line along the B.C. coast, 1930-40; description of company personnel, Frank Coleman and Russell Mills. CALL NUMBER: T0500:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Horace Hinton : life in the Nimpkish Valley, 1919-1962 PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1974 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1974-10-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hinton discusses: company personnel (cont'd); Eli Tibiff, 1920s; mechanical training of Hinton, 1930s; description of William "Bill" McMahon. (End of interview)

Roy Hodgan interview

CALL NUMBER: T0508:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in British Columbia lumber camps, 1910-1962 : part 1 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1974-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hodgan describes early life and first logging camp experiences: born in Michigan; arrived in B.C. in 1900. Reminiscences of Nakusp and Nelson, 1901-1910. Early logging methods and working at interior logging camps: Nakusp, Nelson, Cascade, Chase, 1910-1914. TRACK 2: The use of flumes and chutes in B.C. logging, 1910s. Logging experiences in Idaho and B.C., 1914-1926. Training as a bookkeeper, 1926-1927. Working at various mills along the B.C. coast and Vancouver Island, 1927-1933.

CALL NUMBER: T0508:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in British Columbia lumber camps, 1910-1962 : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1962 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1974-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hodgan describes: Work at various coast and interior logging camps, 1933-1938. Description of Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Camp B at Franklin Lake, 1938-1940. Anecdote and description of J.H. Bloedel. Working during the Depression, 1929-1940. Move to Englewood, 1942. Anecdote about Christmas break at Nimpkish Camp, 1943. Nimpkish camp description. TRACK 2: Description of Nimpkish camp (cont'd). Camp social activities at Nimpkish. Differences between coast and interior logging techniques. (End of interview)