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Series pertains to timber sales, management and operations at Weldwood-Westply's Cariboo Plywood plant in Quesnel, British Columbia. The series consists of four sub-series: A. Quesnel timber sales files, 1950-1973; B. General files, 1950-1979; C. Correspondence and reports, 1973-1982; and, D. Financial files, 1950-1969. Timber sales files for the Cariboo forestry region make up the largest component of the series. These records are arranged by timber sales, or TSX, number. The Crown Timber Sales licence had its origin in the British Columbia Forest Act of 1912. It was overseen by the British Columbia Forest Service and was the primary means by which the government sold cutting rights to small operators operating in Public Sustained Yield Units (PSYU). Adding to the complexity of timber dispensation was the "Quota" system, which strongly influenced the ability of a company to secure a Timber Sale by giving an informal preferred bidding status to established operators. This status served to guarantee a yearly supply of timber. Companies that "held Quota" kept this privilege even when bought out, a situation that encouraged the amalgamation of timber companies operating in PSYUs. General files maintained at the Quesnel plant pertain to forestry lands and locations; applications, leases, licences and agreements; equipment and suppliers; and, committees and associations. Arrangement of the general files is alphabetical. Correspondence of manager's and logging superintendents, managers' reports and financial records make up the remainder of the series. The series is the seventh of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds.

Series consists of two original sub-series of correspondence files of the Weldwood-Westply Limited head office: A. General Correspondence, 1958-1961, predominant 1960-1961; and, B. General Correspondence 1956-1963, predominant 1961-1962.

Correspondence in this series pertains broadly to company management and operations, including production, products, projects, applications, policies, affiliate companies, partnerships, negotiations, customers, supplies and inter-office communications.

The series is the second of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds. Original alphabetical arrangements have been retained.

Series consists of executive files of Weldwood-Westply Limited president John Bene, vice-president Geoffrey H. Tullidge, and of unknown secretary/s. The records are in three sub-series: A. President's files, 1934-1970, predominant 1960-1965; B. Vice-President's files, 1960-1967, predominant 1966-1967; and, C. Secretary files, 1936-1970, predominant 1962-1969.

The President's files pertain mainly to company and division management and consist of correspondence with managers, branches and agencies, as well as reports, meeting records and topical files. The Vice-President's files pertain mainly to sales, expenditures, suppliers and marketing. Secretary files pertain mainly to pension plans, employee benefits, banking, donations and insurance.

The series is the first of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds. Original alphabetical arrangements of the President and Vice-President files have been retained. A chronological arrangement has been established for the Secretary files. Portions of sub-series A and C are missing.

Series consists of Weldwood-Westply Limited financial records in four sub-series: A. Financial files, annual reports and statements, 1910-1966, predominant 1945-1966. B. General accounting correspondence, 1948-1964, predominant 1961-1963. C. Tax files, 1950-1965.

D. Ledgers and account books, 1910-1973.

Series is the third of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds. Subseries B, C and D were established by the creating company. Original indeterminate arrangement remains in place for sub-series A.

Series consists of files from the British Columbia head office of Weldwood-Westply Limited located at the Kent Avenue plywood plant in Vancouver, British Columbia. The series includes some material to do with plywood plant.

The series consists of two sub-series: A. Topical files, 1946-1969; and, B. Forest Industry Summaries, 1958. Topical files consist of reports, agreements, study and planning documents, equipment files, labour negotiation and pension plans files, and project records. Some sets of files pertain to Canadian Collieries, Head Office construction and design, and projects regarding pulping, pulp and paper, hardboard and particle board. Forest industry summaries are office resource files pertaining to the forest industry in British Columbia.

Series is the fourth of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds. Arrangement of the topical files is alphabetical.

Series consists of Weldwood-Westply Limited labour and personnel records in the form of reports, correspondence, agreements, assessments, newsletters and other material pertaining to negotiations, benefits, evaluation, pay, safety, training, accidents and personnel issues.

The series is the fifth of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds. It consists of two original sub-series containing similar materials: A. Set 1, 1951-1977, predominant 1969-1973; and, B. Set 2, 1969-1988. Arrangement of each sub-series is alphabetical.

Series consists of files designated as “Old Files” by Weldwood-Westply Limited. The series contains two sub-series: A. Company files, 1907-1967, pertaining to Canadian Collieries, subsidiaries and other companies; and, B. Log and timber sale files, 1946-1966, consisting of file relating to logging, logging companies and timber sales. Timber sales files are arranged by TSX number within the alphabetical series. Crown Timber Sales licences were overseen by the British Columbia Forest Service and the system was the primary means by which the government sold cutting rights to small operators operating in Public Sustained Yield Units (PSYU).

The series is the sixth of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds. Original arrangements have been retained; sub-series A is arranged by company, and sub-series B has an alphabetical arrangement beginning at 'L'.

Series consists of technical drawings and machinery files from the Timberland sawmill and plywood plant at Surrey, British Columbia. Canadian Collieries acquired the Timberland sawmill in 1955 and built a plywood plant there in 1956. Weldwood-Westply acquired the operations in 1964. The series consists of three sub-series: A. Sawmill and machinery files, 1946-1981; B. Timberland Sawmill technical drawings, 1957-1982; and C. Reference drawings, 1953-1976.

The Timberland Sawmill (TS) drawings comprise the largest component of this series. The drawings pertain to a wide range of sawmill and plywood plant machinery design and maintenance. The sawmill drawings retain their original numbering, spanning #TS1000 to #TS1499.

Reference drawings consist of: drawings attributed to Timberland Plywood (T-Ply), Empire Sawmill (EL) and Western Plywood; un-attributed sawmill drawings; outsourced drawings; and, other drawings and materials relating to the maintenance and function of sawmill machinery. The alphabetical sawmill and machinery files pertain to design, function, maintenance and suppliers.

This series is the eighth of eight series in the Weldwood-Westply Limited fonds.

Fonds consists of broad-ranging records pertaining to the management and operations of the Western Plywood Company Limited and the Weldwood-Westply Limited group of regional and national companies, subsidiaries, divisions and branches in Canada and the United States. Records in this fonds are from the British Columbia Head Office of Weldwood-Westply and include material to do with management and operations of various plants, particularly the Kent Avenue plywood plant in Vancouver, where the head office was located, and the Cariboo Plywood plant in Quesnel. The fonds includes records of the following companies, subsidiaries, divisions and branches: Alwest Wholesale, Canadian Collieries Resources Limited, Cariboo Pulp and Plywood (Quesnel), Empire Lumber Company, Hay & Company Limited and Hubbell Lumber Company (both Ontario), Flavelle Cedar Limited, J.R. Murray Timber Limited, Kent Avenue plant (Vancouver), Keeley Lumber Company, Kirk Coal Company, Mount Baker Veneer Company, Tepson's Wholesale (Ontario), Timberland Plywood, United States Plywood, Weldwood of Canada and others. The fonds consists of eight series: Series 1. Executive papers, 1934-1970, predominant 1960-1969. Sub-series: President's files, Vice-President's files, Secretary files. Series 2. Correspondence, 1956-1963, predominant 1960-1962. Sub-series: General Correspondence 1960-1961, General Correspondence 1961-1962. Series 3. Financial records, 1910-1973, predominant 1945-1966. Sub-series: Financial files, annual reports and statements; General accounting correspondence; Tax files; Ledgers and account books. Series 4. Head Office general files, 1946-1969. Sub-series: Topical files, Forest Industry Summaries. Series 5. Labour and personnel files, 1951-1988. Sub-series: Set 1, Set 2. Series 6. Old files, 1907-1967. Sub-series: Companies, Log and timber sale files. Series 7. Cariboo Plywood plant, 1950-1982. Sub-series: Quesnel timber files, General files, Correspondence and reports, Financial files. Series 8. Timberland Sawmill, 1946-1982. Sub-series: Timberland Sawmill technical drawings, Reference drawings, Sawmill and machinery files. Original series, series/sub-series titles, and arrangements have been retained. Arrangements are alphabetical, chronological or numerical.