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Edward Davidson McRae fonds Woodfibre (B.C.)
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Edward Davidson McRae fonds

  • PR-2179
  • Fonds
  • [1969?]-1970

The fonds consists of a typescript of McRae's M.B.A. thesis, as well as photographs and film footage documenting some of the company towns he visited as part of his research.

McRae, Edward Davidson

The instant town : [footage]

Unedited footage. Shows "instant" resource towns in British Columbia, their industrial facilities, and the amenities available to workers and their families, including housing, shopping centres, schools, company stores, etc. Includes footage of the open-pit mine at Phoenix; the town of Mackenzie, north of Prince George; the mill town of Woodfibre, including its ferry service; and the forestry town of Gold River on Vancouver Island.