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CALL NUMBER: T0275:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Superintendent, Youbou Sawmill, Lake Cowichan, Retired 1959 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-21 SUMMARY: Born at New Westminster in 1896; worked at Barnet Lumber Company; Rat Portage Lumber Company; Capilano Timber Company; came to Industrial Timber Mills in Youbou, in 1932 as superintendent; description of changes in the industry; Youbou as a community; sawmill operations taken over by BC Forest Products; expansion, etc.; retired in 1959.

CALL NUMBER: T0275:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Superintendent, Youbou Sawmill, Lake Cowichan, Retired 1959 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-21 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.]

CALL NUMBER: T1850:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lloyd Rodgers : coastal logging, 1910-1942 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1942 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1956 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rodgers began in the woods in 1910. Working conditions in logging camps. Attended Frontier College. Experiences in coastal logging camps, 1910-14. TRACK 2: Ground lead logging. Other logging methods. Began work for Capilano Timber Company, 1916. In 14 years, moved from powder man to logging superintendent. Became superintendent in 1920. Cold decking. Steam donkeys and gas donkeys. Camp conditions and labour relations. Camp food. Quit Capilano Timber Company about 1930 or 1931. Wage levels, 1916-30. Production levels. Several jobs as superintendent, 1931-37. Started Spring Creek Consolidated Timber Co., 1937.

CALL NUMBER: T1850:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lloyd Rodgers : coastal logging, 1937-1956 PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1957 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1956 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Logging in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Logging methods. Economic conditions. Sold out Spring Creek Consolidated Timber Company in 1942. Went to work for Bob Filberg of the crown company Aero Timber Co., 1942-46. Worked as a timber buyer after the war. Started work for the Powell River Company, 1951. Anecdotes about "Calamity Bell" (George Bell). More on salaries and working conditions. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1864:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William McMahon : Canfor Vice-President and general manager (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1955 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: McMahon's personal background. Worked at Anyox, 1917. Came to B.C. to stay in 1921. Work for the Capilano Lumber Company. Discussion of the Japanese timber market. The Capilano Timber Company mill. TRACK 2: Work in mills in the 1930s. Eburne Mills. The Pick-Prentice-Bentley group. The expansion of Canadian Forest Products in the early 1940s. Corporate history of the development of Canadian Forest Products.

CALL NUMBER: T1864:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William McMillan : Canfor Vice-President and general manager (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1955 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the story of the development of Canadian Forest Products. Discussion of plywood technology. More CFP corporate history. Changes in working conditions for survey crews. (End of interview)