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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Logging camp characters PERIOD COVERED: 1932-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdotes about some characters in the logging camps of British Columbia: "Caraway Seed Bill", "Bullshit Bill", "Johnny-On-The-Spot", and "Roughhouse Pete". [TRACK 2: blank.];

CALL NUMBER: T3944:0016 - 0022 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-29 SUMMARY: Interview with Ernie Dalskog, who discusses logging in British Columbia, 1931-1948.;

CALL NUMBER: T3944:0023 track 1 item 01 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-29 SUMMARY: Conclusion of Ernie Dalskog interview. (ca. 10 minutes);

CALL NUMBER: T1856:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gordon Gibson story (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1904-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gordon Gibson describes his early life as a logger, especially on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Work for the Munitions Board during the First World War. The Gibson family's involvement in the shingle industry, logging and in the pilchard industry, all on the West Coast. The Gibson's accidental entry into the shipping industry. Anecdotes about the SS "Malahat". TRACK 2: More about the "Malahat", especially on the Queen Charlottes. The Gibsons begin to prosper. More about the "Malahat". CALL NUMBER: T1856:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gordon Gibson story (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1916-1957 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Getting into the forest industry in the 1930s and 1940s. Logging shows on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The Gibson family's business deals. Description of early camp conditions. TRACK 2: The construction of Jeune Landing logging camp. Changes in loggers' lifestyles. CALL NUMBER: T1856:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gordon Gibson story (part 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gibson recalls a 1948 speech by his brother Clarke to the Truck Loggers Association. Discussion of the development of forest policy in B.C. TRACK 2: Continuation of the discussion of forest management policies. Discussion focuses around the situation in Quatsino Sound. CALL NUMBER: T1856:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gordon Gibson story (part 4) PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the discussion of forest management policies in B.C. Discussion of the 'Sommers Case': how Gibson got into politics; disagreements with the East Asiatic Co.; early discussions with Sommers; money to Coalition for campaigning funds; the Lord Commission; involvement of Gordon Wismer. TRACK 2: The Sommers Case (cont'd): connection between FMLs and Coalition campaign funds; more on the Lord Commission; Gibson's resignation and the Lillooet by-election; the Sturdy-Eversfield connection; Sturdy's presentation of evidence to the Sloan Commission; Eversfield and Sturdy visit Bonner; the RCMP (Butler) Inquiry. CALL NUMBER: T1856:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gordon Gibson story (part 5) PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of a discussion of the Sommers Case: the RCMP (Butler) Inquiry; Johnny Fairburn incident; Britannia Beach story; Liberal Party opposed Gibson; speculation about the amounts involved; philosophical implications. Orchard gives his side of the story. Further discussion of forest management policies. TRACK 2: More on forest management policies and matters of political philosophy. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1871:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reginald V. Stuart : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1914-1927 (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1927 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arrived in Vancouver in 1910 from Golden. Worked for Robert Filberg at Golden, 1919. Description of Vancouver in 1910. Clearing land in Vancouver. Stuart's early work history. Went to work at Powell River in 1911. Stuart enumerates the major logging companies on the South Coast and on Vancouver Island. Logging methods and technology in 1911. Wages and working conditions. Woods jobs. Stuart's work as accountant and scaler. TRACK 2: Forestry officials prior to the formation of the B.C. Forest Branch. Logging methods. The establishment of the B.C. Forest Branch under H.R. MacMillan in 1912. Stuart joined Forest Branch in 1914. Attempted political interference with the operation of the Forest Branch. Resistance to the ideas of forest management. Stuart's territory as a ranger. CALL NUMBER: T1871:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reginald V. Stuart : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1914-1927 (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdotes about Stuart's days as a ranger along the lower coast. Story of the resale of Hastings sawmill timber lease. Economic factors in the development of the forest industry. The low price of timber. Stuart worked for the Forest Branch, 1914-27. Reminiscences of the Chief Foresters: H.R. MacMillan, Martin Grainger, P.Z. Caverhill. TRACK 2: More on the career of M.A. Grainger. Comments on P.Z. Caverhill, Chief Forester in 1920s and 1930s. Stuart becomes manager of the Loggers Association, 1927. Public relations problems of the Forest Branch, 1920s. The first use of aircraft by the Forest Branch, 1917. Early air crashes near Vancouver. The first use of radios by the Forest Branch, 1920. Favourable comments on T.D. Pattullo. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Don McPhee : Sinclair Spruce Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1922-1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: McPhee to the Prince George area in 1925. History of Sinclair Spruce Mills from 1922. Early logging methods. Wages and working conditions. Economic conditions, 1920s-1940s. Sawmills at Giscome and Willow River. Costs of logging in the 1920s. (End of interview);

CALL NUMBER: T1873:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert J. Filberg : Comox Logging and Railway Company (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-06-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Pulp wood experiment conducted in mid-1940s for better understanding of waste wood. Ad hoc arrangements between Filberg, Harold Foley and the Coalition government on this experiment. Led to the building of Duncan Bay pulp mill. Role of John Hart. Working conditions in logging camps in about 1907-10. Wages. Railroad construction. The high calibre of labour in the logging industry prior to WW II. Changes in the kinds of timber logged, 1910-60. TRACK 2: Problems of forest fires and accidents. Poor economic conditions in the forest industry, 1907-40. Introduction of large-scale truck logging after 1937. Systems of cable logging. Filberg born in Sweden, 1892. Came to B.C. from the United States in 1909. Began work for Comox Logging and Railway Company, 1909. Laying out logging railways in the Comox Valley. Filberg worked briefly near Golden, B.C., laying out logging railway. Columbia River Lumber Company, Golden. CALL NUMBER: T1873:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert J. Filberg : Comox Logging and Railway Company (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-06-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Logging railway near Golden, B.C. The connection between Comox Logging and Railway Company and Canadian Western Lumber Company (Fraser Mills). Filberg's early logging experiences in Washington State. Old logging methods: skid roads, fore and aft roads, ground yarding. The development of logging in the Comox Valley. Expansion into the Ladysmith area with logging trucks, 1937. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1883:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert G. McDonald : B.C. Manufacturing Company, 1911-1951 (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1951 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: McDonald born in Ontario. To B.C. in 1911. First job in a Vancouver shingle mill. McDonald's brother's company, B.C. Manufacturing Company, 1911. Various jobs, 1911-13. Joined his brother in B.C. Manufacturing Company, 1913. Mills and mill owners on the Fraser River. Box manufacturing. Details on the manufacture and sale of box shook. Takeover of Westminster Shook Mills by McDonald Brothers. TRACK 2: Anecdote about L.M. Crandall, later general manager of E.B. Eddy Match company. Grades of lumber. "Jap squares". Purchased Maple Ridge Lumber Company. The purchase of logging interests in the Salmon River area from Dewey Anderson. Acquired Forest Management License, ca. 1948. Sold out to Powell River Company, 1951. Details about sawmill equipment. The demise of the open log market. Log brokers. Small upcoast loggers.

CALL NUMBER: T1883:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert G. McDonald : B.C. Manufacturing Company, 1911-1951 (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1951 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1961-03-01?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the story of the demise of the open log market, ca. 1942. Anecdote about an old logger in the Salmon River area. Anecdote about Eustace Smith. The origin of the McLean boom. Story of buying a trucking firm. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tom Elliott : Interior lumberman, 1904-1957 PERIOD COVERED: 1904-1957 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1957 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tom Elliott to B.C. in 1904. Sawmills in the Central Interior. Log drives on the Thompson River system. Wages and working conditions. Elliott started his own logging camp in 1914. Moving logs by chutes and flumes. TRACK 2: Elliott's early work history. River and lake paddlewheelers. More on the Interior lumber industry.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Don King : sawmill operator PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], [195-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Don King's family to the East Kootenays in 1900. Into lumber business in 1901. The King Lumber Company. Moved to coast about 1910. King-Farris Lumber Company. Mill and timber at Great Central Lake. Green Timbers. Business interests of the King family. Depression conditions. Founding M.B. King Lumber Company in 1932. Characters in the lumber business. Don King's early jobs around mills starting in 1916. Description of the Cranbrook mill. The lumber cut at Green Timbers. Labour conditions. TRACK 2: Working conditions. Hours of work. More on the M.B. King Lumber Company in North Vancouver. Sawmill waste. King family sold out to Fullerton Lumber Co., 1950. Don King formed Savona Timber Company. Farms and gardens near Green Timbers mill, Surrey. More on the Green Timbers mill. Stories about attempts to organize unions in 1930s. Management comments on union matters.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with William Byers RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-08-11 SUMMARY: In an interview with C.D. Orchard, William Byers discusses his life in the forest industry: his background - Scotland, England, Canada; first job at a logging camp -- time keeper at a camp in northern; Ontario; life at early logging camps -- weather conditions, diet, living conditions; his duties as time keepers; anecdote about ruining his moccasins; events at beginning and end of camp; hauling logs; two spare teams; moving logs across lakes -- 'Alligator' barges. Came out to B.C. in fall of 1905: went to Nelson to pile lumber at a sawmill, but did not last long there. Next he went to town of Phoenix and drove a team for a livery barn. Working in a mine as a mucker. Mining experiences in B.C. and Montana. Mining accident, develops rheumatism. Squamish camp -- bull teams. Became shift boss at Britannia Mine, then foreman, then superintendent. Some prospecting in Barkerville. Stopped working in mines in 1912 after major strike. Joined Rocky Mountain Rangers for WW I. Went to UBC in 1919 for a course in forestry -- became a ranger (in Sechelt, Comox, Port Alice, Victoria). Moved to Vancouver in 1928 as Supervisor of Scaling until he retired in 1947. Describes scalers. Opinion on unions. Anecdotes about his job as Supervisor of Scaling. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): hand logging in B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1850-1920 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In a talk to the Nanaimo Historical Society, Mr. Schon discusses in detail the subject of hand logging; its history and development on the BC coast; outlines the life of the hand logger; and describes the hand logger's tools. TRACK 2: The Land Act of 1888 and its effect on the hand logging industry; Chief Forester Martin Allerdale Granger and his involvement in the early forest industry in BC.

Stock shots. Shows a group of school children touring the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. Includes classroom scenes, the museum's railroad, and shots of old logging machinery.

Documentary. Shows how the early forest pioneers used strength, courage and ingenuity to harvest giant trees, as compared to modern tree harvesting methods.

Unedited footage. Probably material shot for the historical documentary A PROUD PAST.

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CALL NUMBER: T2719:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Gordon and Jack Gibson : the Gibson family (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1886-1939 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mother's and father's personal background. Mother to Vancouver in 1886, father in 1896. Family's economic situation. Father (William F. Gibson) involved in Bridge River gold rush. Family in Yukon, 1903-05. G. Gibson born in Yukon, 1904. Family to Vancouver in 1906. Father's work history. Father a timber staker and cruiser. TRACK 2: Comments on the Vancouver real estate boom, 1912. Father; joined Forestry Corps, 1914. Odd jobs for young brothers. Father rejected for overseas service, 1915. G. Gibson goes logging with his father, 1917. Logging aircraft spruce during WW I. Building their first mill after WW I. Gibson family moves to Ahousat in early 1920s. The Gibson's on the West Coast of Vancouver Island: boats, the pilchard industry, 1925-32. Ahousat during the Depression.; CALL NUMBER: T2719:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Gordon and Jack Gibson : the Gibson family (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1932-1952 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of Ahousat and the Native people. The purchase of the SS "Malahat". Anecdotes about the "Malahat". Hauling logs on the Queen Charlottes. TRACK 2: More anecdotes about the "Malahat". The end of the "Malahat". Logging airplane spruce during WW II. Dividing the work between the four brothers. Built sawmill at Tahsis after WW II. Building Tahsis. The Gibsons amalgamate with the East Asiatic Co. The Gibsons in the whaling business at Coal Harbour. CALL NUMBER: T2719:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Gordon and Jack Gibson : the Sommers case (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1945-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the story of the Gibsons' involvement in the whaling industry. Gibsons sell out completely to the East Asiatic Company, 1952. Relations between the Gibsons and East Asiatic, 1948-52. Jack Gibson's political career: Gibson's predecessor A.W. Neill; 1945 nominating convention; Gibson MP, 1945-53; Gibson sat as an independent; comments on his communist seat-mate Fred Rose. How Gordon Gibson came to run in 1953 provincial election. G. Gibson's position before the Sloan Commission. Anecdotes about the 1953 election campaign. TRACK 2: Improper granting of FMLs under the Coalition government, 1947-52. The role of campaign funds. Discussion of the Sommers case. Gibson's resignation over the Sommers case. Gibson's defeat in 1955 by-election. Gibson feels Social Credit party involved in FML scandal. Discussion of the "money talks" speech, 1955. Sammy Craig and BCFP incident. Story of G. Gibson's address to UBC forestry class. CALL NUMBER: T2719:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Gordon and Jack Gibson : the Sommers case (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1958 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Comments on the Sloan Commission hearings. Bob Filberg of Canadian Western Forest Industries was the campaign funds "collector" for the Coalition from the forest industries. Circumstances surrounding the granting of FML #2. Why the Gibson brothers did not apply for an FML. Comments on R. Sommers' gambling. Gambling with people in the forest industry. Gordon Gibson recalls discussing FMLs with W.A.C. Bennett. H.R. MacMillan opposed to FMLs at one time. Anecdote about Gordon Gibson being ejected from the B.C. Legislature, 1955. The Lord Commission, 1955, discussed. The people involved in the hearings: Arthur Lord, Alfred Bull, T.W. Brown. TRACK 2: Ron Howard, Gibson's lawyer. G. Gibson's reaction to the findings of the Lord Commission. Comments on Bonner's role. Positive assessment; of Judge Arthur Lord. The Lillooet by-election, 1955. Anecdotes about the by-election campaign. The Gibsons' connection with David Sturdy. Discussion of Sturdy and Charles Eversfield. Meetings to discuss the Eversfield evidence with the Gibson brothers, Ron Howard, Tommy Gold, Stuart Keate and Donald Cromie. Payments to Sturdy. Comments on Sturdy's judgement. Comments on Eversfield. RCMP Inspector W.J. Butler. CALL NUMBER: T2719:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Gordon and Jack Gibson : the Sommers case (part 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1953-1958 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Comments on the "money talks" speech. Discussion of the presentation of the Eversfield evidence to the Sloan Commission, Dec. 1955. The role of Charles Locke, the Sloan Commission counsel. The Gibsons have never seen the Butler Report. J. Gibson asked federal Justice Minister Stuart Garson to see the Butler Report but was refused. Discussion of the Tahsis Company in the Butler Report. The role of C.D. Orchard and the Forest Service. Davie Fulton, federal Justice Minister, put pressure on the Sommers case. Implications of Sommers case for Jack Gibson's role as a Liberal party fund-raiser. TRACK 2: Payments from Gibson to Sturdy. Peripheral involvement of James Sinclair, Johnny Fairburn and Sid Smith. Gibson has no specific knowledge of the alleged payoffs to keep Sommers out of the country. Gibson did not attend trial. Comments on the role of C.D. Scultz. Gibson did not know the Gray brothers. No ministers other than Sommers benefited personally from the bribery scheme. The Gibson brothers considered applying for an FML. Gibson cannot recall details of meeting with Sommers prior to famous speech. Miscellaneous comments. (End of interview);

CALL NUMBER: T0548:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The career of a timber cruiser and logging layout man PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1941 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1974-08-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses first involvement in the forest industry. Description of ground lead and high lead logging. Job of the 'tallyman'. The Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. Cruising with Hibberson and Ryan, 1921-26. Working on government sponsored taxation cruise. Number of employees on Hibberson and Ryan Crew. Logistical problems in early timber cruising. Camp life and woods work while timber cruising, 1920s. TRACK 2: Anecdotes about storing food and problems with animals in the woods. Problems with insects. Waste in milling operations. Duties of the Compass man. Bullbucking and learning logging layouts, 1925-1935. Anecdote about M.A. Grainger. Working for Alberni Pacific Logging Company and later MacMillan & Bloedel. CALL NUMBER: T0548:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The career of a timber cruiser and logging layout man, 1919-74 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1974-08-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Greater emphasis on timber cruising, 1940s. Purchasing and operational cruising responsibilities, 1938-67. Chief Cruiser for MacMillan & Bloedel. Confidential nature of timber cruising. Efficiency of logging industry, 1936-74. Feasibility studies for Prince Rupert pulp mill. Work since retirement, 1967-74. Description of timber cruising methods, 1936-74. TRACK 2: Training of timber cruiser. Comments on the E and N Railway land grants and the effect on coast logging. Eustace Smith, Hal Gardiner, and Harry Baxter. The making of a good timber cruiser. Comments on labour unions, 1934-74. General comments on life as a timber cruiser. (End of interview)

SUMMARY: Songs about logging and loggers of the Pacific Northwest, mainly based on poems written by Robert Swanson.;

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater recounts his parents' arrival in Langley Prairie, and later Surrey, in the 1890s. He describes schooling; early life; childhood experiences; incident with a bear; New Westminster fire of [1898]; potlatches at Semiahmoo; Indian encampments; family life; farm chores; fishing. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater continues with a discussion about fishing; winter; logging in Surrey; sawmills; Ross McLaren Mill; Yale Road; traveling store, Kidds and Isaac; sounds common at the turn of the century; a cougar incident; railways.

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his discussion about logging; logging methods; equipment; working horses; teamsters; oxen teams; selection of timber; loggers; the scaler; skid roads; transportation of logs. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his discussion about logging; life in the logging camps; skid roads and donkey engines. He talks about Surrey Centre; early residents; Reverend; Bell.

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his recollections of early residents of Tynehead; the Bell family; Halls Prairie settlers; the MacKenzie family; the Robertson family; incidents; the Brown family; Johnny Wise and the Clarendon Hotel; riverboats. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater talks about the Yale Road; dredging and dyking, methods, procedures and equipment; Sumas Prairie dyking; constructing the; route for BC Electric; logging.

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Interview. An interview with retired logger Gerry Wellburn.

The item is a documentary film made June 18, 1958 showing early logging in British Columbia.

The collection consists of oral history interviews on the development of British Columbia's forest industry, covering the period from the late 1880s to the late 1950s through the first-person reminiscences of 44 individuals. The interviewess were lumbermen, loggers, and government officials associated with forestry. The recordings were made between 1955 and 1963 by Dr. C.D. Orchard, who served as British Columbia's Chief Forester from 1941 to 1958.

The original recordings were made on discs on an Edison Voicewriter dictation machine. The Voicewriter discs were copied to audio tape by the BC Archives in the 1970s.

The interviews are preserved in the form of audio tape copies and corresponding transcripts. Tape recordings exist for all of the interviews except the one with Thomas Roeser (T1888). Transcripts are available for all of the interviews except those with Eustace Smith (T1860) and Frank Kappel (T1889).

The collection also includes a 1958 CJVI Radio recording of Dr. Orchard speaking to the Victoria Men's Canadian Club about the British Commonwealth Forestry Conference.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Wilfred "Fred" Hanbury : a lumbering family in Manitoba and British Columbia PERIOD COVERED: 1902-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1958-01-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of father's logging camp in Manitoba, 1890s. Camp conditions. Sawmilling methods. Father moves into B.C. lumber industry after 1902. Had mills in Vancouver and East Kootenays. Marketing lumber through 'lineyards'. Buying timber in B.C., early twentieth century. Fred Hanbury bought timber near Kamloops, 1919. Vancouver lumber merchant, 1920-30. Elected to House of Commons, 1930. TRACK 2: Sets up mill at Monte Lake, 1929. Forest industry people in the Shuswap area. Old-timers in the interior lumber industry. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): R.D. Merrill : timber investment and logging in British Columbia PERIOD COVERED: 1898-1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: R.D. Merrill to the west coast from Michigan in 1898. Merrill family timber holdings in B.C. Opening logging operations on Vancouver Island and on the lower coast, Menzies Bay, Theodosia Arm. Various timber interests of the Merrill family in B.C. Corporate setup of Merrill Ring and Moore, and Merrill Ring and Wilson. Anecdote about inspecting timber near Campbell River, 1898. The value of holding timber land. Merrill's brother Tom to B.C. in 1880s. (end of interview). The voice of Prentice Bloedel is also heard.

CALL NUMBER: T1879:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sid Smith : Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, 1911-1951 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1951 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-12-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Smith to B.C. to locate timber in 1905. Worked for Bloedel in Washington. Smith's work in logging camps starting in 1906. Began logging at Myrtle Point in 1911. Logging methods, ca. 1913. Changes in the importance of various woods jobs. Yarding and skidding equipment. Became a manager for Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, 1921. Managing logging camps at Myrtle Point, Union Bay, Menzies Bay and Great Central Lake. The economic conditions for logging companies. TRACK 2: The difference between logging cedar and fire. Problems of marketing lumber of various species. Campbell River Timber Company deliberately burning felled and bucked timber to avoid royalty payments. Opening up logging at Franklin River, 1930s. Strike in 1934. The role of George Pearson, Minister of Labour in Pattullo government. The merger of H.R. MacMillan Export Company and Bloedel Stewart and Welch, 1951. How Smith came to B.C. from the United States in 1905. Logging camp conditions at Myrtle Point, ca. 1913. CALL NUMBER: T1879:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sid Smith : logging camps and forest management PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-12-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Smith describes a typical logging camp, ca. 1914. Working and living conditions. First meeting with H.R. MacMillan, ca. 1913. Smith's opinions on forest management by the B.C. Forest Branch. Comments on the granting of Forest Management Licenses especially FML 22 and the 'Sommers Case'. Criticizes the stance of Gordon Gibson on FMLs. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonard R. Andrews : the B.C. Forest Branch and the BCLMA, 1912-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-02-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hired by H.R. MacMillan to work for the B.C. Forest Branch, 1912. U.S. advisors to the Forest Branch: Overton Price, John Lafon, R.E. Benedict. Andrews appointed District Forester in Vernon, 1913. The job of District Forester. Appointing fire wardens. H.R. MacMillan as Chief Forester. Fought in WW I. Returned to Forest Branch in 1918. Andrews becomes District Forester in Vancouver, 1920-25. Andrews was secretary-manager of the B.C. Loggers Association, 1925-27. Went to Bloedel Stewart and Welch at Menzies Bay, 1927. TRACK 2: The BSW camp at Menzies Bay. Andrews ill with TB, 1928. Joined B.C. Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1929. International trade arrangements for lumber. Andrews a member of the trade delegations in the 1930s. During WW II worked for federal Timber Comptroller, 1939-42. Was BCLMA representative in Ottawa, 1942-45. Then became secretary-manager of the BCLMA. Description of Bloedel Stewart and Welch camps, Menzies Bay logging operation, ca. 1927. Details on bunkhouses. Rates of pay. Working conditions. Logging methods. Forest Service personnel. Details on the career of H.R. MacMillan, ca. 1915-19. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Richard Fiddick : logging on eastern Vancouver Island, 1895-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-04-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Born in 1879. Working in the woods since ca. 1895. Fiddick's experiences in various coastal logging camps, 1895-1900. Methods for rafting logs. Worked on streetcars in Vancouver, 1901-04. Fiddick's logging operation near Nanaimo. Fiddick opens his own coal mine, ca. 1924. Story of Fiddick's fight with the E&N over coal rights. TRACK 2: Fiddick as a logging operator. Horse logging. Supplying timber for ties at Headquarters Camp, Comox Valley. Working for the B.C. Electric on street cars in Vancouver. Losing logs in a storm. Anecdote about building a bridge. Anecdotes about river driving on the Cowichan River. Fiddick's family background. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): L.S. Hope : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1920-1923 PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1923 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-01-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Came to work for the B.C. Forest Branch from the University of Toronto, 1920. Timber cruising in the Ocean Falls area. The Victoria office of the Forest Branch. Timber cruising conditions in Prince George area, winter of 1921. Idea of a pulp mill in Prince George. TRACK 2: More on the pulp wood cruise in the Prince George area. Married in the summer of 1921. Became Assistant District Forester in Nelson Forest District, 1922. The rangers in the Nelson District. Hope's work as Assistant District Forester. Sawmills in the Nelson District. The cutting of poles, posts and ties. Match block manufacturing in Nelson. Fire fighting equipment in the Nelson District. (End of interview)