MacMillan Bloedel Limited fonds. 1861-1992.

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MacMillan Bloedel Limited fonds. 1861-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606462550

The fonds consists of textual records, photographs and albums from the early 1900's onward, maps of British Columbia, and items collected for display purposes. The records of precedessor companies such as Powell River Company, Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, H.R. MacMillan Export, MacMillan and Bloedel, and MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River, include series such as Top Management, Finance, Timber Division, Industrial Relations, and subsidiary and associated companies.) The records of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. include senior executive papers which include the corporate papers of H.R. MacMillan, G.B. Currie, E.G. Shorter, C.A. Specht, D.W. Timmis, L.G. Harris, J.O. Hemmingsen, G.D. Eccott, and R.L. Gillen. Also represented are the records of Corporate Research and Development, which represent the Powell River Company and MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River material. Smaller portions of records of subsidiary companies, particularly those who began operations early, are contained in the fonds. In addition, there are narrative histories of early companies and wide variety of memorabilia associated with companies, people and places related to the network of MacMillan Bloedel Limited operations.

150 m of textual records and other material.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781978

University of British Columbia Library

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Powell River Company

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Eccott, G.D.

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Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Ltd.

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MacMillan Bloedel Limited

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MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. traces its roots in B.C. to 1911 with the establishment of Bloedel, Stewart and Welch. In 1919, Harvey MacMillan, along with W.J. VanDusen, established the H.R. MacMillan Export Company to sell British Columbia lumber on the world market. In 1951, the two companies joined to form MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd. The merger made the company one of the largest firms in the world engaged in both the production and sale of lumber. A 1960 amalgamation with the Powell River Company ...

MacMillan and Bloedel.

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Harris, Leslie G. (Leslie George), 1905-1995

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Currie, G.B.

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Shorter, E.G.

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H.R. MacMillan Export Company.

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Hemmingsen, J.O.

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Gillen, R.L.

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Specht, C.A.

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Timmis, D.W.

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MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River.

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MacMillan, H. R. 1885-1976.

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