University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Finding Aid - ( ARC-1098) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.2.1 Printed: May 10, 2016 Language of description: English University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1Z1 Telephone: 604-822-8208 Fax: 604-822-9587 http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/ http://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca//index.php/canadian-fishing-company-fonds
Table of contents Summary information... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch... 3 Scope and content... 3 Arrangement... 4 Notes... 4 Access points... 4 Series descriptions... 4, CANFISCO Maps and Drawings, 1888-1977... 4, Appraisements, 1924-1969... 5, Canning, 1930-1969... 6, Plants, 1929-1980... 7, Feeding Oil, 1940-1973... 8, Feeding Oil Correspondence... 9, Industrial Operations, 1929-1979... 10, Industrial Operations Reduction, 1935-1980... 12 - Page 2 -
ARC-1098 Summary information Repository: Title: ID: Date: Physical description: Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Note [generalnote]: University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections ARC-1098 1888-1980 (date of creation) 3.42 m of bound textual materials, 186 folders of textual materials, and 148 over sized maps and technical drawings. Some materials originally listed in the Gulf of Georgia Canning Company fonds AtoM record: reference code ARC-1223, were physically part of the. The digital descriptions associated with those materials are now amalgamated into the. Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note The Canadian Fishing Company was established in 1905 in Vancouver to supply halibut to the New England Fish Company and other distributing companies. Canfisco began to can salmon in 1918 and this operation soon became its primary activity. In 1945 the Company became a major producer in the herring and pilchard industry through its acquisition of the Nootka-Banfield Company and its associated operations. Scope and content The fonds consists of plant insurance appraisals for canneries owned by the Canadian Fishing Company, including: Todd and Sons Company, Banfield Packing Company, Doty Fishing Company, New England Fish Company, Nootka Packing Company and Johnson Fishing and Packing Company. The fonds also contains maps and architectural/engineering plans from the Gulf of Georgia Cannery in Steveston B.C., which was owned by the Canadian Fishing Company. Fonds also contains administrative files from the Canadian Fishing Company's other numerous facilities. University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 3
ARC-1098 Notes Title notes Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds. Arrangement Materials within the fonds are arranged in original order. Most of the series were previously made/ named by CANFISCO, or reflect the contents within the series. Finding aids Inventory available. PDF finding aid for the Maps and Drawings series also available. Other notes Publication status: published Access points Doty Fish Company (subject) Nootka Packing Company (subject) Johnson Fishing and Packing Company (subject) Banfield Packing Company (subject) Gulf of Georgia Cannery (subject) Port Albion Cannery (subject) North Pacific Cannery (subject) Multiple media (documentary form) Series descriptions CANFISCO Maps and Drawings Date: 1888-1977 (date of creation) Series contains various over sized plans, schematics, lists, and maps related to the Canadian Fishing Company's locations and operations. Physical description: 148 items. University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 4
ARC-1098 Appraisements Date: 1924-1969 (date of creation) Series contains bound Appraisal ledgers that include: summaries showing new and depreciated valuations, recapitulation, new replacement values, insurance exclusions, drawings, and building/ machinery summaries. Each file of ledgers pertain to a specific CANFISCO site of operations. Physical description: 3.42 m of bound textual materials. Access points: Textual record (documentary form) Ref code Title Dates Access status Container ARC-1098-1-1 File - Bones Bay Appraisements 1928-1964 ARC-1098-2-4 File - Butedale Appraisements 1924-1968 ARC-1098-4-2 File - Carlisle Appraisement 1937-1949 ARC-1098-5-1 File - Davids Boat Works Appraisement 1949 ARC-1098-5-2 File - Espinosa Appraisement 1928-1937 ARC-1098-5-3 File - Glenrose Appraisement 1968 ARC-1098-5-4 File - Goose Bay Appraisement 1928-1964 ARC-1098-6-7 File - Gulf of Georgia Appraisement 1926-1969 ARC-1098-7-2 File - Haysport Appraisement 1929-1937 ARC-1098-7-8 File - Home Plant (Vancouver) 1930-1956 Appraisements ARC-1098-9-1 File - Home Plant (Vancouver) and Atlin 1924-1928 (Prince Rupert) Appraisement ARC-1098-9-2 File - Kildala Appraisement 1925-1959 ARC-1098-9-3 File - Koprino Harbor Appraisement 1927-1931 ARC-1098-10-1 File - Lagoon Bay Appraisement 1937-1941 ARC-1098-10-2 File - Lockeport Appraisement 1925-1930 ARC-1098-10-3 File - Manitou Appraisement 1925-1930 ARC-1098-10-4 File - Margaret Bay Appraisement 1937-1964 ARC-1098-10-5 File - Martinez California Appraisement 1947 ARC-1098-10-6 File - Nanaimo Appraisement 1938 File - Nootka Appraisement 1948-1958 ARC-1098-10-11 ARC-1098-11-2 File - Northern Fisherman's Cold Storage 1938-1956 Ltd. Appraisements ARC-1098-12-1 File - Oceanic Cannery Appraisement 1937-1941 ARC-1098-12-2 File - Oceanside Appraisements 1951-1965 ARC-1098-12-3 File - Porcher Island Appraisements 1949-1965 File - Port Albion Appraisements 1948-1967 ARC-1098-12-13 File - Sterling Shipyards Ltd. 1944-1967 ARC-1098-13-14 Appraisements ARC-1098-14-2 File - Norton Clapp Esq. 1968 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 5
ARC-1098 Canning Date: 1930-1969 (date of creation) Series contains records of the Canadian Fishing Company's multitude of canning operations. These records include correspondences, fish information, and canning techniques and technologies of the time. Physical description: 14 folders. File - Tallheo Appraisements 1927-1964 ARC-1098-14-15 ARC-1098-15-2 File - Wales Island Appraisements 1924-1952 ARC-1098-16-1 File - Banfield Packing Co. Ltd. 1939-1943 Appraisement ARC-1098-16-2 File - Doty Fish Company Appraisement 1925-1929 ARC-1098-16-3 File - Johnston Fishing & Packing Co. 1948-1963 Ltd. Appraisements ARC-1098-16-4 File - Appraisement Maps of American 1929 and Canadian Canneries. File - New England Fish Company 1927-1931 ARC-1098-16-17 Appraisements ARC-1098-17-2 File - Nootka Packing Co. (1937) Ltd. 1939-1943 Appraisement ARC-1098-18-1 File - J.H. Todd and Sons Ltd. Appraisements 1940-1950 Ref code Title Dates Access status Container ARC-1098-19-1 File - Anchovies 1943-1945 ARC-1098-19-2 File - Canning Codes 1942-1969 ARC-1098-19-3 File - Damaged Cans 1951-1960 ARC-1098-19-4 File - Double Seam Inspection 1947-1957 ARC-1098-19-5 File - Fish Paste 1938-1957 ARC-1098-19-6 File - Food Operations - Frozen Fish 1948-1955 ARC-1098-19-7 File - Canning: General 1932-1950 ARC-1098-19-8 File - Herring 1935-1948 ARC-1098-19-9 File - Herring: Tomato Paste and Puree 1940-1946 File - Production Data 1930-1935 ARC-1098-19-10 File - Salmon: Overpack Reports 1936-1965 ARC-1098-19-11 File - Salmon: Quality Control 1934-1960 ARC-1098-19-12 File - Salmon: Tares 1937-1969 ARC-1098-19-13 ARC-1098-19-14 File - Salmon: Weight Control Note: 1937-1965 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 6
ARC-1098 Plants Date: 1929-1980 (date of creation) "1/4 lb" was handwritten on the original folder. Series contains materials related to specific Plants that at some point in time were owned and operated by the Canadian Fishing Company. Physical description: 28 folders in nonlinear arrangement. Related material: Related general Plant files in Industrial Operations and Industrial Operations Reduction series. Ref code Title Dates Access status Container File - Oceanside: General 1955-1969 ARC-1098-19-15 File - Oceanside: Canning 1951-1968 ARC-1098-19-16 File - Atlin: General 1955-1969 ARC-1098-19-17 File - Atlin: Bacteriological Reports 1959-1972 ARC-1098-19-18 File - Butedale: General [1963-1964] ARC-1098-19-19 File - Home: General 1946-1969 ARC-1098-19-20 File - Home: Ice Tank Brine 1933-1959 ARC-1098-19-21 File - Nefco: Ketchikan 1929-1959 ARC-1098-19-22 File - Port Albion: General 1946-1959 ARC-1098-19-23 ARC-1098-22-6 File - Plants: Gulf of Georgia General 1955-1978 ARC-1098-22-8 File - Plants: Home 1970 ARC-1098-22-9 File - Plants: Gulf of Georgia Drawings 1956-1965 File - Plants: Gulf of Georgia Drier Data 1955-1973 ARC-1098-22-10 File - Plants: Gulf of Georgia Meal and 1973-1977 ARC-1098-22-11 Oil Reports File - Plants: North Pacific Meal & Oil 1972-1980 ARC-1098-22-12 Reports File - Plants: North Pacific General 1972-1978 ARC-1098-22-13 ARC-1098-22-14 File - Plants: Oceanside Inventory 1968 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 7
ARC-1098 File - Plants: Oceanside Equipment & 1967-1972 ARC-1098-22-15 Machinery File - Plants: Oceanside General 1965-1970 ARC-1098-22-16 File - Plants: Oceanside Meal & Oil 1972-1975 ARC-1098-22-17 Reports File - Plants: Phoenix Meal and Oil 1972-1973 ARC-1098-22-18 Reports ARC-1098-23-1 File - Plants: Butedale Correspondence 1949-1965 ARC-1098-23-2 File - Plants: General 1948-1967 ARC-1098-23-6 File - Plants: Butedale Meal and Oil 1929-1967 Reports ARC-1098-23-7 File - Plants: Gulf of Georgia 1956-1972 ARC-1098-23-8 File - Plants: Oceanside General 1968-1969 ARC-1098-23-9 File - Plants: Oceanside Meal and Oil 1968-1971 Reports File - Plants: Port Albion General 1950-1966 ARC-1098-23-10 ARC-1098-26-15 File - Reduction - Plants: Port Albion Meal & Oil Reports 1954-1967 Feeding Oil Date: 1940-1973 (date of creation) Series contains materials pertaining to the Canadian Fishing Company's Feeding Oil production industry. Materials consist of inventories, Vitamin lab information, and many other records related to CANFISCO's Feeding Oil. Physical description: 39 folders in nonlinear arrangement. Ref code Title Dates Access status Container File - Assays: Laboratory CFC 1950-1969 ARC-1098-19-24 File - Assays: Laboratory of Vitamin [1950-1962] ARC-1098-19-25 Technology File - Cod Liver Oil Fisheries 1958 ARC-1098-19-26 Department File - Assays: South Peel Laboratories [1963-1964] ARC-1098-19-27 Ltd. File - Assays: Curtis Tompkins [1960-1970] ARC-1098-19-28 File - Blends [1955-1960] ARC-1098-19-29 File - Filtering Reports [1942-1946] ARC-1098-19-30 File - Government Regulations 1953-1964 ARC-1098-19-31 ARC-1098-19-32 File - Inventories: Gulf of Georgia 1963-1971 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 8
ARC-1098 File - Manual on CANFISCO and Oct. 1, 1945 ARC-1098-19-33 NEFCO Fishing Gear File - Atlin Fisheries Ltd. Code Book 1949 ARC-1098-19-34 File - Cannery Telegraph Codes 1948 ARC-1098-19-35 File - The Canadian Fishing Company 1942 ARC-1098-19-36 Limited [At a Glance] ARC-1098-20-1 File - Inventories: Monthly 1956-1970 ARC-1098-20-2 File - Memos: Vitamin Oil, Nos. 242-309 1957-1964 ARC-1098-20-3 File - Plants: Atlin Fisheries 1957-1963 ARC-1098-20-4 File - Inquiries 1957-1969 ARC-1098-20-5 File - Purchase Orders 1956-1965 ARC-1098-20-6 File - Processing Reports: Livers 1956-1968 ARC-1098-20-7 File - Reports: Government 1962-1968 ARC-1098-20-8 File - Memos, Nos. 2136-2269 1973 ARC-1098-20-9 File - Sales and Deliveries 1958-1970 File - Stabilization 1954-1966 ARC-1098-20-10 File - Vitamins: Canadian Vitamin A 1951-1968 ARC-1098-20-11 Institute ARC-1098-20-26 File - Feeding Oil Sales Charts 1956-1964 Feeding Oil Correspondence Date: 1940-1972 (date of creation) Series contains various correspondence relating to CANFISCO's feeding oils in their Industrial Operations. Physical description: 14 folders. Arrangement: Correspondences were kept separate from the other feeding oil related records by the creator. They have been made into their own series to maintain the original order of the records. Ref code Title Dates Access status Container File - B.C. Packers Limited 1962-1972 ARC-1098-20-12 File - Canadian Feed Manufacturers' 1959-1960 ARC-1098-20-13 Association File - Customers: Calgary - Harrisons & 1958-1963 ARC-1098-20-14 Crosfield File - Customers: Edmonton - Harrisons 1958-1963 ARC-1098-20-15 & Crosfield ARC-1098-20-16 File - Customers: Montreal - Harrisons & Crosfield 1958-1965 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 9
ARC-1098 ARC-1098-20-17 ARC-1098-20-18 ARC-1098-20-19 ARC-1098-20-20 ARC-1098-20-21 ARC-1098-20-22 ARC-1098-20-23 ARC-1098-20-24 ARC-1098-20-25 Industrial Operations Date: 1929-1979 (date of creation) File - Customers: Regina - Harrisons & 1961-1964 Crosfield File - Customers: Saskatoon - General 1962-1972 File - Customers: Saskatoon - Harrisons 1962-1965 & Crosfield File - Customers: Saskatoon: 1965-1972 Interprovincial Co-ops File - Customers - Toronto: Harrisons & 1958-1972 Crosfield File - Customers - Vancouver: Harrisons 1958-1969 & Crosfields File - Customers: Winnipeg: Harrisons & 1959-1965 Crosfield File - Swims (Laboratories) 1962-1972 File - Memos & Investigational Reports 1940-1947 Series contains materials that pertain to the general operations of the Canadian Fishing Company's various locations. These materials include technical information, schematics, and manuals for fish processing machinery and correspondences that are relevant to the company's operations. Physical description: 60 folders in nonlinear arrangement. Ref code Title Dates Access status Container ARC-1098-21-1 File - Centrifuges: Titan Brochures 1965-[1970?] ARC-1098-21-2 File - Centrifuges: Titan Instruction [1960-1970?] Manuals ARC-1098-21-3 File - Centrifuges: Westfalia 1969-1972 Correspondence ARC-1098-21-4 File - Centrifuges: Westfalia Brochures [1960-1977?] ARC-1098-21-5 File - Centrifuges: Westfalia Instruction [1960-1979?] Manuals ARC-1098-21-6 File - Chlorination - Equipment [1960-1979?] ARC-1098-21-7 File - Cooling: Fish Meal 1964-1966 ARC-1098-21-8 File - Condensers 1937-1973 ARC-1098-21-9 File - Counters 1959 File - Driers: Steam (Brochures) 1966 ARC-1098-21-10 File - Drums: Correspondence 1949-1968 ARC-1098-21-11 File - Drums: Brochures 1953-1963 ARC-1098-21-12 ARC-1098-21-13 File - Driers: Correspondence 1960-1964 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 10
ARC-1098 ARC-1098-21-14 ARC-1098-21-15 ARC-1098-21-16 ARC-1098-21-17 ARC-1098-21-18 ARC-1098-21-19 ARC-1098-21-20 ARC-1098-21-21 ARC-1098-25-1 ARC-1098-25-2 ARC-1098-25-3 ARC-1098-25-4 File - Driers: Flame (Brochures) [1950-1960?] File - Drums: Reconditioning 1938-1954 File - Driers: Vacuum Brochures 1930-1939 File - Evaporating Plants: Documents 1955-1972 File - Evaporating Plants: 1950-1972 Correspondence File - Feeders: Vibrating 1959-1969 File - Grinders: Brochures [1930-1969?] File - Grinders: Correspondence 1960-1971 File - [De Laval Separator Instruction Book Type GV5X 210-00B; SVSX 210-00B] File - [De Laval Separator Instruction Book Type SVSX 210-75B-60] File - [De Laval Centrifugal Separator Manual Type SVKM 5 & SVKR 5] File - Centrifuges: De Laval Brochures (Decanters, De-Sludgers, Purifiers) [1963-1964] [1968?] Aug. 27, 1968 [1948-1978] ARC-1098-25-5 File - Centrifuges: General Brochures [1948-1972] ARC-1098-25-6 File - Centrifuges: De Laval Instruction [1940-1970?] Manuals & Drawings ARC-1098-25-7 File - Centrifuges: De Laval 1954-1977 Correspondence (Decanters, De- Sludgers, Purifiers) ARC-1098-25-8 File - Centrifuges: Titan Correspondence 1956-1966 ARC-1098-25-9 File - Centrifuges: Sharples Brochures [1955] (Decanters, De-Sludgers) File - Centrifuges: Sharples Instruction 1940-1979 ARC-1098-25-10 Manuals & Drawings File - Centrifuges: General 1960-1975 ARC-1098-25-11 Correspondence File - Centrifuges: General 1937-1959 ARC-1098-25-12 Correspondence File - Heat Exchangers: Brochures [1962-1964] ARC-1098-25-13 File - Heat Exchangers: Correspondence 1956-1977 ARC-1098-25-14 File - Hose: Flexible [1950-1960?] ARC-1098-25-15 File - Materials Handling [1950-1968] ARC-1098-25-16 ARC-1098-26-1 File - Meters: Correspondence 1944-1965 ARC-1098-26-2 File - Meters: Brochures [1960-1961] ARC-1098-26-3 File - Mixers [1955-1963] ARC-1098-26-4 File - Motors [1945] ARC-1098-26-5 File - Myrens: Driers. Evap. Plants Presses/Cookers 1955-1975 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 11
ARC-1098 ARC-1098-26-6 File - Myrens: Reduction Plants [1966-1977] ARC-1098-26-7 File - Odor Control [1956-1966] ARC-1098-26-8 File - Packing, Packaging: General Mar. 28, 1966 ARC-1098-26-9 File - Packing, Packaging: Bags [1955-1968] File - Presses: Miscellaneous [1953-1967] ARC-1098-26-10 File - Presses: Hydraulic 1938-1963 ARC-1098-26-11 File - Presses: Twin Screw 1951-1969 ARC-1098-26-12 File - Pumps: Brochures [1944-1955] ARC-1098-26-13 File - Pumps: Correspondence 1960-1977 ARC-1098-26-14 File - Centrifuges: De Laval Instruction [1948-1960?] ARC-1098-26-17 Manuals and Drawings File - Centrifuges: Sharples Brochures [1940-1960?] ARC-1098-26-18 File - Centrifuges: De Laval 1938-1959 ARC-1098-26-19 Correspondence File - Centrifuges: Westfalia 1954-1968 ARC-1098-26-20 Correspondence File - Pumps: Correspondence 1937-1959 ARC-1098-26-21 File - Driers: Correspondence 1937-1959 ARC-1098-26-22 File - File Index - Dormant Files 1929-1973 ARC-1098-26-23 ARC-1098-26-24 File - Employment Application[s] [1973-1978] ARC-1098-26-25 File - Canada- Government Fisheries Research Board Pacific Region - Van/ Naniamo Industrial Operations Reduction Date: 1935-1980 (date of creation) [1947-1961] Series made by creator that contains industrial, business, and international operations records and correspondences that relate to either reduction in specified products or cost of operation reduction methods in specific areas of the company. Physical description: 45 folders in nonlinear arrangement. Ref code Title Dates Access status Container ARC-1098-22-1 File - Assays: Meal 1973-1979 ARC-1098-22-2 File - Assays: Oil 1973-1980 ARC-1098-22-3 File - Codes 1977 ARC-1098-22-4 File - Fish Meal General 1972 ARC-1098-22-5 File - Canadian Fish Reduction Plants [1960-1979?] University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 12
ARC-1098 ARC-1098-22-7 File - Reduction-General 1939-1978 File - Union Agreements 1942-1950 ARC-1098-22-19 File - Authorizations 1956-1961 ARC-1098-22-20 File - Automatic Controls 1955 ARC-1098-22-21 File - Blowers, Fans 1963-1964 ARC-1098-22-22 File - Boilers: Solubles Plant 1957-1967 ARC-1098-22-23 ARC-1098-23-3 File - Assays: Oil (Nil for 1969-72) 1963-1968 ARC-1098-23-4 File - Assays: Meal 1965-1972 ARC-1098-23-5 File - Nozzles Calibration 1956-1973 File - Presses: Miscellaneous (California 1935-1947 ARC-1098-23-11 Press) File - Centrifuges: Sharples 1940-1959 ARC-1098-23-12 Correspondence (Decaaters, De-sludgers, Purifiers) File - Stord: Miscellaneous [1965-1978] ARC-1098-23-13 File - [Stord Bartz Industri a-s Quotes] 1973 ARC-1098-23-14 File - Stord: Driers [1965-1974] ARC-1098-23-15 File - Stord: Evaporating Plants 1955-1961 ARC-1098-23-16 File - Stord: Presses/Cookers [1956-1971] ARC-1098-23-17 File - Stord: Reduction Plant Packages [1963-1972] ARC-1098-23-18 File - Stord: Solubles/Stickwater Plants [1955-1961] ARC-1098-23-19 File - Tanks 1943-1961 ARC-1098-23-20 File - Thermometer [1945-1962] ARC-1098-23-21 File - Valves [1956-1968] ARC-1098-23-22 ARC-1098-24-1 File - Reduction: Correspondence 1955-1972 ARC-1098-24-2 File - Reduction: Brochures 1954-1968 ARC-1098-24-3 File - U.S. Firms 1973-1976 ARC-1098-24-4 File - Scales 1956 ARC-1098-24-5 File - Scaling 1957-1974 ARC-1098-24-6 File - Separators: Miscellaneous 1960 Brochures ARC-1098-24-7 File - Separators: Miscellaneous 1960-1973 Correspondence ARC-1098-24-8 File - Separators: Kason Brochures [1954-1966] ARC-1098-24-9 File - Separators: Kason Correspondence 1960-1977 File - Separators: Sweco Correspondence 1955-1962 ARC-1098-24-10 ARC-1098-24-11 File - Separators: Sweco Documents [1957-1966] University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 13
ARC-1098 ARC-1098-24-12 ARC-1098-24-13 ARC-1098-24-14 ARC-1098-24-15 ARC-1098-24-16 ARC-1098-24-17 ARC-1098-24-18 ARC-1098-26-16 File - Solubles/Stickwater Plants [1969-1978] [Deliveries. Correspondence, and Plans] File - Solubles/Stickwater Plants: 1955-1978 Limvann File - Solubles/Stickwater Plants: [1951-1972] Miscellaneous File - Solvent Extraction [1954-1962] File - Sprayers [1960-1962] File - Steam Traps [1944-1962] File - [Stord Bartz Brochures] [1977] File - Reduction - Stickwater 1943-1956 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 14