Woss (B.C.)

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Art E. Newman interview

CALL NUMBER: T0542:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Production Superintendent for Canadian Forest Products PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1975 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Art Newman discusses: techniques and skills in hand falling, 1930; predominance of Scandinavians in falling, 1930s; importance of Scandinavians in organizing the IWA; responsibility of the bull buckers in setting prices and contract rates, 1930-1964; the process of setting contract rates and production priorities; becomes a bull bucker, 1946. Talks about problems of the bull bucker: quality, accident prevention, costs and production. Dealing with men. Qualities of a good faller. Differences in falling small and large timber. The faller's "mistake book". Type and frequency of accidents. Coming to Nimpkish, 1946. Accepting responsibilities in the logging industry. The making of a supervisor. TRACK 2: Art Newman discusses: his move to Woss camp, 1946; logging sites surrounding Woss camp 1946-47; life in Nimpkish camp, 1946-60; getting assistance to the camps in emergencies; family life in Nimpkish; recreation and community activities; problems with alcohol; logging methods during late 1940s; sizes of settings, 1940-70s; transition from hand falling to power saw falling, 1935-50; changes in amounts of timber cut per man per day, 1930-75. Talks about his acquisition of logging knowledge. CALL NUMBER: T0542:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Production Superintendent for Canadian Forest Products PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1974 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reasons for changeover to railway/truck logging from strictly railway logging. Description of Russell Mills. Membership in the IWA, 1942-46. Changes in the IWA union, 1946-74. Communist influence of IWA, 1945-50. [TRACK 2: blank.; end of interview.]

Dora Kloss interview

CALL NUMBER: T0539:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Forty years in B.C. logging camps, 1934-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1934-1974 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dora Kloss describes Vancouver Island logging camp life and conditions, 1934-1974. She discusses: Nahmint Bay logging camp, ca. 1934; strike at Nahmint Bay, 1934; union activity of loggers, and the company's reaction, 1930s; life in the Salmon River logging camp; unemployed loggers, 1930s; logger transience and its effect on family life; the problem of schooling. TRACK 2: Mrs. Kloss discusses: B.C. coastal transportation and travel (Union Steamships), 1930s and 1940s; medical problems and illness in isolated logging camps, 1934-1945; loggers' vacations and recreation; moving to Englewood, 1946-1947; housing facilities in Englewood, 1947. Englewood camp life (continued): installation of electrical power, 1948; ordering groceries and mail order shopping, 1940s; steamship arrivals and freight rates; health care in Alert Bay, 1946. Social life for women: the Women's Institute. CALL NUMBER: T0539:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Forty years in B.C. logging camps, 1934-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1934-1974 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Kloss discusses: women's lives in logging camps, 1940s; homemaking and gardening in Sayward and Englewood, 1939-1948; move to Nimpkish, 1957; activities of the Women's Institute at Nimpkish, 1940s. Life in the Englewood area, 1946-1974. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview)

George Lutz and Jack Vetleson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0538:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George Lutz and Jack Vetleson: a logger's life, 1930s-1970s PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1948 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lutz and Vetleson came to Nimpkish Valley, 1943-44. Story of Lutz's arrival, 1943. Description of Englewood B.C. ca. 1943. Bunkhouse conditions, 1940s. Description of Immigrant labourers. Hiring practices and anecdotes about hiring practices. Holiday shut downs. Anecdotes about loggers and alcohol. Attitudes toward loggers. "Spending sprees". Loggers' salaries. Falling techniques and early chain saws. "Eight Day Wilson" and other legendary loggers. "Mancatchers" and other anecdotes. TRACK 2: Anecdotes about drinking. "Mancatcher" story (cont'd). Vancouver "hangouts" of loggers. Black's (a loggers' agency). Working conditions in tough camps. Loggers' financial problems. Problems with coastal travel and transportation. Ship schedules to Englewood. Anecdotes about loggers' games and competitions. Description of railway logging. Bringing in a locomotive to the Englewood area and re-building the railway line, ca. 1946. More on railway logging (methods and techniques). CALL NUMBER: T0538:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George Lutz and Jack Vetleson: a logger's life, 1930s-1970s PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1948 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Learning how to run different types of equipment (grapples, cat-sides). Duties of the Equalizer (foreman). Uses of the steam locomotives and laying track. Moving a skyline, by hand. Lack of concern for minor injuries. Anecdotes about card playing, movies and recreation. Laying track, runaways, accidents while working on the railway. Anecdotes about working on the railway. Replacing the steam locomotives. Anecdotes about the camp sanitation facilities. Rough-housing in the camp. TRACK 2: Community life in Woss. Laying in and cutting wood supplies for the winter. Superintendent McEachern, C. Hunter and railway anecdotes. The process of building the railway. The track laying machine built at Englewood. The many uses of powder and blasting. The innovative nature of loggers. Sam Madill equipment manufacturer. Using old logging equipment. Superintendent Russell Mills. Making logger's punch. Safety concerns in the 1940s. Introduction of hardhats, 1952-53. CALL NUMBER: T0538:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George Lutz and Jack Vetleson: a logger's life, 1930s-1970s PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1948 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Work safety, 1940s through 1970s. Establishment of first safety committee in the Nimpkish Valley, 1948-50. Problems enforcing safety regulations, 1970s. Safety rallies in 1950s-60s. Working in the winter, 1940s. Camp pets, anecdotes. First aid men, 1940s and 1970s. Single men and married men in camp. Choosing supervisory personnel, 1970s. TRACK 2: Supervisors in 1949. Worker advancement in the 1940s. Management of loggers in 1940s and 1970s. (End of interview)

Glen Patterson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0509:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Forester and Vice President of Canadian Forest Products PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1974 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-07-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Patterson discusses: his move to Nimpkish Valley as a fire warden, 1947; first sustained yield plan for the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-48; fire protection practices in the Nimpkish Valley; company attitudes toward forest conservation, 1940s; forest service view of company practices, 1940s. Changes in Nimpkish Valley forestry practices, 1947-56. Forestry reform brought about by the Sloan Commission Report, 1953-55. Progressive forestry practices of CFP in the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-56. TRACK 2: Mr. Patterson discusses: fire protection practices in the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-52; development of volume and yield tables for the Nimpkish Valley; tree farm license granted in the Nimpkish Valley, 1960; responsibilities of B.C. Forest Service and logging companies in forest management; public attitudes toward forest management; the work of forestry institutions at the provincial and national level; life in the Nimpkish Valley and description of Woss Camp, 1948-56.

CALL NUMBER: T0509:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Forester and Vice President of Canadian Forest Products PERIOD COVERED: 1947-1956 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-07-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Patterson discusses women's lives in Woss camp, 1947-56 and the social divisions in camp life. (End of interview)

Helen Bozman and Anna Hardy interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Twenty-six years in Woss camp, 1948-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1974 RECORDED: Beaver Cove (B.C.), 1974-07-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Helen Bozman and Anna Hardy discuss: expectations about logging camp life, 1948; description of Woss camp, 1948; creating adequate family accommodation in the camp; company housing; shipping in food from Vancouver; taking a trip to Vancouver; changes in camp life since 1948; symptoms of 'being bushed'; social life interactions between married and unmarried personnel, 1940s; social activities in the camps; building of the camp school, 1948; education in the camp; effects of night shift work on family life; liquor in the camp; worry about accidents; effects of strikes on family life; evaluation of life in Woss camp, 1948-74. TRACK 2: Discuss likes and dislikes concerning camp life, and evaluation of Canfor as an employer. (End of interview)

Henry Hansen interview

CALL NUMBER: T0299:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henry Hansen : logging in B.C., 1929-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1942 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hansen describes: early life in logging, 1929-1936; working for Brown and Kirkland Logging Company, 1942-1944; logging in the Nimpkish Valley, 1942-1962. Daily life in a logging camp. Changing worker-management relations, 1936-1946. Change from hand-falling to power-falling. TRACK 2: Mr. Hansen describes: the hiring of fallers during the 1940s; early camp life at Nimpkish, 1942; organization of the workforce at Nimpkish, 1942-44; decline of morale at B & K logging camp during 1943-44; changing worker-management relations, unions and strikes. CALL NUMBER: T0299:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henry Hansen : logging in B.C., 1929-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1970 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hansen describes: hand-logging, fallers, falling crews and falling; accidents in logging, 1930-70; changes from hand-falling to power saw-falling, 1936-50; wage rates of fallers, 1935-50; duties of the production supervisor. TRACK 2: Mr. Hansen discusses: changes in the manpower force at Englewood Division, 1950-70; changing types of work in logging, 1930-70; changing timber volumes, 1940-70; changing production costs, 1940-70; skyline and cold deck logging techniques, 1940-62; logging with caterpillar tractors; the building of Nimpkish, Woss and Vernon camps, 1943-53; travel in the Englewood Division, 1940-60; recreation in the camps; Vernon Lake fire, early 1950s. CALL NUMBER: T0299:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henry Hansen : logging in B.C., 1929-1974 PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1974 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Consequences of the Vernon Lake fire on the logging operation at Englewood. Organization of Nimpkish Valley logging operation, 1940s. Railway logging techniques, 1940s. Sorting logs and the water transportation of logs. Advent of truck-railway logging operation at Englewood, 1962-63. (End of interview)

Sounds of logging, 1974

CALL NUMBER: T0549:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sounds of logging SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dispatch Shack, Woss camp. Mill's boom reloader operation, Woss Lake. Falling and bucking operation, Vernon Lake area. TRACK 2: Falling operation (cont'd). Steel spar yarder, logging truck, front end loader, Vernon Lake. Shop noises. Cookhouse whistle. Car repair shop, Nimpkish. Diesel Railway Engine, Woss camp.

CALL NUMBER: T0549:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sounds of logging SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Booming boats (dozer boats), Canfor booming grounds, Beaver Cove. Log dumping and railway engine shunter, Beaver Cove. [TRACK 2: blank.]