Inventory of the MacMillan Bloedel Products Company Negatives, circa 1960s
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: MacMillan Bloedel Products Company at Pine Hill, Alabama was a subsidiary of the Canadian forestry company MacMillan Blodel and Powell River Limited, which later became MacMillan Bloedel Limited.
The collection includes negatives that depict the operations and personnel at the MacMillan Bloedel Products Company in Pine Hill, Alabama, presumably during the 1960s.
Title: MacMillan Bloedel Products Company Negatives, circa 1960s
Creator: MacMillan Bloedel and Powell River Limited
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 2888
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.25 linear feet (79 negatives)
Historical Note
MacMillan Bloedel Products Company at Pine Hill, Alabama was a subsidiary of the Canadian forestry company MacMillan Blodel and Powell River Limited, which later became MacMillan Bloedel Limited.
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, the parent corporation was created in 1959 as MacMillan and Bloedel Limited. The merger with Powell River Company resulted in MacMillan Bloedel and Powell River Limited. On May 10, 1966, the name changed to its present form, MacMillan Bloedel Limited. In 1999, MacMillan Bloedel Limited was purchased by the American pulp and paper company Weyerhaeuser.
Collection Overview
The collection includes negatives that depict the operations and personnel at the MacMillan Bloedel Products Company in Pine Hill, Alabama, presumably during the 1960s.
The negatives are numbered and there is a list of the pictures identifying each picture by number.
Collection Arrangement
- Negatives, circa 1960s
Subject Headings
- Forest products industry -- Alabama -- Photographs
- Forest products industry -- Southern States -- 20th century
- Lumber and lumbering -- Photographs
- Lumber trade -- Alabama -- Wilcox County -- History
- MacMillan Bloedel and Powell River Limited
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Negatives, circa 1960s.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], MacMillan Bloedel Products Company Negatives, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff
Encoded by Amanda Ross, May 2009
Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.
