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    Henry Doyle fonds

    • Title:Henry Doyle fonds
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    • Author/Creator:Doyle, Henry, 1874-1961.
    • Published/Created:[17-- - before 1960]
    • Holdings

      • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
      • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1171
      • Number of Items:1
      • Status:Available
      • Location Has:box 1-12, papers

      • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
      • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1171
      • Number of Items:14
      • Status:c.1 box 13 Requested
      • Location Has:box 1-13, papers

       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Doyle, Henry, 1874-1961.
      British Columbia Canners' Association.
    • Description:1.25 m of textual records and other materials
      95 photographs
      24 maps
    • Summary:The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Pacific fishery industry. It includes Doyle's manuscript of Rise and Decline of the Pacific Salmon Fisheries, correspondence, thirty volumes of notebooks, legal documents, notes, reports, speeches, and clippings. The fonds also includes numerous photographs, statistics on B.C. companies and canneries, printed material, a scrapbook, maps and information about the B.C. Canners' Association, B.C. Packers' Association, the Select Standing Committee on Marine and Fisheries, and the Parliamentary Fisheries Committee.
    • Biography/history note:Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Henry Doyle moved with his family to San Francisco in 1875 where his father established the fish supply firm of Henry Doyle and Company. In 1890 the younger Doyle was sent to British Columbia on a mission for his father's firm. In 1895 he became manager of the new Doyle Fishing Company (Canadian Division) in Vancouver. After the death of his father in 1898, Doyle became general manager of the entire company. He was appointed as the first manager of the British Columbia Packers' Association in 1902. Doyle's career in the industry spanned over sixty years.
    • Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
    • Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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