Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1906-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 9 technical drawings
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of technical drawings of the Nichols Chemcial Company plant and machinery.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 9 technical drawings
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of technical drawings of the Nichols Chemcial Company plant and machinery.
- History
- In 1905 the Nichols Chemical Company, acid manufacturers based in Montreal, established their chemical plant on on a tract of land along Burrard Inlet, just east of the North Pacific Lumber Company. This company was later amalgamated and acquired by General Chemical and remains in operation on the original waterfront site. Many of workers at the Nichols Chemical Plant lived in bunkhouses in the community of Barnet including Japanese Canadian families who were employed there. Many of these families were laid off and forcibily removed during the internment of the Japanese in British Columbia during World War II.
- Creator
- Nichols Chemical Company Limited
- Accession Code
- BV998.23
- Date
- 1906-1962
- Media Type
- Technical Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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General chemical division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Catalogue
- Accession Code
- BV022.22.1
- Call Number
- 661 GEN
- Publisher
- General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 175 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemical industry
- Catalogs
- Names
- Nichols Chemical Company Limited
- Object History
- Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation catalogue at one time used by the Manager of the The Nichols Chemical Company Limited, William H. Main in Barnet BC. His business card is paper clipped to the first page. Page 106 has an ad from the Nichols company.
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Harding and Yasue Yasui
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harding and Yasue "Margaret" Yasui seated on the steps of their home on the site of the Nichols Chemical Plant.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harding and Yasue "Margaret" Yasui seated on the steps of their home on the site of the Nichols Chemical Plant.
- History
- Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui (1884-1972) and his wife Tane (Hirata) Yasui (d.1987) emigrated from Japan to Canada in 1919. Sukegoro and Tane had two children Yasue Margaret (Matsumura) (1921-2019) and Harding Yasui (1923-2008). Sukegoro worked as a burner operator for the Nichols Chemical Company of Barnet B.C. The family lived on the site with five other families in a bunkhouse including the three Kokuryo brothers and their families and the Kojima family. The children attended Barnet School for three years before the family moved to Surrey in 1934 after purchasing farm land. Sukegoro and Tane Yasui grew strawberries and raised chickens on the farm and Sukegoro continued to work shift work at the Nichols plant. In 1942, the Yasui family were interned and sent to work on a sugar beet farm near Lethbridge, Alberta. While living in Picture Butte, Alberta,Yasue married Matsuo Matsumura. Following the war, the whole family moved to Kingston, Ontario where Harding completed his senior year of high school. A few years later, Harding moved to Montreal and his parents joined him.
- Subjects
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Matsumura, Yasue Yasui "Margaret"
- Yasui, Harding
- Nichols Chemical Company Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.38
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1926] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Date of photograph [1926] based on birth dates of Yasue "Margaret"- born 1921 and Harding Yasui- born July 1923
- In the Shadow by the Sea spells Sukegoro's wife's name as "Lane" (Harata) Yasui, obits for Sukegoro Yasui and his wife use the spelling "Tane" Hirata Yasui.
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Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "D.D. Coolers Scrubbers and Settling Tanks with Pumps", "Nichols Chemical Co. LTD."; "Drawing No. 6314".
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6312
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 73.5 x 104.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6312" "Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd.".
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6318
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 105 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drawing No. 6318", Nichols Chemical Company Limited, Barnet Works B.C. Dated March 28, 1917, corrected June 1, 1918.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 6381
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 27 Jun. 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blackline print with col. annotations ; 52.5 x 45 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical "Drwg 6381" Nichols Chemical Company Limited, with details of equipment installation and dismantling.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 50785
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing identified as No. 50785 with handwritten annotation reading "W.O.M. - 8560". Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 52499
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 28 Jan. 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 86 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "Various Plans and Elevations", "Nichols Chemical Company"; drawing "No. 52499".
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 511726
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 26 Jan. 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing titled "Assy. Det. No. 3 Ore Burner", "No. 511726" of Nichol's Chemical Plant. Includes "Parts Lists" index.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 8 Sep. 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75.5 x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Sep. 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75 x 68 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Nichols Chemical Company
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet Village, BC. Photograph depicts the construction of the building.
Nichols Chemical Company
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.6 x 13.9
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Nichols Chemical Company on Barnet Road, Barnet, with buildings at the edge of the water.
Yasue and Harding Yasui
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1924] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Yasue "Margaret" Yasui (Matsumura) and her brother Harding Yasui on the site of the Nichols Chemical Company plant. Yasue is standing next to her brother who is seated on the grass beside her. A fence is visible behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Yasue "Margaret" Yasui (Matsumura) and her brother Harding Yasui on the site of the Nichols Chemical Company plant. Yasue is standing next to her brother who is seated on the grass beside her. A fence is visible behind them.
- History
- Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui (1884-1972) and his wife Tane (Hirata) Yasui (d.1987) emigrated from Japan to Canada in 1919. Sukegoro and Tane had two children Yasue Margaret (Matsumura) (1921-2019) and Harding Yasui (1923-2008). Sukegoro worked as a burner operator for the Nichols Chemical Company of Barnet B.C. The family lived on the site with five other families in a bunkhouse including the three Kokuryo brothers and their families and the Kojima family. The children attended Barnet School for three years before the family moved to Surrey in 1934 after purchasing farm land. Sukegoro and Tane Yasui grew strawberries and raised chickens on the farm and Sukegoro continued to work shift work at the Nichols plant. In 1942, the Yasui family were interned and sent to work on a sugar beet farm near Lethbridge, Alberta. While living in Picture Butte, Alberta,Yasue married Matsuo Matsumura. Following the war, the whole family moved to Kingston, Ontario where Harding completed his senior year of high school. A few years later, Harding moved to Montreal and his parents joined him.
- Subjects
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Matsumura, Yasue Yasui "Margaret"
- Nichols Chemical Company Limited
- Yasui, Harding
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1924] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 127 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Yasueand Harding Yasui, 1923"
- Date of photograph [1924] based on birth dates of Yasue "Margaret"- born 1921 and Harding Yasui- born July 1923
- In the Shadow by the Sea spells Sukegoro's wife's name as "Lane" (Harata) Yasui, obits for Sukegoro Yasui and his wife use the spelling "Tane" Hirata Yasui
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Yasue Yasui
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Yasue "Margaret" Yasui (Matsumura) standing on a wooden bridge on the site of the Nichols Chemical Company plant.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Yasue "Margaret" Yasui (Matsumura) standing on a wooden bridge on the site of the Nichols Chemical Company plant.
- History
- Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui (1884-1972) and his wife Tane (Hirata) Yasui (d.1987) emigrated from Japan to Canada in 1919. Sukegoro and Tane had two children Yasue Margaret (Matsumura) (1921-2019) and Harding Yasui (1923-2008). Sukegoro worked as a burner operator for the Nichols Chemical Company of Barnet B.C. The family lived on the site with five other families in a bunkhouse including the three Kokuryo brothers and their families and the Kojima family. The children attended Barnet School for three years before the family moved to Surrey in 1934 after purchasing farm land. Sukegoro and Tane Yasui grew strawberries and raised chickens on the farm and Sukegoro continued to work shift work at the Nichols plant. In 1942, the Yasui family were interned and sent to work on a sugar beet farm near Lethbridge, Alberta. While living in Picture Butte, Alberta,Yasue married Matsuo Matsumura. Following the war, the whole family moved to Kingston, Ontario where Harding completed his senior year of high school. A few years later, Harding moved to Montreal and his parents joined him.
- Subjects
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Matsumura, Yasue Yasui "Margaret"
- Nichols Chemical Company Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.33
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 127 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Yasue Yasui, 1926"
- Date of photograph [1924] based on birth dates of Yasue "Margaret"- born 1921 and Harding Yasui- born July 1923
- In the Shadow by the Sea spells Sukegoro's wife's name as "Lane" (Harata) Yasui, obits for Sukegoro Yasui and his wife use the spelling "Tane" Hirata Yasui.
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