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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Dear Museum/Archive Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">I am reaching out from the Museum & Archives of Vernon to find a suitable home for two sets of records that are not relevant to our collection but may hold value for another organization
in the province. We have already contacted several likely institutions, but these records were declined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">The records are described below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">1st Set of Records</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><br>
This collection was never accessioned into our collection and lack provenance, but appear to pertain to an individual named Nels Smith who lived in the Vancouver area and was involved with the forestry industry in BC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Contract to Work for the Pas Lumber Company (Nels Smith)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">IWA Official Time Books (1952 and 1955)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Ration Book belonging to Nels Smith (address: 2881 St. George St., Vancouver)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Temporary Relief Card for Nels Smith<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Membership Book: International Hod Carriers’, Building, and Common Laborers Union of America<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">1943 Woodworker’s Time Book<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">1940 Membership Statement: International Woodworkers of America<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Membership Record: Woodworkers’ Industrial Union of Canada<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Eleven photographs related to logging, with Nels Smith pictured in at least one.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">2nd Set of Records</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><br>
This collection originates from the estate of Peter Tassie, who conducted extensive research on surveyors in the province. Among his materials are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">A Special Timber Licence for Nelson Island, New Westminster District, surveyed by G. H. Hensman in 1913.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">A letter addressed to Hensman from a survey general (handwritten last name appears to be Davison) suggesting corrections to the surveying of lots 3629, 3630,
and 3631.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">If you believe these records may be of interest to your organization, or if you can recommend another potential home for them, we would be most grateful for your guidance. Please contact
me at <a href="mailto:gwyn.evans@vernonmuseum.ca">gwyn.evans@vernonmuseum.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">Thank you for your time and consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img border="0" width="225" height="209" style="width:2.3437in;height:2.177in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB6357.A65A4540"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Poppins;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I would like to respectfully acknowledge that I am sending this email today, as well as working, living, and playing, on the Traditional, Ancestral,
and Unceded territory of the syilx People. As a visitor on this land, I strive to deepen my understanding of the local Indigenous communities, including the syilx and secwepemc People, and I commit to reframing my responsibilities to land and community.
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