Collection search - Reid, M. Norman - Interview

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Reid, M. Norman - Interview

Item number (ISN):

87142

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970-12-07

Item number (ISN):

87142

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY / COMPAGNIE DOMINION BRIDGE

Accession:

1984-0443

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1970-12-07

Production company:

Dominion Bridge Company

Description:

Interview of M. Norman Reid, retired comptroller of the Dominion Bridge Company who discusses the financial side of the company. Reid recounts that the company has ledgers, cashbooks and contracts going back to 1882 - all meticulously hand-written until accounting machines were introduced in 1939. Smith recalls that "4 or 5 truckloads" of the company's financial records were destroyed according to provincial requirements. Also discussed was the system of paying workers in cash every Friday when the wives would wait at the plant gates "before the men hit the saloons". Other topics include the uniqueness of the company issuing only "capital stock", the financial problems of the company during the Depression, and unprofitable projects such as Place Ville Marie in Montreal.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

163471

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0443/142
1984-0443/143

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

361895

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2001-07-0013

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

63:43

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1001069

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2001-07-0013

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1983-0065/007
1983-0065/008
1983-0065/009
1984-0443/142
1984-0443/143

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1136169

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

87142-1984-0443-142.WAV
87142-1984-0443-143.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

25:41

Made from:

1984-0443/142
1984-0443/143

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2001-07-0013

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 16476

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of AMCA : with permission of interviewees during their lifetimesThe copyright on this material was originally held by Dominion Bridge, a company that moved to the States and became AMCA and then United Dominion. Apparently United Dominion sold its Dominion Bridge division to a Canadian company, in 1993.According to the Gazette of 13 November 1998, Dominion Bridge of Lachine became part of ADF Heavy Industries, part of the Group ADF Inc. which is owned by the Au Dragon Forgè (Paschini family) of Terrebonne, Quebec.ADF was then acquired by TIL Cintreurs de Tubes International Ltee.Copyright owner: TIL Cintreurs de Tubes International Ltee.

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