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A framed commemorative photo collage celebrating Herb Doman's history in the B.C. lumber industry. The collage includes five photos. Three photos, in black and white, include Herb Doman and various other businessmen. One black and white photo is of the cargo ship Ponderosa. The single colour photo includes Herb Doman and three other businessmen standing in front of a Price & Pierce Forest Products building. In the center of the photo collage is a plaque with the dedication. Price & Pierce Forest Products Ltd. is a distributor of timber and panel products. The Felicity 1 was a cargo ship built in Osaka, Japan in 1975. It sailed under the name Ponderosa between 1975 and 1982, and then again between 1994 and 1997.
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An award presented by Grace McCarthy to Herb Doman in appreciation of his service as a member of the British Columbia Development Corporation. It consists of a wooden escutcheon fitted with a plaque with a dedication and a metal relief of the coat of arms of British Columbia. The British Columbia Development Corporation is a crown corporation founded in 1973 as a result of the Development Corporation of British Columbia Act. Grace McCarthy, born Grace Mary Winterbottom, was the former leader of the B.C. Social Credit Party and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CH.I.L.D. Foundation. She was born on October 14, 1927 and died on May 24, 2017.
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A tripartite fold-out poster collage of numerous photographs related to Doman Industries. There is no particular organization to the layout of the photos. The majority of the photos included consist of headshots and group shots of transport workers and sawmill workers, photos of processed timber and lumber yards, and photos of sawmilling equipment and transport trucks. Other miscellaneous photos feature subjects including the families and children of workers, a large landscape featuring a river running through farmland, and a photo of a tugboat on a lake. In the upper right corner of the leftmost section of the poster there is a single, small portrait of Herb Doman.
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Herb Doman, wearing a striped red shirt, turns away from the driver's seat of an industrial vehicle to smile for the camera. A steering wheel and various knobs, dials and readout screens are visible on the dashboard in front of him. The vehicle appears built for left-hand traffic, with driver's seat placed on the right side of the cabin. The scene outside the vehicle's windows is out of focus and mostly illegible.
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Herb Doman poses for a photo, half-sitting on a desk in his office. He is wearing a business suit. On the desk sits a rotary phone, an intercom console and a wooden pen holder. There is an office chair behind the desk. There is a chest of drawers behind the office chair, with a few binders and paper documents on top of it. Behind Herb, a window can be seen through a sheer black curtain, overlooking a crowded parking lot with mountains in the background.
2023_14_02_076.pdf (450.59 KB)
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A two-page handwritten note by Doman Industries employee Don Morgan concerning two anecdotes about Herb Doman and his employees.
2023_14_02_075.pdf (236.22 KB)
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A memo to the Rotary Club of Duncan summarizing a recent address by former British Columbia Supreme Court Justice John V. Clyne. The address concerned the Quebec separation referendum of 1980, to which Clyne was strongly opposed. Instead, Clyne proposed the formation of a commission of "men of wisdom and knowledge" to draft a new and more universally accommodating constitution for Canada. This address was arranged by Herb Doman. John Valentine Clyne was a Canadian lawyer and former Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court. He was born on February 14, 1902 and died on August 22, 1989.
2023_14_02_074.pdf (498.98 KB)
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A: A copy of a letter from George Robbins to the publication The News Leader wherein George nominates Herb Doman for "Greatest Cowichanian of the past 100 years". B: A copy of a flyer advertising the "Greatest Cowichinian" feature, explaining the guidelines and a related prize draw.
2023_14_02_067.pdf (147.35 KB)
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A cheque from a Bank of Montreal cheque book associated with a Doman Industries Limited account. This cheque, no. 00101691385, is for fifty cents to be paid to Donald F Hammond on June 15th, 1994.
2023_14_02_066.pdf (115.85 KB)
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A copy of form 346 from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. It is marked "paid". This forms concerns two transactions related to Harbanse Singh Trucking Account. The first is to an illegible payee and totals one hundred and ninety dollars. The second is to the Department of Motor Vehicles and totals two hundred and ninety-five dollars. There is a checkmark drawn over the cash totals in blue pen, and a small spiral drawn on the manager/accountant field in red pen.