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A prominent businessman who operated a timber firm as well as Gravel and Lake Services Ltd in Port Arthur. The collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, scrapbooks, pamphlets and photographs primarily related to the timber industry.

Records are arranged into the following series:
Camps
Correspondence
Ledgers
Scrapbooks
Photographs

Completed Unemployment Insurance Commission Monthly Remittance Forms for February 1952 to January 1953. Correspondence concerning Contribution Certificates, Unemployment Insurance Books, Identification Booklets and verification of Unemployment Insurance contributions made, 1952.

Completed Workmen's Compensation Board Employer's Payroll Statements for 1952-53. Ledger sheets for Payroll for the camps for 1952. Workmen's Compensation Expenses for 1952. Notice of Assessment from the Workmen's Compensation Board for 1952.

Yard Order purchase orders for March to July 1952.

Letters and receipts for vacation with pay books and stamps, 1952. Vacation with pay stamp books for 1949-50 and 1950-51. 1949-1952.

Applications for positions, 1953.

Orders and requests for quotations for specified materials from Barnett-McQueen Company Limited, Fort William, Ontario for January to December 1953.

Correspondence with Canadian National Railway Tie and Timber Department, Montreal, Quebec concerning contract for ties, orders, and quotes, 1953. Correspondence with the Office of the Terminal Superintendent, Canadian National Railways Fort William, Ontario concerning lease of the Canadian Dredge and Dock Company dock at Port Arthur Harbour. 1953. Correspondence concerning the Assignment between Oscar Styffe Limited and the Estate of O.R.Greer. 1953. Correspondence concerning the transfer of interests in C.G.R. Siding Agreement no. 91 from the Estate of the Late William John Greer and Oglar Rathwell Greer to Oscar Styffe Limited, 1953. Business card for O.S. Clefstad, Asst. Regional Manager, Real Estate Dept., Canadian National Railways, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1953.

Blank application for Certificate of Eligibility under the provisions of Section 1107 of the Income Tax Regulations (Deferred Depreciation). Deferred Capital Cost Allowance - Explanatory Memorandum. Canada Gazette Part II - Statutory orders and regulations, April 10, 1951. Letter from Department of Trade and Commerce, Capital Cost Allowance Division to Gravel and Lake Services Limited, Port Arthur, Ontario, October 1953. 1951-1953.

Minutes of the Industrial Committee meeting December 9, 1953. Correspondence with the Educational Committee of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, Port Arthur, Ontario concerning the Lakehead Technical Institute, May 1953.

Cruising reports, April 1953.

Correspondence with the Ontario Department of Health, Fort William, Ontario concerning the Medical Fee deduction for Drs. Bell and Allen of Sioux Lookout, January 1953. Inspector's Report for the camp in Harrington Township, February 1953. Employer's Information form for camp at Lac Seul, 1952-53.

Correspondence with the Bank of Nova Scotia, Port Arthur concerning a reference for Miss Marilyn Eloise Andrews, June 1953. Correspondence with The Dominion Bank, Port Arthur concerning payment for pulpwood cut on Oscar Styffe's property in McTavish Township by Mr. D.E. Chester, July 1953. Correspondence with Alderman Chas. Dilley, Manager, Paramount Theatre, Port Arthur, Ontario concerning a float in the Coronation Parade, April 1953.

Letter to Department of National Revenue, Taxation Division, Fort William, Ontario concerning Form T118 for Mr. Otto Ikonen, September 1953.

Directive from the Department of Transport, Port Arthur, Ontario concerning the need for lights on rafts or booms of logs anchored in the Harbour, March 1953. Correspondence with the Department of Transport, Ottawa, Ontario concerning radio station licences, 1953. Licences to Use Radio, 1953-54.

Schedule of Assessments for the Canadian Lumbermen's Association along with correspondence in connection with this, 1954. Copy of C.L.A. News Letter No. 122, October 15, 1954. Copy of an Application for Membership. Information for the Convention February 15-17, 1954 including programme, highlights, and transportation for delegates 1954.

Letter to Oscar Styffe Limited from The Germain Company Inc. Wholesale Lumber Specialists in Western Forest Products, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1953.

Invoice for return of lumber on loan by Great West Timber, to Oscar Styffe Limited, 1953. Purchase orders for lumber between Great West Timber and Oscar Styffe Limited, 1953. Inventory of spruce and jack pine at Camp 21, Hudson, Ontario. 1953.

Letter re the renewal of the Crown Timber License for the Area North of CNR between Blocks 8 & 9, March 24, 1953. Letter regarding Oscar Styffe Limited taking over the interests of W.J. Greer, 1953. Letter from Bert Styffe to Oliver Greer re the work in Hudson, Ontario. Letter from Oscar Styffe Limited to C.H. Greer regarding his interest in the Spur at Umfreville, 1953.

Letter from R.T. Jones, Lumber Company, Inc. Buffalo, NY for a quote on requested lumber, 1953.

Price quotations for spruce, jack pine and Norway pine, 1953.

Monthly reports of flying time for Oscar Styffe employees for January to December 1953.

Correspondence with Mr. Ernie Gerow concerning employment on the Roberta "F" and possible employment, 1953. Letter of condolence from John Styffe to Woods Division, Great Lakes Lumber and Shipping Limited re the passing of Mr. E.E. Johnson, October, 1953. Employee requests for T4 Income Tax slips, 1953. Letters, orders and payments re lumber sold between Oscar Styffe Limited and Great Lakes Lumber and Shipping Limited, 1953.

Correspondence with Mr. M. Janick, Canadian National Railway, Umfreville, Ontario re damage to a bunkhouse door, October 1953. Correspondence with Mr. Sam Jurpit, Auden, Ontario concerning possible employment cutting in the Hudson area, 1953. Letter of agreement between Mr. Bev. Johnson and Gordon Randle re the use of Mr. Johnson's boat for wood salvage, September 17, 1953. Correspondence with Mr. Joseph Janchar, Camp 51, Jellicoe, Ontario concerning a contract for 32 cords of 100" jack pine and with Mr. John Johnson, Camp 2, Silver Islet, Ontario re a contract for 50" jack pine, 1953. Employee requests for T4 Income Tax forms, 1953.

Extracts from the By-Laws of the Ontario Forest Industries Association, 1953. Letters concerning Task Committee Form #5 and Task Committee Special Questionnaire, 1953. Buchanan's Bulletin v 13, no. 5, 8, 22, 29, 41-42, 1953. Correspondence concerning negotiations, 1953. List of Organizers on Union Payroll of Local 2693, 1953. Correspondence concerning various policies such as transportation for new employees and hauling pulpwood on public highways. Circular letter no. 41-46. Copy of agreement between Dominion Tax & Chemical Company Limited and Local 2693 of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, 1953. Correspondence and draft brief concerning the Forest Ranger School, 1953. Letter with attached copy of agreement between Pembroke Shook Mills, Limited and the International Woodworkers of America covering employees at the Pembroke Mills, 1953. Cover letter and article from Financial Post June 27, 1953 re Tax on Natural Resources. Letter and questionnaire concerning 1952 peeled wood operators, 1953. Correspondence concerning Income Tax reporting methods for workmen who supply their own power saws, 1952. Correspondence re Task Committee Form #5 and completed forms, 1953. Correspondence re jack pine dues under the Crown Timber Act, 1952. Copy of the minutes of the Board of Directors of OFIA meeting held March 24, 1953. Letter concerning 2 bills before the Ontario Legislature: Bill #116, "An Act to amend the Corporations Tax Act" and Bill #117, "An Act to amend the Corporations and Income Taxes Suspension Act." Correspondence and statement concerning the Ontario Logging Tax Act, 1953. Letter re Globe and Mail article of February 28, 1953 "25-year highway plan for Northern Ontario under construction," March 2, 1953. News release re merger between Northern Paper Mills, Green Bay, WI and Marathon Corporation, Menasha, January 1953. Correspondence re Mr. H. H. Styffe elected to the Board of Directors of OFIA for 1953, and appointed committees such as Forest Management and Roads and Crown Dues, 1953. Annual report of OFIA for year ending December 31, 1952. Correspondence re Crown Timber Regulations, 1952 and 1953. Appendix concerning crane operators which forms part of the supplementary agreement between the Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, 1953. Supplementary agreement between Nipigon Lake Timber Company Limited and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local 2693. 1952-1953.