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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

Scrapbook of mostly newspaper clippings from the Port Arthur newspaper, periodical articles, telegrams and a song: articles on the political, business and economic life in Canada and particularly the forest industry in Northwestern Ontario; articles on politicians C.D. Howe and O. Styffe, a local member of city council for Port Arthur; numerous articles on the Styffe family; obituary on Mrs. Ragna Styffe, wife of O. Styffe; O. Styffe's appointment as Norwegian Vice-Consul at Lakehead; articles on his sons who participated in the war effort; articles on the amalgamation proposal of Port Arthur & Fort William by Premier Hepburn; labour/management articles; numerous articles relating to Norway- article on Sonja Henie, Norwegian skater who became a world champion; articles on Norwegian relief fund in Canada; articles on Hon. C. J. Hambro, former president of the Norwegian parliament & his visit to Port Arthur; articles on Norway's heroic resistance against the Germans; telegrams from his sons overseas assuring of their well-being; a song entitled 'Ski Club Song' sung to the tune of '21 years' with words composed by O. Styffe.

Several items of correspondence and some supply orders for Camp #"102" November-December 1942. Item 17 is a memorandum on clerking procedures to be used at the camp.

Invoice, accounts, orders and statements of van relating to Camp #5 (Ancliff), food and supplies April 1943-March 1944; several items of correspondence.

Payroll records for Camp #5 (Ancliff) June 1943-April 1944; settlement sheets, advance payment receipts for individual employees; payroll accounts.

Work reports for Camp #5 (Ancliff) August 1944-June 1945.

Food and supply orders for Camp #14 October 1944-March 1945.

Payroll records: account, settlement sheets, payment receipts October 1944-March 1945. Folder includes a time sheet for October 1944 listing employees with position held.

Correspondence for Camp #1 (Pigeon River) January 1944- March 1945.

Payroll records for Camp #5 (Ancliff) May 1944-March 1945: settlement sheets, payment receipts for individual employees; payroll account.

Invoices and expense account for food and supplies for Camp #5 (Ancliff) May 1944-February 1945.

Correspondence, some receipts for Camp #14 (Peninsula) October 1944-March 1945.

Orders for food and supplies for Camp #5 (Ancliff) May 1944-April 1945.

Orders for food and supplies for Camp #8 (Ancliff) from October 1944-December 1945.

Weekly work reports for Camp #8 (Ancliff) spanning period of December 1944 to December 1945. Note: there are large time gaps in sequence.

Expense accounts and invoice statements for Camp #8 October 1944-October 1945.

Weekly work reports, hauling reports November 1944-March 1945.

Payroll records for Camp #8 1944-1945: settlement sheets, payroll account, payment receipts for individual employees.

Expense accounts and invoice records for Camp #5 (Ancliff) May-August 1945.

Payroll records for Camp #5 (Ancliff) for 1945: settlement sheets, payment receipts for individual employees.

Expense accounts and invoice records for June 1945 for Camp #8.