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Remembrances of James Inglis Reid Ltd.

Item is an audio tape recording of Charles (Chuck) Menzies (son of Horatio Nelson Menzies) speaking about James Inglis Reid Ltd. Topics covered include: the purchasing of the building on Granville, his father, working at James Inglis Reid Ltd., stories about employees and the Reid family, the business and finances.

James Inglis Reid, Ltd. fonds

  • AM1451
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1996

Fonds consists of records relating to the operation of James Inglis Reid, Ltd. The fonds includes business ledgers which reflect the daily commerce and production of the shop. Ledgers include extensive figures on sausage kitchen production, daily orders, sales, staff hours, and financial statements. The fonds also includes meeting minutes of the company shareholders, annual financial records, several samples of invoices, receipts, and correspondence. The fonds contains eight series: Sausage kitchen production records, Staff time books, Sales records, Accounts payable and expenses records, Daily order records, Ephemera, Minutes and Financial statements.

James Inglis Reid, Ltd.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details the amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock and dairy commodities. Ledger is organized by commodity and date. Commodities include: Hogs, pork loins, beef, and Kraft cheese.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details production figures for sausage, ham, puddings, tongue, head-cheese, and haggis. Ledger contains a recipe for haggis ingredient amounts in a shorthand notation.

Accounts payable and expenses ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details expenses and accounts payable organized according to sequence of returned cheques. Figures also detail total monthly disbursements by category. Categories include: goods, expenses, bakery, taxes, wages, twine, and paper.

Art card

File consists of one card depicting James Inglis Reid, Ltd. at 559 Granville Street, circa 1985.

Minute book, 1931-1984

File consists of a minute book of directors and annual shareholder meetings, 1931-1964. Also included in the volume is a list of directors 1931-1984 and a list of shareholders 1931-2002.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details the amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. The ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Companies include: Central Creameries, P. Burns & Co., Charles Taylor, and Naismith & Co.

Correspondence, Logwood Chips

File consists of correspondence received by the shop in response to it search for a source of Logwood Chips, an important element in the composition of black puddings (a natural dye, hematoxylin, in the logwood chips helped lend the black puddings a dark, even hue).

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: veal, tongues, lard, and beef rounds.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: lambs, liver, butter, and blood.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details production figures for sausage, hams, head-cheese, tongues, puddings, and haggis. Ledger also contains a list of Burns' Supper haggis orders. Order destinations include: Kamloops, Collingwood, Nelson, and Vernon.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific comapnies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: hams, pork loins, wieners, and rice flour.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures by company. Companies include: Vancouver Scale and Butcher Supply, Western Grocery, Ltd., Empress MFG. Co., and Pacific Meat Co.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details production figures for sausage, hams, tongues, puddings, and haggis. Orders for Burns' Supper haggis include: Kelowna, Chilliwack, the Georgia Hotel, and the YMCA.

Financial statement

File consists of one item, a financial statement made for R.G. Dun & Co., the Mercantile Agency. The statement details assets, liabilities, and expenses as a basis for business credit.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: kidneys, caul fat, eggs, and syrup.

Governmental ephemera

File consists of one sales tax license, one notice from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, and one notice of permission (to purchase raw blood) from the Vancouver Health Office.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details productions figures for sausage, hams, tongues, head-cheese, puddings, and haggis. Orders for Burns' Supper haggis include: Abbotsford, Revelstoke, the Empress of Japan, and Burns Fellowship.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures organized by company. Companies include: H. Brown & Son, W. Scott & Co., Ramsay Bros., and Central Creameries.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Companies include: Kelly-Douglas & Co., Pacific Meat Co., W.G. Duthie, and Standard Brands.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details production figures for sausages, hams, head-cheese, tongues, puddings, and haggis. The names of the sausage kitchen staff are recorded on the front inside cover. Burns' Supper haggis orders include: Grace United Church, Composite Lodge, Cedar Cottage Neighborhood Assoc., and Powell River.

Letter of reference

File contains one item. Item is a letter of reference written by Sir William Bilsland, Bart., Lord Provost of Glasgow. The Lord Provost attests to the positive character and integrity of James Inglis Reid upon his emigration to British Columbia.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details business expenditures by company. Companies include: Swift Canadian Co., Fraser Valley Producers Association, Neon Products, and Union Packing Co.

Oral history

File consists of one audio cassette tape with transcription. Recording is an oral history of the life and times of an employee at James Inglis Reid, Ltd.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details production figures for sausage, hams, tongues, head-cheese, veal loaf, puddings, and haggis. Orders for Burns' Supper haggis include: the Empire Lodge, Hedley Moose Lodge, Marpole United Church, and Pacific Mills.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Companies include: Alberta Meat Co., Butt & Bowers, P. Tosi & Co., and M.P. Morris, Ltd.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details business expenditures by company. Companies include: Slade & Stewart, Brackman-Ker, Alberta Meat Co., and B.C. Electric Railway Co.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures. Expenditures are organized on a monthly basis. Accounts include: Kelly-Douglas Co., National Biscuit, Gainers, Ltd., and Linde Refrigeration.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: Cream of Tartar, Alberta cheese, rice flour, and oatmeal.

Sausage kitchen production ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details production figures for sausage, hams, pie meat, veal loaf, head-cheese, puddings, and haggis. Orders for Burns' Supper haggis include: Courtney, Campbell River, Trail, and the Eastern Star Lodge, Victoria.

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