Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Scope and Content: Small fonds consisting of material related to Gillies Bros. of Braeside, the Canadian Lumber industry and personal records created by the donor.; File 1 - Biographical material including self published family history book "My Heroes: A Chroncle of Events and Important People in the Life Journey of Daniel Quinn Smith" 2014. Also included is a copy of a map showing Smith's house situated beside Gillies Bros. land at Braeside. An Interview with Daniel Q. Smith conducted by Archivist Laurie Dougherty in January 2015 about Gillies Bros. operation also in file.; File 2 - Several publications related to Gillies Bros., lumber grades and the lumber industry including Canadian Lumberman March 1960 featuring Gillies Mill and Timber of Canada March 1960. The 1983 Annual Report of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association includes a photograph of the Executive Committee for 1983 with Daniel Q. Smith.; File 3 - Miscellaneous material: Stone Consolidated Directory 1991, copy of the Standard Grading Rules for Canadian Lumber 2000.; CD containing images from Red Pine Bay 2014 and an oral history interview conducted in 2012 by L. Dougherty about Dan Q. Smith's work at Gillies Bros. (Stored in G2.1)