Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2014.030.009

Title

Southampton factory notes and clippings

Object Name

Article

Dates of Creation

2008

Creator

Obright, Jack

Description

Notes, photocopies, newspaper clippings, and articles about some of the furniture factory buildings in Southampton.

- Harry Eagles Plant notes (referring to S.M. Knechtel, Sellers Kitchen Cabinet Company, Dominion Plywoods Limited, the Southampton Furniture Company, Royal Canadian Art Pottery Company, and Leonards Potteries, Horticare Canada Inc. and Healthcare Canada.)

- "From the Files" photocopy with a paragraph entitled "Eagles Factory."

- "From our volunteers researched and written by Robert Morgan" article re: Royal Canadian Art Pottery Company and Leonards Potteries

- "A pottery factory in Southampton" Shoreline Beacon article, April 6, 2008.

- Hepworth Furniture Company notes

- "Pioneer Days" newspaper column re: furniture factories operated by the Knechtel family

- "Chippewa Lumber Co." notes

- "Fitton Parker-Bell" notes

- "Bill Uhrig, 1918-2008" obituary from www.saugeentimes.com referring to his work at Fitton Parker Furniture, later Sklar Peppler.

Provenance

This was part of a collection of Southampton-related research materials compiled by Jack Obright who formerly worked at Dominion Plywoods Ltd., Southampton.

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

17 pages

Places

Bruce County
Southampton

People

Uhrig, William Henry

Search Terms & Subjects

Furniture factories
Furniture industry
Furniture makers
Pottery Industry