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Booth fisheries
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1961-1971 (Creation)
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77.5 cm of textual records
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Booth Fisheries was a scallop processing plant located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a branch of Booth Fisheries Canadian Co., which was the Canadian company of the American company Booth Fisheries Ltd. based out of Chicago, Illinois. Graham Knickle was the operations manager for the plant. The plant was located on the property of Adams and Knickle on the waterfront in Lunenburg. The plant processed the loads of seven of Adam and Knickle's scallop trawlers. Ninety-seven percent of the product packaged in the plant was shipped to the U.S. market. The main processing plant was located in Petit de Gras, Cape Breton.
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The following are sub-series under Booth Fisheries; Correspondence, Scallop Production, Financial, Sales and Shipping Operations and Vessel Papers. Correspondence consists of all business correspondence; Scallop Production consists of lab reports, scallop landings, weekly and monthly production sheets, scallop package labels and a list of scallop draggers in the area; Financial consists of cost reports, accounts receivable and disbursements; Sales and Shipping Operations consists of A Methods Study of Booth Fisheries - Lunenburg, boat codes, fire damage report and plans; Vessel Papers consist records relating to vessels Margarete Jane, M.V. Red Diamond, trawler George Kentner and M.V. Pinta.