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Category: World War I

The Griffith and McNaughton Mill

The Griffith and McNaughton Mill

This brick three-storey structure was the location of Griffith-McNaughton, Ltd. The side of the building advertises “We manufacture felt for all grades of pulp and paper, also mangle […]
Letter from Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. to E.J.C. Norrie and Co., 1916-1918

Letter from Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. to E.J.C. Norrie and Co., 1916-1918

Throughout WWI Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. had private business dealings outside their contracts with the Canadian Department of Militia and Defence and the U.S. War Department. This letter […]
Arnprior Felt Co. Blanket Tender with the DMD, 1915

Arnprior Felt Co. Blanket Tender with the DMD, 1915

This tender, submitted to the Canadian War Purchasing Committee of the Department of the Militia and Defence, shows the Arnprior Felt Co.’s estimate to produce 300 General Service […]
DMD Contract with Griffith and McNaughton, 1918

DMD Contract with Griffith and McNaughton, 1918

As WWI stretched on, it became apparent that soldiers in the frontline trenches of France desperately needed blankets to ward of freezing temperatures, and dry, well-made socks to […]
First Accounts Ledger for Griffith and McNaughton, 1916

First Accounts Ledger for Griffith and McNaughton, 1916

Dated July 31, 1916, the first page of this account ledger shows the takeover of the contract for socks and blankets by the Canadian Department of Militia and […]