Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

3.3

File Number

53

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1981

Scope and Content

File contains an oversize calendar with records of Elmer Ellingsen's backhoe and gravel business.

Storage Location

3-21

Storage Range

3-21

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Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Friends of Cortes Island Society

Fonds Number

2013.004

Series Number

1

File Number

2

Accession Number

2013.004

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

2000

Scope and Content

File contains two (2) calendars, for July and August of 2000, listing FOCI activities and trainings.

Storage Location

1-2

Storage Range

1-2

Name Access

FOCI

Friends of Cortes Island

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.201

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1974

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Whaletown Community Club fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Whaletown Community Club

Fonds Number

2003.003

Series Number

5

File Number

6

Accession Number

2003.003

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1981-1988

Physical Description

6 calendars

Scope and Content

File consists of calendars showing bookings for Gorge Hall.

Storage Location

1-52

Storage Range

1-52

Name Access

Whaletown Community Club

Subject Access

Community Associations

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

3.3

File Number

58.1

Accession Number

2019.002

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1963

Scope and Content

File contains a calendar, apparently used by Elmer Ellingsen to track information related to his gravel and/or backhoe business. Calendar reads "Cortez Lodge Store" and is hunting themed.

Storage Location

Ellingsen oversized

Storage Range

Ellingsen oversized

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Ellingsen, Elmer

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

3.3

File Number

42

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1968-1969

Scope and Content

File contains lists of income, including a work calendar.

Storage Location

3-10

Storage Range

3-10

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

101

Accession Number

2019.002

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1945-1947

Storage Location

6-7.4

Storage Range

6-7.4

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Part Of

CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

27.1

Date Range

2002

Scope and Content

Written reminiscences of Elmer Ellingsen by family and community members collected at his memorial.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.022

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 5.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Elmer is holding an accordion.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

1

File Number

29

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1985-1987

Storage Location

1-29

Storage Range

1-29

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Part Of

Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.202

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1974

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Part Of

Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.203

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1974

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.204

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1974

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Ellingsen, Elmer

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

1

File Number

8

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1967-1968

Scope and Content

File contains a mix of personal and business correspondence.

Storage Location

1-8

Storage Range

1-8

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.665

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1999

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 10 x 17.5 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

3.5

File Number

71

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1918

Scope and Content

File contains postcard/birthday cards sent to Elmer Ellingsen by his Aunt Rose.

Storage Location

4-13

Storage Range

4-13

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.008

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Hentschel, Diane

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.027

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[ca.2003]

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Dianne Hentschel.

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Ellingsen, Elmer

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

3.3

File Number

41

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1967]

Scope and Content

File contains financial records of incidental income, e.g. car rental, gravel.

Storage Location

3-9

Storage Range

3-9

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.209

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[197-]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints and 1 negative: colour; 12.5 x 98

Scope and Content

Photographs and negative of a framed photograph of May and Elmer Ellingsen at Long Beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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