Scanned photograph of Baron & Nellie Jeffery home at Smelt Bay, 1982. Smelt Bay Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment and Parks, 1987. Full issue of The Cottage Magazine, article featuring Smelt Bay midden sites, 1997. Excerpt from Seven Knot Summers, Beth Hill. Post cards and greeting cards featuring Smelt Bay, undated.
Scanned photograph of Baron & Nellie Jeffery home at Smelt Bay, 1982. Smelt Bay Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment and Parks, 1987. Full issue of The Cottage Magazine, article featuring Smelt Bay midden sites, 1997. Excerpt from Seven Knot Summers, Beth Hill. Post cards and greeting cards featuring Smelt Bay, undated.
Emails, photographs, maps, emails and written info on clam gardens relating to the clam garden display; labels from display; several copies of shellfish recipes; memo from Judith William's publishers.
Emails, photographs, maps, emails and written info on clam gardens relating to the clam garden display; labels from display; several copies of shellfish recipes; memo from Judith William's publishers.
Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers
Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers
Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay
Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay
Written info on Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay with info from late 1800s; info from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson on Cortes Island early history, late 1920s. Ian and Mary McMillan's island in Coulter Bay listing, early 1950s. Info about Rendezvous Rock in Coulter Bay, 1953, from CIMAS photo albums. Excerpt from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Anderson, 1982. Clippings from WNE with info on Coulter Bay, 1982-1992. Typed transcript of written letter from Mary McMillen to Doreen Thompson, undated.
Written info on Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay with info from late 1800s; info from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson on Cortes Island early history, late 1920s. Ian and Mary McMillan's island in Coulter Bay listing, early 1950s. Info about Rendezvous Rock in Coulter Bay, 1953, from CIMAS photo albums. Excerpt from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Anderson, 1982. Clippings from WNE with info on Coulter Bay, 1982-1992. Typed transcript of written letter from Mary McMillen to Doreen Thompson, undated.
Emails and clippings from Tideline on history of Tiber Bay, including preemptions, Tiber/Teuber family, Manson's Landing cemetery, and the CIMAS driving tour booklet, info from early 1900s-2016.
Emails and clippings from Tideline on history of Tiber Bay, including preemptions, Tiber/Teuber family, Manson's Landing cemetery, and the CIMAS driving tour booklet, info from early 1900s-2016.
Various maps of Cortes Island and surrounding areas with tourist info, trails, provincial parks, local businesses, sites, property lines, topography, charts, etc, 1916-present. Info on Hiking and Orienteering Map of Cortes Island, 2003, and Cortes Island Community Mapping Project, 2011. Info on Discovery Islands Ecosystem Mapping (DIEM), 2012-2014.
Various maps of Cortes Island and surrounding areas with tourist info, trails, provincial parks, local businesses, sites, property lines, topography, charts, etc, 1916-present. Info on Hiking and Orienteering Map of Cortes Island, 2003, and Cortes Island Community Mapping Project, 2011. Info on Discovery Islands Ecosystem Mapping (DIEM), 2012-2014.
Co-operative Fire and Casualty Company info regarding request to insure a property, Mr and Mrs Ellingsen, 1963. Licensing and insurance papers for E. Ellingsen, 1968-1970. Info on residential, recreational, commercial, industrial and investment real estate, "Growing with Vancouver," featuring Bruce Ellingsen, 1974. Excerpts from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Andersen, 1982. Receipts from Mansons Landing Store for May and Elmer Ellingsen, 1982-1987. Old notebook cover, Elmer Ellingsen, undated. Info on memorials: Elmer Ellingsen, 2002; May Ellingsen, 2012; and Virginia Hazel Ellingsen, 2019. Letter from Etta to CIMAS, 2012. Invoice for art purchased by CIMAS from David Ellingsen, 2017. Info on The Last Stand, D. Ellingsen, 2019. Info on Cortes Connection, 2019. Photo of Dianne Hentschel, Nellie Jeffrey, May Ellingsen, undated.
Co-operative Fire and Casualty Company info regarding request to insure a property, Mr and Mrs Ellingsen, 1963. Licensing and insurance papers for E. Ellingsen, 1968-1970. Info on residential, recreational, commercial, industrial and investment real estate, "Growing with Vancouver," featuring Bruce Ellingsen, 1974. Excerpts from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Andersen, 1982. Receipts from Mansons Landing Store for May and Elmer Ellingsen, 1982-1987. Old notebook cover, Elmer Ellingsen, undated. Info on memorials: Elmer Ellingsen, 2002; May Ellingsen, 2012; and Virginia Hazel Ellingsen, 2019. Letter from Etta to CIMAS, 2012. Invoice for art purchased by CIMAS from David Ellingsen, 2017. Info on The Last Stand, D. Ellingsen, 2019. Info on Cortes Connection, 2019. Photo of Dianne Hentschel, Nellie Jeffrey, May Ellingsen, undated.
Series consists of nine albums (binders) holding 554 photographs of Cortes Island and nearby islands, including Twin Islands and Hernando Island, with accompanying descriptions and with additional textual information such as pre-emption records, reminiscences and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, depicting homes and buildings, pioneer families, community activities, schools, wharves, boats, logging and marine activity. The majority of the photographs are copies, as indicated by the numbers assigned to them by the Campbell River Museum & Archives. There are 72 original photographs in the albums.
Nine photograph albums (binders) holding 554 photographs with accompanying descriptions.
Custodial History
May Ellingsen put this collection together in the mid 1980s. She collected hundreds of old photographs from 30 donor families which were then copied and catalogued by the Campbell River Museum in 1985, with funding from the Canada Council and Canada Works. (see "Musings", a publication of the CR Museum & Archives Society, Vol. IV #1, March 1985) The Campbell River Museum made negatives and two copies of the photographs; the originals were then returned to the donor families. One copy of each photo was given to May, who arranged them in albums and added her commentary. She continued to add to the albums through the 1990s, adding 72 original photographs and more descriptions. She kept the albums in the library in the Manson's Hall and then in the Cortes Museum when it opened in 1999. The albums were officially donated to CIMAS in 2004.
Scope and Content
Series consists of nine albums (binders) holding 554 photographs of Cortes Island and nearby islands, including Twin Islands and Hernando Island, with accompanying descriptions and with additional textual information such as pre-emption records, reminiscences and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, depicting homes and buildings, pioneer families, community activities, schools, wharves, boats, logging and marine activity. The majority of the photographs are copies, as indicated by the numbers assigned to them by the Campbell River Museum & Archives. There are 72 original photographs in the albums.
Item level finding aid is available for the 72 original photographs.
Copyright
The Campbell River Archives has negatives for the copied photographs in the Collection and makes prints on request for a charge according to their policy and according to the wishes of the donors. Donor/source cards were filled out by each family donating photographs and include restrictions on use in some cases. They are on file at the Campbell River Archives.
CIMAS holds the copyright on the 72 original photographs in these albums.