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Jim Palmer's photographs of Carrington Bay

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
File contains scanned copies of photographs donated by Jim Palmer for the Carrington Bay exhibit in 2009, depicting the community living in Carrington Bay in the 1970s and 1980s. Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel lived in a house on the west side of the log jam between Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay. Jim built the house at the property of John and Anna Gregg in Manson's Landing and relocated it onto pilings in Carrington Bay. Jim and Jan later fabricated steel pontoons for it. In 1985 the house was moved onto the floats and towed into Gorge Harbour by Bob Thompson with his boat "Sutil Chief".
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Palmer, Jim
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Physical Description
33 photographs (.jpg) : b&w and col.
Scope and Content
File contains scanned copies of photographs donated by Jim Palmer for the Carrington Bay exhibit in 2009, depicting the community living in Carrington Bay in the 1970s and 1980s. Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel lived in a house on the west side of the log jam between Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay. Jim built the house at the property of John and Anna Gregg in Manson's Landing and relocated it onto pilings in Carrington Bay. Jim and Jan later fabricated steel pontoons for it. In 1985 the house was moved onto the floats and towed into Gorge Harbour by Bob Thompson with his boat "Sutil Chief".
Name Access
Palmer, Jim
Subject Access
Isolated communities
Housing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1921-1960
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
6
File Number
4
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1921-1960
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
Storage Location
1-36
Storage Range
1-36
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Whaletown piano - insurance

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1924-1960
Scope and Content
Series consists of insurance policies taken out by the WWI for the piano. Originally this material was in an envelope with correspondence relating to the ownership history of the piano (File 6-4).
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
6
File Number
5
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1924-1960
Scope and Content
Series consists of insurance policies taken out by the WWI for the piano. Originally this material was in an envelope with correspondence relating to the ownership history of the piano (File 6-4).
Storage Location
1-37
Storage Range
1-37
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Bill of sale for an accordion and a piano

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1944, 1949
Scope and Content
File contains a bill of sale to Elmer Ellingsen for an accordion (1949) and a piano (1944).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
74
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1944, 1949
Scope and Content
File contains a bill of sale to Elmer Ellingsen for an accordion (1949) and a piano (1944).
Storage Location
4-16
Storage Range
4-16
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Minute book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund

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Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919-1920
Scope and Content
File consists of the minute book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, and includes two reports on loose paper.
Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.008
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919-1920
Scope and Content
File consists of the minute book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, and includes two reports on loose paper.
Storage Range
1-55
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Report on the Whaletown Church Hall by Canon Alan Greene

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Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919
Scope and Content
File contains a report on the Whaletown Church Hall, including its history and terms of use, Greene's hand-written copy of the motion to construct a church hall, and a cover sheet from the Land Registry Office indicating the transfer of title from Alice Robertson to the Columbia Coast Mission (although the Certificate of Title itself is missing).
Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.008
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919
Scope and Content
File contains a report on the Whaletown Church Hall, including its history and terms of use, Greene's hand-written copy of the motion to construct a church hall, and a cover sheet from the Land Registry Office indicating the transfer of title from Alice Robertson to the Columbia Coast Mission (although the Certificate of Title itself is missing).
Storage Range
1-57
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Account book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund committee

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Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919-1920
Scope and Content
File consists of a small leather-bound account book for the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, kept by Bernie Allen and certified correct by John Pool.
Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.008
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919-1920
Scope and Content
File consists of a small leather-bound account book for the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, kept by Bernie Allen and certified correct by John Pool.
Storage Range
1-56
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1954-1955
Scope and Content
Invoices from BC Airlines Limited, 1954-1955. Keywords: Ernel Logging Ltd, Mansons Landing, Ellingsen, Anderson
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
77
Date Range
1954-1955
Scope and Content
Invoices from BC Airlines Limited, 1954-1955. Keywords: Ernel Logging Ltd, Mansons Landing, Ellingsen, Anderson
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Correspondence between Otto Weiler and the Anglican diocese re property boundary issues with the Whaletown church and clinic properties

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1969
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Weiler, Otto
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
File Number
3
Item Number Range
1-25
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1969
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-25
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The Canadian Church Calendar"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Calendar with photographs published by the Church of England in Canada
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Calendar with photographs published by the Church of England in Canada
Storage Location
6-14
Storage Range
6-14
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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St. James Church history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925, 1967
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to St. James church and includes a history of the church, correspondence to May Ellingsen regarding a scroll for the church and an original architect's sketch (1923).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
7
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925, 1967
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to St. James church and includes a history of the church, correspondence to May Ellingsen regarding a scroll for the church and an original architect's sketch (1923).
Storage Location
6-52
Storage Range
6-52
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1958]
Scope and Content
Small handwritten resumé and map of Channel Rock property drawn by Edwards, caretaker from 1959-1993.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1958]
Scope and Content
Small handwritten resumé and map of Channel Rock property drawn by Edwards, caretaker from 1959-1993.
Storage Location
4-8
Storage Range
4-8
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Unattributed handwritten notes with biographical information about David Allen Robertson and the early history of Whaletown
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
18
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Unattributed handwritten notes with biographical information about David Allen Robertson and the early history of Whaletown
Storage Location
5-5
Storage Range
5-5
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Robertson, David Alan
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Agreement re Church Hall and Cemetery

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
Storage Location
1-16
Storage Range
1-16
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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David Rousseau's Early Drawings

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Design sketches from David Rousseau of museum, Von Donop tool shed, and heritage garden, 2001
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Design sketches from David Rousseau of museum, Von Donop tool shed, and heritage garden, 2001
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Photograph of the Church of St. John the Baptist in "The Challenge"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
File consists of the Fall 1957 issue of "The Challenge", a publication of the B.C. Diocese of the Anglican Church, containing a photograph of the church of St. John the Baptist in Whaletown taken by Doris Maclean, which was the winner of a picture contest.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church
Fonds Number
2009.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
6
File Number
1
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
File consists of the Fall 1957 issue of "The Challenge", a publication of the B.C. Diocese of the Anglican Church, containing a photograph of the church of St. John the Baptist in Whaletown taken by Doris Maclean, which was the winner of a picture contest.
Storage Location
2-18
Storage Range
2-18
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David Spencer mail-order catalog

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1947
Scope and Content
File contains a mail-order catalog in an envelope addressed to Mrs. George Freeman.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1947
Scope and Content
File contains a mail-order catalog in an envelope addressed to Mrs. George Freeman.
Storage Location
8-7
Storage Range
8-7
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1936-2017
Scope and Content
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
40
Date Range
1936-2017
Scope and Content
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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"The Ethnology of Skidegate Haida Marine Invertebrates" by David Ellis

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
97
Material Type
textual records
Storage Location
6-7
Storage Range
6-7
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