Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Nora Thompson and Jack Cowan by Oonagh O'Connor and contains reminiscences of their childhood on Cortes Island; conditions on the island; people and schools. There is a short summary of the interview in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Nora Thompson and Jack Cowan by Oonagh O'Connor and contains reminiscences of their childhood on Cortes Island; conditions on the island; people and schools. There is a short summary of the interview in the cassette case.
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, dressed in jodhpurs, holding a fishing rod and some fish she has caught. Photo is from a motoring trip across the United States she took in 1920.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, dressed in jodhpurs, holding a fishing rod and some fish she has caught. Photo is from a motoring trip across the United States she took in 1920.
Photograph of a woman standing in a small skiff with a dog beside her. The boat is beside a float connected to the shore by a ramp. Caption is by Gilean Douglas.
Photograph of a woman standing in a small skiff with a dog beside her. The boat is beside a float connected to the shore by a ramp. Caption is by Gilean Douglas.
Photograph of a couple standing in a garden. The man is holding a scythe, and behind them is a rail fence, a field, and a logged hillside. Possibly Folgams at Manson's Landing? (Needs ID)
Photograph of a couple standing in a garden. The man is holding a scythe, and behind them is a rail fence, a field, and a logged hillside. Possibly Folgams at Manson's Landing? (Needs ID)
Photograph of a woman beside the fish scow at the Whaletown dock, holding a large salmon. (ID - Nesta Slater?). With the series of Slater photographs is a paper typed by Gilean Douglas offering other fishing pictures of the "Dorr's" (the name she used for the Slaters in her magazine articles).
Photograph of a woman beside the fish scow at the Whaletown dock, holding a large salmon. (ID - Nesta Slater?). With the series of Slater photographs is a paper typed by Gilean Douglas offering other fishing pictures of the "Dorr's" (the name she used for the Slaters in her magazine articles).
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left) holding a rifle and three men (two with guns and one holding an unidentified animal upside down), standing in front of a log building at Limberlost.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left) holding a rifle and three men (two with guns and one holding an unidentified animal upside down), standing in front of a log building at Limberlost.
