Part Of

CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.010

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 Robbie Graham and Ann (Robertson) Dewar by Oonagh O'Connor. Robbie talks about how his father, Hector Graham, moved to Cortes Island in the 1920s; early days on Cortes; schools and teachers; fishing. Ann talks about schools; her aunt Meg Shaw; her experiences logging, starting at age twelve. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

Fishing

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

1

Item Number

2022.004.005

Accession Number

2022.004

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2023

Physical Description

1 .mp3 file : 74.4 MB

1 .wav file : 1.20 GB

Custodial History

Recorded Oct 25, 2023

Scope and Content

Interview of Dennis Newsham and Ann Dewar by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Frances Guthrie was also present. Dennis and Ann talk about their memories of growing up in Whaletown.

Name Access

Dewar, Ann

Newsham, Dennis

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

24

Date Range

1912-1993

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

28

Date Range

2010

Scope and Content

Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

4

File Number

37

Date Range

1946-2007

Scope and Content

Info on the Sylva Jane, as well as the model of the boat in the museum's collection, 1946-2007

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0059

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in a rowboat at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0060

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a winter scene, with man on the deck of a boat near the house at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0061

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat towing float buildings past Channel Rock; Shark Spit is in the background.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0062

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat towing a log boom past Channel Rock.

Subject Access

Logging

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0063

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat anchored in front of Channel Rock. Gilean Douglas' weather station is in the foreground.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0101

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of people arriving at Channel Rock in a boat.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0120

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man with glasses in a boat. (Needs ID)

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0123

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Mr Lamb and his daughter Judy Lamb.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0124

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a small freight boat at the dock in Whaletown. (Needs ID of place)

Subject Access

Water transport

Transportation

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0126

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a fish boat at the Whaletown wharf.

Subject Access

Fishing

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0167

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of visitors to Channel Rock getting into Meg Shaw's motor skiff.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0192

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in his skiff, a fiberglass Davidson dinghy. The photograph was taked from inside the boat shed.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0193

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in his fiberglass skiff.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0196

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of boats at the government dock at Manson's Landing.

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0213

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of boats anchored in front of the Smelt Bay park during Cortes Island day.

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