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Correspondence from Al Taylor

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
23
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Taylor, Al
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
Storage Location
3-2
Storage Range
3-2
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Taylor, Al
Subject Access
Read Island
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Read Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Murder, Read Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
80
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Maps of Cortes Island and Read Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
10
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
Storage Location
7-66
Storage Range
7-66
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Clippings - Cortes Island people and places

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Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1977
Scope and Content
File is mostly photographs of Cortes Island people and places featured in the Campbell River newspaper.
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Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Clippings - to information files
Date Range
1964-1977
Scope and Content
File is mostly photographs of Cortes Island people and places featured in the Campbell River newspaper.
Storage Range
3-56
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"The Protected Place"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
"The Protected Place" - typed manuscript with corrections and notes made by Douglas
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.5
Sub-series Number
1.5
File Number
78
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
"The Protected Place" - typed manuscript with corrections and notes made by Douglas
Storage Location
2-12
Storage Range
2-12
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"The Protected Place"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
"The Protected Place" - typescript, good copy
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.5
Sub-series Number
1.5
File Number
79
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
"The Protected Place" - typescript, good copy
Storage Location
2-13
Storage Range
2-13
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"Protected Place"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
Handwritten and typed research notes used for writing "The Protected Place" and the Nature Rambles columns
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
Handwritten and typed research notes used for writing "The Protected Place" and the Nature Rambles columns
Storage Location
5-4
Storage Range
5-4
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Channel Rock
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Clippings - feature articles about Cortes Island people and places

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1997
Scope and Content
File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1997
Scope and Content
File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
8-53
Storage Range
8-53
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Notes on First Nations place names

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2006.001
Scope and Content
File contains information taken from the Linguistics Department at UBC.
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
2
File Number
6
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
Custodial History
Received from May Ellingsen
Scope and Content
File contains information taken from the Linguistics Department at UBC.
Storage Range
1-26
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Correspondence re geographic place names

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
File contains a letter to the Lands, Forests and Water Department about local geographic place names from May Ellingsen, and a booklet from the Canadian Permanent Commisison of Geographical Names.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
75
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
File contains a letter to the Lands, Forests and Water Department about local geographic place names from May Ellingsen, and a booklet from the Canadian Permanent Commisison of Geographical Names.
Storage Location
5-75
Storage Range
5-75
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Taylor, Jeanette

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Articles featuring author and historian Jeanette Taylor, 2008-2015. Emails with or regarding Taylor and her work, 2007-2015. Artist bio and handouts for Tidal Passages, undated. Posting about Quadra Island heritage tour hosted by Taylor, 2017
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
84
Scope and Content
Articles featuring author and historian Jeanette Taylor, 2008-2015. Emails with or regarding Taylor and her work, 2007-2015. Artist bio and handouts for Tidal Passages, undated. Posting about Quadra Island heritage tour hosted by Taylor, 2017
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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"Grit and Grace - People In Place" calendar for 2007

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
2007
Scope and Content
File consists of a Cortes Ecoforestry Society calendar which was a fund-raiser for a community forest project. The calendar features nude photographs of community members. There are two options for each month, "Grit" or "Grace" photos.
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
File Number
29
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
2007
Physical Description
2 spiral-bound calendars
Scope and Content
File consists of a Cortes Ecoforestry Society calendar which was a fund-raiser for a community forest project. The calendar features nude photographs of community members. There are two options for each month, "Grit" or "Grace" photos.
Storage Location
Oversize box
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Bessie Fry Symons - pastel of a coastal homestead

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1965]
Scope and Content
Large pastel of a coastal homestead in autumn by Read Island artist Bessie Fry Symons
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
13
File Number
4
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1965]
Scope and Content
Large pastel of a coastal homestead in autumn by Read Island artist Bessie Fry Symons
Storage Location
7-5
Storage Range
7-5
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Cortes Island - showing places of interest to our visitors by George Griffin, hand drawn map.

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
9
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Storage Location
3-42
Storage Range
3-42
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Homesteading on Cortes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
47
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Beach access

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.015
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
File contains right-of-way licenses for Cortes Island beach accesses at Hayes Rd, Seascape Rd, Gnat Rd and Moon Rd; applications for the ROW by the CSRD; cost estimates and construction guidelines; and correspondence.
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Accession Number
2019.015
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
File contains right-of-way licenses for Cortes Island beach accesses at Hayes Rd, Seascape Rd, Gnat Rd and Moon Rd; applications for the ROW by the CSRD; cost estimates and construction guidelines; and correspondence.
Storage Location
7-22
Storage Range
7-22
Name Access
Hiebert, Jeanette
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Hank's Beach

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2018
Scope and Content
Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States (containing the Seal Boy Story), Sinclair Thomas Duncan, 1911. Clippings with info on Hank's Beach management plan, park dedication, beach and trail access, 2009-2013. Notice of Public Open House re: Hank's Beach Management Plan. Emails with info on Hank's Beach history and park designation celebration, historical info dating back to late 1800s, 2011. Info on Brigitte's Beach (located within Hank's Beach SRD Park), Cortes Island Information Booklet, 2013. Typed info on park: "The Real Story of Hank's Beach," 2018. Park guide pamphlets. Additional keywords: Henry Herrewig; Loon Ranch; Brigitte and Hannes Grosse; Volker Steigemann
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
41
Date Range
late 1800s-2018
Scope and Content
Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States (containing the Seal Boy Story), Sinclair Thomas Duncan, 1911. Clippings with info on Hank's Beach management plan, park dedication, beach and trail access, 2009-2013. Notice of Public Open House re: Hank's Beach Management Plan. Emails with info on Hank's Beach history and park designation celebration, historical info dating back to late 1800s, 2011. Info on Brigitte's Beach (located within Hank's Beach SRD Park), Cortes Island Information Booklet, 2013. Typed info on park: "The Real Story of Hank's Beach," 2018. Park guide pamphlets. Additional keywords: Henry Herrewig; Loon Ranch; Brigitte and Hannes Grosse; Volker Steigemann
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Correspondence re: log dump and beach salvage

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1973
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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
5
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1973
Storage Location
2-17
Storage Range
2-17
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Correspondence re public beach access (one letter)

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
2003
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
28
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Storage Location
6-8
Storage Range
6-8
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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