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Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
22
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Symons, Bessie Fry
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
Storage Location
3-1
Storage Range
3-1
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Symons, Bessie Fry
Subject Access
Read Island
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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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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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Booklet of Cortes Island maps showing house numbers

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
2001
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
1-40
Storage Range
1-40
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
72
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.
Storage Location
4-14
Storage Range
4-14
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"The Angel In The House"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
6
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Storage Range
2-50
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Account book for Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
73
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Storage Location
4-15
Storage Range
4-15
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Correspondence re: Disney house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Storage Location
3-18
Storage Range
3-18
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Heritage Buildings
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Old School House Gallery

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
4
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Pamphlets & clippings from the old Hayes house

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
5
Physical Description
Pamphlets of recipes and newspaper clippings found in the old Hayes house.
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-5
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"The Little House on the Dyke Road" by Gordon Wagner

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
44
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Storage Location
5-31
Storage Range
5-31
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Invitation from Lt. Governor of British Columbia & Mrs. Henry Bell-Irving

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1982
Scope and Content
File contains one invitation to dinner on board HMCS Restigouche, at anchor in Manson's Landing. Card is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. G. Slater.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
57
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1982
Scope and Content
File contains one invitation to dinner on board HMCS Restigouche, at anchor in Manson's Landing. Card is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. G. Slater.
Storage Location
1-57
Storage Range
1-57
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Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society housing questionnaire

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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
2001
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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
34
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
6-14
Storage Range
6-14
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Seniors Society Community Housing

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2018
Scope and Content
Files with info on Cortes Island Seniors Society Community Housing, 2018
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
24
Date Range
2018
Scope and Content
Files with info on Cortes Island Seniors Society Community Housing, 2018
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Correspondence about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
74
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
Storage Location
5-74
Storage Range
5-74
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Hernando Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
44
Date Range
late 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Marina Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1792-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
72
Date Range
1792-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Mitlenatch Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
78
Scope and Content
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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