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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

39

Date Range

1920s-2017

Scope and Content

Christmas memories from Cortes and surrounding areas, 1920s-2000s. Sub-folder labelled "Etta Byers etc" containing more Christmas memories from Cortes and surrounding areas, 1920s-1980s (and additional files). Handout from "Memories of Christmas Past" by CIMAS, 2004; Campbell River Mirror Holiday Song Book, 2017. Some keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Squirrel Cove Church, the Rendezvous, Reverend M Boas, BA Skipper, Von Donop Inlet, Redonda Island; Hernando Island; Reverend Alan Greene; Gilean Douglas

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

2

Item Number

2007.004.002

Accession Number

2007.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1985

Physical Description

1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape

Custodial History

Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.

Scope and Content

One DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of performances by the Cortes Theatre Society and the Cortes Singing Society, and the Gorge Hall Christmas Party, filmed by George Sirk. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.

Storage Location

CD/DVD album

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

2

Item Number

2007.004.006

Accession Number

2007.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1990

Physical Description

1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape

Custodial History

Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.

Scope and Content

DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of the OAP Christmas party, 1990. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.

Storage Location

CD/DVD album

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

2

Item Number

2007.004.007

Accession Number

2007.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1986-1987

Physical Description

1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape

Custodial History

Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.

Scope and Content

DVD is a documentary shot by George Sirk of Gary and Velma Bergman's store, Carlberg General Merchants in Whaletown (Dec. 1986), and the Bergmans' retirement party (May 1987). Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.

Storage Location

CD/DVD album

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.007

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1990

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Scope and Content

A VHS tape of an Old Age Pensioner's Christmas party filmed by George Sirk and donated to the OAP.

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.008

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1996

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Scope and Content

A VHS tape of an Old Age Pensioner's Christmas party filmed by George Sirk and donated to the OAP.

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Sub-series

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1952-1991

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of printed copies and some carbon copies of Douglas's annual Christmas Letter, a two to four page letter sent yearly to over 200 friends and correspondents. The letters contain details of life at Channel Rock with observations of natural history and the garden; accounts of Douglas's community and political activities; records of her travels and philosophical musings.

Storage Range

2-3 - 2-7

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

69

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1952-1959

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1952 (2 letters), 1953, January 1953, 1954-1959

Storage Location

2-3

Storage Range

2-3

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

70

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1960-1969

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1960-1969

Storage Location

2-4

Storage Range

2-4

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

71

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1970-1979

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1970-1979; printing invoice from 1976

Storage Location

2-5

Storage Range

2-5

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

72

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1980-1989

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1980; 1983-1989

Storage Location

2-6

Storage Range

2-6

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

73

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1991

Scope and Content

Letter for 1991

Storage Location

2-7

Storage Range

2-7

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

14

File Number

1

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1950 - ca. 1989]

Scope and Content

Christmas cards from Cortes Island residents

Storage Location

6-1

Storage Range

6-1

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0065

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph showing the gifts arrayed under the Christmas tree at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0069

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of gifts under the Christmas tree in the living room at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0081

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1957

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of presents under the Christmas tree at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0125

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Meg Shaw outside 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

1999.001.0167

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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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0225

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Meg Shaw (left), another woman and three children, in front of the woodshed at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0235

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1953

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Meg Shaw and her daughter in a skiff below the the house at Channel Rock.

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