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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1942-1948
Scope and Content
File contains publications relating to aviation: Path of Flight, Canadian Air Regulations, airport procedures, and a Cloud Atlas for Aviators.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
78
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1942-1948
Scope and Content
File contains publications relating to aviation: Path of Flight, Canadian Air Regulations, airport procedures, and a Cloud Atlas for Aviators.
Storage Location
4-20
Storage Range
4-20
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Coast Ferries - blank bills of lading

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
File contains blank bills of lading from Coast Ferries.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
File contains blank bills of lading from Coast Ferries.
Storage Location
8-13
Storage Range
8-13
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1965-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a Powell River ferry schedule, 1965, and a napkin with a "contract" signed by Bruce Ellingsen, 1968.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1965-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a Powell River ferry schedule, 1965, and a napkin with a "contract" signed by Bruce Ellingsen, 1968.
Storage Location
8-20
Storage Range
8-20
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Ferry ticket book covers

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains the covers from books of Cortes Island ferry tickets.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
32
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains the covers from books of Cortes Island ferry tickets.
Storage Location
8-32
Storage Range
8-32
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1954-1974
Scope and Content
Fonds comprises material created or collected by Wilfred (Wilf) Freeman in the course of his work as a logger and during his community activities. It includes correspondence, logging records, maps, minutes of committee meetings, financial records, ephemera and clippings. It is arranged in four series: Logging; Centennial Committee; Ephemera; and Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association.
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Freeman, Wilfred
Fonds Number
2001.001
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1954-1974
Physical Description
15 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Wilfred (Wilf) Michael Freeman was born October 21, 1917 in Vancouver B.C. and died December 23, 2012. He was the son of William George Freeman and Robina Steel (Manson) Freeman and brother to Elizabeth Jane May (Freeman) Ellingsen (born March 13, 1914). His grandparents were Michael and Jane Manson. Wilf grew up on Hernando Island until 1926 when the family moved to Vancouver. One of his first jobs in the early 1930s was in Powell River where, among other things, he was hand digging basements under some of the original Powell River townsite homes. He gravitated to the logging industry, working for Sigurd Ellingsen and Eric Flescher in Phillips Arm through the late ’30’s and into the 1950’s. He was an excellent worker; strong, resourceful, thoughtful, humorous and thorough, and, as well, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Wilf and his wife, May (Spence; died 1970) moved down to Smelt Bay on Cortes in the early 1950s from Phillips Arm. He logged with Bill Mathews between 1954 and 1965 in the Von Donop Creek areas. As well, they both crewed on the seine boat “Courtenay Maid” with Pat Andrews for a few summers. When the ferry came to Cortes Island, both Wilf and Bill worked as deckhands, always cheerful and busy throughout the trips, often chipping and repainting rust spots on the ship. Wilf was active in many community affairs over all the years living on Cortes: among them the Ratepayers Association, the 1958 Centennial Committee, the Cortes Grapevine Telephone Assoc. (a local telephone system, 1959 - 1966), Cortes Days summer celebrations, Cortes Island Firefighters Assoc., Cortes Rod and Gun Club. Wilf and his second wife, Nora, lived on in Smelt Bay until they moved to Willow Point, South of Campbell River, in 2002. There they lived until, on December 23, 2102, he passed away while shovelling snow in their back yard.
Custodial History
Accession 2001.001 was donated to CIMAS by Wilfred Freeman on June 16, 2001. Accession 2002.002 was gathered at Wilf Freeman's garage sale by Bonnie MacDonald and donated to the museum in June of 2002. Accession 2017.006 was donated to CIMAS by Bruce Ellingsen, Freeman's nephew, in July of 2017.
Scope and Content
Fonds comprises material created or collected by Wilfred (Wilf) Freeman in the course of his work as a logger and during his community activities. It includes correspondence, logging records, maps, minutes of committee meetings, financial records, ephemera and clippings. It is arranged in four series: Logging; Centennial Committee; Ephemera; and Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association.
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Union Steamship brochure; telephone supply catalog

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1957; 1960s
Scope and Content
File contains an advertising brochure of the Union Steamship company, including a menu, and a catalog of telephone supplies used while installing the Cortes Grapevine local telephone system.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1957; 1960s
Scope and Content
File contains an advertising brochure of the Union Steamship company, including a menu, and a catalog of telephone supplies used while installing the Cortes Grapevine local telephone system.
Storage Location
8-16
Storage Range
8-16
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Ernel Logging - ephemera

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1949-1950
Scope and Content
File contains Union Steamship tickets; United Airlines tickets.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1949-1950
Scope and Content
File contains Union Steamship tickets; United Airlines tickets.
Storage Location
2-28
Storage Range
2-28
Subject Access
Logging
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Whaletown, B.C. postcards

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
File contains postcards showing views of Whaletown. #1: Photograph of St. John the Baptist Church, b&w, 1952; 1 copy #2: Photograph of a Union Steamship at the Whaletown wharf; b&w; 1952; 1 copy #3: Aerial photograph of the Salt Lagoon; b&w; likely 1952; 1 copy #4: A drawing of the wharf and buildings of Whaletown, from the water; b&w, [195-]; 4 copies Verso says "Sketch by Canadian Artist, Mrs. R. A. Borland". Mrs. Borland was the sister of Mary Weiler, and lived in Manson's Landing. #5: Church of St. John the Baptist; colour; 1952; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.006 #6: The Whaletown Trading Post; colour; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.005
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
36
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Physical Description
11 postcards
Custodial History
Found in files
Scope and Content
File contains postcards showing views of Whaletown. #1: Photograph of St. John the Baptist Church, b&w, 1952; 1 copy #2: Photograph of a Union Steamship at the Whaletown wharf; b&w; 1952; 1 copy #3: Aerial photograph of the Salt Lagoon; b&w; likely 1952; 1 copy #4: A drawing of the wharf and buildings of Whaletown, from the water; b&w, [195-]; 4 copies Verso says "Sketch by Canadian Artist, Mrs. R. A. Borland". Mrs. Borland was the sister of Mary Weiler, and lived in Manson's Landing. #5: Church of St. John the Baptist; colour; 1952; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.006 #6: The Whaletown Trading Post; colour; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.005
Storage Location
Oversize box
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Physical Description
3 meters of textual records 726 photographs 21 audio cassette tapes
Extent
252 cm
History / Biographical
Elmer Ellingsen (1913-2002) was born in North Vancouver to Sigurd and Gladys Ellingsen. After graduating from high school, he took a short course in business at Sprott Shaw College. In the early 1930s Elmer worked in logging and became a strong supporter of the trade union movement. He also had classical piano training in school, later turning to popular music; he played for many dances and parties until well into his eighties. May Ellingsen (1914-2012) was born in Vancouver to George and Robina Freeman. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Manson, was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, in 1886. May grew up on Cortes and Hernando Islands until grade six, then moved to Vancouver with her family to finish her schooling. May and Elmer met on Cortes in 1935 and were married on August 1, 1936. They built a float house and spent the next ten years in the Loughborough Inlet/Phillips Arm area where Elmer worked in his father's logging operations. While there, their children Shirley (1939), Bruce (1940) and Andy (1941) were born. In 1946 they moved to Von Donop Creek, where Elmer formed a logging partnership with Mike Herrewig and Scotty McKenzie. In 1950, he formed a new partnership with Erne Anderson for logging in the Whaletown area, and moved the floathouse to Manson's Landing lagoon. Two years later their floathouse was moved to its present location on Hague Lake. After travelling from home to various logging operations, Elmer retired from logging. He bought a D8 Caterpillar tractor, backhoe and gravel truck and worked for the next forty years excavating, delivering gravel and moving things. He often worked with BC Hydro and BC Tel on pole installation, repair and maintenance. Both Elmer and May were very active in community life. They sponsored weekly movie nights through the 1950s and square dancing in the sixties. May's many involvements included the Ladies' Guild, Women's Institute, Ratepayers Association, Post Office, Vancouver Regional Library development and Cortes Island Days. Elmer was a leading promoter of bringing ferry and hydro service to the island; he helped renovate Manson's Hall in the late 1970s, lobbied for road paving and helped initiate the Cortes Island Firefighters Assoc. in the 1980s. Both were founding members of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society.
Custodial History
Records were collected from the home of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Andy and Susan Ellingsen and by Bruce Ellingsen and donated to CIMAS. There are eight accessions in this fonds: 2007.001, 2007.002, 2007.003, 2007.005, 2008.002 and 2010.001, 2018.002 and 2019.002.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Storage Range
1-1 - 1-8
Name Access
Ellingsen, Elmer
Ellingsen, May
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Women's Institute
Water transport
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Hernando Island
Related Material
May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection (2004.002)
Arrangement
Original order unknown; archivist has arranged records.
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Whaletown school Christmas programs

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains two Christmas programs created by pupils at the Whaletown school. (note - loose glitter)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
22
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains two Christmas programs created by pupils at the Whaletown school. (note - loose glitter)
Storage Location
8-22
Storage Range
8-22
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Whaletown Christmas concert program

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
Marked "Teacher Nancy" (Nancy Jenkins).
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
4
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
Marked "Teacher Nancy" (Nancy Jenkins).
Storage Location
1-36
Storage Range
1-36
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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"A Tour Guide to Whaletown" by Kathleen Pemberton

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a self-published booklet containing illustrations and notes about Whaletown, "a collection of facts, poems, short stories and drawings to enhance your visit."
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Creator
Pemberton, Kathleen
File Number
31
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a self-published booklet containing illustrations and notes about Whaletown, "a collection of facts, poems, short stories and drawings to enhance your visit."
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-31
Name Access
Pemberton, Kathleen
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Material Type
textual records
object
ephemera
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1949-1973
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes, Administrative Records, Financial, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera and Artifacts. See also Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001) for related material.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Creator
Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church
Fonds Number
2009.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
object
ephemera
Date Range
1949-1973
Physical Description
21 cm of textual records
Extent
.21 meters
History / Biographical
The Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (ca. 1949 - 1974) was a group which provided support for the the Columbia Coast Mission and the Anglican Church. From 1949 to 1961, the CCM maintained a station at Whaletown comprising a mission house, clinic building and the church of St. John the Baptist, which opened on August 13, 1950. Mission properties on Cortes Island were transferred to the Diocese in 1967.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by the Island Women's Club in 2009.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes, Administrative Records, Financial, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera and Artifacts. See also Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001) for related material.
Storage Range
1-45 to 2-20
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Community Associations
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Whaletown Women's Institute cookbook master pages

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
24
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney in 2012.
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Ephemera from the Southern Cortes Community Association and the Whaletown Community Club

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1985-1997
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
41
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1985-1997
Storage Location
8-41
Storage Range
8-41
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Photographic essay from the North Island News, July 26, 1960 about the celebration for the opening of the Gorge Road connecting Whaletown and Manson's Landing

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-28
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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