Clipping featuring Ken Slater, 1969. Registration of Death for Ken Slater, 1970. Letter from Valene Slater Galanou, 2018. Scanned photographs of the Sylvia Jane, undated. Ken Slater featured in typed transcript by Doreen Thompson of Mary McMillen's handwritten letter, undated
Clipping featuring Ken Slater, 1969. Registration of Death for Ken Slater, 1970. Letter from Valene Slater Galanou, 2018. Scanned photographs of the Sylvia Jane, undated. Ken Slater featured in typed transcript by Doreen Thompson of Mary McMillen's handwritten letter, undated
Collection consists of five cartoons by Ken Slater. There are three large coloured pen and ink cartoons drawn as Christmas cards for Gary and Velma Bergman, who owned the Whaletown store, and two pencil drawings by Ken Slater.
Ken Slater (1905-1970) was a long-time resident of Cortes Island, a commercial fisherman and boat builder who was also an accomplished carver and cartoonist. His boatworks was located on the site now occupied by the Whaletown Post Office. Ken built the "Sylva Jane", launched in 1946, for Reg and Sylvia Walsh. He also built a model of the ship, which is in the collection of the Cortes Museum. Ken moved to Cortes Bay in 1962. His cartoons, artwork and wood carvings were displayed and sold at many island affairs.
Custodial History
The three coloured cartoons were given to Mark Appleyard by Gary and Velma Bergman for donation to CIMAS [ca. 2015]. Provenance of the two pencil drawings is unknown. There is no accession record; an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number has been given based on the date of processing.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of five cartoons by Ken Slater. There are three large coloured pen and ink cartoons drawn as Christmas cards for Gary and Velma Bergman, who owned the Whaletown store, and two pencil drawings by Ken Slater.
Recording is an oral history interview of Nesta Stackhouse by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include Nesta moving to Cortes to help the Boas at the Columbia Coast Mission post in Whaletown; the clinic in Whaletown; names of people living in the Carrington Bay/Coulter Bay area; involvement in local politics. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Nesta Stackhouse by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include Nesta moving to Cortes to help the Boas at the Columbia Coast Mission post in Whaletown; the clinic in Whaletown; names of people living in the Carrington Bay/Coulter Bay area; involvement in local politics. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Written info on Don and Nesta Stackhouse, Cortes Bay with info from 1950s-1970s, undated. Photograph with info on Musclow Family of Cortes Bay rfrom Stackhouse collection, 1964. Photographs of Don Stackhouse, undated
Written info on Don and Nesta Stackhouse, Cortes Bay with info from 1950s-1970s, undated. Photograph with info on Musclow Family of Cortes Bay rfrom Stackhouse collection, 1964. Photographs of Don Stackhouse, undated
File contains two cartoon portraits, pencil on construction paper. One is of Frankie Petrie, age 13; the other is labelled "The Beauty of Whaletown - Barbara Slater".
File contains two cartoon portraits, pencil on construction paper. One is of Frankie Petrie, age 13; the other is labelled "The Beauty of Whaletown - Barbara Slater".
