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Heay and Rickenbacker family histories

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with information on the Heay and the Rickenbacker families.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
51
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with information on the Heay and the Rickenbacker families.
Storage Location
5-51
Storage Range
5-51
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Correspondence from Mike Manson re history of Lot 64, Manson's Lagoon

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence from Mike Manson to May Ellingsen re the history of Lot 64, Manson's Lagoon.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
81
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence from Mike Manson to May Ellingsen re the history of Lot 64, Manson's Lagoon.
Storage Location
5-81
Storage Range
5-81
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Memories of Mansons Landing 2005: The Landing and the Lagoon

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Memories of Mansons Landing 2005: The Landing and the Lagoon Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures from Ken Summers, Bert and Victoria Summers, Ann Barton, Hiram (Buster) and Mabel Christiansen, Otis (Christiansen) Coulter, George and Rosemary (Gavin) Hawkins, Bob Martineau and Fred Reedel. It was created as part of the Memories of Manson's Landing Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Responsibility
Thompson, Doreen
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 binder : 152 pages
Scope and Content
Memories of Mansons Landing 2005: The Landing and the Lagoon Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures from Ken Summers, Bert and Victoria Summers, Ann Barton, Hiram (Buster) and Mabel Christiansen, Otis (Christiansen) Coulter, George and Rosemary (Gavin) Hawkins, Bob Martineau and Fred Reedel. It was created as part of the Memories of Manson's Landing Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Documents

Memories of Mansons Landing 2005 The Landing and the Lagoon.pdf

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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.
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".
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.
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
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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The old Whaletown schoolhouse

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1984-1988
Scope and Content
File contains original and photocopied lease agreements with the Campbell River School District, various proposals for the use of the school house, and minutes of meetings where those proposals were discussed.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
File Number
11
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984-1988
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains original and photocopied lease agreements with the Campbell River School District, various proposals for the use of the school house, and minutes of meetings where those proposals were discussed.
Storage Location
3-8
Storage Range
3-8
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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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
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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Financial ledger for the Old Schoolhouse Gallery

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2023.008
Date Range
1998-2006
Scope and Content
Ledger contains entries for income/expense, bank accounts, membership and commissions.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
2
File Number
8
Accession Number
2023.008
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1998-2006
Physical Description
1 ledger: 38 cm x 30 cm
Scope and Content
Ledger contains entries for income/expense, bank accounts, membership and commissions.
Storage Location
1-
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Old Cortes Island store receipts

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1920-1935
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from Ewart's store in Squirrel Cove and the Thompson store in Whaletown.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1920-1935
Physical Description
Ephemera
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from Ewart's store in Squirrel Cove and the Thompson store in Whaletown.
Storage Location
8-3
Storage Range
8-3
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Correspondence re: OAPO (Old Age Pensioners' Organisation)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Correspondence re: OAPO (Old Age Pensioners' Organisation). File includes a list of Whaletown residents and information sent to them about the OAPO.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
31
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Correspondence re: OAPO (Old Age Pensioners' Organisation). File includes a list of Whaletown residents and information sent to them about the OAPO.
Storage Location
3-10
Storage Range
3-10
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Auction held by the SCCA with the Old Age Pensioners organization

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1981
Scope and Content
File consists of lists of items auctioned and monies received.
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
5
File Number
10
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1981
Scope and Content
File consists of lists of items auctioned and monies received.
Storage Range
2-33
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Island Old Age Pensioner Organization - minutes and correspondence

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10006
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986-1991
Scope and Content
File contains minutes of meetings and correspondence of the Cortes OAP organization.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986-1991
Scope and Content
File contains minutes of meetings and correspondence of the Cortes OAP organization.
Storage Location
7-11
Storage Range
7-11
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Correspondence - "Cortes Island Seniors' Complex, Bill Olds"

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Part Of
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.005
Date Range
1994
Scope and Content
FIle contains correspondence between Bill Olds and various CISBS contacts, regarding the Seniors' Complex.
Part Of
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society
Fonds Number
2013.005
Series Number
2
File Number
7
Accession Number
2013.005
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1994
Scope and Content
FIle contains correspondence between Bill Olds and various CISBS contacts, regarding the Seniors' Complex.
Storage Location
1-12
Storage Range
1-12
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
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Property conveyance from Jane Manson to John Manson

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1909; 1913
Scope and Content
File contains a legal form conveying 115 acres of Section 4 to John Manson from Jane Manson, wife of Michael Manson (1913) and a legal form, "Certification for Married Women."
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1909; 1913
Scope and Content
File contains a legal form conveying 115 acres of Section 4 to John Manson from Jane Manson, wife of Michael Manson (1913) and a legal form, "Certification for Married Women."
Storage Location
6-8
Storage Range
6-8
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Manson family information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 199?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 199?]
Physical Description
File contains a Manson family tree (typed; 33 pages), a typed excerpt of a 1908 trip to BC, including a visit to Cortes, and a history of Manson and other family names.
Storage Location
5-16
Storage Range
5-16
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Manson's Hall renovations

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
architectural drawing
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1961-1988
Scope and Content
Series contains records related to work on the Manson's Landing Community Hall in the 1960s, a major expansion and renovation project completed in 1982, and an expansion to add a medical clinic in 1988. It includes plans, grant applications, payroll records, financial reports, receipts, and correspondence.
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
9
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
architectural drawing
Date Range
1961-1988
Physical Description
25 files of textual material 4 photographs : col. ; 2 architectural drawings
Scope and Content
Series contains records related to work on the Manson's Landing Community Hall in the 1960s, a major expansion and renovation project completed in 1982, and an expansion to add a medical clinic in 1988. It includes plans, grant applications, payroll records, financial reports, receipts, and correspondence.
Storage Range
3-19 - 3-42
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence - John Manson

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and ephemera from a trip John Manson made to Scotland.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
27
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and ephemera from a trip John Manson made to Scotland.
Storage Location
6-34
Storage Range
6-34
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Manson family information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2000]
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to Michael Manson: a manifest of the "Cardena" (undated); a typed copy of the 1891 log of the schooner "Thistle"; a typed copy of Manson's diary of a trip to Washington DC in 1923; a family tree of the Bain family of Shetland ca. 1983; typed copies of various newspaper stories about John and Michael Manson; photocopied diary pages; a printed story of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2000]
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to Michael Manson: a manifest of the "Cardena" (undated); a typed copy of the 1891 log of the schooner "Thistle"; a typed copy of Manson's diary of a trip to Washington DC in 1923; a family tree of the Bain family of Shetland ca. 1983; typed copies of various newspaper stories about John and Michael Manson; photocopied diary pages; a printed story of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake.
Storage Location
5-17
Storage Range
5-17
Subject Access
Logging
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