Photograph of (L to R) Mabel Christensen, Buster Christensen, Eve Rickenbacker, (ID), and Mary (Ward) Anderson, dining at the Christensen home on Manson's Lagoon. Mary Ward married Elton Anderson following Oliver's death in 1970, outlived him and married Len Mumford.
Photograph of (L to R) Mabel Christensen, Buster Christensen, Eve Rickenbacker, (ID), and Mary (Ward) Anderson, dining at the Christensen home on Manson's Lagoon. Mary Ward married Elton Anderson following Oliver's death in 1970, outlived him and married Len Mumford.
Photograph of Elmer Ellingsen, Shirley Cole, Scott Cole, Corrie Cole, Vic Cole, Nancy Jenkins, Jean Jenkins, Cathy Coulter, May Ellingsen, Flo Dickson and Eve Rickenbacker, seated around a table inside Eve Rickenbacker's mobile home.
Photograph of Elmer Ellingsen, Shirley Cole, Scott Cole, Corrie Cole, Vic Cole, Nancy Jenkins, Jean Jenkins, Cathy Coulter, May Ellingsen, Flo Dickson and Eve Rickenbacker, seated around a table inside Eve Rickenbacker's mobile home.
Photograph of Stephanie (Milne) Campbell holding her infant daughter Leeann. Behind her (L to R) are Eve (Hague) Rickenbacker, Mabel (Lowe) Christensen, and Eleanor (Christensen) Milne.
Photograph of Stephanie (Milne) Campbell holding her infant daughter Leeann. Behind her (L to R) are Eve (Hague) Rickenbacker, Mabel (Lowe) Christensen, and Eleanor (Christensen) Milne.
Photo of five women representing five generations descended from Lydia Heay and Henry Hague: Stephanie (Milne) Campbell's parents are Eleanor (Christensen) and Ross Milne; Eleanor's parents are Mabel (Lowe) and "Buster" Christensen; Mabel Lowe Christensen's parents are Mabel Gertrude (Hague) and Delmark Lowe; Eve Rickenbacker's parents are Lydia Heay and Henry Hague. She is the sister of Mabel Gertrude Hague Lowe (d. 1921) and the aunt of Mabel Lowe Christensen.
Photo of five women representing five generations descended from Lydia Heay and Henry Hague: Stephanie (Milne) Campbell's parents are Eleanor (Christensen) and Ross Milne; Eleanor's parents are Mabel (Lowe) and "Buster" Christensen; Mabel Lowe Christensen's parents are Mabel Gertrude (Hague) and Delmark Lowe; Eve Rickenbacker's parents are Lydia Heay and Henry Hague. She is the sister of Mabel Gertrude Hague Lowe (d. 1921) and the aunt of Mabel Lowe Christensen.
Fonds consists of material generated by the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and includes meeting minutes, administrative records, research materials, correspondence, ephemera, maps, plans, and publications of the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society, as well as some records of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. Fonds is arranged into twelve series, following the original order of the records.
An accrual in 2023, described as Series 12, contains meeting minutes, correspondence, etc; arranged in chronological order (original order).
In 1987, members of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization incorporated the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society (currently known as the Cortes Island Senior's Society) with the following stated purposes:
(a) to operate a facility where persons aged 65 years or older, or persons between 55 and 65 years of age who are in need, can improve their health through physical and other acitivity;
(b) to operate a residential housing facility for such persons;
(c) to carry on social activities incidental to the above purposes, but not to own, operate or manage a social club.
The records of the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society provide useful insight into their process of envisioning the future of seniors' housing on Cortes Island.
Custodial History
Donated by Ruth Zwickel on behalf of the Cortes Island Senior's Society in 2013. An accrual was donated by Elinor Harwood on behalf of the Cortes Island Seniors' Society in 2021.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of material generated by the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and includes meeting minutes, administrative records, research materials, correspondence, ephemera, maps, plans, and publications of the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society, as well as some records of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. Fonds is arranged into twelve series, following the original order of the records.
An accrual in 2023, described as Series 12, contains meeting minutes, correspondence, etc; arranged in chronological order (original order).
This shows the Campbell River Lumber Co. logging camp buildings and long pier for dumping logs at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. In the foreground are buildings for family men, in the mid-distance are the homes of the Japanese families, and farthest, the cookhouse and camp buildings.
This shows the Campbell River Lumber Co. logging camp buildings and long pier for dumping logs at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. In the foreground are buildings for family men, in the mid-distance are the homes of the Japanese families, and farthest, the cookhouse and camp buildings.
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