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Report on Girl Guide work

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12960
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1930
Scope and Content
File consists of a report on Girl Guide work sponsered by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1930
Scope and Content
File consists of a report on Girl Guide work sponsered by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Storage Location
1-17
Storage Range
1-17
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1921-1960
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
6
File Number
4
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1921-1960
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
Storage Location
1-36
Storage Range
1-36
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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"Windows on Whaletown" ephemera

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Two invitations and Whaletown National Enquirer pages about the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
13
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Two invitations and Whaletown National Enquirer pages about the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit.
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-13
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Finney's house in Whaletown

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Finney's house in Whaletown (across from Burnside). There are notes about it on the back of the photograph.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.297
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Finney's house in Whaletown (across from Burnside). There are notes about it on the back of the photograph.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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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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Whaletown piano - insurance

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1924-1960
Scope and Content
Series consists of insurance policies taken out by the WWI for the piano. Originally this material was in an envelope with correspondence relating to the ownership history of the piano (File 6-4).
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
6
File Number
5
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1924-1960
Scope and Content
Series consists of insurance policies taken out by the WWI for the piano. Originally this material was in an envelope with correspondence relating to the ownership history of the piano (File 6-4).
Storage Location
1-37
Storage Range
1-37
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Whaletown Women's Institute

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1920-1962
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records created by the Whaletown Women's Institute. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes Series, Financial Series, Administrative Records Series, Reports Series, Correspondence Series, Projects Series and Ephemera Series.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
2009.001.2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1920-1962
Physical Description
23 cm of textual records
Extent
.23 meters
History / Biographical
The Whaletown Women's Institute was formed in 1920 as the Friendship Circle, became a branch of the Women's Institute in 1923, and disbanded in 1963. During its years of activity, the WWI actively worked for local improvement. Projects included initiating a library service, donating books to the school, arranging for regular visits of a doctor and dentist, hosting an annual Christmas party and providing gifts for all the Whaletown children, maintaining the cemetery, fund-raising for a school playground, financing firefighting equipment and installing an emergency telephone network.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by the Island Women's Club in 2009.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records created by the Whaletown Women's Institute. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes Series, Financial Series, Administrative Records Series, Reports Series, Correspondence Series, Projects Series and Ephemera Series.
Storage Range
1-1 to 1-44
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Health care
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001)
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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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The Hatzik Manson family in Whaletown

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the family of William J. Manson (brother of Michael and John Manson) at the Whaletown store, having candy and pop.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.176
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the family of William J. Manson (brother of Michael and John Manson) at the Whaletown store, having candy and pop.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown wharf, looking south

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[19--]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.605
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[19--]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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Whaletown wharf, looking north

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[19--]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.606
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[19--]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 11.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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"The remains of a sawmill, Whaletown" (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.407
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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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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Union Steamship "Cowichan" at Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[190-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.628
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[190-?]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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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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Wilfred Allen on the porch of his home in Whaletown

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[ca. 1908]
Scope and Content
Information on back: Wilf Allen came in 1892; Charlie [Allen] came by 1894.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.570
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1908]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Information on back: Wilf Allen came in 1892; Charlie [Allen] came by 1894.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Clippings - Cortes Grapevine, Whaletown Round-up and others

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1967
Scope and Content
File contains
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1967
Scope and Content
File contains
Storage Location
8-55
Storage Range
8-55
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Derelict tug grassed in at Whaletown; an abandoned building behind it (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.406
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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David Guthrie, Judy Noble, Charlie Jeffery and others on the Whaletown (?) wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. mid-1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) David Guthrie, Judy Noble, ? and Charlie Jeffery standing on the Whaletown wharf. (Needs ID)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.019
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. mid-1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour: 11.5 x 8 cm??
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) David Guthrie, Judy Noble, ? and Charlie Jeffery standing on the Whaletown wharf. (Needs ID)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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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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