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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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

39

Date Range

1920s-2017

Scope and Content

Christmas memories from Cortes and surrounding areas, 1920s-2000s. Sub-folder labelled "Etta Byers etc" containing more Christmas memories from Cortes and surrounding areas, 1920s-1980s (and additional files). Handout from "Memories of Christmas Past" by CIMAS, 2004; Campbell River Mirror Holiday Song Book, 2017. Some keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Squirrel Cove Church, the Rendezvous, Reverend M Boas, BA Skipper, Von Donop Inlet, Redonda Island; Hernando Island; Reverend Alan Greene; Gilean Douglas

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

11

File Number

25

Material Type

ephemera

Date Range

1975-1982

Storage Location

8-25

Storage Range

8-25

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

11

File Number

29

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[1980-2000]

Scope and Content

File contains programs from a variety of Cortes Island performances, including a photocopy of a program for a 1916 Whaletown concert.

Storage Location

8-29

Storage Range

8-29

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.333

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1967

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Christmas celebration at Manson's Hall with May Ellingsen, Mary Ward, Bill Jenkins (Santa), Jeff O'Donnell on his lap, and Don McDevitt.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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Doreen Thompson fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2006.001

Series Number

4

Item Number

2006.001.014

Accession Number

2006.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Society members.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.688

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1942

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

23

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1901]

Scope and Content

File contains a letter from Mabel Hague, 1901, and a Christmas card from the early 1900s.

Storage Location

5-23

Storage Range

5-23

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Ellingsen, May & Elmer

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

8

File Number

51

Accession Number

2017.003

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1976-1993

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, maps and diagrams related to sewage and waste disposal systems at Linnaea Farm and the Ellingsen Property.

Storage Location

7-48.3

Storage Range

7-48.3

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Doreen Thompson fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2006.001

Series Number

4

Item Number

2006.001.015

Accession Number

2006.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : colour ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Society members.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.461

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[196?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 25.5 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Elmer Ellingsen, holding his accordion and with a pistol in his hand, and Dan Campbell, who is wearing a coonskin hat and lying on the floor holding a Christmas tree. This was part of a skit performed at an Old Age Pensioners' Christmas party.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

1

File Number

3

Material Type

textual records

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Scope and Content

File contains a pen and ink Christmas card made by Doreen Borland, who was a sister of Mary Weiler.

Storage Location

1-3

Storage Range

1-3

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Doreen Thompson fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2006.001

Series Number

2

File Number

9

Accession Number

2006.001

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1979

Storage Range

1-29

Name Access

Thompson, Doreen

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

9

Date Range

2016-2017

Scope and Content

Files relating to the Cortes Island Emergency Preparedness Group and Emergency Support Services (ESS), 2016-2017. Pamphlet from PreparedBC In It Together: Neighbourhood Preparedness Guide.

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

9

File Number

2

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1976-1977

Scope and Content

File contains an application for funding for a Cortes Island heritage project.

Storage Location

7-50

Storage Range

7-50

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

9

File Number

12

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1990s]

Scope and Content

File contains

Storage Location

7-60

Storage Range

7-60

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

4

File Number

1

Material Type

textual records

ephemera

Date Range

1928-1930

Scope and Content

File contains

Storage Location

4-25

Storage Range

4-25

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

4

File Number

58

Date Range

1867-2018

Scope and Content

Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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Doreen Thompson fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2006.001

Series Number

4

Item Number

2006.001.020

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Freemans: Rita & 2 brothers; Bordens: Vern, Claude, Lorna, Marion; Tookers: Ed & Bertha; Graham Humphrey

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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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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