Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
Info on Hawkins family tree, 1866-2016. Government document appointing Frederick G. Hawkins, 1913. Certificate of Diploma for Doris Umpeldry (?), 1919. Info on logging in the early 1900s. Scanned photographs and clippings about the Hawkins family, 1940s-70s (not all dated). Invoices for Mrs. Fay Hawkins, Mansons Landing, 1952. Receipts for A Guide to Codes and Signals, from old Hawkins house, undated. Additional information on Hawkins family in writeup, email, and letter from CIMAS, 2011. Info on Hawkins family from The Scribes blog, printed 2015 and 2020.
Info on Hawkins family tree, 1866-2016. Government document appointing Frederick G. Hawkins, 1913. Certificate of Diploma for Doris Umpeldry (?), 1919. Info on logging in the early 1900s. Scanned photographs and clippings about the Hawkins family, 1940s-70s (not all dated). Invoices for Mrs. Fay Hawkins, Mansons Landing, 1952. Receipts for A Guide to Codes and Signals, from old Hawkins house, undated. Additional information on Hawkins family in writeup, email, and letter from CIMAS, 2011. Info on Hawkins family from The Scribes blog, printed 2015 and 2020.
Copy of Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, by G.P. Sirk, Ch.W. Gronau, and F.C. Zwickel, 1990s? Excerpt from Ian McTaggart-Cowan, featuring Fred Zwickel, undated
Copy of Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, by G.P. Sirk, Ch.W. Gronau, and F.C. Zwickel, 1990s? Excerpt from Ian McTaggart-Cowan, featuring Fred Zwickel, undated
File contains a spiral-bound notebook containing a handwritten account of a boat trip taken by the writer, Bob Parry and Elton Anderson. A note with the notebook says "Bob Parry is MaryAnn (Parry) McCoy's older brother. Elton Anderson and Peg Pyner grew up on Valdez Island - they visited "the old place." Elizabeth is wife of Elton's brother Harry Anderson - they lived in Victoria."
This item was found in our backlog files and has been given an arbitrary number based on the date of processing and described as part of the Elton Anderson Collection. There is no accession record indicating provenance.
Scope and Content
File contains a spiral-bound notebook containing a handwritten account of a boat trip taken by the writer, Bob Parry and Elton Anderson. A note with the notebook says "Bob Parry is MaryAnn (Parry) McCoy's older brother. Elton Anderson and Peg Pyner grew up on Valdez Island - they visited "the old place." Elizabeth is wife of Elton's brother Harry Anderson - they lived in Victoria."
Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993
Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip