Part Of

Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

8

File Number

1

Item Number

2013.005.005

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1994]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 10 x 25 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

8

File Number

1

Item Number

2013.005.019

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1994]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 10 x 25 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Part Of

Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

8

File Number

1

Item Number

2013.005.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1994]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 10 x 25 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Part Of

Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

8

File Number

1

Item Number

2013.005.006

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1994]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 10 x 25 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Part Of

Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

8

File Number

1

Item Number

2013.005.007

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1994]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 10 x 25 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Part Of

Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

8

File Number

1

Item Number

2013.005.010

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1994]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 10 x 25 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Part Of

Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2013.001

Accession Number

2013.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1940-1952

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm 3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm 1 file of textual records

History / Biographical

Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box

Storage Range

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box 1-18

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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