Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

62

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1980-1990s

Scope and Content

File contains cards and ephemera, including a typed biography of Eve Rickenbacker.

Storage Location

5-62

Storage Range

5-62

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

11

File Number

45

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1975-1995

Scope and Content

File contains memorial service programs and clippings. Subjects include Dan Campbell, Eve Rickenbacker, Rollo Boas, Knute Jensen, Beverly (Sheepwash) Knowles, Ellen (Nagle) Musclow, and Gilean Douglas. There is also a note from Florence Campbell, and May Ellingsen's notes on funeral services for Gladys Ellingsen.

Storage Location

8-45

Storage Range

8-45

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

7

Scope and Content

General info on local people. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.327

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1974

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Slide shows Bill Mathews, Harry Huck and Bob Thompson in front; Edith Huck and Ricky Mathews on the stairs

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0733

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph two men and two women in a canoe, paddling past a house on the shore. (ID)

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.309

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 25 x 15 cm (copy made at a later date than the date the photo was taken)

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of men, women and children seated outside, possibly at the Sandy Beach (?). (Needs ID) (Oversize)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.066

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1911]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 17 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph (a copy of a smaller original) of a large group of people, unidentified but with a date written on the bottom. (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.121

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people in a rowboat. (check for dupe) (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.233

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1934]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people: Nat Hodson, Jack Manson, Ellen Middleton, Elma (? check) Middleton, Anna Middleton, Madge in front, Teenie Jameson, Harry in front. Photo is faded.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

6

Scope and Content

Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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Information files

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Material Type

textual records

Responsibility

Clippings - to information files

Date Range

1969-1982

Scope and Content

File contains

Storage Range

7-8

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Orchard, Imbert

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.051

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[ca. 1968]

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Tape was found at the Cortes Island Recycling Center and donated to the museum by Gail Ringwood on Oct. 3, 2004. Original owner is unknown.

Scope and Content

This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0740

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of people on the beach, probably near Gundry's cabin at Plunger Pass. (see #1999.001.739)

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0741

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a small motor boat, "Sweet Sue", with four people aboard. From same film roll as previous two photographs of the Gundrys.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0788

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s-1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of men, women and children wearing bathing suits, on Shark Spit at low tide.

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.312

Material Type

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people at Smelt Bay. L to R: Henry Hague, Anna Manson (Middleton), Nicol Manson, Florence Manson, Gwen Manson, Rose Manson, Parnell Conlin, Mrs. George Bursen, Mrs. Mike (Jane) Manson (Photos .311 through .314 are from the same envelope.)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.308

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 25 x 16 cm (copy made at a later date than the date the photo was taken)

Scope and Content

Photograph of a large group of people gathered outside; possibly a community picnic. None are identified. (Needs ID) (Oversize)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.086

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 9 x 12

Scope and Content

Photograph showing four people with a large tiered cake. Mabel?? (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.166

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of five women and one man in front of a fence.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.015

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people at Smelt Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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