Part Of

CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Hentschel, Dianne and Thompson, Doreen

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.045

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2001

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording consists of an interview with Midge Calwell, done to gather information for the "The Von Donop Creek Story" exhibit.

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

58

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1994

Storage Location

5-58

Storage Range

5-58

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.237

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1918

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Marquette family: Alice, Catharine, Mrs. Mary Marquette, George and Helen. Their house is in the background.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

1

Item Number

2011.001.056

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. McQueen with three children, probably in Vancouver B.C.

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.692

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1908]

Physical Description

1 digital print: b&w; 12.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content

Herb Aldrich, Cyrus Aldrich, Ed Wiley, Jesse Aldrich, Wallace Aldrich, Mary Aldrich with son Earl, Ruth Aldruch

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

16

Date Range

1940s-2012

Scope and Content

Notes about Reverend Rollo Boas and Kathleen (Kay) Boas, undated (1940s?); scanned photographs: Boas family, 1946 and Squirrel Cove Church burning, 1948; excerpt from The Columbia is Coming mentioning rev Boas, 1982; Posts in WNE by Rollo Boas, 1990; CIMAS News Release "A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Missionary Ships," 2000; posts in Cortes Marketer about Kathleen Boas, 2006, 2007 (obituary); notes on Boas family by Lynne Jordan, 2012

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

19

Date Range

1863-2009

Scope and Content

Notes on Byers Logging, 1863-1935; facsimile of a letter written by Mike Manson to his brother John in 1923, typed up by Etta Byers in 1978; Read Island History: Byers Family, by Mrs. Etta Byers, nee McKay, 1975; clipping of coastal logging/family camps, Etta Byers, 1977; Etta Byers, interviewed by Marcia Wolter, April 20, 1993; clipping of Clarence and Etta Byers 60th wedding anniversary, 2008; clipping of Clarence Byers obituary, 2009; letter from Etta Byers regarding visit to the museum and her local history, undated. Blue folder labelled Etta Byers: Read Island History, 1975; Hand written notes from Etta Byers, undated; printed photograph of Mary Jane (chapman) Aldrich and Herbert Cyrus Aldrich

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

24

Date Range

1916-2020

Scope and Content

Craig family photo, 1916 forwarded by Dorothy Yada, 2020.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

27

Date Range

1963-2019

Scope and Content

Co-operative Fire and Casualty Company info regarding request to insure a property, Mr and Mrs Ellingsen, 1963. Licensing and insurance papers for E. Ellingsen, 1968-1970. Info on residential, recreational, commercial, industrial and investment real estate, "Growing with Vancouver," featuring Bruce Ellingsen, 1974. Excerpts from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Andersen, 1982. Receipts from Mansons Landing Store for May and Elmer Ellingsen, 1982-1987. Old notebook cover, Elmer Ellingsen, undated. Info on memorials: Elmer Ellingsen, 2002; May Ellingsen, 2012; and Virginia Hazel Ellingsen, 2019. Letter from Etta to CIMAS, 2012. Invoice for art purchased by CIMAS from David Ellingsen, 2017. Info on The Last Stand, D. Ellingsen, 2019. Info on Cortes Connection, 2019. Photo of Dianne Hentschel, Nellie Jeffrey, May Ellingsen, undated.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

31

Date Range

1941-2012

Scope and Content

Logging Donkey Engineer Certificate addressed to Wilfred George M. Freeman, 1941; Union Steamships Limited order form, 1941 or 1951; photographs of Eva Freeman and Lotti McDevitt, undated. Memorial info for Wilfred Freeman, 2012

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

32

Date Range

2011

Scope and Content

Chart map with hand written notes on it from Chloe Gregg. Photograph of kayakers in Smelt Bay

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

34

Date Range

1970s

Scope and Content

Memorial note about George Griffin in WNE, undated; clippings of 50th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs Griffin, 1973 and memorial service for Griffin son, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

39

Date Range

1939-2012

Scope and Content

Info on Ken Hansen and the Squirrel Cove School, 1939-1979. Tax receipt for Harold Hansen and others, 1956. Scanned photograph from Lakeview Ranch summer camp, undated (pre-Linnaea). Clippings about Ken Hansen killing wolves, farming sheep, advocating for raw milk sales, and general info about Hansen family life on Cortes, including some from WNE, 1964-2008. Info on the Hansens in dialogue with the ministry and press about wolves on Cortes, 1970s. Info about memorials for Harold Hansen, 2003, Ken Hansen, 2004, and Dolly Hansen, 2012. Transcript of conversation with Dolly Hansen, Doreen (Huck) Thompson, Sue (Bone) Ellingsen, and Dianne (Theal) Hentschel, 2005. Info on Dolly Hansen and family, 2009. Info on Hazel Hansen. Keywords: Squirrel Cove School, Linnea Farm, wolves

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

40

Date Range

1866-2020

Scope and Content

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.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

41

Date Range

1917-1965

Scope and Content

Info on Hayes family, 1917. Article on Alfred J. Hayes, 1965

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

42

Date Range

1967-2013

Scope and Content

Clippings about Herrewig weddings, Anne Polglase and Terry Herrewig, 1967, Sharon Leone Herrewig and Ronald Keith Clark, 1969. Article in WNE by Violet Herrewig, 1987. Info on Herrewig family provided by Bruce Ellingsen in 2013; clipping featuring Terry Herrewig, 2012. Obituary for Violet Marguerite Herrewig, 2006.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

44

Date Range

1916-1918

Scope and Content

Photocopies of letters from Ed Huck to his wife Mabel who lived in Green Valley and her sister Eff, WWI, 1916-1918.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

48

Date Range

1909-2008

Scope and Content

Info on Mary Jeffery, 1909-1920s, written by Etta Byers, 1992. Obituary post, Charlie Jeffery, 2004. Info on Nellie Jeffery's death and donations made in her honour to museum, 2004, 2007. Letters regarding the recording of Nellie Jeffery sharing about her life on Cortes, 2006. Info on the Nellie Jeffery Collection appraisal, 2008. Trudy Ann Kurdi card, relative of Nellie Jeffery's.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

49

Date Range

1892-2017

Scope and Content

Emails, clippings, and notes with info on Lambert family and original homestead, 1892-2017. Also mentioned: Tiber family, Gertrude Mundigal, Anna Deoring. Keywords: Read Island Church, Tiber Bay, Paradise Valley, Chalkdust and Outhouses by Barbara Ann Lambert. Letters from Barbara and Stuart Lambert, 1993 and 1998. Typed up copy of John Lambert's diary, Cortes Island, 1909. Excerpt from Homesteading and Stump Farming on the West Coast, 1880-1930, by Barbara Ann Lambert

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

56

Date Range

1820-2004

Scope and Content

Marlatt family bio, 1820-1945, written by Robin Marlatt Farr, 2004

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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