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Manson's Landing fire hall construction

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: 1993

Scope and Content: Numbered series of photographs of the construction of the Manson's Landing fire hall, many with extensive captions on verso.

12 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.664

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: 1993

Physical Description: 17 photographic prints: colour; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Numbered series of photographs of the construction of the Manson's Landing fire hall, many with extensive captions on verso.

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

St. James Church, Manson's Landing

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.699

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

Thanksgiving altar at St. James Church, Manson's Landing

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.700

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

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

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

Thanksgiving altar at St. James Church, Manson's Landing

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.701

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

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

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

Graves of Mrs. Anna Beesley & Mrs. Margaret Manson, Manson's Landing cemetery

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [193-?]

Scope and Content: Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.687

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [193-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

John Manson records

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual records

Date Range: 1909-1954

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Series

Creator: Manson, John

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 6

Material Type: textual records

Date Range: 1909-1954

Physical Description: 16 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.

Custodial History: Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.

Storage Range: 6-8 to 6-36

Name Access: Manson, John

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Twin Islands; Mittlenatch Island

Michael Carkener collection

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Part Of: Michael Carkener collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; textual records

Accession Number: 2013.002

Date Range: [ca. 191-?]-1970 (predominant 1950s and 1960s)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of twenty-four photographs depicting Cortes Island scenes and people, and one folder containing a letter and ephemera.

Part Of: Michael Carkener collection

Description Level: Fonds

Fonds Number: 2013.002

Item Number Range: 2013.002.001 - 2013.002.024

Accession Number: 2013.002

Material Type: graphic material; textual records

Date Range: [ca. 191-?]-1970 (predominant 1950s and 1960s)

Physical Description: 24 photographs 1 folder of textual records

History / Biographical: Michael Carkener (1949- ) has lived at 757 Sutil Point Rd., Manson's Landing on Cortes Island since ca. 1978. The house at that address was originally built by the Froud family in 1914. Frederick Froud donated a portion of his land for Manson's Landing Community Hall and St. James Church in the 1920s.

Custodial History: Photograph #2013.002.001 was found by Michael Carkener when he moved into the house at 757 Sutil Pt. Rd; the others were collected by his wife, Janice Piche, in the 1980s, probably from the Fretwell family. Michael Carkener donated the collection to CIMAS in 2013.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of twenty-four photographs depicting Cortes Island scenes and people, and one folder containing a letter and ephemera.

Storage Location: Photograph Box #3 Small Box 2, file 21

Storage Range: Photograph Box #3 Small Box 2, file 21

Name Access: Carkener, Michael; Froud, Frederick

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Mike Manson family, seated on a log

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [19??]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.745

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [19??]

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

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Images

Aerial view of Hague Lake and Manson's Lagoon

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [198-?]

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.702

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [198-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 25 x 25 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

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