File contains material relating to the formation of the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Cooperative; agendas and minutes of meetings; newsletters produced by the association; and correspondence.
File contains material relating to the formation of the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Cooperative; agendas and minutes of meetings; newsletters produced by the association; and correspondence.
Fonds contains material relating to the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Coop and the Bee Islets Growers Corp, of which Jordan was a member, and other documents relating to aquaculture.
Joseph (Joe) John Jordan (May 21, 1936 – January 6, 2019) was raised in the Tsawwassen/Point Roberts area. He attended technical college in California, and worked for Monroe Lytton Industries repairing machines and early computers. After returning to BC he became a commercial fisherman, and after moving to Cortes Island in 1976, an oyster grower as well. (See Information files for an obituary).
Custodial History
Records were kept by Joe Jordan and donated to the Museum in 2019 by his wife (and CIMAS president) Lynne Jordan.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains material relating to the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Coop and the Bee Islets Growers Corp, of which Jordan was a member, and other documents relating to aquaculture.
File contains task lists, merchant lists, advertising materials, donor lists, crew lists, correspondence, and financial statements pertaining to Whaletown Community Club plant sales and Gorge Hall work bees.
File contains task lists, merchant lists, advertising materials, donor lists, crew lists, correspondence, and financial statements pertaining to Whaletown Community Club plant sales and Gorge Hall work bees.
