Part Of

CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.008

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.009

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Hentschel, Diane

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.027

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[ca.2003]

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Dianne Hentschel.

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Abelson,Martha

Milton, Jill

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.028

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2003

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Martha Abelson and Jill Milton. Topics covered include Manson family history; May's reminiscences about her childhood on Cortes; schools.

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

24

Date Range

1912-1993

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

2006.002.009

Accession Number

2006.002

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1992

Physical Description

1 DVD

Custodial History

Donated by Howie Roman.

Scope and Content

DVD of performances at a Variety Night held at the Gorge Hall.

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

2

Item Number

2007.004.008

Accession Number

2007.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1987

Physical Description

1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape

Custodial History

Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.

Scope and Content

DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of Carlberg General Merchants before it closed in May, 1987. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.

Storage Location

CD/DVD album

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

17

Date Range

1966-2017

Scope and Content

Clippings with info on Cortes Days from 1966-2017; Receipts for Cortes Day purchases, 1971.

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.015

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

2000

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Scope and Content

One of two VHS tapes of May Ellingsen made on Sept. 24, 2000.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.016

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

2000

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Scope and Content

One of two VHS tapes of May Ellingsen made on Sept. 24, 2000.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

45

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[1922?]

Scope and Content

Typed copy of the memoirs of an early settler in B.C.

Storage Location

5-32

Storage Range

5-32

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0072

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the vista looking towards Shark Spit from in front of the house at Channel Rock on a snowy winter day.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0444

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of boats anchored just offshore during Cortes Island Day.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0445

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of salmon being prepared for the barbeque for Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0446

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ken Hansen with his horses at Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0447

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of some kids with one of Ken Hansen's horses at Cortes Island Day at Smelt Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0448

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ken Hansen's Arab stallion Kishitel and children at Cortes Island Day.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0449

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ken Hansen with his mare "Velvet"; a girl and a man mounted on the horse.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0451

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people at Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0539

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken at Smelt Bay on Cortes Island Day, of Eva Freeman wearing a long pioneer dress, with her wood cook stove.

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