Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.669

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1942

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2327

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1963

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of six women standing outside. In front is (possibly) Mrs Ethel Jardine.

Storage Location

Slide box 1

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2328

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1963

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of three women on the stern of a boat taken on the same occasion as the previous three photos.

Storage Location

Slide box 1

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.395

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1963

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

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

1999.001.2393

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1964

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 1

Subject Access

Channel Rock

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.667

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.668

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.675

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-?]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.679

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.682

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[193-?]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.684

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.686

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192?]

Physical Description

1 photograph postcard print: b&w; 14 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s". Lots of Beesley biographical info on verso.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.690

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 11 cm

Custodial History

From Alan D. Greene collection

Scope and Content

Inscribed, "Your Easter card. I will soon be 79 years in June. Am proud of my age. Your old friend"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.691

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[191-?]

Physical Description

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

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.700

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-?]

Physical Description

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

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.703

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 191-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print on cardstock: b&w; 18 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Lowe; Mrs. Lowe was Miss Mabel Hague.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Manson's Landing

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James Layton fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2019.020

Accession Number

2019.020; 2020.001

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1948-1981

Physical Description

20 cm of textual records

History / Biographical

James (Jimmy) George Layton (1897-1990) was born in Camberwell, England. He fought in World War I, was severely wounded when he flung himself on a grenade which had landed in his foxhole, and received a medal for his bravery. In 1920, Layton emigrated to Canada, where he found work in coastal logging camps. Other members of the family, including his parents and seven of his ten siblings, also moved to Canada. At the time of his father's death in 1939, Layton, his parents and three of his brothers were living on Thurlow Island. In the 1940s he moved to the head of Von Donop Inlet on Cortes Island. His float house was drawn up on the beach next to a little islet that was joined to the shore at low tide, where he cultivated a garden and orchard. Layton found work logging and caretaking for local camps active in Von Donop, and helping his brother on his oyster lease. He moved to Lund in 1972, where he passed away at the age of 92.

Custodial History

Diaries were given to Joan Bevington by her cousin Capt. Harrison Layton, the nephew of James Layton, for donation to CIMAS.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of ten diaries kept by James Layton, covering the years 1948-1981, and a Time Book. (Years 1967-1971 are missing.) Layton made brief daily entries in the diaries, noting the weather, activities, social interactions and, occasionally, notable external events. Typical activities included logging, fishing, working on an oyster lease, digging clams, gardening, visiting, reading and writing letters. Times of planting and harvesting the garden, sightings of wildlife, and names of people living nearby or visiting on boats are recorded.

Name Access

Layton, James

Subject Access

Logging

Fishing

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Von Donop Inlet

Powell River

Related Material

CIMAS Photograph Collection: Items 2019.003.135, .136, and .137 Mary & Otto Weiler fonds 2003.002: Series 4 - Von Donop series

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