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 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 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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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Linnaea School

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.026

Accession Number

2021.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1992

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Custodial History

Donated by Jill Milton, August 2021

Scope and Content

VHS tape of a Linnaea School concert.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0008

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1912

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 5.5 x 3 cm

Scope and Content

This is a small strip of two photographs of Gilean Douglas, age twelve.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0010

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1914

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 4 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Gilean Douglas, age fourteen, in a school dress.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0059

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in a rowboat at Channel Rock.

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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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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0104

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in front of Gilean Douglas' cabin at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0105

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards sawing wood outside the house at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0106

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards checking the weather station at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0107

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

3 photograph proof strips: b&w; 10 x 3 cm

Scope and Content

Photographic proof strips with images of David Edwards and Channel Rock.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0113

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 11.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards, holding a bunch of cats in his arms.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0114

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 10.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0139

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in the garden at Channel Rock, holding a dog.

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