Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.750

Accession Number

2019.019

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[early 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Custodial History

Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)

Scope and Content

Photograph depicts three children with a flock of chickens, in front of a house. This is a reprint of an original photograph which was likely from Florence McKay's family (see 2004.001.014).

Storage Location

Photo Box 4

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.302

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[196-?]

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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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.204

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1922]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; ?

Scope and Content

Photograph of sisters Hazel (age 3) and Etta (age 5) McKay standing in front of a log house and picket fence at Tom Lambert's property.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.301

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[196-?]

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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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.088

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 14

Scope and Content

Photograph of Hazel McKay, six years of age; Ruth ?, 10 months old; and Etta McKay, 4 years of age.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.688

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1942

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

2007.001.482

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[195-?]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph is part of a group of pictures of individual students of Manson's Landing school, posing outside.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.488

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[195-?]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph is part of a group of pictures of individual students of Manson's Landing school, posing outside.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.590

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1943

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 12.5 cm

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0388

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1968

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Betty Jeffery at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0569

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1972

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Betty Jeffery at Channel Rock.

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.108

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1999

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour: 8 x 8 cm and 2 slides

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rose Manson McKay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Florence McKay fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Creator

McKay, Florence

Fonds Number

2004.001

Item Number Range

2004.001.001 - 2004.001.049

Accession Number

2004.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1878-1990

Digitized Date

2005/2006

Physical Description

49 photographs; 3 newspaper articles

History / Biographical

Florence Manson McKay was born Jan. 21, 1900 to Michael and Jane Manson. Michael Manson was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, a quarter section on Gunflint Lake (present-day Linnaea Farm). Florence married Ervin McKay in 1918. They moved to Hernando Island in 1921 and Ervin worked with extended family members logging there and on Cortes Island. Florence and Ervin had two children: Etta (b. 1918) and Hazel (b. 1920). In 1929 the McKays took over Michael Manson's original pre-emption on Gunflint Lake, where they farmed until retiring in 1950. They moved to Courtenay, turning the farm over to daughter Hazel and her husband Ken Hansen. Florence was widowed in 1978 and returned to Cortes to live with Ken and Hazel, who had sold the farm but kept 16 acres to live on. Florence passed away in 1995.

Custodial History

Florence McKay gathered the photographs and her daughter, Hazel Hansen, compiled the album and wrote the captions. The album was donated to CIMAS by Hazel's son, Albert Hansen, in 2004.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of 49 original photographs from the Michael Manson family, mostly from the early 20th century (1898-1928). The photographs depict the Manson family, logging and farming on Hernando and Cortes Islands, Michael and Jane Manson's Golden Wedding anniversary, and Florence McKay's 90th birthday celebration. The photographs were originally in an album with handwritten captions along with newspaper articles about Michael Manson, Jane Manson and Florence McKay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box #3

Subject Access

Logging

Geographic Access

Hernando Island

Finding Aid

Item level finding aid is available.

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Florence McKay fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.001

Item Number

2004.001.013

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1924?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Hazel McKay as a small child feeding a sheep called Sitcum Siatcus. A lamb and some chickens are in the background with a house in the far distance.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

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Florence McKay fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.001

Item Number

2004.001.035

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay with one of the draft horses, standing in front of a barn with wall made of hand-split cedar shakes.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Subject Access

Logging

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0577

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1972

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Betty Jeffery's house at Smelt Bay.

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.612

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[193-?]

Physical Description

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

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.053

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. early 1930s]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ervin McKay looking at pigs in front of the log barn at the Cowan homestead. Annotated on the back.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.107

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour: 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rose (nee Manson) McKay and Henry McKay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Part Of

Florence McKay fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.001

Item Number

2004.001.049

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1990

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 9 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Florence (Manson) McKay's grandchildren: Irene, Lorraine and Louise Byers; Judy and Bert Hansen.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

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