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Mike Manson family, seated on a log

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [19??]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.745

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [19??]

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

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Images

House on the Hill, Stag Bay, Hernando Island with Manson family members

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Accession Number: 2018.002

Date Range: [1924?]

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jean Manson (wife of Wilfred Manson), Florence McKay (wife of Ervin McKay), and children Etta McKay, Hazel McKay and Dorothy Manson.

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.543

Accession Number: 2018.002

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [1924?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jean Manson (wife of Wilfred Manson), Florence McKay (wife of Ervin McKay), and children Etta McKay, Hazel McKay and Dorothy Manson.

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Hernando Island

Images

Manson family group in front of White Canvas House, Hernando Island

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Accession Number: 2018.002

Date Range: [1928?]

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ralph Kenny Sr., Muriel Hurren, Lorne Campbell, Gwen Campbell, Thelma Campbell, Ralph Kenny Jr, Grandma (Jane) Manson, Calvin Campbell, Bill Niven, Flossie Kenny, Mrs. Niven, Audrey Kenny, Eileen Kenny, Dorothy Campbell.

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.544

Accession Number: 2018.002

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [1928?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ralph Kenny Sr., Muriel Hurren, Lorne Campbell, Gwen Campbell, Thelma Campbell, Ralph Kenny Jr, Grandma (Jane) Manson, Calvin Campbell, Bill Niven, Flossie Kenny, Mrs. Niven, Audrey Kenny, Eileen Kenny, Dorothy Campbell.

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Hernando Island

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Aldrich family

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [ca. 1908]

Scope and Content: Herb Aldrich, Cyrus Aldrich, Ed Wiley, Jesse Aldrich, Wallace Aldrich, Mary Aldrich with son Earl, Ruth Aldruch

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.692

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [ca. 1908]

Physical Description: 1 digital print: b&w; 12.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Herb Aldrich, Cyrus Aldrich, Ed Wiley, Jesse Aldrich, Wallace Aldrich, Mary Aldrich with son Earl, Ruth Aldruch

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Images

Mrs. Beesley and the family home

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-]

Scope and Content: Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

1 image

Part Of: 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: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Images

Family in front of house (ID)

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [191-?]

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.696

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [191-?]

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

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Images

Mr. E.E. Beesley, Mrs. Anna Beesley, and their son Walter with unidentified family

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192?]

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

2 images

Part Of: 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: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Images

Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton, Anna Manson, Duncan Robertson and Allen Robertson in the field at Burnside, Whaletown.

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [1916]

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton, Anna Manson, Duncan Robertson and Allen Robertson in the field at Burnside, the home of David and Alice Robertson in Whaletown.

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.138

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [1916]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton, Anna Manson, Duncan Robertson and Allen Robertson in the field at Burnside, the home of David and Alice Robertson in Whaletown.

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Whaletown

Images

Michael Manson estate

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual records

Date Range: 1955

Scope and Content: File contains papers relating to the settlement of the Michael Manson estate and the sale of Hernando Island.

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: File

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 5.1

File Number: 9

Material Type: textual records

Date Range: 1955

Scope and Content: File contains papers relating to the settlement of the Michael Manson estate and the sale of Hernando Island.

Storage Location: 5-9

Storage Range: 5-9

Geographic Access: Hernando Island

John Manson records

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual records

Date Range: 1909-1954

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Series

Creator: Manson, John

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 6

Material Type: textual records

Date Range: 1909-1954

Physical Description: 16 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.

Custodial History: Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.

Storage Range: 6-8 to 6-36

Name Access: Manson, John

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Twin Islands; Mittlenatch Island

Graves of Mrs. Anna Beesley & Mrs. Margaret Manson, Manson's Landing cemetery

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [193-?]

Scope and Content: Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"

1 image

Part Of: 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: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

Finney's house in Whaletown

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [193-]

Scope and Content: Photograph of Finney's house in Whaletown (across from Burnside). There are notes about it on the back of the photograph.

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.297

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [193-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Finney's house in Whaletown (across from Burnside). There are notes about it on the back of the photograph.

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Whaletown

Images

Manson's Landing fire hall construction

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: 1993

Scope and Content: Numbered series of photographs of the construction of the Manson's Landing fire hall, many with extensive captions on verso.

12 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.664

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: 1993

Physical Description: 17 photographic prints: colour; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Numbered series of photographs of the construction of the Manson's Landing fire hall, many with extensive captions on verso.

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

St. James Church, Manson's Landing

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [192-?]

2 images

Part Of: 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: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island; Manson's Landing

Images

Whaletown wharf, looking south

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Accession Number: 2018.002

Date Range: [19--]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.605

Accession Number: 2018.002

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [19--]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Whaletown

Images

Whaletown wharf, looking north

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Accession Number: 2018.002

Date Range: [19--]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.606

Accession Number: 2018.002

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [19--]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 11.5 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Whaletown

Images

"The remains of a sawmill, Whaletown" (ID)

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [195?]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.407

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [195?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Whaletown

Images

Aerial view of Hague Lake and Manson's Lagoon

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [198-?]

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.702

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [198-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w; 25 x 25 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Geographic Access: Cortes Island

Union Steamship "Cheakamus" at Manson's Landing wharf

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Accession Number: 2018.002

Date Range: [191-?]

Scope and Content: Note wagon wheel showing by wharf shed. Could be Mission boat beside wharf. Looks like bank beside Whaletown wharf in early days group picture which includes Rev. Antle

2 images

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.626

Accession Number: 2018.002

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [191-?]

Physical Description: 2 photograph prints: b&w; 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Note wagon wheel showing by wharf shed. Could be Mission boat beside wharf. Looks like bank beside Whaletown wharf in early days group picture which includes Rev. Antle

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Subject Access: Union Steamship Company; Transportation; Water transport

Geographic Access: Whaletown; Manson's Landing

Images

Union Steamship "Cowichan" at Whaletown wharf

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Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Accession Number: 2018.002

Date Range: [190-?]

1 image

Part Of: May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds Number: 2007.001

Series Number: 13

Item Number: 2007.001.628

Accession Number: 2018.002

Material Type: graphic material

Date Range: [190-?]

Physical Description: 2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Storage Location: Photo box 4

Subject Access: Union Steamship Company; Transportation; Water transport

Geographic Access: Whaletown

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20 records – page 1 of 1.