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Elton Anderson collection

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Part Of
Elton Anderson collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.004 2019.005
Date Range
1957-1995
Scope and Content
Collection contains a file of material about Elton Anderson including a typed reminiscence by Elton Anderson, and a notebook containing a handwritten account of a boat trip.
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Part Of
Elton Anderson collection
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2019.004
Accession Number
2019.004 2019.005
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957-1995
Physical Description
6 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Elton Anderson (1908 -1975) was a naturalist and conservationist. He was born in Victoria and lived for some years on Cortes Island. A former logger, Anderson became a leader in conservation work in BC. He served as president of the Federation of BC Naturalists, was an honorary life member of the Vancouver Natural History Society and the Victoria Natural History Society, and a member of the Canadian Nature Federation.
Custodial History
Provenance of these files is unclear and there are no accession records. They have been given arbitrary fonds numbers based on date of processing and described as the Elton Anderson Collection.
Scope and Content
Collection contains a file of material about Elton Anderson including a typed reminiscence by Elton Anderson, and a notebook containing a handwritten account of a boat trip.
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Storage Range
Small fonds box, 1-6 - 1-7
Name Access
Anderson, Elton
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence from Harold Cox

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
Storage Location
2-32
Storage Range
2-32
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence from Alan Greene

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Greene, Alan
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
Storage Location
2-33
Storage Range
2-33
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Greene, Alan
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson, who lived in Coulter Bay (Whaletown) during the 1950s.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson, who lived in Coulter Bay (Whaletown) during the 1950s.
Storage Location
2-34
Storage Range
2-34
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1956-1964
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1956-1964
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Storage Location
2-35
Storage Range
2-35
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1965-1970
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1965-1970
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Storage Location
2-36
Storage Range
2-36
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Correspondence from Bertha Reedel

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1963
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bertha Reedel
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
21
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1963
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bertha Reedel
Storage Location
2-41
Storage Range
2-41
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Reedel, Bertha
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Correspondence from Al Taylor

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
23
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Taylor, Al
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
Storage Location
3-2
Storage Range
3-2
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Taylor, Al
Subject Access
Read Island
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from "Now the Green Word"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
Poems from envelope marked by Douglas "from 'Now the Green Word'"
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.1
Sub-series Number
1.1
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
Poems from envelope marked by Douglas "from 'Now the Green Word'"
Storage Location
1-20
Storage Range
1-20
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Poems from "Poetic Plush"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1953]
Scope and Content
Poems from the book "Poetic Plush"
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.1
Sub-series Number
1.1
File Number
21
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1953]
Scope and Content
Poems from the book "Poetic Plush"
Storage Location
1-21
Storage Range
1-21
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence from Aaron and Doreen Olson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Aaron and Doreen Olson, who lived on Gorge Harbour, just east of the government wharf. Aaron Olson had a machine shop.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Aaron and Doreen Olson, who lived on Gorge Harbour, just east of the government wharf. Aaron Olson had a machine shop.
Storage Location
2-40
Storage Range
2-40
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Olson, Doreen
Olson, Aaron
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Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
22
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Symons, Bessie Fry
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
Storage Location
3-1
Storage Range
3-1
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Symons, Bessie Fry
Subject Access
Read Island
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Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1989]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson, residents of Read Island.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
25
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1989]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson, residents of Read Island.
Storage Location
3-4
Storage Range
3-4
Name Access
Widdowson, Tom
Widdowson, Katherine
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Read Island
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Correspondence to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton, a Vancouver city archivist
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton, a Vancouver city archivist
Storage Location
2-37
Storage Range
2-37
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Correspondence from Louise Kendrick and Jessie Thornton

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1972
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Louise Kendrick and Jessie Thornton, who lived mid-way on Gorge Harbour, on the uphill side of the road.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
19
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1972
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Louise Kendrick and Jessie Thornton, who lived mid-way on Gorge Harbour, on the uphill side of the road.
Storage Location
2-39
Storage Range
2-39
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Kendrick, Louise
Thornton, Jessie
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Correspondence from Mary and Otto (Ottie) Weiler

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1973
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Mary and Otto (Ottie) Weiler.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
24
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1973
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Mary and Otto (Ottie) Weiler.
Storage Location
3-3
Storage Range
3-3
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Weiler, Otto
Weiler, Mary
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Correspondence from Bernard (Bernie) and Maude Woodward

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bernard (Bernie) and Maude Woodward, who lived on the south-east shore of Gorge Harbour.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
26
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bernard (Bernie) and Maude Woodward, who lived on the south-east shore of Gorge Harbour.
Storage Location
3-5
Storage Range
3-5
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Woodward, Bernard & Maude
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Correspondence to Joe Gregson from Major S. J. Mathews

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1968
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Major S. J. Mathews, Vancouver city archivist
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
18
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1961-1968
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Major S. J. Mathews, Vancouver city archivist
Storage Location
2-38
Storage Range
2-38
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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