Part Of

CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

10

Date Range

1955-2018

Scope and Content

Scan of photograph from Truck Loggers Convention, 1955; Obituary for E. Anderson in The Federation of BC Naturalists newsletter, 1975; Write up of E. Anderson in BC Outdoors Magazine, 1995; BC Nature Presents the Elton Anderson Award & writeups 2014, 2015; Email from Ed Chessor about E. Anderson and the Save the Skagit Valley campaign, 2018 including scan of book cover: Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in BC; Nancy Anderson's Notes on E. Anderson (undated); writeup for plaque dedicate to E. Anderson (undated)

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0353

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the orchard area in the garden at Channel Rock.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0066

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 the fruit trees in the orchard section of the garden at Channel Rock.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0157

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a wheelbarrow in the orchard area of the big garden at Channel Rock.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0174

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a view of the orchard within the large fenced garden at Channel Rock.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0028

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1940-1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a winter landscape near Gilean Douglas' cabin on the Coquihalla River.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2288

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1962

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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Cortes Walking Group fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Cortes Walking Group

Fonds Number

2022.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2022.002.284

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

2019

Physical Description

1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Peter Elliott, Gail Ringwood, Zoë and John Wimbush, Jurek Trzesicki

Storage Location

Cortes Walking Group box

Name Access

Cortes Walking Group

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Cortes Walking Group fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Cortes Walking Group

Fonds Number

2022.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2022.002.285

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

2019

Physical Description

1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Peter Elliot, Gail and Steve Ringwood,Gina Trzesicka

Storage Location

Cortes Walking Group box

Name Access

Cortes Walking Group

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.346

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1934-1951

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of the house of A. T. Anderson. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Part Of

Elton Anderson collection

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2019.004

File Number

1

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1969-1995

Physical Description

1 file of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a collection of material about Elton Anderson and includes a typed reminiscence by Elton Anderson; Nancy Anderson's notes about him; two newsletters of the Federation of BC Naturalists (Sept. 1975 and June 1977); a page from the Vancouver Sun (July 15, 1969) with an article written by Anderson; and a BC Outdoors magazine (Jan/Feb 1995) with a short biography.

Storage Location

Small fonds box, 1-6

Storage Range

Small fonds box, 1-6

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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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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

34

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1975

Scope and Content

File contains a BC Naturalist newsletter and an article about Elton Anderson's conservation efforts and achievements written by May Ellingsen.

Storage Location

5-34

Storage Range

5-34

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0475

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1980]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of blooming fruit trees in the orchard at Channel Rock.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0093

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of flowering fruit trees in the big garden at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0180

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the orchard in the large fenced garden at Channel Rock in the snow.

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2431

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1965

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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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0309

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1962]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a snowy landscape and foreboding sky at Channel Rock.

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Part Of

CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.100

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[193-?]

Physical Description

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

Custodial History

Was in envelope stating: Mrs. Daniels for Museum Seaford from Nellie Jeffery? Found in bookshelf by Lynne Jordan

Scope and Content

One of a group of photos from an envelope labeled "Mrs. Daniels, Seaford, for museum."

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2372

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1966

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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