Part Of

Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2013.001

Accession Number

2013.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1940-1952

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm 3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm 1 file of textual records

History / Biographical

Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box

Storage Range

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box 1-18

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

27

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1952-19??

Scope and Content

Seed and nursery catalogues

Storage Location

4-27

Storage Range

4-27

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

28

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

19??-1966

Scope and Content

Seed and nursery catalogues

Storage Location

4-28

Storage Range

4-28

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

17

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1961-1969

Scope and Content

Records of sales of produce from the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-17

Storage Range

4-17

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

18

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1970-1974, 1977

Scope and Content

Records of sales of produce from the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-18

Storage Range

4-18

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

22

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1969-1972

Scope and Content

Lists of plants, garden plans and plant and seed order forms for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-22

Storage Range

4-22

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

23

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1960-1969

Scope and Content

Annotated seed and nursery catalogue pages, plant lists, completed order forms and invoices for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-23

Storage Range

4-23

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

21

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1940-1941

Scope and Content

Lists of plants and planting diagrams for Douglas's garden at her mountain cabin on the Coquihalla, probably used by Douglas while planning the gardens at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-21

Storage Range

4-21

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

24

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1970-1979

Scope and Content

Annotated seed and nursery catalogue pages, plant lists, completed order forms and invoices for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-24

Storage Range

4-24

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

25

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1980-1984

Scope and Content

Annotated seed and nursery catalogue pages, plant lists, completed order forms and invoices for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-25

Storage Range

4-25

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

26

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1985-1989

Scope and Content

Annotated seed and nursery catalogue pages, plant lists, completed order forms and invoices for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-26

Storage Range

4-26

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

11

File Number

2

Material Type

textual records

ephemera

Date Range

1912

Scope and Content

File contains a small booklet published by Burpee Seed Company.

Storage Location

8-2

Storage Range

8-2

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