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Jalmar Olson collection

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Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2013.001
Date Range
1940-1952
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).
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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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Gate at the bottom of the garden at Channel Rock, in the "secret garden" area

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2070
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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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Main gate into the garden at Channel Rock, from inside the garden

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2531
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
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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Red primroses in the "Secret Garden" area at the bottom of the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2069
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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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Mrs. Beesley in the Beesley garden

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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"
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.684
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 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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The barn in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958-1959
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2083
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958-1959
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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Barn in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Scope and Content
Photo of the barn originally built by John Poole from cedar shakes and boards; a hand-built wooden ladder is leaning on it.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2185
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of the barn originally built by John Poole from cedar shakes and boards; a hand-built wooden ladder is leaning on it.
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The rectory garden in Whaletown in the spring

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2201
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Barn in the garden, in heavy snow

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2484
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
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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Handicrafts display at the Garden Gallery

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.079
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Mary Weiler
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Woman (ID), seated in a garden

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.295
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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View of the garden at Channel Rock in deep snow, taken from the top of the garden looking towards the water

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968-1969
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2506
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968-1969
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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Mrs. Beesley in her garden with chickens

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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"
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.679
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 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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Laurel flowers in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2065
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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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Frosty the cat in the garden at Channel Rock

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2071
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
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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Roses and vegetables in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2142
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
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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Montbretias and gladiolus in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1961
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2269
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1961
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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Tulips and forsythia in the garden at Channel Rock

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2332
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
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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Drifts of daffodils in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2333
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
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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Flowers and vegetables in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2546
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
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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