Part Of

Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.004

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.

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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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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.007

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken from the water, shows J. Olson's house and outbuildings on the shore of Gorge Harbour, several years after he had moved away.

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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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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.

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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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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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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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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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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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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0387

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1968

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a deer looking through the garden fence.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0549

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the gate to the "secret garden" at the bottom of the garden at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0100

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the garden at Channel Rock, showing the vegetable beds.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0131

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph 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

1999.001.2083

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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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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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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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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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0299

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1962

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of tulips in the garden at Channel Rock.

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