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Gilean Douglas with other members of the Women's Institute executive

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from right) and members of the Women's Institute executive.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0055
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 24.5 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from right) and members of the Women's Institute executive.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Gilean Douglas with members of the Women's Institute

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1960]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas with members of the Women's Institute (Needs ID)
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1960]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 24.5 x 19.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas with members of the Women's Institute (Needs ID)
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Members of the Cortes Island Women's Institute with Gilean Douglas

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (L), MaryAnn McCoy (R) and Leona Mueller (behind) at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
McCoy, Maryann
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0913
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1989
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (L), MaryAnn McCoy (R) and Leona Mueller (behind) at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Gilean Douglas and a man carrying a gun, standing outside in light snow

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Gilean Douglas fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1932]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas and a man carrying a gun, standing outside in light snow
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0856
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1932]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas and a man carrying a gun, standing outside in light snow
Subject Access
Hunting
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Gilean Douglas and three others, with shotguns

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left), another woman and two men, all holding shotguns.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0853
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left), another woman and two men, all holding shotguns.
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Gilean Douglas (left) and two other women aboard a yacht

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (left) and two other women aboard a yacht.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0346
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (left) and two other women aboard a yacht.
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Gilean Douglas and four others in the vegetable garden

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (right) and four guests standing beside big cabbages in the garden.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0348
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (right) and four guests standing beside big cabbages in the garden.
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Jim Guthrie, Gilean Douglas and two other people, Channel Rock

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Guthrie (right), Gilean Douglas (second from right) and 2 other people at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0286
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Guthrie (right), Gilean Douglas (second from right) and 2 other people at Channel Rock.
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Mrs. A. J. Hayes with other family members (ID)

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Gilean Douglas fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s?]
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, (ID), (ID), Mrs. A. J. Hayes, (ID), (ID), Frank Hayes (grandson)
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0665
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, (ID), (ID), Mrs. A. J. Hayes, (ID), (ID), Frank Hayes (grandson)
Geographic Access
Cortes Bay
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Scope and Content
This is a hand-tinted portrait of Gilean Douglas, about twelve years old. [check]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 14
Scope and Content
This is a hand-tinted portrait of Gilean Douglas, about twelve years old. [check]
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1940-1947]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0051
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1940-1947]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1904-2018
Scope and Content
Gilean Douglas fonds info, 1904-1993. Letter, The Whaletown Women's Institute, 1952. Clippings with info on Gilean's life, writing, and home on Chanel Rock, 1960s-2009. Clippings of Gilean's writing in various newspapers including her "Nature Rambles," 1961-1992. Clippings from WNE featuring Gilean Douglas, 1990-1993. Info on: Gilean's memorial, 1993; The Gilean Douglas Project, 1994; Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home, Gillian Milton and Andrea Lebowitz, 1999-2000; and Gilean Douglas featured at CIMAS. Excerpts: From My Window, Gordon Wagner, 1988 and Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill, 1994. Pages of magazines from The Country Gentleman, 1978 and Country Journal, 1988. Vintage cards, clippings related to homecare, undated
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
26
Date Range
1904-2018
Scope and Content
Gilean Douglas fonds info, 1904-1993. Letter, The Whaletown Women's Institute, 1952. Clippings with info on Gilean's life, writing, and home on Chanel Rock, 1960s-2009. Clippings of Gilean's writing in various newspapers including her "Nature Rambles," 1961-1992. Clippings from WNE featuring Gilean Douglas, 1990-1993. Info on: Gilean's memorial, 1993; The Gilean Douglas Project, 1994; Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home, Gillian Milton and Andrea Lebowitz, 1999-2000; and Gilean Douglas featured at CIMAS. Excerpts: From My Window, Gordon Wagner, 1988 and Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill, 1994. Pages of magazines from The Country Gentleman, 1978 and Country Journal, 1988. Vintage cards, clippings related to homecare, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.003
Date Range
[ca. 1991]
Scope and Content
Picture taken by Rex Weyler at a garden workbee, approximately 1991-1992.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weyler, Rex
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.009
Accession Number
2019.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1991]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 19 x 14 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Nori Fletcher in 2006
Scope and Content
Picture taken by Rex Weyler at a garden workbee, approximately 1991-1992.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
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Gilean Douglas in a stagecoach

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1922]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas sitting in a stagecoach.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0850
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1922]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas sitting in a stagecoach.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1930s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas on skis.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0860
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1930s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas on skis.
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Profile of Gilean Douglas

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas in profile, mounted on a card.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sirk, George
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0911
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1984
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas in profile, mounted on a card.
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Gilean Douglas with a dog

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1906
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas with a dog.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0012
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1906
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 5
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas with a dog.
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Gilean Douglas with a beau

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1925
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, age 25, with a beau.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0015
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1925
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, age 25, with a beau.
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Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
ephemera
Accession Number
1999.001
Date Range
1904-1993 (predominant 1948-1993)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and received during her personal and literary activities. There is some material dating from Douglas's early life, but the bulk of it dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island, particularly the Whaletown area. Fonds is composed of eighteen series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums; Photographs.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Douglas, Gilean
Fonds Number
1999.001
Accession Number
1999.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1904-1993 (predominant 1948-1993)
Physical Description
1.9 m of textual records; ca. 2,352 photographic records (1147 prints : b&w and col. - ca. 560 negatives : b&w and col. negatives ; 35 mm and 14 x 11 cm or smaller - 645 slides : col. slides ; 35 mm); 1 cm of graphic material; 8 maps.
Extent
1.9
History / Biographical
Gilean Douglas was born in Toronto, Ont. In 1900. Orphaned at the age of 16, she began to work as a free-lance writer and photographer. Over her lifetime her work appeared in more than 200 publications, often published under pseudonyms (Grant Madison, Armoral Kent and Jill MacLean). Douglas published eight books of poetry and three books of non-fiction, and, from 1961 to 1992, wrote a regular column, “Nature Rambles”, for the Victoria Times-Colonist. In 1939, following the collapse of her third marriage, Douglas moved from Ontario to an isolated cabin in the mountains near Hope, B.C. Her first two books of nature writing (one published under the name Grant Madison) document her life there. Her cabin was destroyed by fire in 1947 and two years later she moved to a 138-acre waterfront homestead on Cortes Island with her fourth husband, Philip Douglas, (née Major). Her marriage ended in 1953, but she remained there until her death in 1993. Her home at Channel Rock was isolated, with no road access and no electricity. Douglas had a large garden, and supplemented her writing income by selling produce and plants. She was a volunteer Weather Observer for Environment Canada for 33 years, receiving several awards for her service. Starting in the 1960s, her writing centered increasingly on her life at Channel Rock. Her "Nature Rambles" columns and book "The Protected Place" reflect her life on the island. During her years on Cortes Island, Douglas took a leading role in community affairs and local politics. She held office in several community organizations and acted as a school trustee. As a member of the Women's Institute, she held local, district, provincial and national office, edited a book on its history, and was awarded a Life Membership in 1989. Douglas was a member of the first Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission and represented Cortes on the Regional Board of Comox-Strathcona as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973 and as Director from 1973 until 1977. List of Book Publications: 1952 Now the Green Word (Wings Press, Mill Valley, Ca.) 1953 Poetic Plush (The Story Book Press, Dallas, Texas) 1953 River For My Sidewalk (by “Grant Madison”; J. M. Dent & Sons, Toronto, Ont.) 1954 The Pattern Set (Quality Press, Montreal, Quebec) 1959 Modern Pioneers (a history of the Women's Institute, ed. by Douglas; Evergreen Press) 1967 Seascape With Figures (Prairie Press, Iowa City, Iowa) 1973 Now In This Night (Harlo Press, Detroit, Mi.) 1978 Silence Is My Homeland (Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa.) 1979 The Protected Place (Gray’s Publishing, Sidney, B.C.) 1982 Prodigal (Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, B.C.) 1984 River For My Sidewalk (by Gilean Douglas; Sono Nis Press) 1985 Kodachromes at Midday (Sono Nis Press) 1992 Seascape With Figures - Poems Selected and New (Sono Nis Press)
Custodial History
Upon Douglas’ death in 1993 her papers were gathered from her house by her literary executor, Gillian Milton. Douglas’ will directed that her papers and photographs be turned over to the University of British Columbia (Douglas’ primary beneficiary), after being examined and used for literary purposes including publication or biography. Accordingly, Milton inventoried the records, and with Andrea Lebowitz made use of them for a biography and anthology of the writings of Douglas, "Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home" (Lebowitz and Milton, Sono Nis Press, 1999). The textual records were turned over to University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections in December 1999; the photographic records in 2002. By agreement with UBC, the records and photographs which have to do primarily with Cortes Island were turned over to the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society (Manson's Landing, B.C.) in 1999.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and received during her personal and literary activities. There is some material dating from Douglas's early life, but the bulk of it dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island, particularly the Whaletown area. Fonds is composed of eighteen series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums; Photographs.
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Columbia Coast Mission
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Gilean Douglas fonds at the University of British Columbia Library (Special Collections) Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds Gorge Harbour Community Hall fonds Whaletown Community Club fonds Whaletown Women's Institute fonds Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Copyright
Copyright for Douglas's published writings is held by the University of British Columbia. Permission to use Douglas's manuscripts for publication purposes must be obtained from the University of British Columbia or from Gillian Milton, literary executor for the estate of Gilean Douglas.
Arrangement
Wherever possible, Douglas’ system of arrangement has been retained, and original groupings of material have been maintained. Other material has been arranged according to type.
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Gilean Douglas with her father, William Douglas, in England

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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1906
Scope and Content
Photograph of William and Gilean Douglas standing on a street of storefronts in England.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0004
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1906
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of William and Gilean Douglas standing on a street of storefronts in England.
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