File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.
File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.
File contains clippings of articles, mostly about growing up on Quadra Island, by Catharine Greene Tuck, the daughter of Canon Alan Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission.
File contains clippings of articles, mostly about growing up on Quadra Island, by Catharine Greene Tuck, the daughter of Canon Alan Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission.
File contains two cartoons by Alan Greene, a typed obituary for John Manson, notes on Whaletown people, and a copy of the Columbia Coast Mission "Log" (Apr/May/June1957).
File contains two cartoons by Alan Greene, a typed obituary for John Manson, notes on Whaletown people, and a copy of the Columbia Coast Mission "Log" (Apr/May/June1957).
File contains ephemera relating to John Manson: a timber sale paper from the Forestry Branch, 1934; a travel receipt, 1961; and a cryptic letter with a stamp from the SS Cheakamus, 1937.
File contains ephemera relating to John Manson: a timber sale paper from the Forestry Branch, 1934; a travel receipt, 1961; and a cryptic letter with a stamp from the SS Cheakamus, 1937.
File contains correspondence about a school teacher; the sheep business, including the pedigree of a ewe; the sale of lots in Vancouver; and the post office salary.
File contains correspondence about a school teacher; the sheep business, including the pedigree of a ewe; the sale of lots in Vancouver; and the post office salary.
John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.
Custodial History
Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.
File contains correspondence, receipts, tax notices, blank crown land application forms, and B & K Feeds newsletters and price list that belonged to John Manson.
File contains correspondence, receipts, tax notices, blank crown land application forms, and B & K Feeds newsletters and price list that belonged to John Manson.
File contains a photocopy of the Manson family tree; sketches from the life of Michael Manson (typescript, pp 1-13); an article by Alan Greene published in "The Log", 1957; "John Manson of Sunny Brae" by Rose Manson McKay (4 pp.); and the History of the Dingwall Family (7 pp.)
File contains a photocopy of the Manson family tree; sketches from the life of Michael Manson (typescript, pp 1-13); an article by Alan Greene published in "The Log", 1957; "John Manson of Sunny Brae" by Rose Manson McKay (4 pp.); and the History of the Dingwall Family (7 pp.)