Three greeting cards designed by artist Mary Weiler, who lived in Whaletown, and a series of four pen and ink drawings illustrating life aboard a fish boat. The latter were probably used as illustrations for an article written by Douglas (see Box 1 folder 29).
Three greeting cards designed by artist Mary Weiler, who lived in Whaletown, and a series of four pen and ink drawings illustrating life aboard a fish boat. The latter were probably used as illustrations for an article written by Douglas (see Box 1 folder 29).
Collection consists of five cartoons by Ken Slater. There are three large coloured pen and ink cartoons drawn as Christmas cards for Gary and Velma Bergman, who owned the Whaletown store, and two pencil drawings by Ken Slater.
Ken Slater (1905-1970) was a long-time resident of Cortes Island, a commercial fisherman and boat builder who was also an accomplished carver and cartoonist. His boatworks was located on the site now occupied by the Whaletown Post Office. Ken built the "Sylva Jane", launched in 1946, for Reg and Sylvia Walsh. He also built a model of the ship, which is in the collection of the Cortes Museum. Ken moved to Cortes Bay in 1962. His cartoons, artwork and wood carvings were displayed and sold at many island affairs.
Custodial History
The three coloured cartoons were given to Mark Appleyard by Gary and Velma Bergman for donation to CIMAS [ca. 2015]. Provenance of the two pencil drawings is unknown. There is no accession record; an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number has been given based on the date of processing.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of five cartoons by Ken Slater. There are three large coloured pen and ink cartoons drawn as Christmas cards for Gary and Velma Bergman, who owned the Whaletown store, and two pencil drawings by Ken Slater.
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts Velma in the store, and the inside depicts a scene on the fish scow on the Whaletown wharf. Signed "Ness and Ken".
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts Velma in the store, and the inside depicts a scene on the fish scow on the Whaletown wharf. Signed "Ness and Ken".
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts a spindly Christmas tree with a seagull on the top (Gary Bergman always fed bacon scraps to the seagulls on Friday "meat days"). The inside depicts the inside of the store with Velma at the cash register.
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts a spindly Christmas tree with a seagull on the top (Gary Bergman always fed bacon scraps to the seagulls on Friday "meat days"). The inside depicts the inside of the store with Velma at the cash register.
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts a collection of record albums; the inside shows a scene on the Whaletown dock.
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts a collection of record albums; the inside shows a scene on the Whaletown dock.
File contains two cartoon portraits, pencil on construction paper. One is of Frankie Petrie, age 13; the other is labelled "The Beauty of Whaletown - Barbara Slater".
File contains two cartoon portraits, pencil on construction paper. One is of Frankie Petrie, age 13; the other is labelled "The Beauty of Whaletown - Barbara Slater".
Series contains two books : "The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, and an annotated guide book to birds which belonged to Brigid Weiler as a child.
Series contains two books : "The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, and an annotated guide book to birds which belonged to Brigid Weiler as a child.
"The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, with dust cover and inscription on title page: "For Mary, most gratefully, Rod Haig-Brown". Brigid Weiler posed for some of the drawings.
Published by Collins, St. James's Place, London: 1962
Physical Description
1 book, 184 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Feb. 2022
Scope and Content
"The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, with dust cover and inscription on title page: "For Mary, most gratefully, Rod Haig-Brown". Brigid Weiler posed for some of the drawings.
File consists of a paperback book "Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds", with notes on dates and locations of bird sightings on Cortes Island made by Otto Weiler and Brigid Weiler. The cover is missing.
File consists of a paperback book "Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds", with notes on dates and locations of bird sightings on Cortes Island made by Otto Weiler and Brigid Weiler. The cover is missing.
Copy of a poster advertising a General Meeting of the Whaletown Community Club at the Church Hall, with a cartoon drawing of two men fighting. The original is owned by the Whaletown Community Club and is hanging at the Gorge Hall.
Copy of a poster advertising a General Meeting of the Whaletown Community Club at the Church Hall, with a cartoon drawing of two men fighting. The original is owned by the Whaletown Community Club and is hanging at the Gorge Hall.
