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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Cortes Island Museum maintains informational files on subjects of local interest as a research resource. Contents of files may contain clippings or photocopied newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence (including printed email correspondence) and other non-archival material. This is a dynamic file, with changes made on an on-going basis.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Cortes Island Museum maintains informational files on subjects of local interest as a research resource. Contents of files may contain clippings or photocopied newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence (including printed email correspondence) and other non-archival material. This is a dynamic file, with changes made on an on-going basis.
Storage Range
Drawers 1-4
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Information files: Drawer 1 (A-C)

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CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Series Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Information files: Drawer 2 (D-M)

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CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Series Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Information files: Drawer 3 (N-P)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Files on Cortes people and families are found in this drawer, arranged alphabetically under the category "People".
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Series Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Files on Cortes people and families are found in this drawer, arranged alphabetically under the category "People".
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Information files: Drawer 4 (Q-Z)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Eleanor Milne fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1947; 1958
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file containing a typed transcript of the funeral service of Lydia Matilda Hague (Jan. 11, 1863 - Apr. 16, 1947), which was held in Merritt, B.C. and a "Baby's Record" card for "baby girl Milne" (born Feb. 23, 1958) with instructions for supplemental feeding.
Part Of
Eleanor Milne fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Milne, Eleanor
Fonds Number
2004.005
Series Number
3
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1947; 1958
Physical Description
1 file
Custodial History
Slipped under the door of the Museum, July 26, 2021. There was no accompanying note.
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file containing a typed transcript of the funeral service of Lydia Matilda Hague (Jan. 11, 1863 - Apr. 16, 1947), which was held in Merritt, B.C. and a "Baby's Record" card for "baby girl Milne" (born Feb. 23, 1958) with instructions for supplemental feeding.
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-21
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-21
Name Access
Hague, Lydia
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Eleanor Milne fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2004.005
Date Range
[ca. late 1800s-ca. 1969]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one scrapbook with 20 pages of photographs depicting Cortes Island people and places. Photographs, with penciled captions, are pasted onto the pages. Pages have been interleaved for conservation. There are also nine loose photographs of relatives from a later accrual, and a file of textual records from a third accrual.
Part Of
Eleanor Milne fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Milne, Eleanor
Fonds Number
2004.005
Accession Number
2004.005
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
[ca. late 1800s-ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 album (69 photographs : b&w)
9 photographs : b&w and col.
1 file of textual records
History / Biographical
Eleanor (Christensen) Milne is a third generation Cortes Islander. Her parents are Mabel (Lowe) and Buster Christensen; her grandparents are Henry and Lydia (Heay) Hague. The Christensen/Hague families lived in the Manson's Lagoon area.
Custodial History
Album was donated to CIMAS by Eleanor Milne in 2004, and an accrual of nine photographs was donated in 2019.
Textual records were donated anonymously to the Museum in 2021 and have been described as part of this fonds as they are Milne/Hague family records.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one scrapbook with 20 pages of photographs depicting Cortes Island people and places. Photographs, with penciled captions, are pasted onto the pages. Pages have been interleaved for conservation. There are also nine loose photographs of relatives from a later accrual, and a file of textual records from a third accrual.
Storage Location
Oversize materials box
Photo box 3
Small fonds box
Name Access
Milne, Eleanor
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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.005
Date Range
1962
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2022.005
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1962
Physical Description
2 books
Scope and Content
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.
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Weiler, Brigid
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"The Whale People" by R. Haig-Brown

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.05
Date Range
1962
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.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Haig-Brown, Roderick
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Accession Number
2022.05
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1962
Publication
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.
Storage Location
1-30
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Haig-Brown, Roderick
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"Birds: A Golden Nature Guide"

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.05
Date Range
1962
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Zim, Herbert and Gabrielson, Ira
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
2022.05
Material Type
textual record
Edition
Revised edition, 1956
Date Range
1962
Publication
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York
Physical Description
1 book, 160 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Aug 2023
Scope and Content
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.
Storage Location
1-30
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
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Advisory Planning Commission

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1993-1996
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of materials relating to the activities of the Advisory Planning Commission of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). It includes correspondence, subdivision plans, and materials relating to the Board of Variance, Grants-In-Aid and zoning for co-operative land holdings.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.1
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1993-1996
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of materials relating to the activities of the Advisory Planning Commission of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). It includes correspondence, subdivision plans, and materials relating to the Board of Variance, Grants-In-Aid and zoning for co-operative land holdings.
Storage Range
1-1- 1-7
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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1991-1995
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of materials related to a revision of the Cortes Island Official Community Plan. It includes correspondence, minutes of public meetings, questionnaires and other background material, draft plans and a copy of the new OCP (1995).
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.2
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991-1995
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of materials related to a revision of the Cortes Island Official Community Plan. It includes correspondence, minutes of public meetings, questionnaires and other background material, draft plans and a copy of the new OCP (1995).
Storage Range
1-8 - 1-12
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1992-1999
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.3
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1992-1999
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Storage Range
1-13 - 1-22
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of one file of correspondence relating to Nursall's work on Regional Board committees.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.4
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of one file of correspondence relating to Nursall's work on Regional Board committees.
Storage Range
1-23
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Subject files - Cortes Affairs

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1983-1997
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of correspondence, maps, minutes and other material related to various Cortes Island issues, including parks, protected areas, subdivisions and zoning, community organizations, local medical services, recycling and other local services, and copies of the Cortes Electoral Area News by Ralph Nursall (dates - also check with RD Location: 2-26)
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.5
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983-1997
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of correspondence, maps, minutes and other material related to various Cortes Island issues, including parks, protected areas, subdivisions and zoning, community organizations, local medical services, recycling and other local services, and copies of the Cortes Electoral Area News by Ralph Nursall (dates - also check with RD Location: 2-26)
Storage Range
1-24 - 3-3
Subject Access
Health care
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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1991-2002
Scope and Content
Series contains material relating to the treaty negotiations process, primarily regarding the Klahoose First Nation. It includes records of the Cortes Island Local Advisory Committee (CILAC) including Terms of Reference, minutes, lists of members, correspondence, notes and background material, minutes of meetings of the Klahoose Table and copies of the newsletter "Treaty Talks". There are also records relating to the Desolation Sound Regional Advisory Committee and its successor, the North Island Regional Advisory Committee, and background materials on the treaty negotiation process.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991-2002
Scope and Content
Series contains material relating to the treaty negotiations process, primarily regarding the Klahoose First Nation. It includes records of the Cortes Island Local Advisory Committee (CILAC) including Terms of Reference, minutes, lists of members, correspondence, notes and background material, minutes of meetings of the Klahoose Table and copies of the newsletter "Treaty Talks". There are also records relating to the Desolation Sound Regional Advisory Committee and its successor, the North Island Regional Advisory Committee, and background materials on the treaty negotiation process.
Storage Range
3-35 - 4-19
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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
File contains the text of the judgement in the 2003 lawsuit over Woodlot 0090.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
10
File Number
1
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
File contains the text of the judgement in the 2003 lawsuit over Woodlot 0090.
Storage Location
2-12
Storage Range
2-12
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Community Forest agreement

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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains documents pertaining to the Cortes Island Community Forest.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains documents pertaining to the Cortes Island Community Forest.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Presentation on proposed Cortes Island Community Forest

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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2004
Scope and Content
File contains materials for a presentation prepared by Cortes Ecoforestry Society for Honorable Roger Harris and Rod Visser (North Island MLA).
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2004
Scope and Content
File contains materials for a presentation prepared by Cortes Ecoforestry Society for Honorable Roger Harris and Rod Visser (North Island MLA).
Storage Location
1-19
Storage Range
1-19
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding development in Carrington Bay, between Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), Regional Director George Sirk, and Klahoose First Nation.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding development in Carrington Bay, between Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), Regional Director George Sirk, and Klahoose First Nation.
Storage Location
1-2
Storage Range
1-2
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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