File contains newspaper clippings of articles by and about Gilean Douglas - Regional Director reports, an obituary of Ottie Weiler and a review of The Protected Place.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles by and about Gilean Douglas - Regional Director reports, an obituary of Ottie Weiler and a review of The Protected Place.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles about the Cortes Island school, including features about the Read Island school and Ernie Guthrie's retirement as school bus driver.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles about the Cortes Island school, including features about the Read Island school and Ernie Guthrie's retirement as school bus driver.
File contains clippings about local disasters, murders, accidents and controversies. Includes Bud Miller's letter about hippies (1973); raw milk (1976); wolves (1977-1980); proposed pub (1978).
File contains clippings about local disasters, murders, accidents and controversies. Includes Bud Miller's letter about hippies (1973); raw milk (1976); wolves (1977-1980); proposed pub (1978).
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).
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).
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.
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.
