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CIMAS photograph collection

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920] - [ca. 2012]
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs of Cortes Island people, places and events. Photographs not belonging to another fonds or collection in the Archives have been described as part of this collection.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2019.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920] - [ca. 2012]
Physical Description
156 photographs : b&w and colour
Custodial History
Photographs have been donated to or collected by Cortes Island Museum & Archives. Where it is known, provenance is described at the item level.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs of Cortes Island people, places and events. Photographs not belonging to another fonds or collection in the Archives have been described as part of this collection.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1985-2002
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of writings by Sedley Sweeny, including a book, "The Challenge of Smallholding", and two photographs of his sailboat, "Wild Rose".
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1985-2002
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records 2 photographs : colour
History / Biographical
Sedley Bell-Irving Sweeny (November 29, 1917 - December 19, 2013) was born in England. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada with a commission in the Royal Engineers and went on to serve in World War II with the 8th Army from El Alamein onwards, then in Sicily, Italy and Greece; he was awarded Military Cross for valour at the Garigliano River crossing in Jan.'44. He married Diana Game in 1941 and they had three daughters: Nicola, Terry and Robin. He retired from the army in 1957, bought a farm in Wales, and for the next thirty years devoted his energies to sustainable land management, self sufficiency and, increasingly, the welfare of marginalized people. With Diana, he managed an orphanage for Tibetan refugee children in Simla, India, on behalf of Save the Children Fund, subsequently founding The Society for Training in Rural Industries and Village Enterprises, through which he provided instruction and practical experience for Tibetan family groups on his farm. Sedley returned to BC in 1985, divorced and single again. At age 71 he rowed to Cortes from Vancouver, where he met and married his second wife, Trude Albright, in 1989. Sedley was a Self Sufficiency advocate promoting a Cortes wide vision of cooperation and skill sharing. He and Trude were involved in many Cortes community initiatives including an emergency first aid and ambulance service; the Friends of Cortes Association; the Cortes Ecoforestry Society; the Cortes Earmark Book of islander skills; and The Cooperation For Cortes Self Sufficiency. Many of the associated activities happened at Trude's Café. A skilled boat-builder, he converted a fishing boat into a junk-rigged yacht, and he also instructed Cortes youth in boatbuilding and sailing. Sedley died at home at the age of 96 and is buried in the Whaletown cemetery.
Custodial History
There is no accession record; fonds has been given an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number based on the date of processing.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of writings by Sedley Sweeny, including a book, "The Challenge of Smallholding", and two photographs of his sailboat, "Wild Rose".
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-10 - 1-11
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The Challenge of Smallholding" by Sedley Sweeny

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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File consists of a book by Sweeny, "The Challenge of Smallholding", published by Oxford University Press, 1987.
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987
Physical Description
1 book, 15 x 10cm, 222 pages
History / Biographical
Sedley Bell-Irving Sweeny (November 29, 1917 - December 19, 2013) lived a long and interesting life. At age 71 he rowed to Cortes from Vancouver, where he met and married his second wife, Trude Albright, in 1989.Sedley was a Self Sufficiency advocate promoting a Cortes wide vision of cooperation and skill sharing. A skilled boat-builder, he converted a fishing boat into a junk-rigged yacht. Sedley never owned a car on Cortes, rather walking and hitchhiking where ever he had to go. Sweeny was an army officer, a farmer, an engineer and a sailor. He ran an orphanage for Tibetan Refugees and helped with Tibetan ecoforestry. He knew the Dalai Lama personally and brought Trude to meet him. He wrote many articles and books; including The Intuitive View of the Whole (attached), The Challenge of Smallholding and Working up a Smallholding. Sedley was an incredible boat builder and spent a lot of time on the water.
Scope and Content
File consists of a book by Sweeny, "The Challenge of Smallholding", published by Oxford University Press, 1987.
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-10
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-10
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Writings by Sedley Sweeny

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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1985-2002
Scope and Content
File consists of a two booklets, "An Intuitive View of the Whole" and "Children of Tibet", a Cortes Island Self-Sufficiency pamphlet, poetry by Sweeny and the Dalai Lama, and a letter about ecoforestry trainng for Tibetan refugees in India.
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1985-2002
Physical Description
1 book, 15 x 10cm, 222 pages
Scope and Content
File consists of a two booklets, "An Intuitive View of the Whole" and "Children of Tibet", a Cortes Island Self-Sufficiency pamphlet, poetry by Sweeny and the Dalai Lama, and a letter about ecoforestry trainng for Tibetan refugees in India.
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-11
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-11
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Wild Rose" being towed to the water

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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
Photo of "Wild Rose", a fishing boat Sweeny converted into a junk-rigged yacht.
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
2
Item Number
2019.008.001
Item Number Range
2019.008.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1992
Physical Description
1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of "Wild Rose", a fishing boat Sweeny converted into a junk-rigged yacht.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 5
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Wild Rose" being launched at the Gorge Harbour boat ramp

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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
Photo of "Wild Rose", a fishing boat Sweeny converted into a junk-rigged yacht.
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
2
Item Number
2019.008.002
Item Number Range
2019.008.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1992
Physical Description
1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of "Wild Rose", a fishing boat Sweeny converted into a junk-rigged yacht.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 5
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-2002
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-2002
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-10 - 1-11
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-10 - 1-11
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1992
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
2
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1992
Storage Location
Photograph box 5
Storage Range
Photograph box 5
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Whaletown school class of 1928-1929, standing beside the school building

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.017
Date Range
1928
Scope and Content
Photographs depict the pupils at the second Whaletown school standing beside the school. The photograph was taken by Evelyn Dow, who taught there from February 1928 to June 1929. This school was built in 1918 near the corner of Coulter Bay Road and Carrington Bay Road, and was used (with improvements) until 1950. The front, side and surroundings of the school are clearly shown. Front row third from left is Marion Borden; Vernon Borden next to her fourth from left. Top row, far right: Lorna Borden (IDs by Terrill Marlow, Marion’s daughter, and Rob Borden, Vernon’s son).
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Dow, Evelyn
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.157
Accession Number
2019.017
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1928
Physical Description
2 photographic prints : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
Custodial History
Photographs are from an album created by Evelyn Dow and were donated to CIMAS by her niece, Sharon Thomas.
Scope and Content
Photographs depict the pupils at the second Whaletown school standing beside the school. The photograph was taken by Evelyn Dow, who taught there from February 1928 to June 1929. This school was built in 1918 near the corner of Coulter Bay Road and Carrington Bay Road, and was used (with improvements) until 1950. The front, side and surroundings of the school are clearly shown. Front row third from left is Marion Borden; Vernon Borden next to her fourth from left. Top row, far right: Lorna Borden (IDs by Terrill Marlow, Marion’s daughter, and Rob Borden, Vernon’s son).
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Name Access
Dow, Evelyn
Subject Access
Schools
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
Whaletown
Images
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Whaletown school class of 1928-1929

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.017
Date Range
1929
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts the pupils at the second Whaletown school beside the corner of the school. The photograph was taken by Evelyn Dow, who taught there from February 1928 to June 1929. This school was built in 1918 near the corner of Coulter Bay Road and Carrington Bay Road, and was used (with improvements) until 1950. Top Row: third from left, Lorna Borden; second from right, Doris Houghton-Brown Middle row: second from left, Ken Houghton-Brown, third from left, Vernon Borden; far right, Marion Borden Front row: far right, Claude Borden (IDs by Terrill Marlow, Marion’s daughter, Rob Borden, Vernon’s son, and Joan Bevington, Ken Houghton-Brown's daughter).
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Dow, Evelyn
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.158
Accession Number
2019.017
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1929
Physical Description
photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Custodial History
Photograph is from an album created by Evelyn Dow and was donated to CIMAS by her niece, Sharon Thomas.
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts the pupils at the second Whaletown school beside the corner of the school. The photograph was taken by Evelyn Dow, who taught there from February 1928 to June 1929. This school was built in 1918 near the corner of Coulter Bay Road and Carrington Bay Road, and was used (with improvements) until 1950. Top Row: third from left, Lorna Borden; second from right, Doris Houghton-Brown Middle row: second from left, Ken Houghton-Brown, third from left, Vernon Borden; far right, Marion Borden Front row: far right, Claude Borden (IDs by Terrill Marlow, Marion’s daughter, Rob Borden, Vernon’s son, and Joan Bevington, Ken Houghton-Brown's daughter).
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Name Access
Dow, Evelyn
Subject Access
Schools
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
Whaletown
Images
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"Salmon BBQ Cortez Day July '78"

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1978
Scope and Content
Picture of a row of salmon being cooked over a long, low fire at Smelt Bay.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.243
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1978
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Norma DeWolfe, 2020
Scope and Content
Picture of a row of salmon being cooked over a long, low fire at Smelt Bay.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Group of people at Cortes Day, 1978 (ID)

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1978
Scope and Content
Undigitized
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.244
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1978
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 13 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Norma Dewolfe, 2020
Scope and Content
Undigitized
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Wharfhouse restaurant "Open" sign

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2022.011
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
View of the stairs and landing going up to the front deck of the Wharfhouse, showing the "Open" sign. Undigitized.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.247
Accession Number
2022.011
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 13 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Paula Snow
Scope and Content
View of the stairs and landing going up to the front deck of the Wharfhouse, showing the "Open" sign. Undigitized.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Wharfhouse restaurant menu signs

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2022.011
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
View of the menus posted beside the stairs going up to the deck of the Wharfhouse Restaurant.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.245
Accession Number
2022.011
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 13 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Paula Snow
Scope and Content
View of the menus posted beside the stairs going up to the deck of the Wharfhouse Restaurant.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Wharfhouse restaurant, front view

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
View of the front deck of the Wharfhouse restaurant, showing the restaurant sign.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.246
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Paula Snow
Scope and Content
View of the front deck of the Wharfhouse restaurant, showing the restaurant sign.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Eva Freeman and Jean Campbell in Eva's kitchen

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2017.007
Date Range
[ca. 1970s-1980s]
Scope and Content
Eva Freeman (L) and Jean Campbell in Eva's kitchen. Tthe Marswells wood cookstove, now part of the Museum's Pioneer Kitchen display, is in the background. This photo and #2019.003.249 were glued to a greeting card.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.248
Accession Number
2017.007
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1970s-1980s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney, 2017.
Scope and Content
Eva Freeman (L) and Jean Campbell in Eva's kitchen. Tthe Marswells wood cookstove, now part of the Museum's Pioneer Kitchen display, is in the background. This photo and #2019.003.249 were glued to a greeting card.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Eva Freeman's house, Dewdrop Inn, on Freeman Rd.

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2017.007
Date Range
[ca. 1970s-1980s]
Scope and Content
This photo and #2019.003.248 were glued to a greeting card.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.249
Accession Number
2017.007
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1970s-1980s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney, 2017.
Scope and Content
This photo and #2019.003.248 were glued to a greeting card.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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John Shook (L) and Pierre DeTrey preparing to remove a shack at Carrington Bay

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2023.003
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.250
Accession Number
2023.003
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1996
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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Tearing down a shack at Carrington Bay

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2023.003
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.251
Accession Number
2023.003
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1996
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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John Shook (L) and Mike (surname unknown) tearing apart a shack at Carrington Bay

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2023.003
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.252
Accession Number
2023.003
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1996
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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