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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1936
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file containing minutes of the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file containing minutes of the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Storage Location
1-1
Storage Range
1-1
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1949.
Scope and Content
Series consists of a report on a Gorge Hall dance (1949), a program of a presentation by the Girls' Drama Club (1950), miscellaneous notes, and a summary of the operations of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society compiled by Philip Major Douglas, president of the Whaletown Community Club, in 1952.
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Series Number
5
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949.
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of a report on a Gorge Hall dance (1949), a program of a presentation by the Girls' Drama Club (1950), miscellaneous notes, and a summary of the operations of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society compiled by Philip Major Douglas, president of the Whaletown Community Club, in 1952.
Storage Range
1-53
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file of notes made by Gilean Douglas, correspondence, and an expenditure list covering 1956, with some pages undated.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
7
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file of notes made by Gilean Douglas, correspondence, and an expenditure list covering 1956, with some pages undated.
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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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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Cortes Ecoforestry Youth Initiative

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13319
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
Series consists of financial records, reports, and other documents pertaining to projects of the Cortes Ecoforestry Youth Initiative in 2000.
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
Series consists of financial records, reports, and other documents pertaining to projects of the Cortes Ecoforestry Youth Initiative in 2000.
Storage Location
1-1 to 1-3
Storage Range
1-1 to 1-3
Name Access
Friends of Cortes Island
FOCI
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Family Trees Project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15185
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2022
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members. Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns. We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2022
Custodial History
Family trees were researched by Bernice McGowan (1387 Bodington Rd, Whaletown, BC) in 2022. The Manson family tree was provided to CIMAS by Greg Johnson (2837 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 1X2; phone # 604 897 5925) in 2022.
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members. Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns. We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1920-1958
Scope and Content
Series consists of minutes of the Friendly Circle (1920-1922) and the Whaletown Women's Institute
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
1
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1920-1958
Physical Description
9 files of minute books 3 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of minutes of the Friendly Circle (1920-1922) and the Whaletown Women's Institute
Storage Range
1-1 to 1-12
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Friendship Circle
Friendly Circle
Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1927-1956
Scope and Content
Series consists of the financial records of the Whaletown Women's Institute from 1927 to 1956.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
2
Item Number Range
1-12 to 1-18
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1927-1956
Physical Description
4 files of cash books 2 files of account books
Scope and Content
Series consists of the financial records of the Whaletown Women's Institute from 1927 to 1956.
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Administrative Records Series

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6680
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1948-1954
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Women's Institute membership records and an agreement relating to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
3
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1954
Physical Description
1 file of membership book 1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Women's Institute membership records and an agreement relating to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Range
1-19 to 1-20
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1951-1963
Scope and Content
Series consists of year-end, meeting, and miscellaneous reports, and reports to the regional Women's Institute.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
4
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1963
Physical Description
5 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of year-end, meeting, and miscellaneous reports, and reports to the regional Women's Institute.
Storage Range
1-21 to 1-25
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1951-1955
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records relating to community projects organized by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
5
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1955
Physical Description
6 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records relating to community projects organized by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Storage Range
1-26 to 1-31
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1925, 1939, [ca. 1950]-1964
Scope and Content
Series consists of eleven files of correspondence to and from the Whaletown Women's Institute from 1925 to 1964.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
6
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925, 1939, [ca. 1950]-1964
Physical Description
11 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of eleven files of correspondence to and from the Whaletown Women's Institute from 1925 to 1964.
Storage Range
1-32 to 1-43
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1930-1952
Scope and Content
Series consists of 2 files of minutes of meetings of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, and proxy votes from the 1952 meeting at which the society was disbanded.
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Series Number
1
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1930-1952
Physical Description
2 files of Minute Books and papers
Scope and Content
Series consists of 2 files of minutes of meetings of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, and proxy votes from the 1952 meeting at which the society was disbanded.
Storage Range
1-45 - 1-46
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
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Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1930-1953
Scope and Content
Series consists of financial accounts, land assessment and tax notices and receipts.
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Series Number
2
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1930-1953
Physical Description
1 file of Account Journal 2 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of financial accounts, land assessment and tax notices and receipts.
Storage Range
1-47 - 1-49
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
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Administrative Records Series

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6715
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1938-1952
Scope and Content
Series consists of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society Declaration and Bylaws (1938), an insurance policy (1950) and reports to the Registrar of Companies (1948-1952).
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Series Number
3
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1938-1952
Physical Description
3 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society Declaration and Bylaws (1938), an insurance policy (1950) and reports to the Registrar of Companies (1948-1952).
Storage Range
1-50 - 1-51
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
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Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1952-1953
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Series Number
4
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1953
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Storage Range
1-52
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
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Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island)

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6945
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1968]-1992
Scope and Content
Series consists of material generated and collected by Douglas during her term on the Comox-Strathcona Regional Board. Douglas served as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973, and as Director from 1973 to 1978. During this time, island residents were actively involved in the formulation of Cortes' first Official Settlement Plan and Zoning By-law. Series includes reports, correspondence, notes, copies of studies, Regional District by-laws and drafts of by-laws, including the Official Settlement Plan. It also contains materials on community organizations generated after her term which she collected because of a continuing interest in local government and community planning, and because, as a former Director, she was often consulted on island issues.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1968]-1992
Physical Description
9 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of material generated and collected by Douglas during her term on the Comox-Strathcona Regional Board. Douglas served as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973, and as Director from 1973 to 1978. During this time, island residents were actively involved in the formulation of Cortes' first Official Settlement Plan and Zoning By-law. Series includes reports, correspondence, notes, copies of studies, Regional District by-laws and drafts of by-laws, including the Official Settlement Plan. It also contains materials on community organizations generated after her term which she collected because of a continuing interest in local government and community planning, and because, as a former Director, she was often consulted on island issues.
Storage Range
3-16 - 3-36
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1983-1982
Scope and Content
Series consists of materials related to the Cortes Island Official Community Plan. It includes a Settlement Plan review (1983/84); a Community Plan review, including an island questionnaire to determine residents views on development; and copies of by-laws.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
2
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983-1982
Physical Description
5 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of materials related to the Cortes Island Official Community Plan. It includes a Settlement Plan review (1983/84); a Community Plan review, including an island questionnaire to determine residents views on development; and copies of by-laws.
Storage Range
1-17 - 1-22
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions7131
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1990-1993
Scope and Content
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
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1990-1993
Physical Description
12 cm. of textual materials
Scope and Content
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
1-23 - 1-33
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1988-1993
Scope and Content
Series contains materials related to Nursall's work on the Forest Policies, Greater Campbell River Planning, and Executive and Personnel committees of the Regional Board. It includes minutes and agendas of meetings with associated background materials, and correspondence.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
4
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1988-1993
Physical Description
12 cm. of textual materials
Scope and Content
Series contains materials related to Nursall's work on the Forest Policies, Greater Campbell River Planning, and Executive and Personnel committees of the Regional Board. It includes minutes and agendas of meetings with associated background materials, and correspondence.
Storage Range
2-1 - 2-8
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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