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Homesteading on Cortes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
47
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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William Murray Douglas ephemera

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, clippings and a map from a trip to California taken by Douglas's father
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, clippings and a map from a trip to California taken by Douglas's father
Storage Location
6-13
Storage Range
6-13
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence re provincial tax assessment for Cortes properties

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
File consists of a letter to Alice Collinge from the Provincial Assessor re valuation of properties for the four school districts on Cortex (sic) Island.
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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
File consists of a letter to Alice Collinge from the Provincial Assessor re valuation of properties for the four school districts on Cortex (sic) Island.
Storage Range
1-3
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence re election and a printed Voter's List for the Whaletown Polling Division, 1924

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1924
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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1924
Storage Range
1-7
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Pages from The Sunday Province newspaper

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Receipts; lists

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1936
Scope and Content
File consists of receipts; it includes a list of children to be given gifts at the annual Christmas party sponsered by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
2
File Number
8
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936
Scope and Content
File consists of receipts; it includes a list of children to be given gifts at the annual Christmas party sponsered by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Storage Location
1-9
Storage Range
1-9
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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MacFarlane's seed catalog and May Ellingsen's list of seeds to be ordered

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1945
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1945
Storage Location
4-36
Storage Range
4-36
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Journal of Philip Major Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
Handwritten daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from May of 1948 when he first moved to Channel Rock to the end of 1948. The journal was written to be sent to Gilean Douglas, who had not yet moved to Cortes, and contains many details of daily life on the island.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
Handwritten daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from May of 1948 when he first moved to Channel Rock to the end of 1948. The journal was written to be sent to Gilean Douglas, who had not yet moved to Cortes, and contains many details of daily life on the island.
Storage Location
4-2
Storage Range
4-2
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Journal of Philip Major Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from January 1949 to May 1949, when Gilean Douglas moved to Channel Rock
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from January 1949 to May 1949, when Gilean Douglas moved to Channel Rock
Storage Location
4-3
Storage Range
4-3
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Douglas, Philip Major
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Cortes Island Clinic Society

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Cortes Island Clinic Society constitution and meeting report about the Whaletown clinic
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
6
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Cortes Island Clinic Society constitution and meeting report about the Whaletown clinic
Storage Location
3-51
Storage Range
3-51
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church
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Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association annual report check

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
File contains a fading mimeograph of the annual report of the Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
19
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
File contains a fading mimeograph of the annual report of the Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association.
Storage Location
7-19
Storage Range
7-19
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Correspondence from Harold Cox

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
Storage Location
2-32
Storage Range
2-32
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Program for May 22 celebration on Cortes Island

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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958
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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2001.001
Series Number
2
File Number
3
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Storage Range
1-6
Name Access
Freeman, Wilfred
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List of B.C. Centennial Committee directors

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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958
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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2001.001
Series Number
2
File Number
8
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Storage Range
1-11
Name Access
Freeman, Wilfred
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"From Wilderness to Wonderland" pageant script

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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Script of a pageant of B.C. history prepared by the provincial Centennial Committee
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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2001.001
Series Number
2
File Number
9
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Script of a pageant of B.C. history prepared by the provincial Centennial Committee
Storage Range
1-12
Name Access
Freeman, Wilfred
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Photographic essay from the North Island News, July 26, 1960 about the celebration for the opening of the Gorge Road connecting Whaletown and Manson's Landing

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-28
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton, a Vancouver city archivist
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton, a Vancouver city archivist
Storage Location
2-37
Storage Range
2-37
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Air transport to Cortes Island

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
6
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Storage Location
2-26
Storage Range
2-26
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Cortes Island - showing places of interest to our visitors by George Griffin, hand drawn map.

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
9
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Storage Location
3-42
Storage Range
3-42
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Clipping - about Powell River ferry promotion; many photographs of Cortes residents

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
Storage Location
8-49
Storage Range
8-49
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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