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Dorothy Beesley and mother Anna Beesley

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1917
Scope and Content
Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.685
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1917
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Report on the Whaletown Church Hall by Canon Alan Greene

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Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919
Scope and Content
File contains a report on the Whaletown Church Hall, including its history and terms of use, Greene's hand-written copy of the motion to construct a church hall, and a cover sheet from the Land Registry Office indicating the transfer of title from Alice Robertson to the Columbia Coast Mission (although the Certificate of Title itself is missing).
Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.008
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919
Scope and Content
File contains a report on the Whaletown Church Hall, including its history and terms of use, Greene's hand-written copy of the motion to construct a church hall, and a cover sheet from the Land Registry Office indicating the transfer of title from Alice Robertson to the Columbia Coast Mission (although the Certificate of Title itself is missing).
Storage Range
1-57
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Billie Huck and Lorna Borden

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1920
Scope and Content
Photograph of two children on a donkey. In the background a vegetable garden, picket fence and buildings at Braeside can be seen. (See also #2001.001.161, #2001.001.173 & #2001.001.174. Identifications by Doreen Thompson.)
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.175
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1920
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two children on a donkey. In the background a vegetable garden, picket fence and buildings at Braeside can be seen. (See also #2001.001.161, #2001.001.173 & #2001.001.174. Identifications by Doreen Thompson.)
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Dorothy Beesley and husband Bernard K. St. Dennis

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1920
Scope and Content
Inscribed "To Miss Rose Manson, not to be stolen". Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.683
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1920
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Inscribed "To Miss Rose Manson, not to be stolen". Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"M. Copland, V. Stoney, M. Cunliffe, J. Allen, Whaletown wharf.

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.324
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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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.
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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Aftermath of steam donkey explosion on Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.697
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and property tax notices from Delia, Ab.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and property tax notices from Delia, Ab.
Storage Range
1-4
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Personal correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Scope and Content
File consists of letters to Whiting from his niece Lula Planitz with two photographs.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
6
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Scope and Content
File consists of letters to Whiting from his niece Lula Planitz with two photographs.
Storage Range
1-6
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
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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Correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and property tax notices.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and property tax notices.
Storage Range
1-8
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
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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Correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and bills of lading. It includes a letter re a title search of his Cortes property and a mention of correspondence problems because of the sinking of a mail boat.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and bills of lading. It includes a letter re a title search of his Cortes property and a mention of correspondence problems because of the sinking of a mail boat.
Storage Range
1-9
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Jim Palmer, less than 1 year old, propped on a chair in front of a building on the Gibson homestead in Squirrel Cove

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Part Of
Donald Palmer fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.002
Date Range
1927
Part Of
Donald Palmer fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Palmer, Donald
Fonds Number
2020.002
Item Number
2020.002.001
Accession Number
2020.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1927
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 6 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Name Access
Palmer, Donald
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
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Correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1927
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, bills of lading and property tax notices for Alberta property.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1927
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, bills of lading and property tax notices for Alberta property.
Storage Range
1-10
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence of Muriel Whiting, incoming and outgoing

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1927
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re settling the estate of William Whiting, and letters of condolence.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1927
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re settling the estate of William Whiting, and letters of condolence.
Storage Range
1-12
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
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
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Correspondence of Muriel Whiting - incoming and outgoing

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1928
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence on local matters, personal matters, and regarding William Whiting's Alberta property and settling the estate after his death. It includes a letter advising Muriel Whiting she must use her legal name Muriel Alice Horner in all legal matters.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1928
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence on local matters, personal matters, and regarding William Whiting's Alberta property and settling the estate after his death. It includes a letter advising Muriel Whiting she must use her legal name Muriel Alice Horner in all legal matters.
Storage Range
1-13
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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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
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Correspondence to Muriel Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1929
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1929
Storage Range
1-14
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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