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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1893-present
Scope and Content
Historical info from emails, notes, letters, articles, clippings, photographs, etc, on post offices, "postmasters" and "postmisstresses" servicing Cortes Island from 1893 to the present day.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
104
Date Range
1893-present
Scope and Content
Historical info from emails, notes, letters, articles, clippings, photographs, etc, on post offices, "postmasters" and "postmisstresses" servicing Cortes Island from 1893 to the present day.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Historic trading posts and territories of the governor & company of adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15211
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[1950 orig; reproduction 19??]
Scope and Content
A black and white reproduction of part of a full-colour pictorial map published by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Dinickel, Eric
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
13
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[1950 orig; reproduction 19??]
Physical Description
1 map : 13.5 x 17.75 inches
Scope and Content
A black and white reproduction of part of a full-colour pictorial map published by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Fence beside the garden of the Whaletown Trading Post

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Photograph of the fence and garden at the Whaletown Trading Post. There is writing on the back.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0234
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the fence and garden at the Whaletown Trading Post. There is writing on the back.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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The Whaletown post office in its original location

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0728
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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Petrie's Trading Post in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0830
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
National Film Board
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; ??oversize
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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Corner posts and beams of a long house in a coastal First Nations village

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the frame of a longhouse, with the supporting posts and round beams. Boards are lying on the ground beside it.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0971
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the frame of a longhouse, with the supporting posts and round beams. Boards are lying on the ground beside it.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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The Whaletown Trading Post in the snow, with a car on the ramp

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14602
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1162
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w, 14 x 9 cm
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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The Whaletown Trading Post in the snow; two men walking up the ramp

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1163
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w, 9 x 14 cm
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Frosty atop a fence post

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions11238
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2173
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Two cute kittens on a fence post in the garden at Channel Rock

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions11320
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2255
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1993
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence generated during Douglas's residence on Cortes (1949-1993) and covering subjects of primarily local interest. Before the advent of telephone service in 1968, island residents communicated extensively through the Post Office, and much of this correspondence consists of notes and letters from Douglas's neighbours. Subjects covered include daily life, community activities, B.C. and Cortes Island history and Douglas's health concerns.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1993
Physical Description
25 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence generated during Douglas's residence on Cortes (1949-1993) and covering subjects of primarily local interest. Before the advent of telephone service in 1968, island residents communicated extensively through the Post Office, and much of this correspondence consists of notes and letters from Douglas's neighbours. Subjects covered include daily life, community activities, B.C. and Cortes Island history and Douglas's health concerns.
Storage Range
2-20 - 3-10
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Arrangement
Correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent, in the case of major correspondents; otherwise, chronologically.
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Correspondence - incoming

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6782
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1959
Scope and Content
Incoming correspondence
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1959
Scope and Content
Incoming correspondence
Storage Location
2-20
Storage Range
2-20
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence - incoming

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6791
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1990-1993]
Scope and Content
Incoming correspondence
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1990-1993]
Scope and Content
Incoming correspondence
Storage Location
2-29
Storage Range
2-29
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence - outgoing

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6792
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1991
Scope and Content
Outgoing correspondence
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1991
Scope and Content
Outgoing correspondence
Storage Location
2-30
Storage Range
2-30
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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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)
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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Correspondence from Alan Greene

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Greene, Alan
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
Storage Location
2-33
Storage Range
2-33
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Greene, Alan
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson, who lived in Coulter Bay (Whaletown) during the 1950s.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson, who lived in Coulter Bay (Whaletown) during the 1950s.
Storage Location
2-34
Storage Range
2-34
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1956-1964
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1956-1964
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Storage Location
2-35
Storage Range
2-35
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1965-1970
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Gregson, Joe
Date Range
1965-1970
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Storage Location
2-36
Storage Range
2-36
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Gregson, Joe
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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
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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