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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Physical Description
3 meters of textual records 726 photographs 21 audio cassette tapes
Extent
252 cm
History / Biographical
Elmer Ellingsen (1913-2002) was born in North Vancouver to Sigurd and Gladys Ellingsen. After graduating from high school, he took a short course in business at Sprott Shaw College. In the early 1930s Elmer worked in logging and became a strong supporter of the trade union movement. He also had classical piano training in school, later turning to popular music; he played for many dances and parties until well into his eighties. May Ellingsen (1914-2012) was born in Vancouver to George and Robina Freeman. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Manson, was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, in 1886. May grew up on Cortes and Hernando Islands until grade six, then moved to Vancouver with her family to finish her schooling. May and Elmer met on Cortes in 1935 and were married on August 1, 1936. They built a float house and spent the next ten years in the Loughborough Inlet/Phillips Arm area where Elmer worked in his father's logging operations. While there, their children Shirley (1939), Bruce (1940) and Andy (1941) were born. In 1946 they moved to Von Donop Creek, where Elmer formed a logging partnership with Mike Herrewig and Scotty McKenzie. In 1950, he formed a new partnership with Erne Anderson for logging in the Whaletown area, and moved the floathouse to Manson's Landing lagoon. Two years later their floathouse was moved to its present location on Hague Lake. After travelling from home to various logging operations, Elmer retired from logging. He bought a D8 Caterpillar tractor, backhoe and gravel truck and worked for the next forty years excavating, delivering gravel and moving things. He often worked with BC Hydro and BC Tel on pole installation, repair and maintenance. Both Elmer and May were very active in community life. They sponsored weekly movie nights through the 1950s and square dancing in the sixties. May's many involvements included the Ladies' Guild, Women's Institute, Ratepayers Association, Post Office, Vancouver Regional Library development and Cortes Island Days. Elmer was a leading promoter of bringing ferry and hydro service to the island; he helped renovate Manson's Hall in the late 1970s, lobbied for road paving and helped initiate the Cortes Island Firefighters Assoc. in the 1980s. Both were founding members of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society.
Custodial History
Records were collected from the home of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Andy and Susan Ellingsen and by Bruce Ellingsen and donated to CIMAS. There are eight accessions in this fonds: 2007.001, 2007.002, 2007.003, 2007.005, 2008.002 and 2010.001, 2018.002 and 2019.002.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Storage Range
1-1 - 1-8
Name Access
Ellingsen, Elmer
Ellingsen, May
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Women's Institute
Water transport
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Hernando Island
Related Material
May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection (2004.002)
Arrangement
Original order unknown; archivist has arranged records.
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Group of women inside the Manson's store

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women gathered in a room at the Manson's store. Back, L to R: (ID), Lottie McDevitt, Doreen Reedel, Nellie Jeffery, Jean McKenzie, (ID) Middle: Mrs. Lowes, Ev Summers, Meg Shaw, Olga Hynek, Lillian Parry, Mary Martineau, (ID), Eva Freeman, (ID), (ID), Mrs. Jeffery Front: May Ellingsen, Doris Hawkins, (ID), Peggy Pyner, (ID), Dolly Hansen
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.016
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 5.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women gathered in a room at the Manson's store. Back, L to R: (ID), Lottie McDevitt, Doreen Reedel, Nellie Jeffery, Jean McKenzie, (ID) Middle: Mrs. Lowes, Ev Summers, Meg Shaw, Olga Hynek, Lillian Parry, Mary Martineau, (ID), Eva Freeman, (ID), (ID), Mrs. Jeffery Front: May Ellingsen, Doris Hawkins, (ID), Peggy Pyner, (ID), Dolly Hansen
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women, three of them holding infants. (Needs ID)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 11.5 x 8
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women, three of them holding infants. (Needs ID)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Women sitting in a car (2 duplicate prints)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of five women sitting in a 1920s car; the top is down. (From an envelope labelled "Duncan family, Courtenay")
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.046
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 6 x 8.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of five women sitting in a 1920s car; the top is down. (From an envelope labelled "Duncan family, Courtenay")
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Mabel Hawkins and her mother, Sabina Hawkins

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1909
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mabel Hawkins, holding a kitten, and her mother Sabina, the first wife of Frederick Hawkins. The top of the photo has been cut off.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.057
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1909
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 7.5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mabel Hawkins, holding a kitten, and her mother Sabina, the first wife of Frederick Hawkins. The top of the photo has been cut off.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Mrs. Charles Pickles (Emmeline) and her children at Smelt Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of Emmeline Pickles and her children at Smelt Bay, with the O'Donnell's boat house in the background. (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.083
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 10.5 x 6
Scope and Content
Photograph of Emmeline Pickles and her children at Smelt Bay, with the O'Donnell's boat house in the background. (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Vancouver Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, seated in a car, on a visit to Vancouver Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.109
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour: 8 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, seated in a car, on a visit to Vancouver Island.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Two women seated in front of a building

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women seated in front of a shake building. (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.125
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 14 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women seated in front of a shake building. (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Mrs. Charles Allen and family on the porch of her home in Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.136
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Three women in the forest

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women in a forest.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.147
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women in a forest.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Two women and a boy in front of a house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women and a boy in front of a house.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.148
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 11.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women and a boy in front of a house.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Two women in bathing costumes.

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women in bathing costumes.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.169
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women in bathing costumes.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Three women - "To Willie from Rose"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women, inscribed "To Willie from Rose." Photograph has been cut.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.175
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6 cm; cut
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women, inscribed "To Willie from Rose." Photograph has been cut.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum (1)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.192
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum (2)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum (2)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.193
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum (2)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum (3)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.194
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rose McKay and another woman, receiving flowers at the Campbell River Museum.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Eve Rickenbacker beside a photograph of her father Henry Hague

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1990s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eve Rickenbacker standing beside a photograph of her father Henry Hague, in the Pioneer Room at Manson's Landing Community Hall.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.213
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1990s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eve Rickenbacker standing beside a photograph of her father Henry Hague, in the Pioneer Room at Manson's Landing Community Hall.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Women's Institute meeting at the home of Rose Tiber at Tiber Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1938]
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Manson's Landing Women's Institute outside the home of Rose Tiber in Tiber Bay. Jack ??, who provided transportation, is also in the photo. L to R: Eva Freeman, Mary Jeffery, Isla (Cowan) Forrest, Flo McKay, Anna Middleton, Mary Cowan L to R kneeling: Betty Jeffery holding Joan Jeffery (daughter of Nellie Jeffery), Julia Smith, Rose Tiber
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.235
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1938]
Physical Description
1 photograph print and 1 negative: b&w; 12 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Manson's Landing Women's Institute outside the home of Rose Tiber in Tiber Bay. Jack ??, who provided transportation, is also in the photo. L to R: Eva Freeman, Mary Jeffery, Isla (Cowan) Forrest, Flo McKay, Anna Middleton, Mary Cowan L to R kneeling: Betty Jeffery holding Joan Jeffery (daughter of Nellie Jeffery), Julia Smith, Rose Tiber
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women. Photos 286, 287, 288, 289 and 290 have the same backgrounds and people.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.270
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women. Photos 286, 287, 288, 289 and 290 have the same backgrounds and people.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Two women and a man (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women and a man. Photos 286, 287, 288, 289 and 290 have the same backgrounds and people.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.271
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women and a man. Photos 286, 287, 288, 289 and 290 have the same backgrounds and people.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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