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People in landscape: Cortes Island people (original at BC Archives, Item #AAAB2717)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Scope and Content
This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Orchard, Imbert
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.051
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Tape was found at the Cortes Island Recycling Center and donated to the museum by Gail Ringwood on Oct. 3, 2004. Original owner is unknown.
Scope and Content
This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Part Of
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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History of Cortes Bay (told by George Griffin to L. Shorter) and Steam Boating in the 1920s (told by Lorne Shorter)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[197-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.442
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[197-?]
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape
Audio Recordings
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Cortes recollections by Mrs. Piper

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[197-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.443
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[197-?]
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape
Audio Recordings
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Rose Manson McKay - the Nixon shooting; Twin Islands

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
textual records
Date Range
[197-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.449
Material Type
sound recording
textual records
Date Range
[197-?]
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape; notes
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
Audio Recordings
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Cortes Island Singing Society

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.458
Material Type
sound recording
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape
Audio Recordings
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Cortes Island Singing Society

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1977
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.459
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1977
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape
Audio Recordings
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Cortes Island Singing Society

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1979
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.460
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1979
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape
Audio Recordings
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Island Women's Club fonds

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
object
Accession Number
2009.001; 2018.001
Date Range
[ca 1920]-2000
Scope and Content
This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Island Women's Club
Fonds Number
2009.001
Accession Number
2009.001; 2018.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
object
Date Range
[ca 1920]-2000
Physical Description
.75 m of textual records
Extent
.75 meters
History / Biographical
The Island Women's Club was formed in 2000, when the members of the Cortes Island Women's Institute withdrew from the British Columbia Women's Institute in order to focus their efforts locally. It was the successor to previous women's service organizations on Cortes, local branches of the Women's Institute and the Anglican Church Women's Auxiliary. Activities included awarding bursaries to graduating high school students, contributing to school projects such as printing yearbooks, sponsoring sports teams and building playground equipment, supporting the community halls and organizing memorial teas on behalf of bereaved families. They disbanded in 2016.
Custodial History
After they disbanded, records of the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary passed into the hands of the Cortes Island Women's Institute and its successor, Island Women's Club, who donated them to CIMAS in 2009. The organizational records created by the Island Women's Club were donated to CIMAS in 2018.
Scope and Content
This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).
Storage Range
1-1 - 3-16
Name Access
Island Women's Club
Whaletown Women's Institute
Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001)
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Women's Institute skit - script and audio tape

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
sound recording
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
[ca. 1989]
Scope and Content
File consists of the script and an audio tape of a skit put on by the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
3
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
sound recording
Date Range
[ca. 1989]
Scope and Content
File consists of the script and an audio tape of a skit put on by the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
Storage Location
2-47
Storage Range
2-47
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Women's Institute skit, read by Lillian Nesling

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Accession Number
2009.001
Scope and Content
This is a recording of a skit to be performed by the Cortes Island Women's Institute, with all four parts read by Lillian Nesling. It is recorded over a music tape.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Nesling, Lillian
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
3
Item Number
2009.001.001
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
sound recording
Digitized Date
February 2017
Scope and Content
This is a recording of a skit to be performed by the Cortes Island Women's Institute, with all four parts read by Lillian Nesling. It is recorded over a music tape.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Audio Recordings
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