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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.011

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of Dolly (Jeffery) and Harold Hansen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include the Jeffery family history; how Harold came to Cortes; logging; picking salal; and raising eight foster children. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.024

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Fishing

Hunting

Transportation

Health care

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

1

Item Number

2022.004.003

Accession Number

2022.004

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2000

Physical Description

1 .mp3 file : 58 MB

1 .wav file : 625 MB

Custodial History

Recorded November 24, 2022

Scope and Content

Interview of Emilie Hansen by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Emilie talks about moving to Canada with her husband Gunnar; moving to Cortes in 1961; different properties they lived on; making a living on the island. (41 minutes)

Name Access

Hansen, Emilie

Hansen, Gunnar

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.020

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1997

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Custodial History

Donated by Anna and Alois Stranan; tapes are from Anna's time as a teacher at the Cortes Island School.

Scope and Content

VHS of "Liz and Hazel" (Liz Richardson and Hazel Hansen?), a project of students at the Cortes Island School.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

23

Date Range

1987-1991

Scope and Content

Poem entitled "Seal Boy" written by Mabel Christensen in WNE, 1987; Obituarty for Mabel C., 1991; info and pictures of Mabel and her scottish dolls, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

31

Date Range

1941-2012

Scope and Content

Logging Donkey Engineer Certificate addressed to Wilfred George M. Freeman, 1941; Union Steamships Limited order form, 1941 or 1951; photographs of Eva Freeman and Lotti McDevitt, undated. Memorial info for Wilfred Freeman, 2012

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

39

Date Range

1939-2012

Scope and Content

Info on Ken Hansen and the Squirrel Cove School, 1939-1979. Tax receipt for Harold Hansen and others, 1956. Scanned photograph from Lakeview Ranch summer camp, undated (pre-Linnaea). Clippings about Ken Hansen killing wolves, farming sheep, advocating for raw milk sales, and general info about Hansen family life on Cortes, including some from WNE, 1964-2008. Info on the Hansens in dialogue with the ministry and press about wolves on Cortes, 1970s. Info about memorials for Harold Hansen, 2003, Ken Hansen, 2004, and Dolly Hansen, 2012. Transcript of conversation with Dolly Hansen, Doreen (Huck) Thompson, Sue (Bone) Ellingsen, and Dianne (Theal) Hentschel, 2005. Info on Dolly Hansen and family, 2009. Info on Hazel Hansen. Keywords: Squirrel Cove School, Linnea Farm, wolves

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

3

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[195-?]

Scope and Content

Notes on Mabel Christensen

Storage Location

4-40

Storage Range

4-40

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0336

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1963

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Buster and Mabel Christiansen standing on the beach at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0337

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1963

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Buster and Mabel Christiansen rowing out to their sailboat.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0439

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of (L to R) Peggy Newsham, Eva Freeman and Eve Rickenbacker, dressed in pioneer dresses, at the Fiesta at Manson's Spit.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0440

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Peggy Newsham and Eva Freeman standing beside an enameled wood cook stove at the Fiesta at Manson's Spit.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0446

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ken Hansen with his horses at Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0449

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ken Hansen with his mare "Velvet"; a girl and a man mounted on the horse.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0538

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken at Smelt Bay on Cortes Island Day, of the old barn and Ken Hansen's horses.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0539

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken at Smelt Bay on Cortes Island Day, of Eva Freeman wearing a long pioneer dress, with her wood cook stove.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0560

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Eva Freeman and another George Griffin on the Whaletown wharf during the visit of the SS Beaver.

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.1044

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a family standing on the deck of their float. Captioned by Douglas: "This is a new float house still unfinished, but one window box is already in place and planted. Boxes for float house flowers are made before the first nail goes into a new house."

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.1115

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Jake Hansen standing beside the shingled side of a floathouse in Seymour Inlet. A neighboring float home can be seen in the background.

Subject Access

Logging

Columbia Coast Mission

Geographic Access

Seymour Inlet

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.1116

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a floathouse under construction, with piles of lumber on the float.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

Geographic Access

Seymour Inlet

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