VHS contains interviews about Hollyhock, Bertha Jeffery's store, salal pickers, woodwork, artists/crafts, school principal, and Carl Triller, a project of students at the Cortes Island School.
Donated by Anna and Alois Stranan; tapes are from Anna's time as a teacher at the Cortes Island School.
Scope and Content
VHS contains interviews about Hollyhock, Bertha Jeffery's store, salal pickers, woodwork, artists/crafts, school principal, and Carl Triller, a project of students at the Cortes Island School.
Interview of Dennis Newsham and Ann Dewar by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Frances Guthrie was also present. Dennis and Ann talk about their memories of growing up in Whaletown.
Interview of Dennis Newsham and Ann Dewar by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Frances Guthrie was also present. Dennis and Ann talk about their memories of growing up in Whaletown.
Interview of Julia Rendall by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Julia talks about moving to Canada from England; her experiences in BC and on Cortes Island including her involvement with Cortes ambulance service and aquaculture.
Interview of Julia Rendall by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Julia talks about moving to Canada from England; her experiences in BC and on Cortes Island including her involvement with Cortes ambulance service and aquaculture.
Interview of Paul Kirmmse by Bernice McGowan, Jill Milton and Monika Hoffman. Paul talks about moving to Cortes in 1971; various experiences on the island; the formation of the Redlands land cooperative.
Interview of Paul Kirmmse by Bernice McGowan, Jill Milton and Monika Hoffman. Paul talks about moving to Cortes in 1971; various experiences on the island; the formation of the Redlands land cooperative.
Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).
Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).
