Part Of

CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.009

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1990

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.010

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.011

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

??

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

41

Date Range

late 1800s-2018

Scope and Content

Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States (containing the Seal Boy Story), Sinclair Thomas Duncan, 1911. Clippings with info on Hank's Beach management plan, park dedication, beach and trail access, 2009-2013. Notice of Public Open House re: Hank's Beach Management Plan. Emails with info on Hank's Beach history and park designation celebration, historical info dating back to late 1800s, 2011. Info on Brigitte's Beach (located within Hank's Beach SRD Park), Cortes Island Information Booklet, 2013. Typed info on park: "The Real Story of Hank's Beach," 2018. Park guide pamphlets. Additional keywords: Henry Herrewig; Loon Ranch; Brigitte and Hannes Grosse; Volker Steigemann

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

65

Date Range

1907-2019

Scope and Content

Letter to Peggy Newsham from Kent County Council, 1974, and info from person who donated letter, 2000. Photographs, 1987-1993. Clippings from WNE, 1991, 1999. Notes from Peggy Newsham tape, 1992. Package from Peggy Newsham's memorial and personal writing from friends and family, 1999-2000. Info and photographs from memorial dedication ceremony at CIMAS, 1999-2000. Blog post by Beth Boyce of the CR Museum featuring P. Newsham, 2019. Typed up Peggy-isms, undated. Info from 1907-2019

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.019

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 Peggy Newsham by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Peggy came to Vancouver and then Cortes Island; what the island was like when she arrived; island events and people. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Gzowski, Peter

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.031

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[198?]

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording consists of a CBC radio interview of Peggy Newsham about her salt and pepper shaker collection, by Peter Gzowski for "Morningside". It was recorded from the radio broadcast on a cassette tape previously used for Christmas music.

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

1

Item Number

2022.004.005

Accession Number

2022.004

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2023

Physical Description

1 .mp3 file : 74.4 MB

1 .wav file : 1.20 GB

Custodial History

Recorded Oct 25, 2023

Scope and Content

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.

Name Access

Dewar, Ann

Newsham, Dennis

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0325

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1963]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of trees along the water line at one of the bays on the Channel Rock property.

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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

1999.001.0439

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

1999.001.0450

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 the beach at Smelt Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0541

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 Peggy Newsham and a table of odds and ends. (ID)

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0565

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Peggy Norris, neighbour and friend of Gilean Douglas, carrying a box on her shoulder.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0680

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s-1960s?]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of a rocky beach at Mittlenatch Island, with islands in the distancce.

Geographic Access

Mittlenatch Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0683

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Nagle, standing on the beach at Cortes Bay.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0709

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards splitting cedar shakes on the beach.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0740

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of people on the beach, probably near Gundry's cabin at Plunger Pass. (see #1999.001.739)

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0757

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Peggy and Stan Anderson (front) on their wedding day; Jim and Mary Munro behind them.

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