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"Gracious Living" by Peggy Pyner

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Part Of
Peggy Pyner fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.006
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
File contains a typed manuscript of a school play, "Gracious Living", a one act play in three scenes. Other information about Peggy Pyner, and photocopies of some of her columns, can be found in the CIMAS Informational Files.
Part Of
Peggy Pyner fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Pyner, Peggy
Fonds Number
2019.006
Accession Number
2019.006
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[196?]
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Marguerite (Peggy) Flora Pyner (1914-2009) grew up in a family of seven children on Valdes Island. In 1945, she and her husband Jim Pyner bought 62 hectares on Cortes Island (now Hollyhock Retreat Center) for $2,500, where they logged and farmed. Their children Nancy (Anderson) and Barb (Warman) were born in 1946 and 1949. She wrote a weekly column, "The Manson's Landing Mirror" for the Campbell River Courier.
Custodial History
There is no accession record for this file; it has been given an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number based on the date of processing.
Scope and Content
File contains a typed manuscript of a school play, "Gracious Living", a one act play in three scenes. Other information about Peggy Pyner, and photocopies of some of her columns, can be found in the CIMAS Informational Files.
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-8
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Part Of
Cortez Lodge fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.010
Date Range
[195?]
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook used as a guest book for Cortez Lodge. It has lists of names of guests with occupations, addresses and charges for room and board. Records are listed by day and month but there is no year date.
Part Of
Cortez Lodge fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2019.010
Accession Number
2019.010
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 notebook
History / Biographical
Michael Manson started a trading post at Manson's Spit in the 1880s. In 1910, the "Lodge" was built to house the Mike Manson family. Many people - students and loggers - flowed through the building. In 1921 Hazel Manson and her husband Henry Herrewig moved into the Lodge, later turning part of it into a small store. Mr. and Mrs. Jacks rented the Lodge in 1940 and constructed the front half of a new building which became the Manson's Landing store. The Lodge, store and property was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and their in-laws, Ev and Jack Summers. Many improvements were made including living quarters in the store, cabins for rent along the beach and a coffee shop where Mrs. Summers sold her famous pies. Jim Taylor owned the property in the 1960s and it was sold to the government after his death. In 1974 the government designated the 117 acres at Manson's Landing a provincial park. The store continued to operate until 1995, but the Lodge and other buildings were dismantled soon after.
Custodial History
There is no accession record; an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number based on the date of processing has been given.
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook used as a guest book for Cortez Lodge. It has lists of names of guests with occupations, addresses and charges for room and board. Records are listed by day and month but there is no year date.
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-13
Name Access
Cortez Lodge
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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