Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0177

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the house and outbuildings at Channel Rock in the snow.

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.347

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[196-?]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2235

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 1

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

Geographic Access

Read Island

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0991

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of the dock and ramp, store and outbuildings at Surge Narrow.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0176

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the small outbuildings along the water's edge just beside the house at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0658

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w;16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hayes and a dog on the porch of their home in Blind Creek. Art and Mary Hayes' new house is in the background.

Geographic Access

Cortes Bay

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.004

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows (L to R) Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson and Judy Alderson looking at Olson's garden, which has garden beds edged by rocks.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2013.001

Accession Number

2013.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1940-1952

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm 3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm 1 file of textual records

History / Biographical

Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box

Storage Range

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box 1-18

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

2

File Number

20

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Scope and Content

Correspondence from Aaron and Doreen Olson, who lived on Gorge Harbour, just east of the government wharf. Aaron Olson had a machine shop.

Storage Location

2-40

Storage Range

2-40

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Olson, Doreen

Olson, Aaron

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Ellingsen, Elmer

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

3.5

File Number

72

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[193-]

Scope and Content

House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.

Storage Location

4-14

Storage Range

4-14

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0667

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

L to R: (ID), (ID), Art Hayes, Grandpa A. J. Hayes, Frank Hayes (grandson). See also #1999.001.665

Geographic Access

Cortes Bay

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.119

Accession Number

2014.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Custodial History

Photos came from Judy Gerwing, via Leila Campbell, in 2014.

Scope and Content

Photo by Doug Alderson

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0433

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1976

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house (ID)

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0434

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1976

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house, same as 1999.001.433, needs (ID)

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.119

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house, with a large foreshore in the front. (Possibly Hernando? check) (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures") (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.122

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1954]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house (check - Hernando?) (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.335

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970-80?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house on fire. (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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