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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of May Ellingsen as a young woman.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.025
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of May Ellingsen as a young woman.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Postal certificate for Harry Daniels

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
File contains a letter and a certificate acknowledging Harry Daniel's 35 years as Cortes Bay postmaster.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
30
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
File contains a letter and a certificate acknowledging Harry Daniel's 35 years as Cortes Bay postmaster.
Storage Location
5-30
Storage Range
5-30
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1940s]
Scope and Content
File contains a journal (written on lined paper) kept by May Ellingsen during the 1940s, written while she was living at Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1940s]
Scope and Content
File contains a journal (written on lined paper) kept by May Ellingsen during the 1940s, written while she was living at Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet.
Storage Location
4-26
Storage Range
4-26
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19??]
Scope and Content
File contains loose pages with water colours by May Ellingsen.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
17
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19??]
Scope and Content
File contains loose pages with water colours by May Ellingsen.
Storage Location
4-41
Storage Range
4-41
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook in which May Ellingsen kept a journal.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook in which May Ellingsen kept a journal.
Storage Location
4-27
Storage Range
4-27
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1935]
Scope and Content
Photograph of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Elmer is holding an accordion.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.022
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1935]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 5.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Elmer is holding an accordion.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2004.002, 2004.003
Date Range
[ca.1910-1990]
Scope and Content
This collection consists of ten photograph albums (binders) compiled and annotated by May Ellingsen. The albums contain both original and reproduced photographs of Cortes Island and nearby islands, including Twin Islands and Hernando Island. They are accompanied by captions and additional textual information such as pre-emption records, reminiscences and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, depicting homes and buildings, pioneer families, community activities, schools, wharves, boats, logging and marine activity. Fonds consists of two series: Series 1 (The May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Vol. 1-9, Accession 2004.003) and Series 2 (The Manson Family Album, Accession 2004.002).
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2004.002
Accession Number
2004.002, 2004.003
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
[ca.1910-1990]
Physical Description
Ten photograph albums (binders) containing 152 original photographs and 482 reproductions.
History / Biographical
May Ellingsen was born on March 13, 1914 to George and Robina Freeman. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Manson, was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, claiming a quarter section on Gunflint Lake in 1886. May spent her childhood on Hernando Island, where her family homesteaded and logged, and on Cortes Island, where she attended the log school at Manson's Landing. In 1936 May married Elmer Ellingsen. They spent the next ten years in the Loughborough Inlet/Phillips Arm area while Elmer worked for his father's logging operations. During those years their children, Shirley, Bruce and Andy, were born. In 1946 the family moved to Von Donop Creek, where Elmer was logging. In 1950 they moved their float house, built at the time of their marriage, to Manson's Landing Lagoon and two years later, to its present permanent location on Hague Lake. May and Elmer devoted much time and energy to building their community. Amongst her many community activities, May ran the library at Manson's Hall. She had a strong interest in local history, researching the history of land pre-emptions on the island, collecting and annotating photographs from pioneer families and recording interviews with old timers. She was a founder of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society; the archives reading room is named in her honor. Historical materials and artifacts gathered by May formed the kernel of the museum's collections and archives.
Custodial History
May Ellingsen created the albums in the 1980s, and kept adding to them throughout the 1990s. She kept them at the Manson's Landing library and then at the museum from 1999. She officially donated them to CIMAS in 2004.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of ten photograph albums (binders) compiled and annotated by May Ellingsen. The albums contain both original and reproduced photographs of Cortes Island and nearby islands, including Twin Islands and Hernando Island. They are accompanied by captions and additional textual information such as pre-emption records, reminiscences and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, depicting homes and buildings, pioneer families, community activities, schools, wharves, boats, logging and marine activity. Fonds consists of two series: Series 1 (The May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Vol. 1-9, Accession 2004.003) and Series 2 (The Manson Family Album, Accession 2004.002).
Storage Location
Photograph Box #3
Storage Range
Photograph Box #3
Name Access
Ellingsen, May
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Twin Islands
Cortes Island
Finding Aid
Item level finding aid for original photographs is available
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Journal of May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
File contains a journal written by May Ellingsen in a small red calendar.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
File contains a journal written by May Ellingsen in a small red calendar.
Storage Location
4-28
Storage Range
4-28
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Journals of May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[19??]
Scope and Content
File contains travel journals, and notes on a court case regarding an oyster lease.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[19??]
Scope and Content
File contains travel journals, and notes on a court case regarding an oyster lease.
Storage Location
4-33
Storage Range
4-33
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Correspondence - May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-2001
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence on personal and community matters.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
23
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-2001
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence on personal and community matters.
Storage Location
1-23
Storage Range
1-23
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Journal of May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1971
Scope and Content
File contains a journal kept by May Ellingsen, including memories of Hernando Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1971
Scope and Content
File contains a journal kept by May Ellingsen, including memories of Hernando Island.
Storage Location
4-29
Storage Range
4-29
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Journal of May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File contains a journal kept by May Ellingsen.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
6
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File contains a journal kept by May Ellingsen.
Storage Location
4-30
Storage Range
4-30
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Biography of May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a 3 page biography of May Ellingsen, probably written by Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole, with annotations. There is also a list of students with May in the one room Manson's Landing school, and of Cortes residents in the 1940s-1950s.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
42
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a 3 page biography of May Ellingsen, probably written by Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole, with annotations. There is also a list of students with May in the one room Manson's Landing school, and of Cortes residents in the 1940s-1950s.
Storage Location
5-42
Storage Range
5-42
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[19--]
Scope and Content
File contains hand-written recipes; also a letter to Eva Freeman.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[19--]
Scope and Content
File contains hand-written recipes; also a letter to Eva Freeman.
Storage Location
4-34
Storage Range
4-34
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CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.009
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 May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Martha Abelson and Jill Milton. Topics covered include Manson family history; May's reminiscences about her childhood on Cortes; schools.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Abelson,Martha
Milton, Jill
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.028
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2003
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Martha Abelson and Jill Milton. Topics covered include Manson family history; May's reminiscences about her childhood on Cortes; schools.
Audio Recordings
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Whaletown National Enquirer

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1994-2001
Scope and Content
Full issues of Whaletown National Enquirer, 1994-2001
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
61
Date Range
1994-2001
Scope and Content
Full issues of Whaletown National Enquirer, 1994-2001
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Correspondence - May and Elmer Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a mix of personal and business correspondence.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a mix of personal and business correspondence.
Storage Location
1-8
Storage Range
1-8
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May & Elmer Ellingsen in a rowboat

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1999
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.665
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1999
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 10 x 17.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Journal pages, May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
File contains pages from a journal kept by May Ellingsen on the backs of land title papers.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
4
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
File contains pages from a journal kept by May Ellingsen on the backs of land title papers.
Storage Location
4-31
Storage Range
4-31
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