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House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
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.
Part Of
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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"The Angel In The House"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
6
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Storage Range
2-50
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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"Small Gardens for Small Folks" booklet

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1912
Scope and Content
File contains a small booklet published by Burpee Seed Company.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1912
Scope and Content
File contains a small booklet published by Burpee Seed Company.
Storage Location
8-2
Storage Range
8-2
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Account book for Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
73
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Storage Location
4-15
Storage Range
4-15
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Correspondence re: Disney house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Storage Location
3-18
Storage Range
3-18
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Heritage Buildings
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Newsletters from the Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1982
Scope and Content
File contains newsletters from the Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1982
Scope and Content
File contains newsletters from the Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association.
Storage Location
7-20
Storage Range
7-20
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Correspondence from the Cortes Island Centennial Committee

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Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958-1959
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2001.001
Series Number
2
File Number
7
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958-1959
Storage Range
1-10
Name Access
Freeman, Wilfred
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Ephemera from Cortes Island cultural events

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[199-]
Scope and Content
File contains ephemera from island plays, concerts and art shows.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
43
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[199-]
Scope and Content
File contains ephemera from island plays, concerts and art shows.
Storage Location
8-43
Storage Range
8-43
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Programs from Cortes Island concerts and theatre productions

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1980-2000]
Scope and Content
File contains programs from a variety of Cortes Island performances, including a photocopy of a program for a 1916 Whaletown concert.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
29
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1980-2000]
Scope and Content
File contains programs from a variety of Cortes Island performances, including a photocopy of a program for a 1916 Whaletown concert.
Storage Location
8-29
Storage Range
8-29
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"The Little House on the Dyke Road" by Gordon Wagner

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
44
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Storage Location
5-31
Storage Range
5-31
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Laura and Trygve Ellingsen's house at Fairhaven Gardens

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 200-]
Scope and Content
One of three photographs taken during the Garden Tour, early 2000s.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.213
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 200-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Found in Information Files folder, Jan. 2021
Scope and Content
One of three photographs taken during the Garden Tour, early 2000s.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Images
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Hans Dolezol reading a book in the Round House

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Scope and Content
One of a series of 5 photographs taken by a couple from Germany who were visiting Hans Dolezol (also known as Hans Croker), who lived in the Round House on the property of Paula Snow (now 1474 Robertson Rd.) during the late 1970s until his death in 1982.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.266
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 18 x 12.5 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jill Milton, 2024.
Scope and Content
One of a series of 5 photographs taken by a couple from Germany who were visiting Hans Dolezol (also known as Hans Croker), who lived in the Round House on the property of Paula Snow (now 1474 Robertson Rd.) during the late 1970s until his death in 1982.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1993
Scope and Content
Series consists of a variety of material relating to Douglas's life at Channel Rock, her 135 acre waterfront homestead. Channel Rock was located on the outside of Gorge Harbour, directly across from Shark Spit on Marina Island. It had no road access and could be reached only by walking trail or boat. Douglas lived in a simple cabin overlooking the water with no electrical power, although she did have a telephone. Series includes the daily journal that her husband, Philip Major Douglas, kept during the year that he lived on Cortes prior to Douglas's arrival; household account statements from the early 1950s; lists and inventories of Douglas's library, photographs, research files and household items; a resumé of Douglas's long-time caretaker David Edwards; bills and receipts for household expenses; Christmas card and gift lists; records of egg, plant and vegetable sales; and garden records including plant lists, planting plans, annotated garden catalog pages and garden catalogs.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1993
Physical Description
26 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of a variety of material relating to Douglas's life at Channel Rock, her 135 acre waterfront homestead. Channel Rock was located on the outside of Gorge Harbour, directly across from Shark Spit on Marina Island. It had no road access and could be reached only by walking trail or boat. Douglas lived in a simple cabin overlooking the water with no electrical power, although she did have a telephone. Series includes the daily journal that her husband, Philip Major Douglas, kept during the year that he lived on Cortes prior to Douglas's arrival; household account statements from the early 1950s; lists and inventories of Douglas's library, photographs, research files and household items; a resumé of Douglas's long-time caretaker David Edwards; bills and receipts for household expenses; Christmas card and gift lists; records of egg, plant and vegetable sales; and garden records including plant lists, planting plans, annotated garden catalog pages and garden catalogs.
Storage Range
4-1 - 4-37
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1979]
Scope and Content
Handwritten notes by Douglas and correspondence to Douglas about Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
21
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1979]
Scope and Content
Handwritten notes by Douglas and correspondence to Douglas about Channel Rock
Storage Location
5-8
Storage Range
5-8
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Channel Rock
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Camp cook in the cook house, Quatam logging camp

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2021.006
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Part of a series of photographs taken by Don Maclean at a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC. The camp was likely one of the stops on his patrol for the Columbia Coast Mission.
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Maclean, Don
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.045
Accession Number
2021.006
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph slide: col. ; 2.75 x 2.75 cm
Custodial History
Slides were taken by Don Maclean and donated by Janice Kerr Maclean, Sept. 9, 2021.
Scope and Content
Part of a series of photographs taken by Don Maclean at a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC. The camp was likely one of the stops on his patrol for the Columbia Coast Mission.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Maclean, Don
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Quatam River
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Table with food in the cook house, Quatam logging camp

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2021.006
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Part of a series of photographs taken by Don Maclean at a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC. The camp was likely one of the stops on his patrol for the Columbia Coast Mission.
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Maclean, Don
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.047
Accession Number
2021.006
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph slide: col. ; 2.75 x 2.75 cm
Custodial History
Slides were taken by Don Maclean and donated by Janice Kerr Maclean, Sept. 9, 2021.
Scope and Content
Part of a series of photographs taken by Don Maclean at a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC. The camp was likely one of the stops on his patrol for the Columbia Coast Mission.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Kerr, Janice Maclean
Maclean, Don
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Quatam River
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Eva Freeman's house, Dewdrop Inn, on Freeman Rd.

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2017.007
Date Range
[ca. 1970s-1980s]
Scope and Content
This photo and #2019.003.248 were glued to a greeting card.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.249
Accession Number
2017.007
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1970s-1980s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney, 2017.
Scope and Content
This photo and #2019.003.248 were glued to a greeting card.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Accounts receivable ledger and a small events calendar (1987)

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1987-1992
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
2
File Number
26
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-1992
Storage Range
1-39
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Channel Rock inventories

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1991]
Scope and Content
Handwritten inventory of the library at Channel Rock, lists of photographs and research folders done by Gillian Milton
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1991]
Scope and Content
Handwritten inventory of the library at Channel Rock, lists of photographs and research folders done by Gillian Milton
Storage Location
4-11
Storage Range
4-11
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society housing questionnaire

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
2001
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
34
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
6-14
Storage Range
6-14
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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