Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

99

Accession Number

2017.003

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1999

Scope and Content

Written by Doreen Thompson.

Storage Location

6-7.2

Storage Range

6-7.2

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Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society

Fonds Number

2013.005

Series Number

7

File Number

3

Accession Number

2013.005

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1994-1996

Scope and Content

File contains financial statements and invoices.

Storage Location

1-28

Storage Range

1-28

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

33

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1979-1986

Scope and Content

File contains a history of the Aldrich family (written by Etta Byers, 1979; typed out by May Ellingsen, 1986).

Storage Location

5-33

Storage Range

5-33

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

1

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[197-?]

Scope and Content

Notes on Bernie Allen and family history of the Allen family, early settlers in the Whaletown area.

Storage Location

4-38

Storage Range

4-38

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Allen, Bernie

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

9

Scope and Content

Typed transcript by Doreen Thompson of Mary McMillen's handwritten letter mentioning Allen family and others, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.1

File Number

6

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[198-]-[199-]

Scope and Content

File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Bain family genealogy.

Storage Location

5-6

Storage Range

5-6

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

13

Date Range

2013

Scope and Content

Email exchange between Mike Manson and Lynne Jordan re: spelling of Beesley name/Beasley Road, 2013; photocopy of hand written notes on the Beasley Family, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

16

Date Range

1940s-2012

Scope and Content

Notes about Reverend Rollo Boas and Kathleen (Kay) Boas, undated (1940s?); scanned photographs: Boas family, 1946 and Squirrel Cove Church burning, 1948; excerpt from The Columbia is Coming mentioning rev Boas, 1982; Posts in WNE by Rollo Boas, 1990; CIMAS News Release "A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Missionary Ships," 2000; posts in Cortes Marketer about Kathleen Boas, 2006, 2007 (obituary); notes on Boas family by Lynne Jordan, 2012

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

27

Date Range

1868-2019

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

28

Date Range

2010

Scope and Content

Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

29

Date Range

2009-2011

Scope and Content

Newspaper clippings and articles re: Bute Inlet hydro project; Plutonic Power; run-of-river projects; Friends of Bute; Bute history; exhibition; But Inlet boat tour. Emails re: art; grants; curation of exhibit; critique of Rob Wood and CIMAS by Klahoose member Ken Hanuse; request for Open Meadows Project song performance by Klahoose member Brenda Hansen; display cabinets; exhibit fees. Review of exhibit by Marcel Creurer; project proposal sent to the Vancouver Foundation; handwritten notes by Lynne Jordan and Judy WIlliams; invoices; records of financial contributions; promotional material; photographs

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

19

Date Range

1863-2009

Scope and Content

Notes on Byers Logging, 1863-1935; facsimile of a letter written by Mike Manson to his brother John in 1923, typed up by Etta Byers in 1978; Read Island History: Byers Family, by Mrs. Etta Byers, nee McKay, 1975; clipping of coastal logging/family camps, Etta Byers, 1977; Etta Byers, interviewed by Marcia Wolter, April 20, 1993; clipping of Clarence and Etta Byers 60th wedding anniversary, 2008; clipping of Clarence Byers obituary, 2009; letter from Etta Byers regarding visit to the museum and her local history, undated. Blue folder labelled Etta Byers: Read Island History, 1975; Hand written notes from Etta Byers, undated; printed photograph of Mary Jane (chapman) Aldrich and Herbert Cyrus Aldrich

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

20

Date Range

1946-2016

Scope and Content

Midge Calwell talks about Von Donop Creek, as told to Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2001, with photographs scanned from the Von Donop album, 1946-1949; Emails with Bernice regarding Calwell family, 2016

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

21

Date Range

1917-2016

Scope and Content

Clippings with info on Cameron's parents, Marjorie and George Griffin, books, life, and passing, 1974-2016; June Cameron legacy cards, 2000; Emails with June Cameron about family history on Cortes and shellfish recipes 2007-2014; Artist pay statement for books, 2012; emails about June's passing, 2016; "The Scuttlebutt on Halibut" story by Rod Hayes, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

22

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1969-1972

Scope and Content

Lists of plants, garden plans and plant and seed order forms for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-22

Storage Range

4-22

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

23

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1960-1969

Scope and Content

Annotated seed and nursery catalogue pages, plant lists, completed order forms and invoices for the garden at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-23

Storage Range

4-23

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

59

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1980-1990]

Scope and Content

File contains May Ellingsen's notes and two photo-copied clippings on Charles Pickles, an artist and homesteader who lived on Cortes Island in 1916/1917.

Storage Location

5-59

Storage Range

5-59

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Doreen Thompson fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2006.001

Series Number

2

File Number

7

Accession Number

2006.001

Material Type

textual records

Custodial History

File contains Christiansen family information from Eleanor Milne and photocopied pages from the diary of Alice Robertson and Charlie Allen.

Storage Range

1-27

Name Access

Thompson, Doreen

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

9

File Number

11

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[198-]-[199-]

Scope and Content

File contains an index card for a shoe last of John Manson and miscellaneous notes about photographs.

Storage Location

7-59

Storage Range

7-59

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

12

File Number

3

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1963

Scope and Content

File contains a page from the Powell River News.

Storage Location

8-49

Storage Range

8-49

Subject Access

Ferries

Transportation

Water transport

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