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"5 year diary", containing entries for 1972-1974

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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2010.001
Date Range
1972-1974
Scope and Content
File contains one cream coloured diary, 4 x 4.5 x 1 inches in size, with entries for three years, 1972-1974. The address "Squirrel Cove" is crossed out, replaced by "Bliss Landing, Lund". During these years, Layton moved away from Von Donop. The cover has broken away from the spine, and the hasp is missing.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
9
Accession Number
2010.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1972-1974
Physical Description
1 diary, 9 x 12 x 2.5 cm
Scope and Content
File contains one cream coloured diary, 4 x 4.5 x 1 inches in size, with entries for three years, 1972-1974. The address "Squirrel Cove" is crossed out, replaced by "Bliss Landing, Lund". During these years, Layton moved away from Von Donop. The cover has broken away from the spine, and the hasp is missing.
Name Access
Layton, James
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
Von Donop Inlet
Powell River
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Application to the Local Initiatives Program for a grant for a Cortes heritage project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10043
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-1977
Scope and Content
File contains an application for funding for a Cortes Island heritage project.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
9
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-1977
Scope and Content
File contains an application for funding for a Cortes Island heritage project.
Storage Location
7-50
Storage Range
7-50
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Baby Magnonie, 6 months old, Union Bay BC

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[191-?]
Scope and Content
"Robina (Manson) Freeman's picture of baby Magnonie (Magnone?) (6 months old) of Union Bay, Vancouver Island. (Mother a girlhood friend when the Mike Manson family lived there.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.643
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w; 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
"Robina (Manson) Freeman's picture of baby Magnonie (Magnone?) (6 months old) of Union Bay, Vancouver Island. (Mother a girlhood friend when the Mike Manson family lived there.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Back side of the cabin at Channel Rock, showing the gravel paths, flower beds and freshly-painted yellow door

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2198
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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BC Indian Language Project and How to Write the Comox Language

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1971
Scope and Content
File contains two publications: "BC Indian Language Project" (60 pages, 1964) and "How to Write the Comox Language" 911 pages, 1971).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
78
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1971
Scope and Content
File contains two publications: "BC Indian Language Project" (60 pages, 1964) and "How to Write the Comox Language" 911 pages, 1971).
Storage Location
5-78
Storage Range
5-78
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"Billie - 'Burnside' - Aug 6

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of William (Billie) Huck kneeling on the grass at Burnside. Whaletown lagoon can be seen through the trees in the background.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.233
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of William (Billie) Huck kneeling on the grass at Burnside. Whaletown lagoon can be seen through the trees in the background.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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Booklet of Cortes Island maps showing house numbers

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
2001
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
1-40
Storage Range
1-40
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Campbell River Museum photograph project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions9993
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on a project, sponsored by the Campbell River Museum, to find and preserve old photographs of the area. It also contains correspondence from Sue Hetherington on island settlement history.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
9
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on a project, sponsored by the Campbell River Museum, to find and preserve old photographs of the area. It also contains correspondence from Sue Hetherington on island settlement history.
Storage Location
7-52
Storage Range
7-52
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Corner of the living room at Channel Rock, showing bookshelves and the barrel heater

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions11117
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2052
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Corner of the living room at Channel Rock, showing the bookshelves and the oil heater

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions11674
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2609
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Correspondence re B.C. Indian Language Project

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with May Ellingsen and the Sliammon council, and a dictionary of the Chinook language.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
77
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with May Ellingsen and the Sliammon council, and a dictionary of the Chinook language.
Storage Location
5-77
Storage Range
5-77
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"Cortes Cinema Presents: OAP Christmas Party, Dec. 1990 - The Show"

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13991
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
multiple media
Accession Number
2019.013
Date Range
1990
Scope and Content
A VHS tape of an Old Age Pensioner's Christmas party filmed by George Sirk and donated to the OAP.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sirk, George
Series Number
3
Item Number
2019.013.007
Accession Number
2019.013
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
1990
Physical Description
1 VHS tape
Scope and Content
A VHS tape of an Old Age Pensioner's Christmas party filmed by George Sirk and donated to the OAP.
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Family Trees Project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15185
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2022
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members. Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns. We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2022
Custodial History
Family trees were researched by Bernice McGowan (1387 Bodington Rd, Whaletown, BC) in 2022. The Manson family tree was provided to CIMAS by Greg Johnson (2837 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 1X2; phone # 604 897 5925) in 2022.
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members. Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns. We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Island - showing places of interest to our visitors by George Griffin, hand drawn map.

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions7349
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
9
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Storage Location
3-42
Storage Range
3-42
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Cortes Island Women's Institutes history project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12954
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Storage Location
2-46
Storage Range
2-46
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Cortes Island zoning map, including rezoning requests and four partial maps of Cortes Island showing specific subdivision proposals

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1974
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
9
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1974
Storage Location
3-46
Storage Range
3-46
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Cortes Local Advisory Committee binder: Section 5

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains agendas, minutes and notes re foreshore lease policies, and an invitation to an opening of Klahoose social housing units.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
11
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains agendas, minutes and notes re foreshore lease policies, and an invitation to an opening of Klahoose social housing units.
Storage Range
4-1
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Cortes Local Advisory Committee binder: Section 5

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1996-1997
Scope and Content
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
12
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996-1997
Scope and Content
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Storage Range
4-2
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Cortes Local Advisory Committee binder: Section 5 (LAC/Klahoose Table)

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1996-1997
Scope and Content
File contains minutes, agendas and other material relating to meetings of the Klahoose Table, attended by members of CILAC, Klahoose First Nations and government negotiators. It includes material relating to a proposed park at Carrington Bay.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
10
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996-1997
Scope and Content
File contains minutes, agendas and other material relating to meetings of the Klahoose Table, attended by members of CILAC, Klahoose First Nations and government negotiators. It includes material relating to a proposed park at Carrington Bay.
Storage Range
3-44
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Accession Number
2014.001
Date Range
1997-2008
Scope and Content
Series consists of theatre ephemera and short story collections created by Linnaea School.
Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Linnaea School
Fonds Number
2014.001
Series Number
2
Accession Number
2014.001
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1997-2008
Scope and Content
Series consists of theatre ephemera and short story collections created by Linnaea School.
Storage Range
1-20 to 1-22
Name Access
Linnaea School
Subject Access
Education
Schools
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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