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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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"Chinese cook on the "Columbia" years ago"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1910-1930s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Chinese man in a chef's jacket standing on the deck of the "Columbia".
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0928
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1910-1930s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 10.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Chinese man in a chef's jacket standing on the deck of the "Columbia".
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a volume 3.5 x 5.5 x .75 inches in size, titled "Webster's Foresters Diary and Pocketbook" and published by the Timber Trades Journal, London, England. The first 106 pages contain advertising and information relating to forestry in Great Britain. The remainder of the book is a diary with space for two entries per page, where Layton has recorded brief descriptions of the weather and his daily activities.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Physical Description
1 diary, 8.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a volume 3.5 x 5.5 x .75 inches in size, titled "Webster's Foresters Diary and Pocketbook" and published by the Timber Trades Journal, London, England. The first 106 pages contain advertising and information relating to forestry in Great Britain. The remainder of the book is a diary with space for two entries per page, where Layton has recorded brief descriptions of the weather and his daily activities.
Name Access
Layton, James
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File consists of a small volume with brown vinyl covers, 3 x 5.5 x .5 inches in size, for the year 1959. It is titled "Collins Electrical Engineers Diary", published by Collins in London, England. The first 160 pages contains a variety of technical information and tables. The remainder of the book is a diary, seven day view for each two pages, where Layton has recorded brief descriptions of the weather and his daily activities.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 diary, 8 x 14 x 1.5 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a small volume with brown vinyl covers, 3 x 5.5 x .5 inches in size, for the year 1959. It is titled "Collins Electrical Engineers Diary", published by Collins in London, England. The first 160 pages contains a variety of technical information and tables. The remainder of the book is a diary, seven day view for each two pages, where Layton has recorded brief descriptions of the weather and his daily activities.
Name Access
Layton, James
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
File consists of a diary with green covers, "Collins Pocket Diary", published in London & Glasgow. The entry for each day contains a description of the weather and the day's activities, which typically include logging, fishing, harvesting clams and oysters, gardening and visiting.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 diary, 10 x 7.5 x 1.5 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a diary with green covers, "Collins Pocket Diary", published in London & Glasgow. The entry for each day contains a description of the weather and the day's activities, which typically include logging, fishing, harvesting clams and oysters, gardening and visiting.
Name Access
Layton, James
Subject Access
Logging
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a black cerlox-bound diary, "Compliments of Black Top Cabs", 5.5 x 8.5 x .5 inches in size. Daily entries, two per page, contain brief descriptions of the weather, daily activities, and visitors. A few loose pieces of paper with addresses on them are found inside.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 diary, cerlox-bound, 14 x 21 x .75 cm
Scope and Content
File contains a black cerlox-bound diary, "Compliments of Black Top Cabs", 5.5 x 8.5 x .5 inches in size. Daily entries, two per page, contain brief descriptions of the weather, daily activities, and visitors. A few loose pieces of paper with addresses on them are found inside.
Name Access
Layton, James
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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"Dinkie" - one of Gilean Douglas' cats

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2385
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Doris Maclean and one of the Boas daughters looking at a magazine

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
L: either Yvonne or Louise Boas R: Doris Maclean
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0774
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
L: either Yvonne or Louise Boas R: Doris Maclean
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"Everything is grey and still, with sky and sea so entwined that it is difficult to distinguish one from another"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of clouds reflected in the waters of a coastal inlet (probably Seymour Inlet)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1093
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of clouds reflected in the waters of a coastal inlet (probably Seymour Inlet)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Seymour Inlet
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Five Year Diary: 1948-1952

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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1952
Scope and Content
File consists of a green leather-bound locking diary, 4.5 x 6 x 1 inches in size. The entry for each day contains a brief description of the weather and the day's activities, which typically include logging, fishing, harvesting clams and oysters, gardening and visiting.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1952
Physical Description
1 diary, 11 x 15 x 2 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a green leather-bound locking diary, 4.5 x 6 x 1 inches in size. The entry for each day contains a brief description of the weather and the day's activities, which typically include logging, fishing, harvesting clams and oysters, gardening and visiting.
Name Access
Layton, James
Subject Access
Logging
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Five Year Diary: 1953-1958

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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.020
Date Range
1953-1958
Scope and Content
File contains one diary, 6 x 4 x 1 inches, bound in red leather with a locking hasp. The diary covers the years 1953 and 1955-1958; no entries for 1954. Each entry contains a brief record of the day's weather and activities. Typical activities include fishing, gardening, logging, visiting.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
2
Accession Number
2019.020
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953-1958
Physical Description
1 diary, 11 x 15 x 2 cm
Scope and Content
File contains one diary, 6 x 4 x 1 inches, bound in red leather with a locking hasp. The diary covers the years 1953 and 1955-1958; no entries for 1954. Each entry contains a brief record of the day's weather and activities. Typical activities include fishing, gardening, logging, visiting.
Subject Access
Logging
Fishing
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Five Year Diary: 1961-1966

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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1966
Scope and Content
File contains a green five year leather-bound locking diary, 5 x 6 x 1 inch in size, covering the years 1961-1962 and 1964-1966 (1963 is in another journal). The inside cover has an inscription from his sister and addresses for family members. Entries, five days per page, are brief descriptions of the weather and daily activities.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
6
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1966
Physical Description
1 diary, 12 x 15 x 3 cm
Scope and Content
File contains a green five year leather-bound locking diary, 5 x 6 x 1 inch in size, covering the years 1961-1962 and 1964-1966 (1963 is in another journal). The inside cover has an inscription from his sister and addresses for family members. Entries, five days per page, are brief descriptions of the weather and daily activities.
Name Access
Layton, James
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1943]
Scope and Content
Bound typescript of "Mountain Year", retitled "Silence Is My Homeland"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.5
Sub-series Number
1.5
File Number
76
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1943]
Scope and Content
Bound typescript of "Mountain Year", retitled "Silence Is My Homeland"
Storage Location
2-10
Storage Range
2-10
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"Mountain Year" - "corrected copy"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1943]
Scope and Content
"Mountain Year" - "corrected copy" (carbon typescript)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.5
Sub-series Number
1.5
File Number
75
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1943]
Scope and Content
"Mountain Year" - "corrected copy" (carbon typescript)
Storage Location
2-9
Storage Range
2-9
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hayes and one of their three great-grandchildren"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a couple holding a toddler, captioned "Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hayes and one of their three great-grandchildren".
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0663
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a couple holding a toddler, captioned "Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hayes and one of their three great-grandchildren".
Geographic Access
Cortes Bay
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One of the Boas daughters and a woman beside a stump (Needs ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women beside a stump in the yard of the clinic building in Whaletown. Left is either Yvonne or Louise Boas.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0232
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women beside a stump in the yard of the clinic building in Whaletown. Left is either Yvonne or Louise Boas.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"One Year Diary" with entries for 1980 and 1981

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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2010.001
Date Range
1980-1981
Scope and Content
File contains a brown locking diary, 5 x 4 x .75 inches in size, with entries for two years 1980 and 1981. Layton was living in Powell River during these years.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
11
Accession Number
2010.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1981
Physical Description
1 diary, 9 x 12 x 1.5 cm
Scope and Content
File contains a brown locking diary, 5 x 4 x .75 inches in size, with entries for two years 1980 and 1981. Layton was living in Powell River during these years.
Name Access
Layton, James
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Poppies growing in one of the rockery beds in front of the house at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of poppies blooming in one of the rockery beds in front Gilean Douglas' house.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0087
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of poppies blooming in one of the rockery beds in front Gilean Douglas' house.
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Portrait of Gilean Douglas, about ten years of age

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1910]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, about ten years old, in a leather frame.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1142
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1910]
Physical Description
1 framed photograph: b&w; 8 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, about ten years old, in a leather frame.
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Trees along the beach in one of the bays at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Scope and Content
Photograph of trees along the water line at one of the bays on the Channel Rock property.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0325
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of trees along the water line at one of the bays on the Channel Rock property.
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