Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.1074

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Davis raft. A Davis raft consisted of a 40-m-long mat of logs woven together with steel cables; logs were piled on in layers.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.252

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1923

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Albert Hart and his dog Buster, in Vancouver.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.079

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1930]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w; 8.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Andrew (Andy) Byers cutting hair for Henry Tiber. They are outside a building made of hand-split cedar boards; a handmade ladder is leaning against the building.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

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Cortes Walking Group fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Cortes Walking Group

Fonds Number

2022.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2022.002.151

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

2005

Physical Description

1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm

Storage Location

Cortes Walking Group box

Name Access

Cortes Walking Group

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.331

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19??]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Andy Ellingsen, wearing a Scout uniform, at the Smelt Bay picnic grounds.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.449

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 9 cm

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.072

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 digital print : b&w ; 12 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Bruce Ellingsen, cousin Margo McLeod, and Andy Ellingsen under roof of the root house in Von Donop camp.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

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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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Part Of

Byers family fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1937-1972

Physical Description

10 photographs

History / Biographical

Henry and Ruth Byers, Ervin and Florence (Manson) McKay, Clarence and Etta (McKay) Byers, Ken and Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Scotty and Amy (Byers) McKenzie moved to Von Donop Inlet in 1939, where they ran a logging operation.

Custodial History

Found in Information Files folder (Byers family), August 1, 2020 and transferred to Archives.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Name Access

Byers, Henry and Ruth

Byers, Clarence and Etta

Hansen, Ken and Hazel

McKay, Ervin and Florence

McKenzie, Scotty and Amy

Subject Access

Logging

Union Steamship Company

Transportation

Water transport

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Von Donop Inlet

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Brooks family fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.021

Item Number

2019.021.009

Item Number Range

2019.021.009

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Physical Description

1 photograph print : col ; 13 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photo is very faded; inscription on the back.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Byers family fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Item Number

2020.003.007

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This is a reprint, not the original.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Subject Access

Logging

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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2253

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

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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Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2252

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

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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Part Of

Craig Hawkins fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Pulice, Foncie

Fonds Number

2016.004

Item Number

2016.004.011

Accession Number

2016.004

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Doris Hawkins, Mrs. Jeffery and Mrs. Stanley, taken by Foncie's Fotos of Vancouver.

Name Access

Pulice, Foncie

Geographic Access

Vancouver

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.619

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[19--]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

"Travelled on sloop "Underwing" up and down B.C. coast. Donor: Mary Mumford"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2112

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).

Storage Location

Slide box 1

Subject Access

Channel Rock

Women's Institute

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Part Of

Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

2

Item Number

2011.001.240

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1921

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Effie and Helena MacLachlan at 4th and Vine streets, Vancouver.

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

2

Item Number

2011.001.475

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Effie Marshall, The corners of the photo have been cut.

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

2

Item Number

2011.001.189

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1921

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of ships at the docks in Vancouver.

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Part Of

CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.004

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Item is an interview of Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. Etta Byers was a granddaughter of Mike Manson, and she talks about her family history, Cortes people and incidents, and memories of growing up on the island. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

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