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 Museum & Archives Society fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Creurer, Marcel

Fonds Number

2021.001

Series Number

3

File Number

3

Material Type

textual records

textual records (electronic)

Date Range

2009

Physical Description

1 binder : 22 pages 1 file: .pdf

Scope and Content

"A History of Cortes Island Shellfish" was created by Marcel Creurer and reviewed by Kathy Francis, Oct. 30, 2009.

Name Access

Creuer, Marcel

Francis, Kathy

Subject Access

Aquaculture

Historical research

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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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Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2000.003

Series Number

5

File Number

8

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1976

Storage Location

1-32

Storage Range

1-32

Name Access

Cortes Island Ratepayers Association

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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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Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2002.001.3

Sous Fonds Number

3

Series Number

3

File Number

2

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1988-1989

Storage Location

4-17

Storage Range

4-17

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2002.001.3

Sous Fonds Number

3

Series Number

3

File Number

4

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1988-1990

Storage Location

4-19

Storage Range

4-19

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Carrington Bay

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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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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

8

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

2002

Scope and Content

File contains minutes from a planning meeting and plans for the boat launch at Blind Creek.

Storage Location

5-30

Storage Range

5-30

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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

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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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

33

Date Range

late 1800s-2014

Scope and Content

Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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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

8

File Number

16

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[197?]

Scope and Content

File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.

Storage Location

7-16

Storage Range

7-16

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

48

Date Range

Early 1900s-2014

Scope and Content

Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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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

6

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1991

Storage Location

5-28

Storage Range

5-28

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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