Photograph of fields and a house against the forest line at the Anderson farm. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of fields and a house against the forest line at the Anderson farm. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of a field with several hay drying racks. The house is just visible at the left of the photo. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of a field with several hay drying racks. The house is just visible at the left of the photo. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of a man on a tractor plowing a field in the foreground. Behind is a house and an orchard on a slight rise. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of a man on a tractor plowing a field in the foreground. Behind is a house and an orchard on a slight rise. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of the Anderson home and orchard in the winter, covered with snow. The plowed road is in the foreground. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Photograph of the Anderson home and orchard in the winter, covered with snow. The plowed road is in the foreground. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
File contains a draft, with edits, of a brochure for the Seniors' Building Complex. Also contains two (2) b&w photographic prints and one (1) ink drawing.
File contains a draft, with edits, of a brochure for the Seniors' Building Complex. Also contains two (2) b&w photographic prints and one (1) ink drawing.
Photograph of the Clinic building in Whaletown, with the Rectory to the right and a picket fence at the edge of the dirt road in front of the buildings.
Photograph of the Clinic building in Whaletown, with the Rectory to the right and a picket fence at the edge of the dirt road in front of the buildings.
Fonds consists of material generated by the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and includes meeting minutes, administrative records, research materials, correspondence, ephemera, maps, plans, and publications of the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society, as well as some records of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. Fonds is arranged into twelve series, following the original order of the records.
An accrual in 2023, described as Series 12, contains meeting minutes, correspondence, etc; arranged in chronological order (original order).
In 1987, members of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization incorporated the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society (currently known as the Cortes Island Senior's Society) with the following stated purposes:
(a) to operate a facility where persons aged 65 years or older, or persons between 55 and 65 years of age who are in need, can improve their health through physical and other acitivity;
(b) to operate a residential housing facility for such persons;
(c) to carry on social activities incidental to the above purposes, but not to own, operate or manage a social club.
The records of the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society provide useful insight into their process of envisioning the future of seniors' housing on Cortes Island.
Custodial History
Donated by Ruth Zwickel on behalf of the Cortes Island Senior's Society in 2013. An accrual was donated by Elinor Harwood on behalf of the Cortes Island Seniors' Society in 2021.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of material generated by the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and includes meeting minutes, administrative records, research materials, correspondence, ephemera, maps, plans, and publications of the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society, as well as some records of the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. Fonds is arranged into twelve series, following the original order of the records.
An accrual in 2023, described as Series 12, contains meeting minutes, correspondence, etc; arranged in chronological order (original order).
Photograph of a man and woman standing by a building with a large grape arbour in front of it. (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")
Photograph of a man and woman standing by a building with a large grape arbour in front of it. (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")
