File consists of a small leather-bound account book for the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, kept by Bernie Allen and certified correct by John Pool.
File consists of a small leather-bound account book for the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, kept by Bernie Allen and certified correct by John Pool.
File contains correspondence (including copies of emails and faxes), maps, an Argosy Sea Farms management plan, APC minutes, Director's reports, print-outs of articles from Tideline (www.cortesisland.com), two Discovery Islander magazines (#370 and #371), one Cortes Community flyer and one Cove Notes flyer.
File contains correspondence (including copies of emails and faxes), maps, an Argosy Sea Farms management plan, APC minutes, Director's reports, print-outs of articles from Tideline (www.cortesisland.com), two Discovery Islander magazines (#370 and #371), one Cortes Community flyer and one Cove Notes flyer.
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.
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp".
L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp".
L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
DVD of footage shot by George Sirk of Jim Guthrie and his skidder (198-), and building a boat (1990).
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.
Scope and Content
DVD of footage shot by George Sirk of Jim Guthrie and his skidder (198-), and building a boat (1990).
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
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).