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Adam and Martha Thompson, Hazel Herrewig, Wilfred Freeman, Mrs. Niven, Mrs. Neen (Adam Thompson's sister), Margaret (sister of Jane) Manson, Wilfred Manson, Mike Manson, Jean Manson, John Manson, John Renwick, Mike Herrewig

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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1927
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.604
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1927
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 16 x 11 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Aunt Tina Manson (Mission), Mrs. Virchur (friend), and Mrs. Nixon

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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[191-?]
Scope and Content
Note the ladies' extravagant hats.
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.623
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Note the ladies' extravagant hats.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Aviation publications

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1942-1948
Scope and Content
File contains publications relating to aviation: Path of Flight, Canadian Air Regulations, airport procedures, and a Cloud Atlas for Aviators.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
78
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1942-1948
Scope and Content
File contains publications relating to aviation: Path of Flight, Canadian Air Regulations, airport procedures, and a Cloud Atlas for Aviators.
Storage Location
4-20
Storage Range
4-20
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Baby Magnonie, 6 months old, Union Bay BC

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[191-?]
Scope and Content
"Robina (Manson) Freeman's picture of baby Magnonie (Magnone?) (6 months old) of Union Bay, Vancouver Island. (Mother a girlhood friend when the Mike Manson family lived there.)
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.643
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w; 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
"Robina (Manson) Freeman's picture of baby Magnonie (Magnone?) (6 months old) of Union Bay, Vancouver Island. (Mother a girlhood friend when the Mike Manson family lived there.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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The Barnards and two others in a small boat, in a bay on the west side of Marina Island

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Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.430
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Bert Middleton (early logger), Mrs. Black and family at Black home, Refuge Cove

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Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[193-?]
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.603
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Bills and receipts

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from local businesses and ferry ticket book covers.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from local businesses and ferry ticket book covers.
Storage Location
8-35
Storage Range
8-35
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Byers family fonds

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Byers family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1937-1972
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.
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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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Charlie Housely, Mary (Marquette) Salter and other people beside a railroad track

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
Photograph of Charlie Housely, Mary (Marquette) Salter and other people beside a railroad track.
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.243
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Charlie Housely, Mary (Marquette) Salter and other people beside a railroad track.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Clarence Byers standing beside a logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Seaford, Cortez Island

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Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
This is a reprint, not the original.
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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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Clipping - about Powell River ferry promotion; many photographs of Cortes residents

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
Storage Location
8-49
Storage Range
8-49
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Clippings - Cortes ferry service

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains a help-wanted ad for ferry positions and the third section of the Campbell River Upper Islander (Nov. 26, 1969) with a photo-story on the inaugural trip of the Cortes ferry. On page 3 is "Cortes Grapevine" with an account of Andy and Susan Ellingsen's wedding.
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Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains a help-wanted ad for ferry positions and the third section of the Campbell River Upper Islander (Nov. 26, 1969) with a photo-story on the inaugural trip of the Cortes ferry. On page 3 is "Cortes Grapevine" with an account of Andy and Susan Ellingsen's wedding.
Storage Location
8-50
Storage Range
8-50
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
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Coast Ferries - blank bills of lading

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
File contains blank bills of lading from Coast Ferries.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
File contains blank bills of lading from Coast Ferries.
Storage Location
8-13
Storage Range
8-13
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Coast Ferries Ltd. Loggers' Freight Schedule

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195?]
Scope and Content
File contains a schedule of stops at coastal logging camps.
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Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195?]
Scope and Content
File contains a schedule of stops at coastal logging camps.
Storage Location
8-15
Storage Range
8-15
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
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Community organizations and services

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Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957-2000
Scope and Content
Series consists of records accumulated by Elmer and May Ellingsen in the course of their active involvement in community affairs. It includes correspondence, bulletins and newsletters from various island organizations about matters such as eco-forestry, parks, local government initiatives, ferry service and electrical service.
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Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
Item Number Range
7-1 to 7-48
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957-2000
Physical Description
20 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of records accumulated by Elmer and May Ellingsen in the course of their active involvement in community affairs. It includes correspondence, bulletins and newsletters from various island organizations about matters such as eco-forestry, parks, local government initiatives, ferry service and electrical service.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
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Correspondence

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains personal and family correspondence, including letters re ferry service and electrification and a Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association newsletter.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains personal and family correspondence, including letters re ferry service and electrification and a Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association newsletter.
Storage Location
1-11
Storage Range
1-11
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Correspondence re a luncheon tribute to Bob Langdon

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re a luncheon tribute to Bob Langdon.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re a luncheon tribute to Bob Langdon.
Storage Location
1-20
Storage Range
1-20
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Cortes Island newsletters

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
55
Accession Number
2019.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Storage Location
7-48.7
Storage Range
7-48.7
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Cortes recollections by Mrs. Piper

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Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[197-?]
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
14
Item Number
2007.001.443
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[197-?]
Digitized Date
March 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette audio tape
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Couple (Dorothy McCauley Nash and Mr. Nash) with car

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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[194-?]
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Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.536
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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