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Part Of
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.
Part Of
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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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
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.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
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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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.
Part Of
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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Boat with group of men on board

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Boat with group of men on board, the "Duck Hunting Special", owned by John Gibbons
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.032
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Boat with group of men on board, the "Duck Hunting Special", owned by John Gibbons
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Hunting
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Boy Scout group: Andy Robertson, Eddie Huck, Ted Hansen, Bert Hansen, David Ward, Arnold Noble, Charlie Jeffery, Bob Parry, Billy Burnett (?), Ed Sharkey, Floyd Peters and Don McDevitt, the scout leader.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.218
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1957]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Boy Scout group: Andy Robertson, Eddie Huck, Ted Hansen, Bert Hansen, David Ward, Arnold Noble, Charlie Jeffery, Bob Parry, Billy Burnett (?), Ed Sharkey, Floyd Peters and Don McDevitt, the scout leader.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Charlie Housely, Mary (Marquette) Salter and other people beside a railroad track

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Part Of
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.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
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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Clipping - about Powell River ferry promotion; many photographs of Cortes residents

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Part Of
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.
Part Of
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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Part Of
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.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
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
Water transport
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Clippings - feature articles about Cortes Island people and places

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1997
Scope and Content
File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1997
Scope and Content
File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
8-53
Storage Range
8-53
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Coast Ferries - blank bills of lading

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Part Of
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.
Part Of
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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Part Of
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.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
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
Water transport
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Community organizations and services

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
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.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
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
Water transport
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Part Of
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.
Part Of
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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Part Of
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.
Part Of
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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Part Of
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.
Part Of
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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Crowd of people standing on the government dock at Manson's Landing

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.064
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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"English Bay" - A group of people beside a boat "Mercury 2"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in English Bay beside a boat with the words "Mercury 2" on its side.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.069
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in English Bay beside a boat with the words "Mercury 2" on its side.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1965-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a Powell River ferry schedule, 1965, and a napkin with a "contract" signed by Bruce Ellingsen, 1968.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1965-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a Powell River ferry schedule, 1965, and a napkin with a "contract" signed by Bruce Ellingsen, 1968.
Storage Location
8-20
Storage Range
8-20
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Ernel Logging - ephemera

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1949-1950
Scope and Content
File contains Union Steamship tickets; United Airlines tickets.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1949-1950
Scope and Content
File contains Union Steamship tickets; United Airlines tickets.
Storage Location
2-28
Storage Range
2-28
Subject Access
Logging
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Family group at Mike and Jane Manson's golden wedding anniversary

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1928
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.617
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1928
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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