Fonds consists of material that was gathered by Thompson as she researched island history for museum exhibits and local history albums. It includes land title information about Cortes Island properties going back to the original Crown Grants, correspondence and notes about Cortes Island history, photographs, maps and ephemera.
Fonds is arranged in five series: Land Titles Research; Historical Information; Maps; Photographs; and Ephemera.
30 cm of textual records
40 photographs
12 maps
2 CDs
History / Biographical
Doreen (Huck) Thompson, 1944-2006:
Doreen’s grandparents, William Edward Huck and Mabel Wells Huck, arrived on Cortes Island in 1915. Widowed in WWI, Mabel and her four children left Cortes for Vancouver in 1923. Her son Harry, Doreen’s father, returned to Cortes in the 1930s. He married Edith Launchbury in 1937 and had two children, Doreen (b.1944) and Ed (b.1945, d.1993). Doreen and Ed were raised in Whaletown and attended school there and at Manson’s Landing.
Doreen graduated from Vic High in Victoria before marrying Bob Thompson in 1962. From 1961 to 1963, Doreen lived in Teakerne Arm in a floathouse Bob had built on the shore of the Whaletown Lagoon and then moved to the shores of Heriot Bay on Quadra Island. Her children were born in 1964 (Janny) and 1965 (Debby). In 1970 the family and the house moved to Cortes Island where both daughters attended school to Grade 10.
Doreen spent a few years living in Alberta and Victoria in the early 1980s and then returned to Cortes Island. Doreen developed a deep knowledge of the history of the island and she devoted considerable time to preserving, gathering and sharing her own and others knowledge of the island through her volunteer work at the Cortes Island Museum and Archives.
Doreen was one of the founders of the Cortes Island Museum. She curated four exhibits at the Museum, including “Windows on Whaletown” in 1999, “Von Donop Inlet”, the commercial fishing portion of “Celebrating Wild Salmon”, and “Memories of Manson’s Landing”. She researched and created albums which combine photographs, reminiscences and clippings to document the history of various island areas, such as Green Valley and Whaletown. The Doreen Thompson Exhibit Gallery at the Museum commemorates her contributions.
Doreen was making a fourth cross-Canada road trip from Cortes to Newfoundland when she was killed in a car accident near Fort McLeod, Alberta on August 1, 2006.
Custodial History
Material was stored at the museum or collected from Doreen Thomas' house.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of material that was gathered by Thompson as she researched island history for museum exhibits and local history albums. It includes land title information about Cortes Island properties going back to the original Crown Grants, correspondence and notes about Cortes Island history, photographs, maps and ephemera.
Fonds is arranged in five series: Land Titles Research; Historical Information; Maps; Photographs; and Ephemera.
Back, L to R: Bruce Campbell, Duane Campbell, Bonnie Killian, Joan Disney, Peggy Newsham, Wendy Knudson, Kate Hathaway, Donna Norman
Front: David Blinzinger, Conductor; Bruce Ellingsen, Jack Killian, Fay Raymont, Velma Bergman, (ID), Rebecca Campbell
Back, L to R: Bruce Campbell, Duane Campbell, Bonnie Killian, Joan Disney, Peggy Newsham, Wendy Knudson, Kate Hathaway, Donna Norman
Front: David Blinzinger, Conductor; Bruce Ellingsen, Jack Killian, Fay Raymont, Velma Bergman, (ID), Rebecca Campbell
Series contains two (2) copies of spiral-bound booklet--"Supporting Seniors Supporting You"-with information about a proposed Cortes Island Seniors' Complex. Also contains a sheaf of loose pages, titled "Supporting Seniors Supporting Themselves" and three (3) copies of a pamphlet: "Imagine...opening the door to the new Cortes Island Seniors Complex".
Series contains two (2) copies of spiral-bound booklet--"Supporting Seniors Supporting You"-with information about a proposed Cortes Island Seniors' Complex. Also contains a sheaf of loose pages, titled "Supporting Seniors Supporting Themselves" and three (3) copies of a pamphlet: "Imagine...opening the door to the new Cortes Island Seniors Complex".
File contains two (2) versions of letterhead for British Columbia Old Age Pensioners' Organization, one naming Joan E. Disney (of Manson's Landing) as secretary. Also contains index cards with notes and contact info for Cortes Island Seniors' Society contacts. Cards were removed from a box when accessioned.
File contains two (2) versions of letterhead for British Columbia Old Age Pensioners' Organization, one naming Joan E. Disney (of Manson's Landing) as secretary. Also contains index cards with notes and contact info for Cortes Island Seniors' Society contacts. Cards were removed from a box when accessioned.
File contains table of contents and selected materials from a binder titled "Fundraising: Corporate Gift, Foundation and Government". Materials were removed from binder when accessioned.
File contains table of contents and selected materials from a binder titled "Fundraising: Corporate Gift, Foundation and Government". Materials were removed from binder when accessioned.
Series consists of administrative records, minutes and notes from the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. (The C.I.O.A.P.O. became the Cortes Island Seniors in 1995.)
Series consists of administrative records, minutes and notes from the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. (The C.I.O.A.P.O. became the Cortes Island Seniors in 1995.)
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.
File contains President's Annual Report (May 1995) and correspondence. Also contains Certificate of Incorporation, constitution, and bylaws for the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society.
File contains President's Annual Report (May 1995) and correspondence. Also contains Certificate of Incorporation, constitution, and bylaws for the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society.
