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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.008

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

O'Connor, Oonagh

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.009

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1995

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.

Subject Access

Logging

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Hentschel, Diane

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.027

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[ca.2003]

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Dianne Hentschel.

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Abelson,Martha

Milton, Jill

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.028

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2003

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Martha Abelson and Jill Milton. Topics covered include Manson family history; May's reminiscences about her childhood on Cortes; schools.

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

24

Date Range

1912-1993

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

2006.002.009

Accession Number

2006.002

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1992

Physical Description

1 DVD

Custodial History

Donated by Howie Roman.

Scope and Content

DVD of performances at a Variety Night held at the Gorge Hall.

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sirk, George

Series Number

2

Item Number

2007.004.008

Accession Number

2007.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1987

Physical Description

1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape

Custodial History

Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.

Scope and Content

DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of Carlberg General Merchants before it closed in May, 1987. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.

Storage Location

CD/DVD album

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

17

Date Range

1966-2017

Scope and Content

Clippings with info on Cortes Days from 1966-2017; Receipts for Cortes Day purchases, 1971.

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

57

Date Range

early 1900s-2014

Scope and Content

Historical info from the early 1900s. Info on the Linnaea Farm Society, Linnaea Farm Fest, Linnaea Harvest Festival, Linnaea Farm agricultural programs, Linnaea school history, programs, activities and plays,book launches, public disk golf course, and the Community Land Trust (CLT), 1973-2014. Linnaea Farm purchase receipt from Mansons Landing, 1993. Cortes Island phone book, 1990. Linnaea School Productions play itineraries, 2006-2008. Additional keywords: Donna Bracewell; Ken Hansen; Streamkeepers; raw milk

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

59

Date Range

2016-2017

Scope and Content

Clippings and emails with info on Literary Afternoons, 2016-2017

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.015

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

2000

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Scope and Content

One of two VHS tapes of May Ellingsen made on Sept. 24, 2000.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.016

Accession Number

2019.013

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

2000

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Scope and Content

One of two VHS tapes of May Ellingsen made on Sept. 24, 2000.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Linnaea School

Series Number

3

Item Number

2019.013.026

Accession Number

2021.004

Material Type

multiple media

Date Range

1992

Physical Description

1 VHS tape

Custodial History

Donated by Jill Milton, August 2021

Scope and Content

VHS tape of a Linnaea School concert.

Storage Location

VHS tape box

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

4

Date Range

1973-2018

Scope and Content

Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

4

File Number

17

Date Range

1900s-1999

Scope and Content

Clippings, maps, and historical info on schools on Cortes from 1900s-1999. "Cortes Island Elementary Junior Secondary School Accreditation" booklet, class of 1992-1993

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

4

File Number

18

Date Range

2000-present

Scope and Content

Clippings, maps, school projects, events, and additional info on schools on Cortes from 2000 to present. Cortes Island Elementary/Secondary Yearbook, class of 2003-2004

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

1

Item Number

2011.001.009

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dorothy Huck, holding a pair of ice skates over her shoulder, standing in front of a black blob that is possibly a cow.

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

1

Item Number

2011.001.022

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dodrothy Huck, wearing school clothes, outside at Haro St., Vancouver.

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

1

Item Number

2011.001.045

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Dorothy Huck and Miss Stern standing on the tilted deck of a float building in Carrington Lagoon.

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Whalley, Dorothy Huck

Fonds Number

2011.001

Series Number

1

Item Number

2011.001.048

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1919

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dorothy Huck (L) standing beside her Aunt Nell in front of a house porch, probably in Moose Jaw, Sk.

Geographic Access

Saskatchewan

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