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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Physical Description
3 meters of textual records 726 photographs 21 audio cassette tapes
Extent
252 cm
History / Biographical
Elmer Ellingsen (1913-2002) was born in North Vancouver to Sigurd and Gladys Ellingsen. After graduating from high school, he took a short course in business at Sprott Shaw College. In the early 1930s Elmer worked in logging and became a strong supporter of the trade union movement. He also had classical piano training in school, later turning to popular music; he played for many dances and parties until well into his eighties. May Ellingsen (1914-2012) was born in Vancouver to George and Robina Freeman. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Manson, was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, in 1886. May grew up on Cortes and Hernando Islands until grade six, then moved to Vancouver with her family to finish her schooling. May and Elmer met on Cortes in 1935 and were married on August 1, 1936. They built a float house and spent the next ten years in the Loughborough Inlet/Phillips Arm area where Elmer worked in his father's logging operations. While there, their children Shirley (1939), Bruce (1940) and Andy (1941) were born. In 1946 they moved to Von Donop Creek, where Elmer formed a logging partnership with Mike Herrewig and Scotty McKenzie. In 1950, he formed a new partnership with Erne Anderson for logging in the Whaletown area, and moved the floathouse to Manson's Landing lagoon. Two years later their floathouse was moved to its present location on Hague Lake. After travelling from home to various logging operations, Elmer retired from logging. He bought a D8 Caterpillar tractor, backhoe and gravel truck and worked for the next forty years excavating, delivering gravel and moving things. He often worked with BC Hydro and BC Tel on pole installation, repair and maintenance. Both Elmer and May were very active in community life. They sponsored weekly movie nights through the 1950s and square dancing in the sixties. May's many involvements included the Ladies' Guild, Women's Institute, Ratepayers Association, Post Office, Vancouver Regional Library development and Cortes Island Days. Elmer was a leading promoter of bringing ferry and hydro service to the island; he helped renovate Manson's Hall in the late 1970s, lobbied for road paving and helped initiate the Cortes Island Firefighters Assoc. in the 1980s. Both were founding members of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society.
Custodial History
Records were collected from the home of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Andy and Susan Ellingsen and by Bruce Ellingsen and donated to CIMAS. There are eight accessions in this fonds: 2007.001, 2007.002, 2007.003, 2007.005, 2008.002 and 2010.001, 2018.002 and 2019.002.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Storage Range
1-1 - 1-8
Name Access
Ellingsen, Elmer
Ellingsen, May
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Women's Institute
Water transport
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Hernando Island
Related Material
May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection (2004.002)
Arrangement
Original order unknown; archivist has arranged records.
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Pen and ink Christmas card made by Doreen Borland

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
File contains a pen and ink Christmas card made by Doreen Borland, who was a sister of Mary Weiler.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
File contains a pen and ink Christmas card made by Doreen Borland, who was a sister of Mary Weiler.
Storage Location
1-3
Storage Range
1-3
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Union Steamship Bill of Lading forms

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
5
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-]
Physical Description
File contains a pad of unused Union Steamship Ltd. Bill of Lading forms.
Storage Location
8-5
Storage Range
8-5
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1900] - 2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs collected by May Ellingsen during her activities documenting the history of Cortes Island. Most of the photographs date from the first half of the 1900s and include pictures of the Manson and other Cortes Island settler families, places and events. A set of photographs from Slim Barnard of the Happy Ranch contains pictures of Cortes Island and B.C. from the 1950s. Some of the photographs are copies of historic Cortes photographs which were collected by May Ellingsen and reproduced by the Campbell River Museum in 1985. Where known, the Campbell River Museum number is indicated. (See 2004.002 - May Ellingsen fonds.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number Range
2007.001.001-2007.001.439; 2007.001.462-2007.001.747
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1900] - 2003
Physical Description
726 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs collected by May Ellingsen during her activities documenting the history of Cortes Island. Most of the photographs date from the first half of the 1900s and include pictures of the Manson and other Cortes Island settler families, places and events. A set of photographs from Slim Barnard of the Happy Ranch contains pictures of Cortes Island and B.C. from the 1950s. Some of the photographs are copies of historic Cortes photographs which were collected by May Ellingsen and reproduced by the Campbell River Museum in 1985. Where known, the Campbell River Museum number is indicated. (See 2004.002 - May Ellingsen fonds.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Hank Wall with Bruce, Andy and Shirley Ellingsen at Philips Arm

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hank Wall with Bruce, Andy and Shirley Ellingsen at Phillips Arm.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 9 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hank Wall with Bruce, Andy and Shirley Ellingsen at Phillips Arm.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson in the doorway of his home at Sunny Brae [check]

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, with his dog, standing in the doorway of his house at Sunny Brae. The house has cedar shingle siding and a covered porch entryway; a wooden wheelbarrow is in the foreground.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, with his dog, standing in the doorway of his house at Sunny Brae. The house has cedar shingle siding and a covered porch entryway; a wooden wheelbarrow is in the foreground.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson, standing in an open-sided outbuilding

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, standing in a roofed, open-sided outbuilding.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, standing in a roofed, open-sided outbuilding.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Two youths on the back of a white horse, Sunny Brae [check]

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a white horse harnessed to a farm wagon. One youth is seated on the horse's rump; the other is standing on it's back.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.004
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a white horse harnessed to a farm wagon. One youth is seated on the horse's rump; the other is standing on it's back.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson and two other men beside the house at Sunny Brae [check]

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and two other men beside the house at Sunny Brae. Note the surveyor's tripod, and the picket fence in the background.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.005
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and two other men beside the house at Sunny Brae. Note the surveyor's tripod, and the picket fence in the background.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson, holding a hammer, beside a two-story structure which is under construction

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, holding a hammer, beside a two-story structure which is under construction.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.006
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, holding a hammer, beside a two-story structure which is under construction.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson, standing on second floor of a two-story building which is under construction

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph John Manson, standing on second floor of a two-story building which is under construction.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph John Manson, standing on second floor of a two-story building which is under construction.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Looking down the beach (in front of Sunny Brae??)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.008
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John and Wilfred Manson on Mittlenatch Island with sheep

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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 John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.009
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Approaching Mittlenatch Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.010
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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George and Eva Freeman with cougar hounds and a dead cougar

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Scope and Content
Photograph of George and Eva Freeman with two cougar hounds; a large cougar, its head propped up with a stick, is stretched out beside them.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.011
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 8
Scope and Content
Photograph of George and Eva Freeman with two cougar hounds; a large cougar, its head propped up with a stick, is stretched out beside them.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Hunting
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large dead cougar stretched out on a porch (see #2007.001.011).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.012
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large dead cougar stretched out on a porch (see #2007.001.011).
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Hunting
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Group inside the quonset hut at Ken and Hazel Hansen's Lake View Guest Ranch, Gunflint Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1970s or early 1980s]
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a group of people inside the quonset hut at Lake View Guest Ranch (now Linnaea Farm). L to R back: Wilf Freeman, Gordie Wilkins, Otto Ellingsen, Harry Huck, Bill Emery, Rollo Boas, (ID), Jimmy Hill L to R middle:Lottie McDevitt, Kathleen (Kay) Boas, Peggy Newsham, Eva Freeman, Zelda Landsvik, Meg Shaw, Vi Wilkins L to R front: ? on bench(ID), Alice Thiel, (ID), Bill Thiel
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.013
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1970s or early 1980s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a group of people inside the quonset hut at Lake View Guest Ranch (now Linnaea Farm). L to R back: Wilf Freeman, Gordie Wilkins, Otto Ellingsen, Harry Huck, Bill Emery, Rollo Boas, (ID), Jimmy Hill L to R middle:Lottie McDevitt, Kathleen (Kay) Boas, Peggy Newsham, Eva Freeman, Zelda Landsvik, Meg Shaw, Vi Wilkins L to R front: ? on bench(ID), Alice Thiel, (ID), Bill Thiel
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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People at Smelt Bay (or Manson's Spit?)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s-1970s]
Scope and Content
Photographs showing people seated on big logs (at Smelt Bay? Manson's Spit?)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.014
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s-1970s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w: 8 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photographs showing people seated on big logs (at Smelt Bay? Manson's Spit?)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Group of people at Smelt Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people at Smelt Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.015
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people at Smelt Bay.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Group of women inside the Manson's store

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women gathered in a room at the Manson's store. Back, L to R: (ID), Lottie McDevitt, Doreen Reedel, Nellie Jeffery, Jean McKenzie, (ID) Middle: Mrs. Lowes, Ev Summers, Meg Shaw, Olga Hynek, Lillian Parry, Mary Martineau, (ID), Eva Freeman, (ID), (ID), Mrs. Jeffery Front: May Ellingsen, Doris Hawkins, (ID), Peggy Pyner, (ID), Dolly Hansen
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.016
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 5.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women gathered in a room at the Manson's store. Back, L to R: (ID), Lottie McDevitt, Doreen Reedel, Nellie Jeffery, Jean McKenzie, (ID) Middle: Mrs. Lowes, Ev Summers, Meg Shaw, Olga Hynek, Lillian Parry, Mary Martineau, (ID), Eva Freeman, (ID), (ID), Mrs. Jeffery Front: May Ellingsen, Doris Hawkins, (ID), Peggy Pyner, (ID), Dolly Hansen
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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