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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph of a smiling Lewis Barrett, wearing overalls and a big hat, standing in front of a flowering fruit tree in the orchard of the Barrett homestead in Green Valley. Dated ca. 1916 by Doreen Thompson.
Photograph of a smiling Lewis Barrett, wearing overalls and a big hat, standing in front of a flowering fruit tree in the orchard of the Barrett homestead in Green Valley. Dated ca. 1916 by Doreen Thompson.
Photograph of Pete (Margaret) Middleton, about 12 or 13 years old, wearing an outfit of white sailor shirt, white skirt and white stockings and shoes, probably in Vancouver.
Photograph of Pete (Margaret) Middleton, about 12 or 13 years old, wearing an outfit of white sailor shirt, white skirt and white stockings and shoes, probably in Vancouver.
Photograph of five young women seated in a dugout canoe on the big lake in Green Valley. Identified by Doreen Thompson as Pete (Margaret) Middleton of Braeside, Meg Robertson of Burnside, Dorothy Huck from Hell's Half Acre and Gladys Merrick.
Photograph of five young women seated in a dugout canoe on the big lake in Green Valley. Identified by Doreen Thompson as Pete (Margaret) Middleton of Braeside, Meg Robertson of Burnside, Dorothy Huck from Hell's Half Acre and Gladys Merrick.
Photograph of Allan (last name?), Pete (Margaret Middleton), Chickie (real name?) and Henry (last name?) seated on a rock beside the dock in Whaletown. A Union Steamship is behind them and the wharf and freight shed are to the right.
Photograph of Allan (last name?), Pete (Margaret Middleton), Chickie (real name?) and Henry (last name?) seated on a rock beside the dock in Whaletown. A Union Steamship is behind them and the wharf and freight shed are to the right.
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
