Part Of

Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.319

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.320

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

18

Date Range

2009

Scope and Content

Files relating to the Art in the Garden Series, 2009. Contains an email, posters from event, post in Marketer, and a sign from the event

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.075

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.074

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

42

Date Range

1900-2017

Scope and Content

Articles, maps, emails and other written info on Coast Salish clam farming history, terminology, archaeology. Scanned photographs of clam gardens and Indigenous clam farmers, 1900-2005. Scanned photographs from June Cameron of early settlers harvesting and processing clams and fish, 1934-1941. Drawings of clams by Judith Williams. Excerpts from Kwakiutl Texts by Boas and Hunt and Clam Gardens by Judith Williams. Shellfish recipes from various sources. Open letters to Judith Williams and Mr. Harper from Christian Grounau regarding terracing effects of glacial runoffs, 2007 and 2008. Info from a talk Judith Williams gave on clam gardens at the Klahoose Hall, 2008.

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

43

Scope and Content

Emails, photographs, maps, emails and written info on clam gardens relating to the clam garden display; labels from display; several copies of shellfish recipes; memo from Judith William's publishers.

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.128

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1969]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Slide of the Whaletown wharf and surroundings during replacement of the floating dock.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.080

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.078

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Mary Weiler

Subject Access

Women's Institute

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.018

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[between 1947 and 1955]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 13 x 9 cm

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.304

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. early 1970s]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.073

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.079

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Mary Weiler

Subject Access

Women's Institute

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

43

Date Range

1996-2020

Scope and Content

Inner Coast Nursery, Mail Order Catalogue, 1996. CIMAS Heritage Garden pamphlet. Greeting cards with printed photographs of flowers from garden

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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Part Of

Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.004

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2013.001

Accession Number

2013.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1940-1952

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm 3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm 1 file of textual records

History / Biographical

Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box

Storage Range

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box 1-18

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.

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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Weiler, Mary

Fonds Number

2003.002

Series Number

1

Item Number

2003.002.188

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1967

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 2

Name Access

Weiler, Mary

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.007

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken from the water, shows J. Olson's house and outbuildings on the shore of Gorge Harbour, several years after he had moved away.

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