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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
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
Part Of
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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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
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.
Part Of
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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Clam Gardens Display & Recipes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
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.
Part Of
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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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
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
Part Of
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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Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1940]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.
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
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2013.001
Date Range
1940-1952
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).
Part Of
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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Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940]
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.
Part Of
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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J. Olson's house and outbuildings

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Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
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.
Part Of
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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Judy Alderson standing beside J. Olson's well

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Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1946]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.001
Item Number
2013.001.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1946]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.
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