Part Of

CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

47

Date Range

2018-2019

Scope and Content

Poster, pamphlets, posts in Cortes Marketer about the Cortes Community Housing Committee

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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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

2013.001.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows (L to R) Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson and Judy Alderson looking at Olson's garden, which has garden beds edged by rocks.

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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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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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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

24

Date Range

2018

Scope and Content

Files with info on Cortes Island Seniors Society Community Housing, 2018

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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