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Archival Holdings of Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
File contains a bound copy of the holdings of the archival holdings of CIMAS as reported to the BC Archives Association.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
9
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
File contains a bound copy of the holdings of the archival holdings of CIMAS as reported to the BC Archives Association.
Storage Location
7-61
Storage Range
7-61
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Correspondence regarding Klahoose First Nation concerns over logging in Squirrel Cove

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a map of Smelt Bay Park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
56
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a map of Smelt Bay Park.
Storage Location
1-56
Storage Range
1-56
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Cortes Community Health Association and Cortes Emergency First Aid Service

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1995
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1995
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a newsletter.
Storage Location
7-10
Storage Range
7-10
Subject Access
Health care
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Eva Freeman (?) holding a lamb

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eva Freeman as a young woman. She is standing in front of a log building, holding a lamb. (Needs ID)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.021
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 5.5 x 8
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eva Freeman as a young woman. She is standing in front of a log building, holding a lamb. (Needs ID)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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First Annual Seafood Festival

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
File contains posters and flyers from the first Seafood Festival.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
37
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
File contains posters and flyers from the first Seafood Festival.
Storage Location
8-37
Storage Range
8-37
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First Nations: Coast Salish

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1895-2018
Scope and Content
Info on: history, leadership, culture, community initiatives, sustainability, reconciliation, self-governance, treaties and land claims, archaeology, legends, events, partnerships, politics; First Nations Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP); Klahoose Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC); and more, 1983-2018. Excerpts from: Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Bouchard and Kennedy, 1983; Seven-Knot Summers, B. Hill, 1994; and Indian Myths and Legends, Bouchard and Kennedy, 2002 (translated from Boas' 1895 edition). Full issues of Community Stories, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2009; Salish Sea Sentinel, "Coast Salish Country," 2016; Canadian Geographic "Canada's Indigenous Peoples," 2018. Email exchange regarding partnership with North Vancouver Island Aboriginal Training Society (NVIATS), 2014
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
19
Date Range
1895-2018
Scope and Content
Info on: history, leadership, culture, community initiatives, sustainability, reconciliation, self-governance, treaties and land claims, archaeology, legends, events, partnerships, politics; First Nations Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP); Klahoose Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC); and more, 1983-2018. Excerpts from: Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Bouchard and Kennedy, 1983; Seven-Knot Summers, B. Hill, 1994; and Indian Myths and Legends, Bouchard and Kennedy, 2002 (translated from Boas' 1895 edition). Full issues of Community Stories, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2009; Salish Sea Sentinel, "Coast Salish Country," 2016; Canadian Geographic "Canada's Indigenous Peoples," 2018. Email exchange regarding partnership with North Vancouver Island Aboriginal Training Society (NVIATS), 2014
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1792-2017
Scope and Content
Info on: Chief and Council, community initiatives, cultural practices and events, reconciliation, cultural tourism, land use and treaty negotiations, economic opportunities and development, fishing, shellfish, material culture, and early history, 1792-2017. Utilization of Fishes, Beach Foods, and Marine Animals by the Th'uhus Indian People of British Columbia, manuscript from Rose Mitchell, prepared by Dorothy Kennedy, 1974. Neh'Motl newsletter, 1981. Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Kennedy and Bouchard, 1983 , and Handbook of North American Indians, 1990. Interviews with Mary Reif (nee Pille), and Tom Hill, 1995. Klahoose and the Treaty Process brochures, 1995. "Treaty Talk" newsletter, 1996. Some printed photographs. Marilyn's Salmon brochures. Brenda Rose Bio. Keywords: Strathcona Redional District (SRD); Plutonic Power's proposed "Green Energy Cooridoor,"; Comprehensive Community Planning (CCP); the Drone Territory Initiative; Community Forest; Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); Toba Inlet; Forbes Bay; Squirrel Cove
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
20
Date Range
1792-2017
Scope and Content
Info on: Chief and Council, community initiatives, cultural practices and events, reconciliation, cultural tourism, land use and treaty negotiations, economic opportunities and development, fishing, shellfish, material culture, and early history, 1792-2017. Utilization of Fishes, Beach Foods, and Marine Animals by the Th'uhus Indian People of British Columbia, manuscript from Rose Mitchell, prepared by Dorothy Kennedy, 1974. Neh'Motl newsletter, 1981. Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Kennedy and Bouchard, 1983 , and Handbook of North American Indians, 1990. Interviews with Mary Reif (nee Pille), and Tom Hill, 1995. Klahoose and the Treaty Process brochures, 1995. "Treaty Talk" newsletter, 1996. Some printed photographs. Marilyn's Salmon brochures. Brenda Rose Bio. Keywords: Strathcona Redional District (SRD); Plutonic Power's proposed "Green Energy Cooridoor,"; Comprehensive Community Planning (CCP); the Drone Territory Initiative; Community Forest; Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); Toba Inlet; Forbes Bay; Squirrel Cove
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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First Nations: Klahoose & CIMAS

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2007-2017
Scope and Content
Emails and letters from CIMAS with/regarding Klahoose and local FN history, 2007-2017. Information and typed notes with info for CIMAS permanent exhibit on local FN history. Keyword: Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
21
Date Range
2007-2017
Scope and Content
Emails and letters from CIMAS with/regarding Klahoose and local FN history, 2007-2017. Information and typed notes with info for CIMAS permanent exhibit on local FN history. Keyword: Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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First Nations: Repatriation Symposium, Kelowna, 2017

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2016-2017
Scope and Content
Info from "Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together" symposium, including conference itinerary, 2017. First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) information/resource booklets: Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook; 2015/16 Year In Review; BC's Master-Apprentice Language Program Handbook; Culture Camps for Language Learning, an Immersion Handbook; and Language Nest Handbook. Additional information booklets: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 2011; and What's inSight: Repatriation in the Spirit of Reconciliation, Royal BC Museum. Additional info on: First Voices language resources; Canada's Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program; Cultural Resource Management diploma, UVic; The Witness Blanket Project; FPCC Aboriginal Arts Development Awards, 2016-2017; Kelowna Art Gallery exhibits; and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
22
Date Range
2016-2017
Scope and Content
Info from "Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together" symposium, including conference itinerary, 2017. First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) information/resource booklets: Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook; 2015/16 Year In Review; BC's Master-Apprentice Language Program Handbook; Culture Camps for Language Learning, an Immersion Handbook; and Language Nest Handbook. Additional information booklets: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 2011; and What's inSight: Repatriation in the Spirit of Reconciliation, Royal BC Museum. Additional info on: First Voices language resources; Canada's Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program; Cultural Resource Management diploma, UVic; The Witness Blanket Project; FPCC Aboriginal Arts Development Awards, 2016-2017; Kelowna Art Gallery exhibits; and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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First Nations: Visit to Royal BC Museum, 2016

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1909-2017
Scope and Content
Information gathered by Rose Hansen. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples info, 2011. First Voices and First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) language resources. Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook, FPCC. First Peoples' News, issue #1, 2015. "Keeping the Circle Strong" 2017-2017 calendar, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nations research resources at the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), including info on anthropology collection resources at the RBCM and First Nations genealogical research at the BC Archives. Report on the status of BC First Nations Languages, 2014. Printed info on archival catalogues: one linguistics tape from Liz Harry Hagege (born in Squirrel Cove), 1977 (CAL0000066); and approx seven ethnology tapes "Recorded Coast Salish General" (Catalogue item #s COAG-T-001 to COAG-T-005)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
23
Date Range
1909-2017
Scope and Content
Information gathered by Rose Hansen. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples info, 2011. First Voices and First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) language resources. Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook, FPCC. First Peoples' News, issue #1, 2015. "Keeping the Circle Strong" 2017-2017 calendar, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nations research resources at the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), including info on anthropology collection resources at the RBCM and First Nations genealogical research at the BC Archives. Report on the status of BC First Nations Languages, 2014. Printed info on archival catalogues: one linguistics tape from Liz Harry Hagege (born in Squirrel Cove), 1977 (CAL0000066); and approx seven ethnology tapes "Recorded Coast Salish General" (Catalogue item #s COAG-T-001 to COAG-T-005)
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Five generations: Eve Rickenbacker, Mabel Christensen, Eleanor Milne, Stephanie Campbell and daughter Leeann

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
Photo of five women representing five generations descended from Lydia Heay and Henry Hague: Stephanie (Milne) Campbell's parents are Eleanor (Christensen) and Ross Milne; Eleanor's parents are Mabel (Lowe) and "Buster" Christensen; Mabel Lowe Christensen's parents are Mabel Gertrude (Hague) and Delmark Lowe; Eve Rickenbacker's parents are Lydia Heay and Henry Hague. She is the sister of Mabel Gertrude Hague Lowe (d. 1921) and the aunt of Mabel Lowe Christensen.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.561
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of five women representing five generations descended from Lydia Heay and Henry Hague: Stephanie (Milne) Campbell's parents are Eleanor (Christensen) and Ross Milne; Eleanor's parents are Mabel (Lowe) and "Buster" Christensen; Mabel Lowe Christensen's parents are Mabel Gertrude (Hague) and Delmark Lowe; Eve Rickenbacker's parents are Lydia Heay and Henry Hague. She is the sister of Mabel Gertrude Hague Lowe (d. 1921) and the aunt of Mabel Lowe Christensen.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Five people on the foreshore, cleaning fish

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1913-1915]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a small group of people, including Mr. Nixon of Twin Island, on the foreshore. One man (Mr. Nixon) is cleaning a fish; another is holding a large fish, standing behind a wooden wheelbarrow with another fish in it. There are 2 small prints from the time of the photograph (one is very dark) and one later copy print. (One is oversize)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.303
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1913-1915]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w: 2 are 11 x 6.5 cm; 1 is 20 x 13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a small group of people, including Mr. Nixon of Twin Island, on the foreshore. One man (Mr. Nixon) is cleaning a fish; another is holding a large fish, standing behind a wooden wheelbarrow with another fish in it. There are 2 small prints from the time of the photograph (one is very dark) and one later copy print. (One is oversize)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Fishing
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Girl holding a kitten beside an out-building with hand-split board siding (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Scope and Content
Photograph of a girl holding a kitten, beside an out-building with hand-split cedar board siding. The location is identified as "Cortes Island, The Gorge" and the date as 1956. (Oversize)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.298
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
1 photograph print: tinted; 15 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a girl holding a kitten, beside an out-building with hand-split cedar board siding. The location is identified as "Cortes Island, The Gorge" and the date as 1956. (Oversize)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Group of pupils holding trophies won at school Sports Day

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of students holding trophies, standing, with an older man, beside the corner of a log building. Same as a picture in the photo book of #2007.001.195.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.327
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of students holding trophies, standing, with an older man, beside the corner of a log building. Same as a picture in the photo book of #2007.001.195.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[194-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.663
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-?]
Physical Description
1 photographic negative: b&w; 12.5 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women, three of them holding infants. (Needs ID)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 11.5 x 8
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women, three of them holding infants. (Needs ID)
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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Harry Nunn and Lynn at first Capilano Canyon suspension bridge

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[ca. 1919]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.533
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1919]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 14 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Henrietta and Slim Barnard, seated in a motorboat, holding fishing rods

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.416
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Fishing
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Henrietta Barnard and Jack Summers, holding a box of apples; a brace of grouse is at their feet

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.396
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 21 x 25 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Hunting
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