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Byers family fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Item Number

2020.003.006

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Subject Access

Logging

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Byers family fonds

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Item

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Item Number

2020.003.007

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This is a reprint, not the original.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Subject Access

Logging

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Byers family fonds

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Item

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Item Number

2020.003.008

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ;

Scope and Content

Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939. Five families: 1. Henry and Ruth Byers 2. Ervin and Florence McKay 3. Clarence and Etta Byers 4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie 5. Ken and Hazel Hansen Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel. Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Subject Access

Logging

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Byers family fonds

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Item

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Item Number

2020.003.002

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1942

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

L to R: Art Hayes, Nerine Hayes, Frank Hayes, Florence McKay, Gwen Campbell, Fraser Campbell. Front: Bobby Hayes, Irene Hayes, Clarence Byers and Queenie the dog.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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Byers family fonds

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Item

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Item Number

2020.003.003

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1943

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

L to R: Art Hayes, Eva Freeman, Clarence and Henry Byers, Frank Larson, George Freeman Front: Ruth Byers holding baby Louise and May Larson

Storage Location

Photo box 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

4

File Number

55

Date Range

1949

Scope and Content

Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

27.1

Date Range

2002

Scope and Content

Written reminiscences of Elmer Ellingsen by family and community members collected at his memorial.

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

81

Date Range

2005

Scope and Content

Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

32

Date Range

2011

Scope and Content

Chart map with hand written notes on it from Chloe Gregg. Photograph of kayakers in Smelt Bay

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

13

Date Range

2013

Scope and Content

Email exchange between Mike Manson and Lynne Jordan re: spelling of Beesley name/Beasley Road, 2013; photocopy of hand written notes on the Beasley Family, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

70

Date Range

2013

Scope and Content

Yvonne Kipp and Lynne Jordan in conversation with Dianne Hansen and Fred Reedel, children of Irv Reedel, about Squirrel Cove, with info from 1914-2013, 2013. Wealth of historic information

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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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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Byers family fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Creator

Byers family

Fonds Number

2020.003

Accession Number

2020.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1937-1972

Physical Description

10 photographs

History / Biographical

Henry and Ruth Byers, Ervin and Florence (Manson) McKay, Clarence and Etta (McKay) Byers, Ken and Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Scotty and Amy (Byers) McKenzie moved to Von Donop Inlet in 1939, where they ran a logging operation.

Custodial History

Found in Information Files folder (Byers family), August 1, 2020 and transferred to Archives.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Name Access

Byers, Henry and Ruth

Byers, Clarence and Etta

Hansen, Ken and Hazel

McKay, Ervin and Florence

McKenzie, Scotty and Amy

Subject Access

Logging

Union Steamship Company

Transportation

Water transport

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Von Donop Inlet

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CIMAS information files

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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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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

29

Date Range

late 1800s-2016

Scope and Content

Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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CIMAS information files

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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

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

6

Scope and Content

Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

9

Scope and Content

Typed transcript by Doreen Thompson of Mary McMillen's handwritten letter mentioning Allen family and others, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

16

Date Range

1940s-2012

Scope and Content

Notes about Reverend Rollo Boas and Kathleen (Kay) Boas, undated (1940s?); scanned photographs: Boas family, 1946 and Squirrel Cove Church burning, 1948; excerpt from The Columbia is Coming mentioning rev Boas, 1982; Posts in WNE by Rollo Boas, 1990; CIMAS News Release "A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Missionary Ships," 2000; posts in Cortes Marketer about Kathleen Boas, 2006, 2007 (obituary); notes on Boas family by Lynne Jordan, 2012

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

19

Date Range

1863-2009

Scope and Content

Notes on Byers Logging, 1863-1935; facsimile of a letter written by Mike Manson to his brother John in 1923, typed up by Etta Byers in 1978; Read Island History: Byers Family, by Mrs. Etta Byers, nee McKay, 1975; clipping of coastal logging/family camps, Etta Byers, 1977; Etta Byers, interviewed by Marcia Wolter, April 20, 1993; clipping of Clarence and Etta Byers 60th wedding anniversary, 2008; clipping of Clarence Byers obituary, 2009; letter from Etta Byers regarding visit to the museum and her local history, undated. Blue folder labelled Etta Byers: Read Island History, 1975; Hand written notes from Etta Byers, undated; printed photograph of Mary Jane (chapman) Aldrich and Herbert Cyrus Aldrich

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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