Part Of

Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Sub-series

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1952-1991

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of printed copies and some carbon copies of Douglas's annual Christmas Letter, a two to four page letter sent yearly to over 200 friends and correspondents. The letters contain details of life at Channel Rock with observations of natural history and the garden; accounts of Douglas's community and political activities; records of her travels and philosophical musings.

Storage Range

2-3 - 2-7

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

69

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1952-1959

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1952 (2 letters), 1953, January 1953, 1954-1959

Storage Location

2-3

Storage Range

2-3

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

70

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1960-1969

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1960-1969

Storage Location

2-4

Storage Range

2-4

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

71

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1970-1979

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1970-1979; printing invoice from 1976

Storage Location

2-5

Storage Range

2-5

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

72

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1980-1989

Scope and Content

Letters for the years 1980; 1983-1989

Storage Location

2-6

Storage Range

2-6

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

1.4

Sub-series Number

1.4

File Number

73

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1991

Scope and Content

Letter for 1991

Storage Location

2-7

Storage Range

2-7

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

18

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Scope and Content

Unattributed handwritten notes with biographical information about David Allen Robertson and the early history of Whaletown

Storage Location

5-5

Storage Range

5-5

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Robertson, David Alan

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

21

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1967-1979]

Scope and Content

Handwritten notes by Douglas and correspondence to Douglas about Channel Rock

Storage Location

5-8

Storage Range

5-8

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Channel Rock

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

38

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[194-]

Scope and Content

Douglas's typed lists of wild flowers, trees and birds found at her mountain home by the Coquihalla

Storage Location

5-25

Storage Range

5-25

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

13

File Number

3

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[198?]

Scope and Content

File contains six pencil drawings and one watercolour of Channel Rock by Marge Des Marais, a friend of Douglas who lived at Seaford, and one pen and watercolour picture of the cabin by Margery Greene.

Storage Location

5-58

Storage Range

5-58

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

14

File Number

1

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1950 - ca. 1989]

Scope and Content

Christmas cards from Cortes Island residents

Storage Location

6-1

Storage Range

6-1

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0006

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Gilean Douglas standing beside a fence in her yard.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0044

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1940-1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a view of a mountain top with trees from Gilean Douglas' cabin on the Coquihalla River.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0045

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1940-1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7.6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a bathing pool in the small river that ran beside Gilean Douglas' cabin on the Coquihalla River

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0046

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1940-1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a pool Gilean Douglas called "Dubh Glas", in the Coquihalla River beside her cabin.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0047

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1940-1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the platform and cable used to cross the Coquihalla River to get to Gilean Douglas' cabin.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0052

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1940-1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Ted Geppert

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0057

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph showing the view towards Shark Spit on Marina Island from the house at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0058

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph showing the small island in the bay beside the house at Channel Rock, from the beach.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0059

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of David Edwards in a rowboat at Channel Rock.

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