Part Of

May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.005

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

1917

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Students gardening at the Manson's Landing school, doing spring work and planting.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.006

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Garden at the Manson's Landing school showing a border of flowers against the picket fence

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.007

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Rows of corn in the vegetable patch at the Manson's Landing school garden

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.009

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

1917

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Flower border along the road side of the log school house, Manson's Landing

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.013

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Students standing among the bean poles in the Manson's Landing school garden. Miss Lettice's sister (visiting) is in the background by the corner of the school.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.014

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

[1914-1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Miss Lettice's sister and Bernadette Petznick standing in the doorway of the Manson's Landing log schoolhouse.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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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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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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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

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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