Part Of

CIMAS ephemera collection

Description Level

File

File Number

12

Date Range

[1965-198?]

Scope and Content

Ephemera from the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Committee.

Storage Location

Ephemera box 1-12

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Part Of

CIMAS ephemera collection

Description Level

File

File Number

13

Date Range

1999

Scope and Content

Two invitations and Whaletown National Enquirer pages about the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit.

Storage Location

Ephemera box 1-13

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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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