Basil (1910-2012) and Jill Seaton, environmentalists and naturalists, lived on Cortes Island from 1982 to 1992.
Custodial History
The Seatons gave these records to Fred Zwickel when they moved from Cortes Island; they were subsequently given to Nancy Kendel for donation to the museum in 2012.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, notes and maps relating to the establishment of Von Donop Marine Park (now known as Háthayim Marine Park).
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Oversize materials box
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-14 to 1-17
Oversize materials box
File contains material relating to fare rate increases: background financial information, correspondence, coverage of a protest in Campbell River, interview notes, and a Issue 153 of the Discovery Islander (June 1998) with an article on ferry fares roll-back.
File contains material relating to fare rate increases: background financial information, correspondence, coverage of a protest in Campbell River, interview notes, and a Issue 153 of the Discovery Islander (June 1998) with an article on ferry fares roll-back.
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
File consists of printed WI reports and newsletters with articles by or news about Gilean Douglas, and one typed manuscript of Douglas' report as Publicity Convenor for the provincial WI.
File consists of printed WI reports and newsletters with articles by or news about Gilean Douglas, and one typed manuscript of Douglas' report as Publicity Convenor for the provincial WI.
File contains a 3 page biography of May Ellingsen, probably written by Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole, with annotations. There is also a list of students with May in the one room Manson's Landing school, and of Cortes residents in the 1940s-1950s.
File contains a 3 page biography of May Ellingsen, probably written by Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole, with annotations. There is also a list of students with May in the one room Manson's Landing school, and of Cortes residents in the 1940s-1950s.
File consists of: one cash book covering January 1953 to November 1962, twenty-two receipts and three bank deposit slips covering February 1960 to March 1963 (some receipts undated), and two pages of correspondence covering November to December 1962.
1 cash book
22 receipts
3 bank deposit slips
2 pages of correspondence
Scope and Content
File consists of: one cash book covering January 1953 to November 1962, twenty-two receipts and three bank deposit slips covering February 1960 to March 1963 (some receipts undated), and two pages of correspondence covering November to December 1962.
