Sub-series consists of materials relating to the activities of the Advisory Planning Commission of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). It includes correspondence, subdivision plans, and materials relating to the Board of Variance, Grants-In-Aid and zoning for co-operative land holdings.
Sub-series consists of materials relating to the activities of the Advisory Planning Commission of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). It includes correspondence, subdivision plans, and materials relating to the Board of Variance, Grants-In-Aid and zoning for co-operative land holdings.
Sub-series consists of materials relating to the activities of the Advisory Planning Commission of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). It includes correspondence, subdivision plans, and materials relating to the Board of Variance, Grants-In-Aid and zoning for co-operative land holdings.
Sub-series consists of materials relating to the activities of the Advisory Planning Commission of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). It includes correspondence, subdivision plans, and materials relating to the Board of Variance, Grants-In-Aid and zoning for co-operative land holdings.
Series consists of typed and carbon copies of articles written by Douglas for publication in newspapers and magazines. Following Douglas's original organization, they are arranged into three subgroups: Coast Articles (arranged by subject, then alphabetically by title); Mountain Articles (arranged alphabetically by title), and Articles by Subject.
Series consists of typed and carbon copies of articles written by Douglas for publication in newspapers and magazines. Following Douglas's original organization, they are arranged into three subgroups: Coast Articles (arranged by subject, then alphabetically by title); Mountain Articles (arranged alphabetically by title), and Articles by Subject.
Sub-series consists of typed manuscripts, including one bound typescript, of Douglas's books of nature writing ("River For My Sidewalk", "Silence Is My Homeland" and "The Protected Place") and a typed good copy of a book about mountain characters which was never published, "Our Guests Don't Stink".
Sub-series consists of typed manuscripts, including one bound typescript, of Douglas's books of nature writing ("River For My Sidewalk", "Silence Is My Homeland" and "The Protected Place") and a typed good copy of a book about mountain characters which was never published, "Our Guests Don't Stink".
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.
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.
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Cortes Island Women's Institute. It is arranged in nine series: Minutes, Reports, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera, Photographs and Artifacts.
The Cortes Island Women's institute was formed in 1984. Although Cortes Island had historically been difficult to traverse, and the communities consequently insular, by the 1980s the road systems were such that "a Women's Institute for the whole of Cortes Island" seemed to make sense.
CIWI was founded with the bank balance of a Manson's Landing service group called the Ladies Guild, which was founded in the 1940s. When membership and activity in the guild declined in the 1970s, the focus was shifted to a renovation and addition to Manson's Hall. Once the Hall had been sufficiently updated, it was thought that the remaining funds might be put to use "creating an instrument for better communication between all our women and a chance to work together in the community".
Charter members of the CIWI were Heather Berry, Peggy Newsham, Maryann McCoy, Linda Hendricks, and Mary Block.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by the Island Women's Club in 2009.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Cortes Island Women's Institute. It is arranged in nine series: Minutes, Reports, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera, Photographs and Artifacts.