Series consists of administrative records, minutes and notes from the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. (The C.I.O.A.P.O. became the Cortes Island Seniors in 1995.)
Series consists of administrative records, minutes and notes from the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society and the Cortes Island Old Age Pensioners' Organization. (The C.I.O.A.P.O. became the Cortes Island Seniors in 1995.)
Series consists of administrative documents, reference materials, manuals, financial statements, and invoices from the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society.
Series consists of administrative documents, reference materials, manuals, financial statements, and invoices from the Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society.
File contains correspondence with St. Andrew's Abbeyfield Housing Society (Sidney, BC), including policy manuals for use by Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society.
File contains correspondence with St. Andrew's Abbeyfield Housing Society (Sidney, BC), including policy manuals for use by Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society.
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
File contains a draft, with edits, of a brochure for the Seniors' Building Complex. Also contains two (2) b&w photographic prints and one (1) ink drawing.
File contains a draft, with edits, of a brochure for the Seniors' Building Complex. Also contains two (2) b&w photographic prints and one (1) ink drawing.
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Donated by Bill Bartlett, of the Gerald Wellburn Philatelic Foundation, Victoria BC, in 2021. The letters were part of a stamp collection given to the Foundation. Bartlett recognized the connection to Cortes Island and mailed the letters to the Museum.
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File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.