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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2003.002
2022.005
2023.006
Date Range
1937-[ca.1980]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists primarily of photographs and slides taken by Mary Weiler. Textual records include correspondence, several issues of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission, and material about Victor Von Donop, for whom Von Donop Inlet is named. Fonds is arranged in five series: 1: Photographs, 2: Correspondence, 3: Von Donop, 4: Ephemera, and 5: Books.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Weiler, Otto
Fonds Number
2003.002
Accession Number
2003.002
2022.005
2023.006
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
1937-[ca.1980]
Physical Description
510 photographs (132 prints: b&w and col.; 378 slides: col. slides)
1 cm of textual records
1 book
History / Biographical
In April of 1947 Otto and Mary Weiler were recently returned from London, and they were war weary---Mary was recovering from tuberculosis, and Otto from injuries sustained in the army, and like most people in those days, they were left strapped by the Depression and the War--- but they had a dream. They chartered a boat, and traveled up the BC coast, seeking a place where they could live---in their words---"a happy, romantic, bohemian life". Otto John—always known affectionately as Ottie---was born in Victoria, BC on March 27, 1903, to a well-to-do mercantile family. His grandparents, John and Christiana Weiler, arrive in Fort Victoria in the early 1850's from Germany by way of San Francisco, where they established a successful furniture factory and other businesses. Reminders of the Weiler family still exist in Victoria, most notably the six-story Weiler Building at the corner of Broad and Government streets, originally a grandly-appointed department store, and the Weiler cenotaph in Ross Bay cemetery. Mary was born Mary Agnes Campbell on March 13, 1915, in Enderby, BC. Her grandparents were pioneers who arrived in the North Okanogan to farm in the 1880's. The family moved to New Westminster in 1921. After high school Mary studied nursing at the Royal Jubilee hospital in Victoria, and then departed for France, having decided to work her way around the world. When war broke out, however, she was evacuated from France at Dunkirk, and immediately joined the British army. She served a nurse in London for the duration of the war, and here she met Ottie, a major with the Canadian Scottish regiment. There were married in 1943, and both went back to their respective postings with the army, looking forward to the day when they could live together. When Ottie and Mary sailed into Whaletown Bay, they were immediately enchanted by the house on the point, half-built and occupying 5 rocky acres of waterfront. They were urban and idealistic, and ready to throw themselves into life on a remote island. At first they turned their hand to fishing commercially. Their boat was twelve-foot clinker built inboard; a salmon license cost a dollar. In 1949 they were hired by Cece Stubbs to manage the Whaletown Store. When Gary and Velma Bergman bought the store in 1956, Ottie was offered the position of Whaletown postmaster, a job he held until a few months before his death. Mary was an artist—a talented and serious one. In spite of the isolation of Cortes Island in those days, she made a name for herself as a British Columbia artist of note, showing her work widely and selling internationally. Her studio was the dining-room table, surrounded by a swirl of children, and her paintings and prints were created in the midst of the gardening, fishing and canning necessary to country survival. Ottie was a writer---he had been a journalist before the war---and was a passionate gardener, fisherman, hunter and forager who tirelessly explored the trails and homesteads on the north end of Cortes, and beachcombed all his firewood. They were both dedicated to community service. Ottie was Justice of the Peace, a thoughtful counselor once famously referred to by Gilean Douglas as 'a Justice who really practiced peace' and he also served on the boards of the Whaletown Community Club and other organizations for many years. Mary acted as a community nurse, as well as teaching First Aid classes, holding monthly clinics, and canvassing for the Canadian cancer society. She taught annual art classes and workshops for adults and children, and in the late '60s, she and Ottie opened a summer art gallery in their Whaletown home---the Garden Gallery---as a showcase for local artists and craftspeople. Ottie and Mary had four daughters---Christina, born March 23rd, 1951; Brigid, born June 6th, 1953; Alexandra (who, however, has always gone by the nickname “Johnny”) born May 5th, 1955; and Sarah, born September 27th, 1958. In 1973 Ottie died after a short illness, and Mary didn't want to stay in their dream home without him. In 1974 she sold the house and said farewell to Whaletown. Mary Weiler went on to many more adventures—studying, travelling, and always making art---and died in Victoria in1999. [by Brigid Weiler, March 10, 2016]
Custodial History
This material was created or collected by Mary and Otto Weiler and donated to CIMAS by their daughter Brigid Weiler. The first accession was in 2003 (Accession #2003.002). There are two accruals: #2009.002 and #2017.001.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists primarily of photographs and slides taken by Mary Weiler. Textual records include correspondence, several issues of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission, and material about Victor Von Donop, for whom Von Donop Inlet is named. Fonds is arranged in five series: 1: Photographs, 2: Correspondence, 3: Von Donop, 4: Ephemera, and 5: Books.
Storage Location
Photograph Box #3 Slide Album #2 Small Box 1
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Weiler, Otto
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Receipt with Whaletown post office cancellation

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1945
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Weiler, Otto
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1945
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-23
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence between Otto Weiler and the Anglican diocese re property boundary issues with the Whaletown church and clinic properties

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1969
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Weiler, Otto
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
File Number
3
Item Number Range
1-25
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1969
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-25
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-?, 1963
Scope and Content
Letter from Otto Weiler to Gilean Douglas about wild goose beans [195?] and a letter informing Mary Weiler she has won a car in a contest [1963]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-?, 1963
Scope and Content
Letter from Otto Weiler to Gilean Douglas about wild goose beans [195?] and a letter informing Mary Weiler she has won a car in a contest [1963]
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-24
Name Access
Weiler, Otto
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1937-1961
Scope and Content
Series consists of correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton and information, photographs and ephemera relating to Victor Von Donop, after whom Von Donop Inlet was named. The two photographs that were part of this material (2003.002.393-Portrait of Victor Von Donop and 2003.002.394-Coat of arms of Von Donop family) are described in Series 1 and stored in the Photographs box with the other photographs in the Weiler fonds.)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
3
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1937-1961
Custodial History
Material was collected by Jimmy Layton, who had a homestead at the head of Von Donop Inlet; he gave it to Otto Weiler.
Scope and Content
Series consists of correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton and information, photographs and ephemera relating to Victor Von Donop, after whom Von Donop Inlet was named. The two photographs that were part of this material (2003.002.393-Portrait of Victor Von Donop and 2003.002.394-Coat of arms of Von Donop family) are described in Series 1 and stored in the Photographs box with the other photographs in the Weiler fonds.)
Storage Range
1-26 - 1-27
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Information about Victor Von Donop (1844-1881)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1962
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence to Theodore Von Donop re Victor VonDonop and correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Item Number Range
1-26
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1962
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence to Theodore Von Donop re Victor VonDonop and correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton.
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-26
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Province of BC Land Series bulletins (Howe Sound to Toba Inlet; Toba Inlet to Queen Charlotte Strait)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1937-1939
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Item Number Range
1-27
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1937-1939
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-27
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Portrait of Victor Von Donop (see Series 4)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1870s] (date of reproduction: ca. mid 1900s)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.393
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1870s] (date of reproduction: ca. mid 1900s)
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 13 x 17.5 cm
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Coat of arms of Von Donop family (see Series 4)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.394
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph; b&w; 8 x 11 cm
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1967
Scope and Content
Series contains a newspaper page about the opening of the road between Whaletown and Manson's Landing, and copies of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1967
Scope and Content
Series contains a newspaper page about the opening of the road between Whaletown and Manson's Landing, and copies of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission
Storage Range
1-28 - 1-29
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1963-1967
Scope and Content
File contains 2 whole issues (Sept. 1963 and Autumn 1965) and one partial issue (Fall 1967) of "The Log", and a newspaper article about the closing of the Columbia Coast Mission on Cortes.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
4
File Number
2
Item Number Range
1-29
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1963-1967
Scope and Content
File contains 2 whole issues (Sept. 1963 and Autumn 1965) and one partial issue (Fall 1967) of "The Log", and a newspaper article about the closing of the Columbia Coast Mission on Cortes.
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-29
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1945-1969
Scope and Content
Series contains correspondence from Otto Weiler, and a receipt with a Whaletown Post Office cancellation stamp.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1945-1969
Scope and Content
Series contains correspondence from Otto Weiler, and a receipt with a Whaletown Post Office cancellation stamp.
Storage Range
1-23 - 1-25
Name Access
Weiler, Otto
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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