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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
sound recording
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Physical Description
3 meters of textual records 726 photographs 21 audio cassette tapes
Extent
252 cm
History / Biographical
Elmer Ellingsen (1913-2002) was born in North Vancouver to Sigurd and Gladys Ellingsen. After graduating from high school, he took a short course in business at Sprott Shaw College. In the early 1930s Elmer worked in logging and became a strong supporter of the trade union movement. He also had classical piano training in school, later turning to popular music; he played for many dances and parties until well into his eighties. May Ellingsen (1914-2012) was born in Vancouver to George and Robina Freeman. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Manson, was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, in 1886. May grew up on Cortes and Hernando Islands until grade six, then moved to Vancouver with her family to finish her schooling. May and Elmer met on Cortes in 1935 and were married on August 1, 1936. They built a float house and spent the next ten years in the Loughborough Inlet/Phillips Arm area where Elmer worked in his father's logging operations. While there, their children Shirley (1939), Bruce (1940) and Andy (1941) were born. In 1946 they moved to Von Donop Creek, where Elmer formed a logging partnership with Mike Herrewig and Scotty McKenzie. In 1950, he formed a new partnership with Erne Anderson for logging in the Whaletown area, and moved the floathouse to Manson's Landing lagoon. Two years later their floathouse was moved to its present location on Hague Lake. After travelling from home to various logging operations, Elmer retired from logging. He bought a D8 Caterpillar tractor, backhoe and gravel truck and worked for the next forty years excavating, delivering gravel and moving things. He often worked with BC Hydro and BC Tel on pole installation, repair and maintenance. Both Elmer and May were very active in community life. They sponsored weekly movie nights through the 1950s and square dancing in the sixties. May's many involvements included the Ladies' Guild, Women's Institute, Ratepayers Association, Post Office, Vancouver Regional Library development and Cortes Island Days. Elmer was a leading promoter of bringing ferry and hydro service to the island; he helped renovate Manson's Hall in the late 1970s, lobbied for road paving and helped initiate the Cortes Island Firefighters Assoc. in the 1980s. Both were founding members of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society.
Custodial History
Records were collected from the home of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Andy and Susan Ellingsen and by Bruce Ellingsen and donated to CIMAS. There are eight accessions in this fonds: 2007.001, 2007.002, 2007.003, 2007.005, 2008.002 and 2010.001, 2018.002 and 2019.002.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal, business and research records of May and Elmer Ellingsen. Textual records include personal and business correspondence; financial and legal records; information about local history; records and newsletters of various community organizations; records created by John Manson and by the St. James Ladies' Guild; maps; ephemera; and clippings about Cortes Island people and events. Fonds also includes photographs of the Manson family and other island people and places, and cassette tapes of oral history and music. Fonds is arranged in 14 series: Correspondence; Financial records; Elmer Ellingsen records (business and personal); May Ellingsen personal records; Local history subject files; John Manson records; St. James Ladies' Guild records; Community organizations and services records; Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society records; Maps; Ephemera; Clippings; Photographs and Audio tapes. Records from Accessions 2017.003 and 2019.002, which were processed after the other material had been arranged, have been interfiled.
Storage Range
1-1 - 1-8
Name Access
Ellingsen, Elmer
Ellingsen, May
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Women's Institute
Water transport
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Hernando Island
Related Material
May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection (2004.002)
Arrangement
Original order unknown; archivist has arranged records.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains personal and family correspondence, including letters re ferry service and electrification and a Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains personal and family correspondence, including letters re ferry service and electrification and a Cortes Island Ratepayers' Association newsletter.
Storage Location
1-11
Storage Range
1-11
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Correspondence re a luncheon tribute to Bob Langdon

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re a luncheon tribute to Bob Langdon.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re a luncheon tribute to Bob Langdon.
Storage Location
1-20
Storage Range
1-20
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Coast Ferries - blank bills of lading

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
File contains blank bills of lading from Coast Ferries.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
File contains blank bills of lading from Coast Ferries.
Storage Location
8-13
Storage Range
8-13
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Coast Ferries Ltd. Loggers' Freight Schedule

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195?]
Scope and Content
File contains a schedule of stops at coastal logging camps.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195?]
Scope and Content
File contains a schedule of stops at coastal logging camps.
Storage Location
8-15
Storage Range
8-15
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Union Steamship brochure; telephone supply catalog

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1957; 1960s
Scope and Content
File contains an advertising brochure of the Union Steamship company, including a menu, and a catalog of telephone supplies used while installing the Cortes Grapevine local telephone system.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1957; 1960s
Scope and Content
File contains an advertising brochure of the Union Steamship company, including a menu, and a catalog of telephone supplies used while installing the Cortes Grapevine local telephone system.
Storage Location
8-16
Storage Range
8-16
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1965-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a Powell River ferry schedule, 1965, and a napkin with a "contract" signed by Bruce Ellingsen, 1968.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1965-1968
Scope and Content
File contains a Powell River ferry schedule, 1965, and a napkin with a "contract" signed by Bruce Ellingsen, 1968.
Storage Location
8-20
Storage Range
8-20
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Ferry ticket book covers

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains the covers from books of Cortes Island ferry tickets.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
32
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains the covers from books of Cortes Island ferry tickets.
Storage Location
8-32
Storage Range
8-32
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from local businesses and ferry ticket book covers.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from local businesses and ferry ticket book covers.
Storage Location
8-35
Storage Range
8-35
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Union Steamship schedule

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
File contains a schedule for the Union Steamships.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
File contains a schedule for the Union Steamships.
Storage Location
8-4
Storage Range
8-4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Union Steamship Bill of Lading forms

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
5
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-]
Physical Description
File contains a pad of unused Union Steamship Ltd. Bill of Lading forms.
Storage Location
8-5
Storage Range
8-5
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Clipping - about Powell River ferry promotion; many photographs of Cortes residents

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
Storage Location
8-49
Storage Range
8-49
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Clippings - Cortes ferry service

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains a help-wanted ad for ferry positions and the third section of the Campbell River Upper Islander (Nov. 26, 1969) with a photo-story on the inaugural trip of the Cortes ferry. On page 3 is "Cortes Grapevine" with an account of Andy and Susan Ellingsen's wedding.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains a help-wanted ad for ferry positions and the third section of the Campbell River Upper Islander (Nov. 26, 1969) with a photo-story on the inaugural trip of the Cortes ferry. On page 3 is "Cortes Grapevine" with an account of Andy and Susan Ellingsen's wedding.
Storage Location
8-50
Storage Range
8-50
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Manson's Landing from aboard the "Cardena"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923-1958]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Manson's Landing taken from aboard the Union Steamship "Cardena".
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.029
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923-1958]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Manson's Landing taken from aboard the Union Steamship "Cardena".
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Upside-down airplane on the beach at low tide, Alert Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.036
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Crowd of people standing on the government dock at Manson's Landing

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.064
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Images
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Union steamship "SS Chelohsin" aground

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.372
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Images
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Union steamship "Camosun"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.373
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Images
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Union steamship "Camosun"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.374
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Images
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Union steamship "Camosun"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.375
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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