Fonds consists of records created or collected by Yendor Hurst. They include weather records of Cortes Island, copies of a treeplanting comic book ("Skreefer Madness"), ephemera and eight loose album pages containing ca. 81 photographs. It is arranged in two series: Textual records and Photographs.
Yendor (ca.1948-2005) moved to Cortes Island in 1973, after buying into Redlands Land Group, at the top of Robertson Rd. Gloria Jorg joined him in 1979. He was very involved in community activities, including the drama group, forestry committees, talent shows, drumming, oyster farming, Emergency First Aid Service, and the Whaletown Community Club. He served as webmaster for the Watershed Sentinel from 1995 to 2004.
Yendor made many trips to Ghana. He built djembe drums and had a gallery in his home featuring handmade drums, natural African products, and drum carving workshops. His import business of shea butter supported a women’s co-operative in Ghana, and helped preserve the trees.
Yendor died in an accident in 2005, when his safety belt broke as he was limbing branches high up in a tree.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by Gloria Jorg in 2006.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records created or collected by Yendor Hurst. They include weather records of Cortes Island, copies of a treeplanting comic book ("Skreefer Madness"), ephemera and eight loose album pages containing ca. 81 photographs. It is arranged in two series: Textual records and Photographs.
File consists of pages of daily temperature and precipitation records plotted on graph paper with first and last frost dates and unusual weather events noted. Records are from October of 1978 to December of 1990.
File consists of pages of daily temperature and precipitation records plotted on graph paper with first and last frost dates and unusual weather events noted. Records are from October of 1978 to December of 1990.
File consists of lists of daily records, with three numbers listed for each day. What is being recorded is unknown. The backs of the data pages include a flyer for the Whaletown Trading Post and a sheet of cards for Yendor drums.
File consists of lists of daily records, with three numbers listed for each day. What is being recorded is unknown. The backs of the data pages include a flyer for the Whaletown Trading Post and a sheet of cards for Yendor drums.
File consists of a Cortes Island "Yellow Pages" [ca. 1985], a Cold Mountains Institute catalog (Fall 1972), and a pamphlet "Cortes Island" produced by Friends of Cortes Island with a grant from Canada Works.
File consists of a Cortes Island "Yellow Pages" [ca. 1985], a Cold Mountains Institute catalog (Fall 1972), and a pamphlet "Cortes Island" produced by Friends of Cortes Island with a grant from Canada Works.
