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Summers, Family

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
81
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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List of Cortes Island property owners

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1977
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1977
Storage Location
3-35
Storage Range
3-35
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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List of Cortes Island non-residential land owners

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Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1998
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Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
46
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1998
Storage Location
6-26
Storage Range
6-26
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Voters list and list of owners/electors on Cortes Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1968, 1975
Scope and Content
File contains a voters list for Manson's Landing Polling division (1975) and a list of owners/electors for Electoral Area I (1968).
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
31
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1968, 1975
Scope and Content
File contains a voters list for Manson's Landing Polling division (1975) and a list of owners/electors for Electoral Area I (1968).
Storage Location
5-31
Storage Range
5-31
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Presentation claim and correspondence, D.B. Lowe family

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1892-1917
Scope and Content
File contains ?? (check)
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
21
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1892-1917
Scope and Content
File contains ?? (check)
Storage Location
5-21
Storage Range
5-21
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Manson's Landing Store

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1880s-1985
Scope and Content
Info and photographs on history of businesses in Manson's Landing, from CIMAS "Manson's Landing & Lagoon" photo album, 1880s-1996. Documents for the operation of Manson's Landing store: Grant of Concession and additional documents; mandatory site inspection documents; and tender for operation, 1985. Correspondence re Robert James Taylor, owner of the store in 1966/67.
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
67
Date Range
1880s-1985
Scope and Content
Info and photographs on history of businesses in Manson's Landing, from CIMAS "Manson's Landing & Lagoon" photo album, 1880s-1996. Documents for the operation of Manson's Landing store: Grant of Concession and additional documents; mandatory site inspection documents; and tender for operation, 1985. Correspondence re Robert James Taylor, owner of the store in 1966/67.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Spice-Cherry, Evelyn

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1929-2002
Scope and Content
Info on Evelyn Spice-Cherry, a Saskatchewan pioneer, with info from 1929-1990, printed in 2002
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
76
Date Range
1929-2002
Scope and Content
Info on Evelyn Spice-Cherry, a Saskatchewan pioneer, with info from 1929-1990, printed in 2002
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Matchbooks from Manson's Landing store

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopy of three (3) matchbook covers. The matchbooks themselves have been transferred to the Artifact Collection.
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
7
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[196?]
Custodial History
From an envelope marked "Bill Guthrie"
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopy of three (3) matchbook covers. The matchbooks themselves have been transferred to the Artifact Collection.
Storage Location
1-39
Storage Range
1-39
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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List of Owner-Electors on Cortes Island

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1975
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Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1975
Storage Location
1-4
Storage Range
1-4
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Spring Love, Summer Weddings

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Files from the Spring Love, Summer Weddings gathering at the museum, 2005
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
30
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Files from the Spring Love, Summer Weddings gathering at the museum, 2005
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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BC Ministry of Lands and Forests Land Referral forms re proposed parks at Carrington Bay, Hague and Gunflint Lakes and Manson's Landing Spit

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1988-1990
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
File Number
4
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1988-1990
Storage Location
4-19
Storage Range
4-19
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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Nigel Pickard's store receipts

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
38
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
Donated by Kate Maddigan, Aug. 23 2021. Receipts were found in the attic of the house she bought from Nigel Pickard.
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Squirrel Cove Store rationing documents

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1944-1945
Scope and Content
File contains forms, coupon books and correspondence relating to war-time rationing.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
28
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1944-1945
Scope and Content
File contains forms, coupon books and correspondence relating to war-time rationing.
Storage Location
5-28
Storage Range
5-28
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Old Cortes Island store receipts

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1920-1935
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from Ewart's store in Squirrel Cove and the Thompson store in Whaletown.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1920-1935
Physical Description
Ephemera
Scope and Content
File contains receipts from Ewart's store in Squirrel Cove and the Thompson store in Whaletown.
Storage Location
8-3
Storage Range
8-3
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Ewart, Family, Squirrel Cove Store

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1921-2017
Scope and Content
Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
28
Date Range
1921-2017
Scope and Content
Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Invitation from Lt. Governor of British Columbia & Mrs. Henry Bell-Irving

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1982
Scope and Content
File contains one invitation to dinner on board HMCS Restigouche, at anchor in Manson's Landing. Card is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. G. Slater.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
57
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1982
Scope and Content
File contains one invitation to dinner on board HMCS Restigouche, at anchor in Manson's Landing. Card is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. G. Slater.
Storage Location
1-57
Storage Range
1-57
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Receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store and Island Airlines

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1967-1969
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
33
Date Range
1967-1969
Custodial History
Donated by Ann Dewar and Robbie Graham on Jan. 20,2017, along with items for the Artifacts Committee. Material donated is from Robbie Graham's father Hector Graham.
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-33
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Stores on Cortes: History

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1951-2005
Scope and Content
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
34
Date Range
1951-2005
Scope and Content
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Ephemera - schedule of logging camp pay rates (1965) and Squirrel Cove store receipts (1952)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1952-1965
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1952-1965
Storage Location
8-11
Storage Range
8-11
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Property conveyance from Jane Manson to John Manson

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1909; 1913
Scope and Content
File contains a legal form conveying 115 acres of Section 4 to John Manson from Jane Manson, wife of Michael Manson (1913) and a legal form, "Certification for Married Women."
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1909; 1913
Scope and Content
File contains a legal form conveying 115 acres of Section 4 to John Manson from Jane Manson, wife of Michael Manson (1913) and a legal form, "Certification for Married Women."
Storage Location
6-8
Storage Range
6-8
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