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Journal of Philip Major Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
Handwritten daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from May of 1948 when he first moved to Channel Rock to the end of 1948. The journal was written to be sent to Gilean Douglas, who had not yet moved to Cortes, and contains many details of daily life on the island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
Handwritten daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from May of 1948 when he first moved to Channel Rock to the end of 1948. The journal was written to be sent to Gilean Douglas, who had not yet moved to Cortes, and contains many details of daily life on the island.
Storage Location
4-2
Storage Range
4-2
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Journal of Philip Major Douglas

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6960
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from January 1949 to May 1949, when Gilean Douglas moved to Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Daily journal of Philip Major Douglas from January 1949 to May 1949, when Gilean Douglas moved to Channel Rock
Storage Location
4-3
Storage Range
4-3
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Douglas, Philip Major
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Correspondence from Douglas to Christian Gronau and Aileen Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1981-1993
Scope and Content
File contains letters, cards and notes written by Douglas to Gronau and Douglas.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
32
Item Number
1999.001.11
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1981-1993
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS by Christian Gronau and Aileen Douglas.
Scope and Content
File contains letters, cards and notes written by Douglas to Gronau and Douglas.
Storage Location
6-27
Storage Range
6-29
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1904-2018
Scope and Content
Gilean Douglas fonds info, 1904-1993. Letter, The Whaletown Women's Institute, 1952. Clippings with info on Gilean's life, writing, and home on Chanel Rock, 1960s-2009. Clippings of Gilean's writing in various newspapers including her "Nature Rambles," 1961-1992. Clippings from WNE featuring Gilean Douglas, 1990-1993. Info on: Gilean's memorial, 1993; The Gilean Douglas Project, 1994; Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home, Gillian Milton and Andrea Lebowitz, 1999-2000; and Gilean Douglas featured at CIMAS. Excerpts: From My Window, Gordon Wagner, 1988 and Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill, 1994. Pages of magazines from The Country Gentleman, 1978 and Country Journal, 1988. Vintage cards, clippings related to homecare, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
26
Date Range
1904-2018
Scope and Content
Gilean Douglas fonds info, 1904-1993. Letter, The Whaletown Women's Institute, 1952. Clippings with info on Gilean's life, writing, and home on Chanel Rock, 1960s-2009. Clippings of Gilean's writing in various newspapers including her "Nature Rambles," 1961-1992. Clippings from WNE featuring Gilean Douglas, 1990-1993. Info on: Gilean's memorial, 1993; The Gilean Douglas Project, 1994; Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home, Gillian Milton and Andrea Lebowitz, 1999-2000; and Gilean Douglas featured at CIMAS. Excerpts: From My Window, Gordon Wagner, 1988 and Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill, 1994. Pages of magazines from The Country Gentleman, 1978 and Country Journal, 1988. Vintage cards, clippings related to homecare, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1920s-1960s
Scope and Content
Historical Canadian and US maps and travel info, 1920s-1960s.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
69
Date Range
1920s-1960s
Scope and Content
Historical Canadian and US maps and travel info, 1920s-1960s.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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William Murray Douglas ephemera

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1902-1914
Scope and Content
Health bulletin; White Star Line pamphlet and photo cards of the "SS Celtic" from a trans-Atlantic trip taken by Douglas's father; calling card of Douglas's mother
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1902-1914
Scope and Content
Health bulletin; White Star Line pamphlet and photo cards of the "SS Celtic" from a trans-Atlantic trip taken by Douglas's father; calling card of Douglas's mother
Storage Location
6-12
Storage Range
6-12
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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William Murray Douglas ephemera

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, clippings and a map from a trip to California taken by Douglas's father
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, clippings and a map from a trip to California taken by Douglas's father
Storage Location
6-13
Storage Range
6-13
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Clippings of Douglas's published articles

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950] - 1991
Scope and Content
Clippings of Douglas's work published in newspapers and magazines
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
15
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950] - 1991
Scope and Content
Clippings of Douglas's work published in newspapers and magazines
Storage Location
6-20
Storage Range
6-20
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Clippings scrapbook of Douglas's writing

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
White covered scrapbook of Douglas's poems and articles, some typed manuscripts and some clippings
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
17
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
White covered scrapbook of Douglas's poems and articles, some typed manuscripts and some clippings
Storage Location
7-4
Storage Range
7-4
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Bookmark with inscription by Gilean Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains a bookmark with an inscription to publisher Howard White of Harbour Publishing, and a letter from White donating the bookmark to CIMAS.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
21
Item Number
1999.001.11
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198?]
Custodial History
Donated by Howard White in 2003.
Scope and Content
File contains a bookmark with an inscription to publisher Howard White of Harbour Publishing, and a letter from White donating the bookmark to CIMAS.
Storage Location
6-27
Storage Range
6-27
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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William M. Douglas notebooks

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1889-[ca.1910]
Scope and Content
File contains six small leather-bound memo books with entries and jottings by Wm. Douglas which include such things as household accounts, trip diaries, appointments, and golf scores.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
12
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1889-[ca.1910]
Scope and Content
File contains six small leather-bound memo books with entries and jottings by Wm. Douglas which include such things as household accounts, trip diaries, appointments, and golf scores.
Storage Location
5-55.2
Storage Range
5-55.2
Name Access
Douglas, William
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence re: Disney house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Storage Location
3-18
Storage Range
3-18
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Heritage Buildings
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Old School House Gallery

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
4
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Correspondence between Douglas and W. L. Alder

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1979-1985
Scope and Content
Correspondence between Douglas and W. L. Alder
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
27
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1979-1985
Scope and Content
Correspondence between Douglas and W. L. Alder
Storage Location
3-6
Storage Range
3-6
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence between Douglas and Ethel and Aubrey Ferguson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1950-1952
Scope and Content
Correspondence between Douglas and Ethel and Aubrey Ferguson, the Whaletown school teacher.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
28
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1950-1952
Scope and Content
Correspondence between Douglas and Ethel and Aubrey Ferguson, the Whaletown school teacher.
Storage Location
3-7
Storage Range
3-7
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Ferguson, Aubrey
Ferguson, Ethel
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1980]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed and handwritten notes on the Klahoose band; articles by Franz Boas; pamphlet on the Indian Act
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1980]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed and handwritten notes on the Klahoose band; articles by Franz Boas; pamphlet on the Indian Act
Storage Location
5-22
Storage Range
5-22
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"The Little House on the Dyke Road" by Gordon Wagner

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
44
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Storage Location
5-31
Storage Range
5-31
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1792-2017
Scope and Content
Info on: Chief and Council, community initiatives, cultural practices and events, reconciliation, cultural tourism, land use and treaty negotiations, economic opportunities and development, fishing, shellfish, material culture, and early history, 1792-2017. Utilization of Fishes, Beach Foods, and Marine Animals by the Th'uhus Indian People of British Columbia, manuscript from Rose Mitchell, prepared by Dorothy Kennedy, 1974. Neh'Motl newsletter, 1981. Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Kennedy and Bouchard, 1983 , and Handbook of North American Indians, 1990. Interviews with Mary Reif (nee Pille), and Tom Hill, 1995. Klahoose and the Treaty Process brochures, 1995. "Treaty Talk" newsletter, 1996. Some printed photographs. Marilyn's Salmon brochures. Brenda Rose Bio. Keywords: Strathcona Redional District (SRD); Plutonic Power's proposed "Green Energy Cooridoor,"; Comprehensive Community Planning (CCP); the Drone Territory Initiative; Community Forest; Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); Toba Inlet; Forbes Bay; Squirrel Cove
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
20
Date Range
1792-2017
Scope and Content
Info on: Chief and Council, community initiatives, cultural practices and events, reconciliation, cultural tourism, land use and treaty negotiations, economic opportunities and development, fishing, shellfish, material culture, and early history, 1792-2017. Utilization of Fishes, Beach Foods, and Marine Animals by the Th'uhus Indian People of British Columbia, manuscript from Rose Mitchell, prepared by Dorothy Kennedy, 1974. Neh'Motl newsletter, 1981. Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Kennedy and Bouchard, 1983 , and Handbook of North American Indians, 1990. Interviews with Mary Reif (nee Pille), and Tom Hill, 1995. Klahoose and the Treaty Process brochures, 1995. "Treaty Talk" newsletter, 1996. Some printed photographs. Marilyn's Salmon brochures. Brenda Rose Bio. Keywords: Strathcona Redional District (SRD); Plutonic Power's proposed "Green Energy Cooridoor,"; Comprehensive Community Planning (CCP); the Drone Territory Initiative; Community Forest; Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); Toba Inlet; Forbes Bay; Squirrel Cove
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1979]
Scope and Content
Handwritten notes by Douglas and correspondence to Douglas about Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
21
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1979]
Scope and Content
Handwritten notes by Douglas and correspondence to Douglas about Channel Rock
Storage Location
5-8
Storage Range
5-8
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Channel Rock
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1994-2015
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Seven-Knot Summers by Beth Hills about Channel Rock, 1994; email from Bonnie MacDonald re Pamela Millar's proposed documentary about Channel Rock, 1999; Channel Rock listing on tideline, 2015; email about property listing, 2015; Channel Rock Village map, undated ; letter from Pinchot & Company, new owner of Gilean Douglas property
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
38
Date Range
1994-2015
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Seven-Knot Summers by Beth Hills about Channel Rock, 1994; email from Bonnie MacDonald re Pamela Millar's proposed documentary about Channel Rock, 1999; Channel Rock listing on tideline, 2015; email about property listing, 2015; Channel Rock Village map, undated ; letter from Pinchot & Company, new owner of Gilean Douglas property
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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