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Brooks family fonds
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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.021
Date Range
1941-1956
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number Range
2019.021.001 - .016
Accession Number
2019.021
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1941-1956
Physical Description
15 photographs : b&w
1 photograph : colour
History / Biographical
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Storage Range
Photo box 5
Name Access
Brooks, Fred
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
Related Material
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
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Meg Shaw (center), her daughter Alice and her children; an unidentified woman at far left (ID) on the patio at Channel Rock
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
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Gilean Douglas (2nd from left) with a group of people in front of the G R Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas from one of her trips for the BC Women's Institute.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2445
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas from one of her trips for the BC Women's Institute.
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Woman and three children (ID) by a small campfire on the rock in front of the cabin at Channel Rock
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Christmas tree in front of the china cabinets in the living room at Channel Rock
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
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Front corner of the living room at Channel Rock, with display of Christmas cards
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"Gundrys, Lyle Creelman, Gundry's house"; Meg Shaw at left
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2032
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The shoreline of the home bay at Channel Rock; boat shed at left
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
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The path and main gate into the garden at Channel Rock; barn at left
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Four Whaletown women, seated inside - Bertha Reedel, second from left (ID)
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Woman and three children (ID - the Robertsons?)
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"Picnic with the McKees and Parry children on Marina" (ID)
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Scope and Content
(L to R): (presumably) Mrs. McKee, Maryann Parry, Jack Parry, girl (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2160
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
(L to R): (presumably) Mrs. McKee, Maryann Parry, Jack Parry, girl (ID)
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Doris Maclean with her children Ian, Janice and Heather
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1971]
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Two children (ID) tending a small fire on the rock at Channel Rock
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
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Writing nook in the living room at Channel Rock
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Gilean Douglas fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
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Christmas tree in the living room at Channel Rock
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
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Woman getting into a skiff carrying two more adults and four children (ID)
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Rev. Joe Titus rowing his wife Joan and their two children to the "John Antle"
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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Kay Waring, Bill and Judy Mitchell (ID) and a boatload of seven children at Channel Rock
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Kay Waring, Bill and Judy Mitchell (ID) and a boatload of seven children at Channel Rock