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Rose Manson McKay - Recollections (Side A) and Sing-along at Wasyliw party (Side B)

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CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1981
Scope and Content
This recording was made at a party at John and Joanne Wasyliw's property, formerly part of the John Manson farm. It includes recollections of Rose (Manson) McKay, and a sing-along interspersed with conversation.
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CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.029
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1981
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
This recording was made at a party at John and Joanne Wasyliw's property, formerly part of the John Manson farm. It includes recollections of Rose (Manson) McKay, and a sing-along interspersed with conversation.
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Mrs. James A. Nixon and Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson and daughters Anna and Rose Manson on the steps of the Nixon home, Twin Islands

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1914]
Scope and Content
Rose Manson (left), Mrs. James A. Nixon, Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson, Anna Manson (seated in front) on the steps of the new Nixon home on Twin Islands. This picture was taken at the same time as photograph #2002.002.055. Rose Manson has replaced Mr. James Nixon who is now taking the picture.
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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.056
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Mr. James A. Nixon
Date Range
[ca.1914]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Rose Manson (left), Mrs. James A. Nixon, Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson, Anna Manson (seated in front) on the steps of the new Nixon home on Twin Islands. This picture was taken at the same time as photograph #2002.002.055. Rose Manson has replaced Mr. James Nixon who is now taking the picture.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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Informational letter

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of a printed informational sheet which includes a list of the activities and projects of the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
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Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
File Number
4
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of a printed informational sheet which includes a list of the activities and projects of the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
Storage Location
2-32
Storage Range
2-32
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Letter to the Registrar of Companies

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
File contains a letter explaining the failure to submit the required financial reports for the three years previous.
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Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
3
File Number
8
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
File contains a letter explaining the failure to submit the required financial reports for the three years previous.
Storage Range
1-49
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Letter to Whaletown Women's Institute members

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File consists of a 3 page letter written by Gilean Douglas to the members of the Whaletown Women's Institute about procedures and goals.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
5
File Number
12
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Custodial History
Donated by Dianne (Reedel) Hansen in 2014.
Scope and Content
File consists of a 3 page letter written by Gilean Douglas to the members of the Whaletown Women's Institute about procedures and goals.
Storage Location
6-26
Storage Range
6-26
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Letters

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-?, 1963
Scope and Content
Letter from Otto Weiler to Gilean Douglas about wild goose beans [195?] and a letter informing Mary Weiler she has won a car in a contest [1963]
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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-?, 1963
Scope and Content
Letter from Otto Weiler to Gilean Douglas about wild goose beans [195?] and a letter informing Mary Weiler she has won a car in a contest [1963]
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-24
Name Access
Weiler, Otto
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Letter and Christmas card from Mabel Hague

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1901]
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from Mabel Hague, 1901, and a Christmas card from the early 1900s.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
23
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1901]
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from Mabel Hague, 1901, and a Christmas card from the early 1900s.
Storage Location
5-23
Storage Range
5-23
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"Dr. Rose extracting"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dr. Rose, the dentist, at work in the Whaletown Clinic.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0828
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dr. Rose, the dentist, at work in the Whaletown Clinic.
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Anna from Rose"

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph labelled "Anna from Rose."
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.167
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 5 x 6 cm; cut
Scope and Content
Photograph labelled "Anna from Rose."
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Pete and Rose McDonald

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Scope and Content
Pete and Rose McDonald seated on a homemade twig bench. In the background is a two story house with a climbing rose on the veranda support. Rose was one of the Ward girls who came to attend Cortes Island School in 1895.
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May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.078
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Pete and Rose McDonald seated on a homemade twig bench. In the background is a two story house with a climbing rose on the veranda support. Rose was one of the Ward girls who came to attend Cortes Island School in 1895.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
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Correspondence re public beach access (one letter)

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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
2003
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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
28
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Storage Location
6-8
Storage Range
6-8
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mrs. James (Rose) Allen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1922]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. James Allen outside with dahlias.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.141
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1922]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. James Allen outside with dahlias.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Christmas Letters

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1959
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1952 (2 letters), 1953, January 1953, 1954-1959
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.4
Sub-series Number
1.4
File Number
69
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1959
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1952 (2 letters), 1953, January 1953, 1954-1959
Storage Location
2-3
Storage Range
2-3
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Christmas letters

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1969
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1960-1969
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.4
Sub-series Number
1.4
File Number
70
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1969
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1960-1969
Storage Location
2-4
Storage Range
2-4
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Christmas letters

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1979
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1970-1979; printing invoice from 1976
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.4
Sub-series Number
1.4
File Number
71
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1979
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1970-1979; printing invoice from 1976
Storage Location
2-5
Storage Range
2-5
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Christmas letters

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1989
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1980; 1983-1989
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.4
Sub-series Number
1.4
File Number
72
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1989
Scope and Content
Letters for the years 1980; 1983-1989
Storage Location
2-6
Storage Range
2-6
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Christmas letters

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
Letter for 1991
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.4
Sub-series Number
1.4
File Number
73
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
Letter for 1991
Storage Location
2-7
Storage Range
2-7
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Christmas Letters

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1991
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of printed copies and some carbon copies of Douglas's annual Christmas Letter, a two to four page letter sent yearly to over 200 friends and correspondents. The letters contain details of life at Channel Rock with observations of natural history and the garden; accounts of Douglas's community and political activities; records of her travels and philosophical musings.
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.4
Sub-series Number
1.4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1991
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of printed copies and some carbon copies of Douglas's annual Christmas Letter, a two to four page letter sent yearly to over 200 friends and correspondents. The letters contain details of life at Channel Rock with observations of natural history and the garden; accounts of Douglas's community and political activities; records of her travels and philosophical musings.
Storage Range
2-3 - 2-7
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Sheila (Musclow) Stoppa letter about growing up on Cortes

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
2005
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Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
2
File Number
3
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2005
Storage Range
1-23
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Correspondence - draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.
Storage Location
7-16
Storage Range
7-16
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