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Correspondence about Cortes Island history
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1980
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence to May Ellingsen from members of the Manson and other early Cortes Island settler families.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
70
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1980
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence to May Ellingsen from members of the Manson and other early Cortes Island settler families.
Storage Location
5-70
Storage Range
5-70
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Correspondence about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
74
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
Storage Location
5-74
Storage Range
5-74
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Cortes Island history - notes and correspondence
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Correspondence about local history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
File contains letters written by May Ellingsen re preserving the former Manson's Landing Lodge store for use as a museum, archival information about pictographs, artifacts and old Cortes Island families, and correspondence about a central post office on Cortes and milk regulations.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
76
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
File contains letters written by May Ellingsen re preserving the former Manson's Landing Lodge store for use as a museum, archival information about pictographs, artifacts and old Cortes Island families, and correspondence about a central post office on Cortes and milk regulations.
Storage Location
5-76
Storage Range
5-76
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Notes and correspondence about local history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1990
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes and correspondence about local history.
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Electrical service: correspondence about Cortes Island electrification
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1966-1968
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence relating to bringing BC Hydro electrical service to Cortes Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
44
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1966-1968
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence relating to bringing BC Hydro electrical service to Cortes Island.
Storage Location
7-44
Storage Range
7-44
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May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes Island history
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 198?]
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes Island history, including information on the Manson, Allen, Heay and Padgett families.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
90
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 198?]
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes Island history, including information on the Manson, Allen, Heay and Padgett families.
Storage Location
5-90
Storage Range
5-90
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Cortes Island history - family trees, notes
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-[199?]
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on local history and family trees.
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Cortes Island history (poems, articles and clippings)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1950-1990
Scope and Content
File contains two poems by Mabel Christiansen, the legend of the Seal Boy, an article on Whaletown published in the Province in 1960, and other historical anecdotes.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
40
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1950-1990
Scope and Content
File contains two poems by Mabel Christiansen, the legend of the Seal Boy, an article on Whaletown published in the Province in 1960, and other historical anecdotes.
Storage Location
5-40
Storage Range
5-40
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May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes Island families and history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1970s-2000]
Scope and Content
File contains notes on May Ellingsen's research into local history.
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Friends of Cortes Island - correspondence
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May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 198?]
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history, including pre-emptions, a trip to Mexico, and information about Squirrel Cove and Redonda Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
88
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 198?]
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history, including pre-emptions, a trip to Mexico, and information about Squirrel Cove and Redonda Island.
Storage Location
5-88
Storage Range
5-88
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[199-]
Scope and Content
File contains notes made by May Ellingsen about Cortes Island history.
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May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1980]-1999
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history from the 1800s to the 1960s.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
93
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1980]-1999
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on Cortes history from the 1800s to the 1960s.
Storage Location
6-3
Storage Range
6-3
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"A Cortes Island History of the Huck Family and of the NE 1/4 Section 40, Green Valley"
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Written by Doreen Thompson.
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Cortes island real estate paperwork and correspondence
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1971-1993
Scope and Content
File contains documents related to:Subdivision of Eva Rickenbacker's lot; Brian & Margaret Davis' transfer of title to Gerry Green; Elmer Ellingsen's sale of a property on Potlatch Rd. to the Beaulieus; Seaford Development Ltd's sale of land to Elmer & May Ellingsen; Elmer Ellingsen's sale of land to Frederick & Maureen Watts.
Also contains a 1993 flyer for a meeting at Manson's hall about a response to rising property tax assessments.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.4
File Number
70.2
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1971-1993
Scope and Content
File contains documents related to:Subdivision of Eva Rickenbacker's lot; Brian & Margaret Davis' transfer of title to Gerry Green; Elmer Ellingsen's sale of a property on Potlatch Rd. to the Beaulieus; Seaford Development Ltd's sale of land to Elmer & May Ellingsen; Elmer Ellingsen's sale of land to Frederick & Maureen Watts.
Also contains a 1993 flyer for a meeting at Manson's hall about a response to rising property tax assessments.
Storage Range
4-12.2
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Clippings - feature articles about Cortes Island people and places
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1997
Scope and Content
File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1997
Scope and Content
File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
8-53
Storage Range
8-53
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Correspondence and ephemera re a new Cortes Island school
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1974-1977
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from George Gardener, principal of the Cortes Island school, and a letter and flyer about the proposed new school.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
34
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1974-1977
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from George Gardener, principal of the Cortes Island school, and a letter and flyer about the proposed new school.
Storage Location
7-34
Storage Range
7-34
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Correspondence re Cortes Island Official Settlement Plan
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca 1975]
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from May Ellingsen to the Regional District about the Cortes Island Official Settlement Plan.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
27
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca 1975]
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from May Ellingsen to the Regional District about the Cortes Island Official Settlement Plan.
Storage Location
7-27
Storage Range
7-27
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Electrical service: correspondence about electrification
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence regarding bringing BC Hydro service to Cortes Island.