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Correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and property tax notices.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and property tax notices.
Storage Range
1-8
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Flossie Manson with horse

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1912
Scope and Content
Flossie Manson with their horse Bessie, near their home at Manson's Landing.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.020
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1912
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w; 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Flossie Manson with their horse Bessie, near their home at Manson's Landing.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Ervin McKay with a horse

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay with one of the draft horses, standing in front of a barn with wall made of hand-split cedar shakes.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.035
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay with one of the draft horses, standing in front of a barn with wall made of hand-split cedar shakes.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Personal correspondence of William Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Scope and Content
File consists of letters to Whiting from his niece Lula Planitz with two photographs.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
6
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Scope and Content
File consists of letters to Whiting from his niece Lula Planitz with two photographs.
Storage Range
1-6
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence re Basil Whiting

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1929
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence re Basil Whiting's stay in Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River and in the Queen Alexandria Solarium for Crippled Children in Victoria and includes letters from Basil.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1929
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence re Basil Whiting's stay in Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River and in the Queen Alexandria Solarium for Crippled Children in Victoria and includes letters from Basil.
Storage Range
1-15
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Horse at Cortes Island Day

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ken Hansen's Arab stallion Kishitel and children at Cortes Island Day.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0448
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ken Hansen's Arab stallion Kishitel and children at Cortes Island Day.
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Two children and a toy horse

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Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.007
Date Range
[194-?]
Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.007
Item Number
2019.007.006
Accession Number
2019.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Newsham, Peggy
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The first "Columbia" dwarfed by her neighbors at Alert Bay dock"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1905-1910]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first "Columbia" and a much larger ship at the Alert Bay dock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0926
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1905-1910]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 18 cm and 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first "Columbia" and a much larger ship at the Alert Bay dock.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Kids with a horse, Cortes Island Day

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of some kids with one of Ken Hansen's horses at Cortes Island Day at Smelt Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0447
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of some kids with one of Ken Hansen's horses at Cortes Island Day at Smelt Bay.
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"Kicking Horse Canyon and Mt. Stephen"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of the railroad bridge at Kicking Horse Canyon and Mt. Stephen.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.329
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of the railroad bridge at Kicking Horse Canyon and Mt. Stephen.
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"Natural Bridge, Kicking Horse River"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of a natural bridge on the Kicking Horse River.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.332
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of a natural bridge on the Kicking Horse River.
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Flossie Manson standing beside a horse

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1920?]
Scope and Content
Flossie Manson Standing beside a horse which has two cats on its back.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.012
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1920?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Flossie Manson Standing beside a horse which has two cats on its back.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
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Ervin McKay readying a horse for logging

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay cleaning the hoof of one of the draft horses.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.034
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay cleaning the hoof of one of the draft horses.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Mrs. Spilsbury on a horse, Savary Island

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-?]
Scope and Content
One of a group of photos from an envelope labeled "Mrs. Daniels, Seaford, for museum."
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.106
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
Custodial History
Was in envelope stating: Mrs. Daniels for Museum Seaford from Nellie Jeffery? Found in bookshelf by Lynne Jordan
Scope and Content
One of a group of photos from an envelope labeled "Mrs. Daniels, Seaford, for museum."
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
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Correspondence re Basil Whiting's birth and christening

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Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923-1926
Scope and Content
File contains a letter about Basil Whiting's baptism and a receipt for his birth certificate.
Part Of
Muriel and William Whiting fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2018.003
Series Number
1
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923-1926
Scope and Content
File contains a letter about Basil Whiting's baptism and a receipt for his birth certificate.
Storage Range
1-5
Name Access
Whiting, Muriel and William
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Horse looking over a fence, Cortes Bay

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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 a horse looking over a fence. A building can be seen in the background. (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0666
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca, 1950s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a horse looking over a fence. A building can be seen in the background. (ID)
Geographic Access
Cortes Bay
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A horse-drawn wagon, with an adult and two children in it

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a horse-drawn farm wagon in front of a picket fence. Two children and an adult are in the wagon.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.256
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a horse-drawn farm wagon in front of a picket fence. Two children and an adult are in the wagon.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Hans Dolezol feeding his horse, Breezy

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 5 photographs taken by a couple from Germany who were visiting Hans Dolezol (also known as Hans Croker), who lived in the Round House on the property of Paula Snow (now 1474 Robertson Rd.) during the late 1970s until his death in 1982.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.269
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 18 x 12.5 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jill Milton, 2024.
Scope and Content
Part of a series of 5 photographs taken by a couple from Germany who were visiting Hans Dolezol (also known as Hans Croker), who lived in the Round House on the property of Paula Snow (now 1474 Robertson Rd.) during the late 1970s until his death in 1982.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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Group of people in front of a horse and wagon at Sunny Brae

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1934]
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of people in front of a horse and wagon, taken near the barn at Sunny Brae farm. L to R: John Manson, Rose Manson, Mrs. Bobbie, niece Tina Jamieson in front of Mrs. Bobbie
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.188
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1934]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of people in front of a horse and wagon, taken near the barn at Sunny Brae farm. L to R: John Manson, Rose Manson, Mrs. Bobbie, niece Tina Jamieson in front of Mrs. Bobbie
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Bill Illman (?), age 16, with a horse-drawn plow

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Photograph of a youth, age 16 and identified as probably Bill Illman with a plow drawn by two horses, in front of a barn.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.199
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a youth, age 16 and identified as probably Bill Illman with a plow drawn by two horses, in front of a barn.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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