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Postcard scrapbook
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1904] - [ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Scrapbook with a brown leather cover containing postcards arranged by place
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Postcard and greeting card album
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1904] - [ca.1925]
Scope and Content
Scrapbook of postcards and greeting cards compiled by Douglas starting during her childhood. It is organized by subject, and is roughly chronological. It includes photo cards of Glen Mawr, where she attended school. Postcards have been removed from the album and are stored in the Postcard Box.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
17
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1904] - [ca.1925]
Physical Description
472 postcards
Scope and Content
Scrapbook of postcards and greeting cards compiled by Douglas starting during her childhood. It is organized by subject, and is roughly chronological. It includes photo cards of Glen Mawr, where she attended school. Postcards have been removed from the album and are stored in the Postcard Box.
Storage Location
Postcard Box
Storage Range
7-2
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Postcards
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1915] - [ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
180 postcards, including 3 postcard books, from various places in North America and Europe.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1915] - [ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
180 postcards, including 3 postcard books, from various places in North America and Europe.
Storage Location
Postcard box
Storage Range
Postcard box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Whaletown, B.C. postcards
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
File contains postcards showing views of Whaletown.
#1: Photograph of St. John the Baptist Church, b&w, 1952; 1 copy
#2: Photograph of a Union Steamship at the Whaletown wharf; b&w; 1952; 1 copy
#3: Aerial photograph of the Salt Lagoon; b&w; likely 1952; 1 copy
#4: A drawing of the wharf and buildings of Whaletown, from the water; b&w, [195-]; 4 copies Verso says "Sketch by Canadian Artist, Mrs. R. A. Borland". Mrs. Borland was the sister of Mary Weiler, and lived in Manson's Landing.
#5: Church of St. John the Baptist; colour; 1952; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.006
#6: The Whaletown Trading Post; colour; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.005
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
36
Material Type
ephemera textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Physical Description
11 postcards
Custodial History
Found in files
Scope and Content
File contains postcards showing views of Whaletown.
#1: Photograph of St. John the Baptist Church, b&w, 1952; 1 copy
#2: Photograph of a Union Steamship at the Whaletown wharf; b&w; 1952; 1 copy
#3: Aerial photograph of the Salt Lagoon; b&w; likely 1952; 1 copy
#4: A drawing of the wharf and buildings of Whaletown, from the water; b&w, [195-]; 4 copies Verso says "Sketch by Canadian Artist, Mrs. R. A. Borland". Mrs. Borland was the sister of Mary Weiler, and lived in Manson's Landing.
#5: Church of St. John the Baptist; colour; 1952; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.006
#6: The Whaletown Trading Post; colour; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.005
Storage Location
Oversize box
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Notes from meetings
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 handwritten notes from meetings of the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
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Correspondence from the Regional District
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-1979
Scope and Content
File contains mail-outs from the Regional District to Cortes residents about zoning matters.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
28
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-1979
Scope and Content
File contains mail-outs from the Regional District to Cortes residents about zoning matters.
Storage Location
7-28
Storage Range
7-28
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Correspondence from Harold Cox
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
Storage Location
2-32
Storage Range
2-32
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence from Alan Greene
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson, who lived in Coulter Bay (Whaletown) during the 1950s.
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1956-1964
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
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Correspondence from Joe Gregson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1965-1970
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Joe Gregson
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Correspondence from Bertha Reedel
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1963
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bertha Reedel
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Correspondence from Al Taylor
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
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from "Now the Green Word"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
Poems from envelope marked by Douglas "from 'Now the Green Word'"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.1
Sub-series Number
1.1
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
Poems from envelope marked by Douglas "from 'Now the Green Word'"
Storage Location
1-20
Storage Range
1-20
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Poems from "Poetic Plush"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1953]
Scope and Content
Poems from the book "Poetic Plush"
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Correspondence from May Ellingsen
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984-1986
Scope and Content
File contains carbon copies of correspondence from May Ellingsen. It includes some historical information.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
27
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984-1986
Scope and Content
File contains carbon copies of correspondence from May Ellingsen. It includes some historical information.
Storage Location
1-27
Storage Range
1-27
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Correspondence from Aaron and Doreen Olson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Aaron and Doreen Olson, who lived on Gorge Harbour, just east of the government wharf. Aaron Olson had a machine shop.
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Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
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Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1989]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson, residents of Read Island.
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"From Wilderness to Wonderland" pageant script
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Script of a pageant of B.C. history prepared by the provincial Centennial Committee
