Show All Information
Jalmar Olson
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1940]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.001
Item Number
2013.001.004
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1940]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.
Show less information
Show All Information
Jalmar Olson's house
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.001
Item Number
2013.001.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.
Show less information
Show All Information
Jalmar Olson collection
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2013.001
Date Range
1940-1952
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2013.001
Accession Number
2013.001
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
1940-1952
Physical Description
7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
1 file of textual records
History / Biographical
Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Small fonds box
Storage Range
Photograph Box 3
Small fonds box 1-18
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Show less information
Show All Information
J. Olson's house and outbuildings
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
Photograph, taken from the water, shows J. Olson's house and outbuildings on the shore of Gorge Harbour, several years after he had moved away.
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.001
Item Number
2013.001.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph, taken from the water, shows J. Olson's house and outbuildings on the shore of Gorge Harbour, several years after he had moved away.
Show less information
Show All Information
Judy Alderson standing beside J. Olson's well
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1946]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.001
Item Number
2013.001.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1946]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.
Show less information
Show All Information
Art in the Garden
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2009
Scope and Content
Files relating to the Art in the Garden Series, 2009. Contains an email, posters from event, post in Marketer, and a sign from the event
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
18
Date Range
2009
Scope and Content
Files relating to the Art in the Garden Series, 2009. Contains an email, posters from event, post in Marketer, and a sign from the event
Storage Range
Drawer 1
Show less information
Show All Information
Heritage Garden: CIMAS
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1996-2020
Scope and Content
Inner Coast Nursery, Mail Order Catalogue, 1996. CIMAS Heritage Garden pamphlet. Greeting cards with printed photographs of flowers from garden
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
43
Date Range
1996-2020
Scope and Content
Inner Coast Nursery, Mail Order Catalogue, 1996. CIMAS Heritage Garden pamphlet. Greeting cards with printed photographs of flowers from garden
Storage Range
Drawer 2
Show less information
Show All Information
Handicrafts display at the Garden Gallery
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.079
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Mary Weiler
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Show less information
Show All Information
Woman (ID), seated in a garden
Show All Information
"Aunt Nell's garden on the prairie"
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men and a woman standing in a field of flowers, Moose Jaw, Sk.
Show All Information
Banner hanging outside at Garden Gallery
Show All Information
Display of crafts inside the Garden Gallery
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.078
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of handicrafts displayed inside the Garden Gallery. Note the telephone on the wall, part of the Whaletown Women's Institute local phone network.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Mary Weiler
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Show less information
Show All Information
Garden and front of the Whaletown Trading Post
Show All Information
Display of crafts and prints inside the Garden Gallery
Show All Information
Janice Maclean and Sarah Weiler in the Brownie garden
Show All Information
People in the Garden Gallery, Doris Maclean at left
Show All Information
Garden Gallery party, Bobby Ballantyne in the middle
Show All Information
Arn Saba playing a dulcimer at the Garden Gallery
Show All Information
Arn Saba playing a dulcimer at the Garden Gallery
Show All Information
Velma Bergman's flower garden at the Whaletown store