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Newspaper article about Cortes Island by Diana Gardiner

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Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
File contains a newspaper article about Cortes Island by Diana Gardiner.
Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Clippings to information files
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
File contains a newspaper article about Cortes Island by Diana Gardiner.
Storage Location
3-58
Storage Range
3-58
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Hall project: full page newspaper article with photographs about the (Campbell River Courier, Apr. 30 1982)

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1982
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
9
File Number
23
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1982
Storage Range
3-41
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Michael Manson - information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and photocopied material from the Nanaimo Centennial Museum re Michael Manson.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and photocopied material from the Nanaimo Centennial Museum re Michael Manson.
Storage Location
5-10
Storage Range
5-10
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Michael Manson information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca 19??]
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of an article about Michael Manson published in 19??
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
19
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca 19??]
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of an article about Michael Manson published in 19??
Storage Location
5-19
Storage Range
5-19
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
File contains papers relating to the settlement of the Michael Manson estate and the sale of Hernando Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
File contains papers relating to the settlement of the Michael Manson estate and the sale of Hernando Island.
Storage Location
5-9
Storage Range
5-9
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Newspaper clippings of articles by and about Gilean Douglas

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Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975-1980
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper clippings of articles by and about Gilean Douglas - Regional Director reports, an obituary of Ottie Weiler and a review of The Protected Place.
Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Clippings - to information files
Date Range
1975-1980
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper clippings of articles by and about Gilean Douglas - Regional Director reports, an obituary of Ottie Weiler and a review of The Protected Place.
Storage Range
3-43
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History of John and Michael Manson

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Scope and Content
File contains a typed manuscript, noted as the second rewrite, of a history of the Manson brothers by May Ellingsen.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Scope and Content
File contains a typed manuscript, noted as the second rewrite, of a history of the Manson brothers by May Ellingsen.
Storage Location
5-1
Storage Range
5-1
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Michael and John Manson information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-] - [198-]
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopy of the Manson family tree; sketches from the life of Michael Manson (typescript, pp 1-13); an article by Alan Greene published in "The Log", 1957; "John Manson of Sunny Brae" by Rose Manson McKay (4 pp.); and the History of the Dingwall Family (7 pp.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-] - [198-]
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopy of the Manson family tree; sketches from the life of Michael Manson (typescript, pp 1-13); an article by Alan Greene published in "The Log", 1957; "John Manson of Sunny Brae" by Rose Manson McKay (4 pp.); and the History of the Dingwall Family (7 pp.)
Storage Location
5-8
Storage Range
5-8
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Michael Manson - "Thistle" and "Stella" information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Scope and Content
File contains notes, a booklet and photocopies with information on Michael Manson's boats.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Scope and Content
File contains notes, a booklet and photocopies with information on Michael Manson's boats.
Storage Location
5-13
Storage Range
5-13
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Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2014.001
Date Range
2004
Scope and Content
File contains two (2) spiral-bound Linnaea School yearbooks.
Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Linnaea School
Fonds Number
2014.001
Series Number
4
File Number
2
Accession Number
2014.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2004
Scope and Content
File contains two (2) spiral-bound Linnaea School yearbooks.
Storage Location
1-25
Storage Range
1-25
Name Access
Linnaea School
Subject Access
Education
Schools
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Memories of Mansons Landing 2005: Michael & John Manson

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and photographs relating to Michael and John Manson and their families. It was created as part of the Memories of Manson's Landing Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
1
File Number
9
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Responsibility
Thompson, Doreen
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 binder : 42 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and photographs relating to Michael and John Manson and their families. It was created as part of the Memories of Manson's Landing Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
Manson, John
Manson, Mike
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Documents

Memories of Mansons Landing 2005 Michael & John Manson.pdf

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Clippings - feature articles about Cortes Island people and places

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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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Clippings - articles about Cortes Island by student Diana Gardner

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Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
File contains a series of 3 articles.
Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Clippings - to information files
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
File contains a series of 3 articles.
Storage Range
3-58
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Correspondence from Michael Manson re land titles research

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
80
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Storage Location
5-80
Storage Range
5-80
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Correspondence re dispute arising from the 2004 Annual General Meeting

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Part Of
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2004
Scope and Content
File contains letters and faxes regarding a dispute arising from the 2004 AGM.
Part Of
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2012.003
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2004
Scope and Content
File contains letters and faxes regarding a dispute arising from the 2004 AGM.
Storage Range
1-18
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Photocopies of photographs from the 1920s and 1930s

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca.1920-1940](date of reproduction ca. 1990)
Scope and Content
File contains
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
82
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca.1920-1940](date of reproduction ca. 1990)
Scope and Content
File contains
Storage Location
5-82
Storage Range
5-82
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Michael Carkener collection

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Part Of
Michael Carkener collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2013.002
Date Range
[ca. 191-?]-1970 (predominant 1950s and 1960s)
Scope and Content
Collection consists of twenty-four photographs depicting Cortes Island scenes and people, and one folder containing a letter and ephemera.
Part Of
Michael Carkener collection
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2013.002
Item Number Range
2013.002.001 - 2013.002.024
Accession Number
2013.002
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 191-?]-1970 (predominant 1950s and 1960s)
Physical Description
24 photographs 1 folder of textual records
History / Biographical
Michael Carkener (1949- ) has lived at 757 Sutil Point Rd., Manson's Landing on Cortes Island since ca. 1978. The house at that address was originally built by the Froud family in 1914. Frederick Froud donated a portion of his land for Manson's Landing Community Hall and St. James Church in the 1920s.
Custodial History
Photograph #2013.002.001 was found by Michael Carkener when he moved into the house at 757 Sutil Pt. Rd; the others were collected by his wife, Janice Piche, in the 1980s, probably from the Fretwell family. Michael Carkener donated the collection to CIMAS in 2013.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of twenty-four photographs depicting Cortes Island scenes and people, and one folder containing a letter and ephemera.
Storage Location
Photograph Box #3 Small Box 2, file 21
Storage Range
Photograph Box #3 Small Box 2, file 21
Name Access
Carkener, Michael
Froud, Frederick
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Clippings about Cortes Island

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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
1996-1998
Scope and Content
Clippings about Cortes Island, including a copy of a letter to the editor from Ken Hansen re shooting seals.
Part Of
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
50
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996-1998
Scope and Content
Clippings about Cortes Island, including a copy of a letter to the editor from Ken Hansen re shooting seals.
Storage Location
6-30
Storage Range
6-30
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Newspaper clippings about acquaculture

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Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1972-1978
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper clippings about acquaculture.
Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Clippings - to information files
Date Range
1972-1978
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper clippings about acquaculture.
Storage Range
3-61
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Correspondence about local history

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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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