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MacFarlane's seed catalog and May Ellingsen's list of seeds to be ordered
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Animals: Birds
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1987-2017
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails featuring local birds, 1987-2017. Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, Ch. W Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, 199?
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
6
Date Range
1987-2017
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails featuring local birds, 1987-2017. Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, Ch. W Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, 199?
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Woodward's Selected Seeds catalog
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Cats eating a whole rock fish
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of cats eating a whole rock fish behind the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0294
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of cats eating a whole rock fish behind the cabin at Channel Rock.
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People eating outside at Stay Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[191-?]
Scope and Content
Fox (man logging), Margaret Manson (?), George Freeman, May Freeman, Robina Freeman, Mrs. Fox (?)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.531
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Fox (man logging), Margaret Manson (?), George Freeman, May Freeman, Robina Freeman, Mrs. Fox (?)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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"Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands"
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains two copies of the booklet "Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands, a checklist with seasonal graphs" by George Sirk, Christian Gronau and Fred Zwickel, published by the authors in 1993.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
41
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
2 booklets : 12 pages
Custodial History
Found in files.
Scope and Content
File contains two copies of the booklet "Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands, a checklist with seasonal graphs" by George Sirk, Christian Gronau and Fred Zwickel, published by the authors in 1993.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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"Birds: A Golden Nature Guide"
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.05
Date Range
1962
Scope and Content
File consists of a paperback book "Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds", with notes on dates and locations of bird sightings on Cortes Island made by Otto Weiler and Brigid Weiler. The cover is missing.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Zim, Herbert and Gabrielson, Ira
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
2022.05
Material Type
textual record
Edition
Revised edition, 1956
Date Range
1962
Publication
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York
Physical Description
1 book, 160 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Aug 2023
Scope and Content
File consists of a paperback book "Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds", with notes on dates and locations of bird sightings on Cortes Island made by Otto Weiler and Brigid Weiler. The cover is missing.
Storage Location
1-30
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
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Newspaper clippings about Mittlenatch Island birds
Part Of
Information files
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973-1974
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper clippings about Mittlenatch Island birds.
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Natural history - lists of birds and wild flowers of Cortes
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950 - 1980]
Scope and Content
Douglas's handwritten and typed lists of birds and wild flowers found on Cortes
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Natural history - lists of flowers, trees and birds of the interior
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[194-]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed lists of wild flowers, trees and birds found at her mountain home by the Coquihalla
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
38
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[194-]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed lists of wild flowers, trees and birds found at her mountain home by the Coquihalla
Storage Location
5-25
Storage Range
5-25
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Animals: Birding / Bird Count
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2004-2016
Scope and Content
CIMAS Spring Birding Count checklists 2004-2016; emails and articles about bird sightings/bird count on Cortes, 2005-2007 and 2016; article in Birdwatch Canada, 107th Christmas Bird Count Cross-Canada report, 2007; print out about CIMAS's Spring Migration Birding Event, 2011; Christmas bird count info for CIMAS, 2016; Caring for Wildlife Habitat at home, info on constructing bird houses, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Date Range
2004-2016
Scope and Content
CIMAS Spring Birding Count checklists 2004-2016; emails and articles about bird sightings/bird count on Cortes, 2005-2007 and 2016; article in Birdwatch Canada, 107th Christmas Bird Count Cross-Canada report, 2007; print out about CIMAS's Spring Migration Birding Event, 2011; Christmas bird count info for CIMAS, 2016; Caring for Wildlife Habitat at home, info on constructing bird houses, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Farmers' Institute - Canadian seed sources
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1921
Scope and Content
File contains printed sheets with information on Canadian seed sources from the Dept. of Agriculture, sent to the Farmers' Institute.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1921
Scope and Content
File contains printed sheets with information on Canadian seed sources from the Dept. of Agriculture, sent to the Farmers' Institute.
Storage Location
6-22
Storage Range
6-22
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Squirrel on bird feeder
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of a squirrel on a bird feeder mounted on a fir tree.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0521
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a squirrel on a bird feeder mounted on a fir tree.
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Two deer on the beach at Bird Cove, Read Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2338
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Two deer on the beach at Bird Cove, Read Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2339
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Two deer on the beach at Bird Cove, Read Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2340
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Read Island
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"Seeding outfit, May 1924"
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1924
Scope and Content
Photograph of teams of harnessed horses, standing in front of farm buildings, Sk.
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Seeding the Local Wood Economy, draft
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
ca. 2003
Scope and Content
File contains proposal to Renewal Land Company, as well as notes from a discussion on using local wood.
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David Edwards holding a large bird of prey (ID) with its wings outspread
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Income and Expenses print-out
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2005-2016
Scope and Content
File contains a summary of expenses and income printed out by Callie Waddell, the last treasurer of Island Women. The records of income from fund-raising activities and donations to various island causes provides a snapshot of the activities of the organization.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Island Women's Club
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2005-2016
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS by Callie Waddel on Apr. 15, 2019
Scope and Content
File contains a summary of expenses and income printed out by Callie Waddell, the last treasurer of Island Women. The records of income from fund-raising activities and donations to various island causes provides a snapshot of the activities of the organization.
Storage Location
3-17
Storage Range
3-17
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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