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Dennis Newsham and Ann Dewar interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Accession Number
2022.004
Date Range
2023
Scope and Content
Interview of Dennis Newsham and Ann Dewar by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Frances Guthrie was also present. Dennis and Ann talk about their memories of growing up in Whaletown.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
1
Item Number
2022.004.005
Accession Number
2022.004
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2023
Physical Description
1 .mp3 file : 74.4 MB
1 .wav file : 1.20 GB
Custodial History
Recorded Oct 25, 2023
Scope and Content
Interview of Dennis Newsham and Ann Dewar by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Frances Guthrie was also present. Dennis and Ann talk about their memories of growing up in Whaletown.
Name Access
Dewar, Ann
Newsham, Dennis
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Women's Institute skit, read by Lillian Nesling

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Accession Number
2009.001
Scope and Content
This is a recording of a skit to be performed by the Cortes Island Women's Institute, with all four parts read by Lillian Nesling. It is recorded over a music tape.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Nesling, Lillian
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
3
Item Number
2009.001.001
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
sound recording
Digitized Date
February 2017
Scope and Content
This is a recording of a skit to be performed by the Cortes Island Women's Institute, with all four parts read by Lillian Nesling. It is recorded over a music tape.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Whaletown Commons walk and farm class photos from Karen.

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Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
electronic record
Date Range
2008
Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2014.001
Series Number
8
Item Number
2014.001.106
Material Type
electronic record
Date Range
2008
Physical Description
1 CD
Storage Location
Linnaea CD album
Name Access
Linnaea School
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Whaletown Community Club activities, 2008

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of ballroom dancing inside the Gorge Hall and the annual plant sale outside the Hall.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Item Number Range
2017.005.120 - .126
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Physical Description
7 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of ballroom dancing inside the Gorge Hall and the annual plant sale outside the Hall.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Placard with list of "Little Helpers of the Sunday School & Women's Auxiliary", St. James Church

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.018
Date Range
2006
Scope and Content
Placard with a list of names including members of the Hansen, Hawkins, Jeffery, Levey, Haines and Summers families.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Jordan, Lynne
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.179
Accession Number
2019.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2006
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Placard with a list of names including members of the Hansen, Hawkins, Jeffery, Levey, Haines and Summers families.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Name Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Whaletown Community Club activities, 2006

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2006
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the salad bar at Cortes Day and of Sandcastle Day.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Item Number Range
2017.005.116 - 119
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2006
Physical Description
4 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the salad bar at Cortes Day and of Sandcastle Day.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Boats tied up at the government dock in Whaletown

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.032
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 photograph print : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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Boats at the government wharf in Whaletown

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Photograph of boats, including the troller "Stacy Rock" and the "Vagabond". The buildings on the opposite shore may be seen in the background.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.035
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 photograph print : col. ; 10 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of boats, including the troller "Stacy Rock" and the "Vagabond". The buildings on the opposite shore may be seen in the background.
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Windows on Whaletown, Volume 4 (Coulter Bay and Carrington Bay)

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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, clippings and photographs documenting the social history of the Coulter Bay and Carrington Bay areas. It was created as part of the Windows on Whaletown 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
5
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Responsibility
Thompson, Doreen
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 binder : 54 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories, clippings and photographs documenting the social history of the Coulter Bay and Carrington Bay areas. It was created as part of the Windows on Whaletown Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Documents

Windows on Whaletown, Volume 4.pdf

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Windows on Whaletown, Volume 5 (Green Valley)

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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, clippings and photographs documenting the social history of the Green Valley/Bluejay Lake area. It was created as part of the Windows on Whaletown 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
6
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Responsibility
Thompson, Doreen
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 binder : 64 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories, clippings and photographs documenting the social history of the Green Valley/Bluejay Lake area. It was created as part of the Windows on Whaletown Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Documents

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Part Of
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
File contains material regarding HACI undertaking responsibility for the Whaletown wharf.
Part Of
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2012.003
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
File contains material regarding HACI undertaking responsibility for the Whaletown wharf.
Storage Range
1-19
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2003
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Island Women's Club
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Sous Fonds Number
4
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2003
Storage Location
3-12
Storage Range
3-12
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Dale Anderson and Linda Kovacs' sailboat in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
Dr. Dale Anderson's Marine Dental Clinic provided dental services for Cortes Island and nearby islands from 1995 - 2020. The dental office was originally in this sailboat and then moved into the float house clinic at the Whaletown dock (seen at the bottom of the ramp).
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Jordan, Lynne
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.211
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Found in Information Files folder, Jan. 2021
Scope and Content
Dr. Dale Anderson's Marine Dental Clinic provided dental services for Cortes Island and nearby islands from 1995 - 2020. The dental office was originally in this sailboat and then moved into the float house clinic at the Whaletown dock (seen at the bottom of the ramp).
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Community Club activities, 2002

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the work bee and plant sale at the Gorge Hall and of replacing the roof on the Hall.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number Range
2017.005.096 - .109
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
14 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the work bee and plant sale at the Gorge Hall and of replacing the roof on the Hall.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2002
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Island Women's Club
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Sous Fonds Number
4
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2002
Storage Location
3-11
Storage Range
3-11
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Peggy Newsham playing Irish, "Blarney Stone" sign at her feet

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Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.007
Date Range
2002
Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.007
Item Number
2019.007.017
Accession Number
2019.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 10 x 15 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Name Access
Newsham, Peggy
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Letters from Bruce K. Arlidge to the president of the Whaletown Community Club about his late mother Barbara Hunt and stepfather Bill Hunt, 2001
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
45
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Letters from Bruce K. Arlidge to the president of the Whaletown Community Club about his late mother Barbara Hunt and stepfather Bill Hunt, 2001
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Whaletown Community Club activities, 2001

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Young Musician's Concert (including pictures of Kirsty Overhill and Bruce Hipkin), a White Elephant sale in the Gorge Hall, and the Chistmas Bazaar.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Item Number Range
2017.005.068. - .087
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2001
Physical Description
10 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Young Musician's Concert (including pictures of Kirsty Overhill and Bruce Hipkin), a White Elephant sale in the Gorge Hall, and the Chistmas Bazaar.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Whaletown Community Club activities, 2000

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a work bee at the Gorge Hall, a cake made by Trude Sweeny, and the annual Christmas party with Santa Claus.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
9
Item Number Range
2017.005.088 - 095
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2000
Physical Description
8 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a work bee at the Gorge Hall, a cake made by Trude Sweeny, and the annual Christmas party with Santa Claus.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Disband paperwork for the Cortes Island Women's Institute

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2000
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Island Women's Club
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Sous Fonds Number
4
Series Number
2
File Number
2
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2000
Storage Location
3-10
Storage Range
3-10
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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