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Pages from The Sunday Province newspaper
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
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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 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 to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Reuben Hamilton, a Vancouver city archivist
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Correspondence to Joe Gregson from Major S. J. Mathews
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1968
Scope and Content
Letters to Joe Gregson from Major S. J. Mathews, Vancouver city archivist
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Correspondence from Louise Kendrick and Jessie Thornton
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1964-1972
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Louise Kendrick and Jessie Thornton, who lived mid-way on Gorge Harbour, on the uphill side of the road.
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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 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 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 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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Correspondence from Mary and Otto (Ottie) Weiler
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1973
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Mary and Otto (Ottie) Weiler.
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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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Correspondence from Bernard (Bernie) and Maude Woodward
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bernard (Bernie) and Maude Woodward, who lived on the south-east shore of Gorge Harbour.
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Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1930-1953
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, including minutes of meetings, financial statements and administrative records and correspondence. It is arranged into five series: Minutes, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Programs.
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1930-1953
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
The Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society was formed in 1930, when residents decided to build a community hall. The young people of the area formed the Gorge Harbour Dramatic Society and put on plays and dances to raise funds. The Hall was built on land donated by George Beattie. Volunteers split shakes for the roof and did all the building, with Charlie Allen as supervisor and Bill Ballantyne as work boss. The Hall opened on Nov. 11, 1933, with an Armistice dance.
The Gorge Harbour Hall Society disbanded in 1952 and handed responsibility for the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club. From this time, the Gorge Hall replaced the Church Hall as the main venue for weddings, dances, meetings and parties for both the Whaletown and Gorge Harbour communities.
Custodial History
Records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society were turned over to CIMAS by Gillian Milton, who collected them from the home of Gilean Douglas in 1993. Douglas' husband, Philip Major Douglas, was president of the Whaletown Community Club when it took over the Gorge Harbour Community Hall and presumably had the records in his possession at that time.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, including minutes of meetings, financial statements and administrative records and correspondence. It is arranged into five series: Minutes, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Programs.
Storage Range
1-45 - 1-53
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Invoices and receipts from local businesses and tradespeople