Online Archives
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1922-2016
Scope and Content
Emails, posts in tideline, brainstorming ideas and notes for the Big Tree exhibit; posts about the medicinal and endangered agarikon mushroom and Paul Stamets; receipts and donations related to the exhibit; Big Tree postcards; contest tickets; exhibit activity book. Historical context for oldgrowth, Douglas Fir, and logging: scans from Whaletown album, 1922-1930; article on tree diseases in Forest and Mill, 1948; article about Douglas Fir in Maclean's Magazine, 1958
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
23
Date Range
1922-2016
Scope and Content
Emails, posts in tideline, brainstorming ideas and notes for the Big Tree exhibit; posts about the medicinal and endangered agarikon mushroom and Paul Stamets; receipts and donations related to the exhibit; Big Tree postcards; contest tickets; exhibit activity book. Historical context for oldgrowth, Douglas Fir, and logging: scans from Whaletown album, 1922-1930; article on tree diseases in Forest and Mill, 1948; article about Douglas Fir in Maclean's Magazine, 1958
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Scope and Content
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
Early 1900s-1999
Scope and Content
Clippings from early 1900s-1960s featuring Robertsons; from WNE, 1990-1992; article on Alice Robertson in "Musings," 1999
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
71
Date Range
Early 1900s-1999
Scope and Content
Clippings from early 1900s-1960s featuring Robertsons; from WNE, 1990-1992; article on Alice Robertson in "Musings," 1999
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Dunc Robertson interview (1)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.020
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Hunting
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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Dunc Robertson interview (2)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor (Part 2 of 2). Topics covered include Dunc's children Ann (Dewar) and Lynn (Summers); oysters; the Whaletown store; early telephone system; mining; the Robertson family; the ferry; changes in wildlife population he has observe over the years; and logging practices. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.021
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor (Part 2 of 2). Topics covered include Dunc's children Ann (Dewar) and Lynn (Summers); oysters; the Whaletown store; early telephone system; mining; the Robertson family; the ferry; changes in wildlife population he has observe over the years; and logging practices. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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Dunc Robertson and Jack Cowan interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
This is a recording of Duncan Robertson and Jack Cowan in conversation, recorded by Oonagh O'Connor at Dunc's house in Whaletown.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.022
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
This is a recording of Duncan Robertson and Jack Cowan in conversation, recorded by Oonagh O'Connor at Dunc's house in Whaletown.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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Flowering trees in front of barn in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of flowering trees in front of the bar in the garden at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0295
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of flowering trees in front of the bar in the garden at Channel Rock.
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Christmas tree at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1962]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room at Channel Rock. Christmas was a significant holiday for Gilean Douglas, and she took pictures every year of her carefully decorated tree.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0312
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1962]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 11.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room at Channel Rock. Christmas was a significant holiday for Gilean Douglas, and she took pictures every year of her carefully decorated tree.
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Flowering trees and primroses in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Scope and Content
Photograph of flowering trees and primroses in the vegetable garden/orchard area.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0322
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of flowering trees and primroses in the vegetable garden/orchard area.
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Trees along the beach in one of the bays at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Scope and Content
Photograph of trees along the water line at one of the bays on the Channel Rock property.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0325
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of trees along the water line at one of the bays on the Channel Rock property.
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Christmas tree in the living room at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room at Channel Rock, with the china cupboard and shelves in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0329
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room at Channel Rock, with the china cupboard and shelves in the background.
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Flowering fruit trees in the spring garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1964]
Scope and Content
Photograph of flowering fruit trees in the spring garden at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0350
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1964]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of flowering fruit trees in the spring garden at Channel Rock
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David Edwards sitting beside the Christmas tree in the cabin at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
Photograph of David Edwards sitting beside the Christmas tree, Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0356
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1961
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of David Edwards sitting beside the Christmas tree, Channel Rock.
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Snow on the fir trees, Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Photograph of snow drifts and snow on fir trees at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0360
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of snow drifts and snow on fir trees at Channel Rock.
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Christmas tree at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Christmas tree, standing in the corner of the living room.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0366
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Christmas tree, standing in the corner of the living room.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
Photograph of snow-covered trees at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0428
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of snow-covered trees at Channel Rock.
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Large fir tree trunk with thick bark

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the trunk of a large diameter fir tree, showing the characteristic thick bark.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0438
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the trunk of a large diameter fir tree, showing the characteristic thick bark.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
Photograph of an arbutus tree with the caption "The graceful arbutus gives beauty and buttons".
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0497
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 1.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an arbutus tree with the caption "The graceful arbutus gives beauty and buttons".
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Christmas tree at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Christmas tree at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0525
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Physical Description
1 colour transparency: 8 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Christmas tree at Channel Rock.
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Barn in the garden at Channel Rock and flowering trees

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn in the garden at Channel Rock with trees flowering in the spring.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0547
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn in the garden at Channel Rock with trees flowering in the spring.
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