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Account book for Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
73
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Storage Location
4-15
Storage Range
4-15
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Account book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund committee

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Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919-1920
Scope and Content
File consists of a small leather-bound account book for the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, kept by Bernie Allen and certified correct by John Pool.
Part Of
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.008
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1919-1920
Scope and Content
File consists of a small leather-bound account book for the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund, kept by Bernie Allen and certified correct by John Pool.
Storage Range
1-56
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Aerial view of Whaletown from the north, Marina Island in the background

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.371
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement to form a logging partnership between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement to form a logging partnership between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson.
Storage Location
2-22
Storage Range
2-22
Subject Access
Logging
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Agreement re Church Hall and Cemetery

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
Storage Location
1-16
Storage Range
1-16
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Alden and Mae Sherwood at the New Year's Eve dance at Manson's Hall

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Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2010
Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Cortes Walking Group
Fonds Number
2022.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2022.002.201
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2010
Physical Description
1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Cortes Walking Group box
Name Access
Cortes Walking Group
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Alice Thiel and Gordy Carr at the piano in the Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.308
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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?? and ?? (ID) at MOU signing, camera man in background

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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1999
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
12
File Number
5
Item Number
2017.011.027
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1999
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Andy and Aaron Ellingsen on the trail to Manson's on a snowy day

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Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Cortes Walking Group
Fonds Number
2022.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2022.002.151
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Cortes Walking Group box
Name Access
Cortes Walking Group
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Andy Ellingsen in Scout uniform at the Smelt Bay picnic grounds

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19??]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Andy Ellingsen, wearing a Scout uniform, at the Smelt Bay picnic grounds.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.331
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19??]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Andy Ellingsen, wearing a Scout uniform, at the Smelt Bay picnic grounds.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Apple tree, with the barn in the background

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of an apple tree in the garden at Channel Rock, with the barn in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0551
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an apple tree in the garden at Channel Rock, with the barn in the background.
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Audience at the Gorge Hall, seated on benches

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Slide of the audience at a Gorge Hall event. Front bench, L to R: Muriel Whiting, Mary Olmsted, Heather Maclean, Johnny Weiler. Ottie Weiler and Don Maclean are standing by the window.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of the audience at a Gorge Hall event. Front bench, L to R: Muriel Whiting, Mary Olmsted, Heather Maclean, Johnny Weiler. Ottie Weiler and Don Maclean are standing by the window.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Background material on the treaty negotiation process

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1997-1999
Scope and Content
File contains a BC Supreme Court decision re the necessity for good faith treaty negotiations (1999) and an annotated report on the treaty process by the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs (1997).
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
27
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1997-1999
Scope and Content
File contains a BC Supreme Court decision re the necessity for good faith treaty negotiations (1999) and an annotated report on the treaty process by the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs (1997).
Storage Range
4-17
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BC Ministry of Lands and Forests Land Referral form re Elmer Ellingsen's subdivision at Hague Lake

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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
1989
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Storage Location
4-16
Storage Range
4-16
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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BC Ministry of Lands and Forests Land Referral form re Klahoose shellfish lease

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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
1987-1988
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-1988
Storage Location
4-18
Storage Range
4-18
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Bed of spring bulbs with Marina Island in the background

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of spring bulbs blooming in one of the rockery beds, with Marina Island visible in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0086
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of spring bulbs blooming in one of the rockery beds, with Marina Island visible in the background.
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Begonia hanging basket; Lavender Islet in background

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1979
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2632
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Bill Thiel, John Ashby and Mike Talbot at the Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.309
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Biography of May Ellingsen

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a 3 page biography of May Ellingsen, probably written by Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole, with annotations. There is also a list of students with May in the one room Manson's Landing school, and of Cortes residents in the 1940s-1950s.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
42
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a 3 page biography of May Ellingsen, probably written by Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole, with annotations. There is also a list of students with May in the one room Manson's Landing school, and of Cortes residents in the 1940s-1950s.
Storage Location
5-42
Storage Range
5-42
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