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Homesteading on Cortes
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
47
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Blue Ribbon cookbook
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CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1905
Scope and Content
File contains a cookbook published by the Blue Ribbon Co., with hand-written recipes in the back.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
30
Date Range
1905
Custodial History
Donated by Dianne Hansen, May 2015
Scope and Content
File contains a cookbook published by the Blue Ribbon Co., with hand-written recipes in the back.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-30
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Photos, Historic
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1907-?
Scope and Content
Assortment of local historic prints of photographs, 1907-?. Some keywords: Redonda, Von Donop Inlet, Nichols, Thompson, Gorge Harbour, Gunn, Slater, Huck, Summers, Smith, Calwell, killer whales, Manson's Landing, Manson's Lagoon, Whaletown Wharf, Whaletown Store, Jordan, Squirrel Cove, Kendel, Cortes Bay, Smelt Bay, Copeland, Stoney, Cunliffe, Selen, Herrewig, Ballantyne, Hansen
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
102
Date Range
1907-?
Scope and Content
Assortment of local historic prints of photographs, 1907-?. Some keywords: Redonda, Von Donop Inlet, Nichols, Thompson, Gorge Harbour, Gunn, Slater, Huck, Summers, Smith, Calwell, killer whales, Manson's Landing, Manson's Lagoon, Whaletown Wharf, Whaletown Store, Jordan, Squirrel Cove, Kendel, Cortes Bay, Smelt Bay, Copeland, Stoney, Cunliffe, Selen, Herrewig, Ballantyne, Hansen
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Stories: Mink Gets the Tides
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Copies of Mink Gets the Tides from "A Tlawitsis Story" in Kwakiutl Texts by Franz Boas and George Hunt, Volume 10 of The Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1908
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
35
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Copies of Mink Gets the Tides from "A Tlawitsis Story" in Kwakiutl Texts by Franz Boas and George Hunt, Volume 10 of The Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1908
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Newspaper article on Adelaide Hoodless - Nov. 1916
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1916
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper pages from "Everywoman's World" with an article on the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless. The article has been photocopied; the original is deteriorating.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
22
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1916
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper pages from "Everywoman's World" with an article on the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless. The article has been photocopied; the original is deteriorating.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
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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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"Seaford Cortez Isld. 1937"
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1937
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a line of buildings on the shore at Seaford, with a long wharf going into the water. Hazel McKay and Audrey Denny are diving into the water from logs beside the wharf. Photograph is stained and creased.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.001
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1937
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a line of buildings on the shore at Seaford, with a long wharf going into the water. Hazel McKay and Audrey Denny are diving into the water from logs beside the wharf. Photograph is stained and creased.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Seaford
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.006
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Clarence Byers standing beside a logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Seaford, Cortez Island
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
This is a reprint, not the original.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.007
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
This is a reprint, not the original.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Scotty McKenzie and Clarence Byers beside a logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Cortez Bay
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck.
Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939.
Five families:
1. Henry and Ruth Byers
2. Ervin and Florence McKay
3. Clarence and Etta Byers
4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie
5. Ken and Hazel Hansen
Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel.
Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.008
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ;
Scope and Content
Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck.
Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939.
Five families:
1. Henry and Ruth Byers
2. Ervin and Florence McKay
3. Clarence and Etta Byers
4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie
5. Ken and Hazel Hansen
Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel.
Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Manson's Landing school class, June 26, 1942
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
Back row L-R: unknown except Cal Campbell on R
Middle row L-R: Eleanor Christiansen; ?; ?; Fred Brooks Jr, age 8; ?; Bob Hawkins, Bill Illman?, Frank Hayes
Front Row: Bob Christiansen on R
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.001
Item Number Range
2019.021.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Back row L-R: unknown except Cal Campbell on R
Middle row L-R: Eleanor Christiansen; ?; ?; Fred Brooks Jr, age 8; ?; Bob Hawkins, Bill Illman?, Frank Hayes
Front Row: Bob Christiansen on R
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Mothers of children at Manson's Landing school
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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
Back row, L-R: Doris Hawkins; ?; Alethea Brooks; ?; ?
Front row, L-R: Nellie Jeffery; next 3 unknown; Mrs. Christiansen?
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.002
Item Number Range
2019.021.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ;
Scope and Content
Back row, L-R: Doris Hawkins; ?; Alethea Brooks; ?; ?
Front row, L-R: Nellie Jeffery; next 3 unknown; Mrs. Christiansen?
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Teacher at Manson's school, Mrs. Bastien, with visiting friends and Cortes children
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
Mrs. Bastien is in the back row, second from right.
Front, L-R: ?; Bob Brooks; Fred Brooks Jr.; ?; Guthrie boy; Mrs. Bastien's son; Guthrie boy (ID)
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.004
Item Number Range
2019.021.004
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 11 x 6.5
Scope and Content
Mrs. Bastien is in the back row, second from right.
Front, L-R: ?; Bob Brooks; Fred Brooks Jr.; ?; Guthrie boy; Mrs. Bastien's son; Guthrie boy (ID)
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Group of people visiting Clarence and Etta Byers in Von Donop
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Nerine Hayes, Frank Hayes, Florence McKay, Gwen Campbell, Fraser Campbell.
Front: Bobby Hayes, Irene Hayes, Clarence Byers and Queenie the dog.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.002
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Nerine Hayes, Frank Hayes, Florence McKay, Gwen Campbell, Fraser Campbell.
Front: Bobby Hayes, Irene Hayes, Clarence Byers and Queenie the dog.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Group of people at Von Donop Creek
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1943
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Eva Freeman, Clarence and Henry Byers, Frank Larson, George Freeman
Front: Ruth Byers holding baby Louise and May Larson
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.003
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1943
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Eva Freeman, Clarence and Henry Byers, Frank Larson, George Freeman
Front: Ruth Byers holding baby Louise and May Larson
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Union Steamship "Chelohsin" at the Whaletown wharf, with two women about to board
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1948
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Wilson, Herbert
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Five part article about life and crime of Herbert Wilson, "king of the safecrackers," who lived in Cortes Bay in the 1940s.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
97
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Five part article about life and crime of Herbert Wilson, "king of the safecrackers," who lived in Cortes Bay in the 1940s.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Von Donop Orcas
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
55
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Woodward's catalogue
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Charles and Emmeline Pickles on the porch of their house at Union Bay on Vancouver Island
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Photo is very faded; inscription on the back.
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.009
Item Number Range
2019.021.009
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : col ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo is very faded; inscription on the back.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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