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Information files: Drawer 1 (A-C)
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Information files: Drawer 2 (D-M)
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Information files: Drawer 3 (N-P)
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Files on Cortes people and families are found in this drawer, arranged alphabetically under the category "People".
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Information files: Drawer 4 (Q-Z)
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Correspondence
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1950]-1998
Scope and Content
Series consists of personal and business correspondence of Elmer and May Ellingsen. Most of the correspondence is incoming. Topics include personal news of family and friends, business matters and community affairs.
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Maps
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1974
Scope and Content
Series consists of maps of Hernando and Cortes Islands. Some of the maps contain information on pre-emptions and homesteads.
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Ephemera
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1910-[ca. 2000]
Scope and Content
Series consists of receipts, catalogs, pamphlets, programs of local performances and local publications relating to Cortes Island.
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Clippings
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1910-1920]; predominant 1943-1996
Scope and Content
Series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about Cortes Island people, events and history, collected by May Ellingsen. It also includes a scrapbook of clippings of poems from the early 1900s.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1910-1920]; predominant 1943-1996
Physical Description
10 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about Cortes Island people, events and history, collected by May Ellingsen. It also includes a scrapbook of clippings of poems from the early 1900s.
Storage Range
8-47 to 8-57
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Photographs
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1900] - 2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs collected by May Ellingsen during her activities documenting the history of Cortes Island. Most of the photographs date from the first half of the 1900s and include pictures of the Manson and other Cortes Island settler families, places and events. A set of photographs from Slim Barnard of the Happy Ranch contains pictures of Cortes Island and B.C. from the 1950s.
Some of the photographs are copies of historic Cortes photographs which were collected by May Ellingsen and reproduced by the Campbell River Museum in 1985. Where known, the Campbell River Museum number is indicated. (See 2004.002 - May Ellingsen fonds.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number Range
2007.001.001-2007.001.439; 2007.001.462-2007.001.747
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1900] - 2003
Physical Description
726 photographs
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs collected by May Ellingsen during her activities documenting the history of Cortes Island. Most of the photographs date from the first half of the 1900s and include pictures of the Manson and other Cortes Island settler families, places and events. A set of photographs from Slim Barnard of the Happy Ranch contains pictures of Cortes Island and B.C. from the 1950s.
Some of the photographs are copies of historic Cortes photographs which were collected by May Ellingsen and reproduced by the Campbell River Museum in 1985. Where known, the Campbell River Museum number is indicated. (See 2004.002 - May Ellingsen fonds.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Hank Wall with Bruce, Andy and Shirley Ellingsen at Philips Arm
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hank Wall with Bruce, Andy and Shirley Ellingsen at Phillips Arm.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 9 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hank Wall with Bruce, Andy and Shirley Ellingsen at Phillips Arm.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson in the doorway of his home at Sunny Brae [check]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, with his dog, standing in the doorway of his house at Sunny Brae. The house has cedar shingle siding and a covered porch entryway; a wooden wheelbarrow is in the foreground.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, with his dog, standing in the doorway of his house at Sunny Brae. The house has cedar shingle siding and a covered porch entryway; a wooden wheelbarrow is in the foreground.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson, standing in an open-sided outbuilding
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, standing in a roofed, open-sided outbuilding.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, standing in a roofed, open-sided outbuilding.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Two youths on the back of a white horse, Sunny Brae [check]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a white horse harnessed to a farm wagon. One youth is seated on the horse's rump; the other is standing on it's back.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.004
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a white horse harnessed to a farm wagon. One youth is seated on the horse's rump; the other is standing on it's back.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson and two other men beside the house at Sunny Brae [check]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and two other men beside the house at Sunny Brae. Note the surveyor's tripod, and the picket fence in the background.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.005
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and two other men beside the house at Sunny Brae. Note the surveyor's tripod, and the picket fence in the background.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson, holding a hammer, beside a two-story structure which is under construction
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, holding a hammer, beside a two-story structure which is under construction.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.006
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson, holding a hammer, beside a two-story structure which is under construction.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John Manson, standing on second floor of a two-story building which is under construction
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph John Manson, standing on second floor of a two-story building which is under construction.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph John Manson, standing on second floor of a two-story building which is under construction.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Looking down the beach (in front of Sunny Brae??)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.008
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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John and Wilfred Manson on Mittlenatch Island with sheep
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.009
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Approaching Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.010
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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George and Eva Freeman with cougar hounds and a dead cougar
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Scope and Content
Photograph of George and Eva Freeman with two cougar hounds; a large cougar, its head propped up with a stick, is stretched out beside them.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.011
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 8
Scope and Content
Photograph of George and Eva Freeman with two cougar hounds; a large cougar, its head propped up with a stick, is stretched out beside them.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Hunting
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