DENMAN ISLAND NEWSLETTER fonds
DENMAN ISLAND NEWSLETTER fonds – April 1988 – Nov.1989 (complete) – 1.0 cm. of textual records
(A.18.16) – Loc.A-H-4 – Denman Island Newsletter was a Denman periodical published monthly, which morphed into Denman Islander in Dec. 1989. The Archives holds all 20 issues of the Newsletter.
The Denman Island Newsletter was from 2pp. to 12pp. legal size corner stapled on blue paper.
It was a community newsletter containing news, announcements, ads, classifieds, graphics, and calendar. It appeared to sell for 25 cents at the store.
The Newsletter is believed to have been produced by Mike Comeau, owner of the General Store.
These issues were found in the existing Museum collection.
DENMAN ISLANDER/ISLAND LIFE/DENMAN ISLAND fonds
The DENMAN RAG and BONE fonds
The DENMAN RAG and BONE fonds – May 1974 – July 1980 – 8 cm. of textual records
(A.18.3 & A.18.45 & A.19.1) – Loc. A-H-8 – The Denman Rag and Bone was a Denman periodical first published in May 1974 as a monthly, within a year becoming bi-monthly and then soon after more or less quarterly. Thirty-five issues were produced in its lifetime. The Archives holds all 35 issues
The Rag and Bone was a 12pp. to 30pp. letter size, side stapled publication.
It was both an island newsletter and a literary publication containing news, announcements, fiction, poetry, opinion, editorials, recipes and letters, but no ads. It was originally free on island but later sold for 25 cents and then 35 cents.
The Rag and Bone was produced by a changing collective of people over the years. Des Kennedy and Manfred Rupp served as editors for some years and Sandy Kennedy was involved throughout the run.
Issues in (A.18.3) were in the existing Museum collection. Issues in (A.18.45) were donated by Ron Sakolsky with the exception of Issue No. 7 from Claire King. Issues in (A.19.1) were donated by Bill Engleson.
FLAGSTONE fonds
FLAGSTONE fonds – June 1996 – present (incomplete) – .5 M. of textual records
(A.18.52) – Loc.A-H-7 – The Flagstone is a Denman periodical published monthly beginning in June 1996. The Archives holds almost all the issues to Dec. 2020 with exception of a few missing issues from the late 90’s.
Over the first 3 years the Flagstone was a 12 to 36pp. letter size folded, unstapled publication except from Sept. ’97 to Sept. ’98 when it was a 30×40 cm. folded newspaper.
The Flagstone is a community publication of news, announcements, opinion, fiction, poetry, comics, photos, ads, and letters.
It was first edited by Corinne Bjorge and the editorship has passed through many hands since. The current editor is Danni Crenna.
Some early issues in the Archives were found in the Museum collection and appear to have been donated by the library. The majority were donated by Patti Willis.
The Dora Drinkwater Library has a complete collection of Flagstones in archival storage (1996 – present). All issues have been digitized and are available in a searchable format in the museum.
FUNKY MELLOW UNDERGROUND fonds
FUNKY MELLOW UNDERGROUND fonds – 1993 – 0.5 cm. of graphic material
(A.18.53) – Loc.A-H-6 – Funky Mellow Underground Vol. 1, No.1 is a 40pp. letter size, folded and stapled, black and white comic book written and drawn by Gary Piercy. Most of the narrative concerns the story of the Casuals and their laid back life.
The GULF ISLANDS GUARDIAN fonds
The GULF ISLANDS GUARDIAN fonds – Summer 1991 – Winter 1997 – 3.0 cm. of textual records
(A.18.74) – Loc.A-H-7 – The Gulf Islands Guardian was published by the Islands Trust Senior Writers on a quarterly basis starting with the Summer 1991 issue. It was founded to be a forum for issues concerning the islands under the governance of the Islands Trust. It was an outgrowth of the book Islands in Trust.
The Guardian was published until Winter 1997 (Vol. 6, No. 3) for a total of 23 issues. The Archives holds 16 of these. Vol. 1, No. 1,2,4; Vol. 2, No. 1,2,3,4; Vol. 3, No. 1; Vol. 4, No. 1,2,3; Vol. 5, No. 4; Vol. 6, No. 1,2,3.
The Guardian was a letter size, 24 to 40 pp. folded and stapled magazine with colour covers. It sold for between $2.95 and $3.50.
The Gulf Islands Guardian contained primarily non-fiction articles on the natural environment of the Gulf islands accompanied by black and white photos, but also touching on political issues as well as publishing some poetry. Ads and community notices were also accepted.
The first editor was Louise Bell of Denman Island.
The Guardian (GIG) issues in the Archives were in the existing Museum collection.
HERRING BONE fonds
HERRING BONE fonds – 2016-2021 – 1.0 cm. of textual records
(A.18.51) – Loc.A-H-6 – Herring Bone is an occasional publication of 5 issues. The Archives holds all five.
Herring Bone is a 16 -24pp. black and white letter size folded and stapled magazine
It is an anarchist publication of letters, fiction, opinion, cartoons, graphics, photos, and art.
The Herring Bone was distributed free on Denman.
HIGH TIDES fonds
HIGH TIDES fonds – Feb. 1981 – Feb.1988 – 10 cm. of textual records
(A.18.8 & A18.46) – Loc.A-H-4 – High Tides was a Denman periodical first published on Feb. 1, 1981. It was published bi-monthly until Feb.1984 and then monthly until Feb.1988 except for 3 random bi-monthly issues during that time for a total of 63 issues. There were 3 calendars published, 1982, ‘83, and ’84 and one chapbook of poetry, Volume 19, 1982. The Archives holds all the above issues.
The first 3 editions were 12 to 16 pp. letter size and folded. The next 15 issues were 14 to 22 pp. legal size, corner stapled editions. The remainder were 16 to 24 pp. letter size and either folded and stapled or simply side stapled. The calendars were 40 pp. letter size and folded and stapled. The chapbook was 60 pp. and 17 cm. x 21 cm.
High Tides was a community newspaper containing Denman Island news, announcements, opinion, fiction, poetry, letters, book reviews, recipes, ads, classifieds and cartoons. The calendars contained about 20pages of fiction and recipes as well as the calendar itself.
The publication was produced by an ever changing committee of island residents and was sold for 50 cents at first and later for 75 cents. The first “chairman” was Marcus Isbister for 3 issues. Then just a list of contributors was printed in each issue if at all. With Issue 19 a masthead began to be published with each issue. Some of those include are Tom Devereux, Paul Bailey, Alan Cheetham, Wendy Colomby, Graeme Tait, Robert Fox, Ianthe Grogan, Jean Hayes, Jesse Edwards and many others over the years. No editor or publisher is ever listed.
The first issue Vol.1, No. 1 (A.18.8) was in the existing Museum collection. The remaining issues (A.18.46) were donated to the archives by Ron Sakolsky and were previously given to him by Hillel Wright.
IRIS fonds
IRIS fonds – 1999 – ? incomplete – .5 cm. textual record
(A.18.105) – Loc.A-H-6 – Iris was a short lived Denman literary periodical. The Archives holds only one issue No.2, Spring/Summer 2000. It is letter size, 30 pp. and folded and stapled. The magazine was founded and edited by Jos Kollee and featured fiction and poetry by Denman and Hornby writers.
The Archives copy was donated by Sheila Nopper. The Denman Library holds another half dozen issues into the early 2000’s.
MINUS TIDES fonds
MINUS TIDES fonds – 1987 – 2017 (incomplete) – 8 cm. of textual record
(A.18.48) – Loc. A-H-6 – Minus Tides was a Denman periodical first published in Spring 1987 with the intention of being a quarterly, but publication soon became intermittent ranging from bi-annual to annual.
The Archives holds the following issues: Vol.1, Nos.1&3; Vol.2, No.1; Vol.3, No.1; Vol.4, No.1&2; Vol.5, No.1; Vol.6, No.1; Vol.7, Nos.1&2; Vol.8, No.2; Vol.9, Nos.1&2; Vol.10, No.1; Vol.11, No.1; Vol.12, No.1; plus International issues 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
Minus Tides was a letter size publication of from 24pp. to 70pp., folded and stapled often using coloured stock for the cover.
Minus Tides was primarily a literary periodical of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, comics, art, and ads. Contributions came from Denman and Hornby Islands and further afield.
Minus Tides was started by Hillel Wright and edited by him until 1996 when Robert Schmidt came on as publisher. When Hillel moved to Japan in 1998, Sean Woods took over editing and production of Minus Tides. Minus Tides ceased publication sometime in the late 2000’s but was reborn as Minus Tides International by 2014 with Hillel again as editor and Robert Schmidt as publisher until 2017 when Hillel passed away at Sointula.
Most of the editions in the archives were donated by Ron Sakolsky, some of which were given to him by Hillel Wright. Another 4 editions came from the Dora D. library.
