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Einar Neilson Papers
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Sous-fonds
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0.6 cm textual records, 5 phonograph records, 1 phonograph record case
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Einar Neilson was born in Stavanger, Norway sometime in the early 1900s. He moved as a child to Manitoba, where he came of age and worked in the Grain Exchange for several years. As an adult, Neilson moved west, settling on Bowen Island with first wife Patricia Fitgerald. The couple purchased a 10-acre plot in the Eaglecliff area and built a house, which became “Lieben”. Neilson married second wife Muriel James in 1947, and together they opened “Lieben” as a retreat for writers and artists of all sorts. Malcolm Lowry was among the many artists, writers, and creatives who visited “Lieben” during its years of operation, roughly 1946-1960. Neilson and Muriel closed up the “Lieben” house in the early 1960s, once visitors had stopped coming, and built a house for themselves farther up the hill on their property.
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The sous-fonds consists of letters from the Lowrys, a partial manuscript of Under the Volcano, and several phonograph records owned by Lowry.
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The contents of 01-05 have been moved to Photograph Boxes 3, 4, and 7. Contents are described in the Photographs sous-fonds' Einar Neilson Photographs series.
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Some files in the Einar Neilson Papers will only be circulated one at a time. Circulation restriction is indicated in the series and file level description.
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The Neilson Family Fonds is housed at the Bowen Island Museum and Archives (Fonds MS 29).