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Cortes Island Women's Institutes history project

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Storage Location
2-46
Storage Range
2-46
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Regulations and By-laws for Women's Institutes of B.C.

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1920-1921
Scope and Content
File consists of printed regulations and by-laws put out by the provincial Women's Institute organization.
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
1
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1920-1921
Scope and Content
File consists of printed regulations and by-laws put out by the provincial Women's Institute organization.
Storage Location
1-15
Storage Range
1-15
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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"North Vancouver Island Women's Institute History up to 1992"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of two binders, "North Vancouver Island Women's Institute History up to 1992", compiled in 1992, and containing chapters on the Cortes Island Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Institute. (One binder is kept on the informational shelves of the museum.)
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
7
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of two binders, "North Vancouver Island Women's Institute History up to 1992", compiled in 1992, and containing chapters on the Cortes Island Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Institute. (One binder is kept on the informational shelves of the museum.)
Storage Range
3-1 to 3-2
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
[ca.1980-2000]
Scope and Content
File contains two (2) Women's Institute pins, reading "WI".
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Island Women's Club
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Sous Fonds Number
4
Series Number
6
File Number
1
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
[ca.1980-2000]
Scope and Content
File contains two (2) Women's Institute pins, reading "WI".
Storage Location
3-16
Storage Range
3-16
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Women's Institute publications

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12931
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
[1960s]
Scope and Content
File consists of three copies of the Handbook of BC Women's Institutes; the BCWI News (3 issues 1960; 4 issues 1964); Notice of Meeting cards (blank); two copies of the Institute Ode; the WI prayer; constitution and by-laws. Material was originally in the possession of Gilean Douglas.
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
7
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1960s]
Scope and Content
File consists of three copies of the Handbook of BC Women's Institutes; the BCWI News (3 issues 1960; 4 issues 1964); Notice of Meeting cards (blank); two copies of the Institute Ode; the WI prayer; constitution and by-laws. Material was originally in the possession of Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
1-43
Storage Range
1-43
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1954-1962
Scope and Content
File consists of a newsletter, press releases, reports, and minutes of provincial WI conventions, some with handwritten notes by Gilean Douglas.
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
6
File Number
8
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1954-1962
Scope and Content
File consists of a newsletter, press releases, reports, and minutes of provincial WI conventions, some with handwritten notes by Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
1-40
Storage Range
1-40
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Cortes Island Women's Institute, 1992

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of a spiral notebook with notes on meetings, reports and correspondence.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of a spiral notebook with notes on meetings, reports and correspondence.
Storage Location
2-27
Storage Range
2-27
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Disband paperwork for the Cortes Island Women's Institute

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2000
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Island Women's Club
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Sous Fonds Number
4
Series Number
2
File Number
2
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
2000
Storage Location
3-10
Storage Range
3-10
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Women's Institute skit - script and audio tape

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
sound recording
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
[ca. 1989]
Scope and Content
File consists of the script and an audio tape of a skit put on by the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
3
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
sound recording
Date Range
[ca. 1989]
Scope and Content
File consists of the script and an audio tape of a skit put on by the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
Storage Location
2-47
Storage Range
2-47
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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B.C. Women's Institute newsletter with notes by Gilean Douglas

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1952-1956
Scope and Content
File consists of printed WI reports and newsletters with articles by or news about Gilean Douglas, and one typed manuscript of Douglas' report as Publicity Convenor for the provincial WI.
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
6
File Number
9
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1956
Scope and Content
File consists of printed WI reports and newsletters with articles by or news about Gilean Douglas, and one typed manuscript of Douglas' report as Publicity Convenor for the provincial WI.
Storage Location
1-41
Storage Range
1-41
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Correspondence re formation of the Cortes Island Women's Institute

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1983-1986
Scope and Content
File consists of papers about the start of the local Women's Institutes, including a letter by May Ellingsen outlining the history of the women's service groups in Manson's Landing.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983-1986
Scope and Content
File consists of papers about the start of the local Women's Institutes, including a letter by May Ellingsen outlining the history of the women's service groups in Manson's Landing.
Storage Location
2-38
Storage Range
2-38
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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"A Historical Overview of the Women's Institute (in particular the division on Cortes Island) by Barbara Taunt

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File consists of a copy of a research paper by Barbara Taunt.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
4
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File consists of a copy of a research paper by Barbara Taunt.
Storage Location
2-48
Storage Range
2-48
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
early 1900s-2020
Scope and Content
Info on World War I and World War II, local veterans, and remembrance day, early 1900s-2020
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
57
Date Range
early 1900s-2020
Scope and Content
Info on World War I and World War II, local veterans, and remembrance day, early 1900s-2020
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Material re the legal status of women

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
File consists of material gathered by the Whaletown Women's Institute about the legal status of women in Canada.
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
6
File Number
6
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
File consists of material gathered by the Whaletown Women's Institute about the legal status of women in Canada.
Storage Location
1-38
Storage Range
1-38
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1989-1991
Scope and Content
Clippings from WNE on the Cortes Island Women's Institute, 1989-1991
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
65
Date Range
1989-1991
Scope and Content
Clippings from WNE on the Cortes Island Women's Institute, 1989-1991
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1941-2009
Scope and Content
Temperature and Percipitation 1941-1970 info from Environment Canada. Government of Canada pamphlets: British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide, 1979; Seashore Life of the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, undated. Clipping, 2009
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Date Range
1941-2009
Scope and Content
Temperature and Percipitation 1941-1970 info from Environment Canada. Government of Canada pamphlets: British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide, 1979; Seashore Life of the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, undated. Clipping, 2009
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Stores on Cortes: History

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1951-2005
Scope and Content
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
34
Date Range
1951-2005
Scope and Content
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1903-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and additional info on history of whaletown dock including government issued certificates, land registries, and subdivisions, 1903-2019.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
60
Date Range
1903-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and additional info on history of whaletown dock including government issued certificates, land registries, and subdivisions, 1903-2019.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Cortes Island Issues/History?

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1971-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with local issues and controversies, 1971-2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
52
Date Range
1971-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with local issues and controversies, 1971-2018
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Cortes Island History (General)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-present
Scope and Content
Files with information on local history, late-1800s-present
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
53
Date Range
late 1800s-present
Scope and Content
Files with information on local history, late-1800s-present
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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