Photograph shows an old car parked beside the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Beside it a man is pushing the freight cart; a freight boat is alongside the wharf at back.
Photograph shows an old car parked beside the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Beside it a man is pushing the freight cart; a freight boat is alongside the wharf at back.
Photograph of the Whaletown wharf, taken from the end of the wharf. Their are several vehicles and a crowd of people on the wharf. Fuel barrels are on the right, and the fuel shed and other buildings are at the head of the wharf and down the road.
Photograph of the Whaletown wharf, taken from the end of the wharf. Their are several vehicles and a crowd of people on the wharf. Fuel barrels are on the right, and the fuel shed and other buildings are at the head of the wharf and down the road.
Photograph of two pigs in a pen with picket and rail fencing; a woman is leaning on the far line of fence and a boy is in the right foreground. A shed and fruit trees, and a forested hill, can be seen in the background. Photo is probably at Burnside.
Photograph of two pigs in a pen with picket and rail fencing; a woman is leaning on the far line of fence and a boy is in the right foreground. A shed and fruit trees, and a forested hill, can be seen in the background. Photo is probably at Burnside.
Item is a Christmas card with a photograph on Whaletown as seen from the opposite bluff. The front says "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - John Nagel".
Item is a Christmas card with a photograph on Whaletown as seen from the opposite bluff. The front says "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - John Nagel".
Sous-fonds consists of records created by the Whaletown Women's Institute. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes Series, Financial Series, Administrative Records Series, Reports Series, Correspondence Series, Projects Series and Ephemera Series.
The Whaletown Women's Institute was formed in 1920 as the Friendship Circle, became a branch of the Women's Institute in 1923, and disbanded in 1963. During its years of activity, the WWI actively worked for local improvement. Projects included initiating a library service, donating books to the school, arranging for regular visits of a doctor and dentist, hosting an annual Christmas party and providing gifts for all the Whaletown children, maintaining the cemetery, fund-raising for a school playground, financing firefighting equipment and installing an emergency telephone network.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by the Island Women's Club in 2009.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records created by the Whaletown Women's Institute. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes Series, Financial Series, Administrative Records Series, Reports Series, Correspondence Series, Projects Series and Ephemera Series.