Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler in the Whaletown clinic. Amy McKenzie is bending over a "patient"; Diane Hansen is at far left, with other women seated along the wall.
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler in the Whaletown clinic. Amy McKenzie is bending over a "patient"; Diane Hansen is at far left, with other women seated along the wall.
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler; there are two beds with "patients" being attended by women. Hazel McCoy and Diane Hansen are seated far left; other women are seated along the walls.
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler; there are two beds with "patients" being attended by women. Hazel McCoy and Diane Hansen are seated far left; other women are seated along the walls.
Slide of the Weiler sisters (L to R: Chris, Sarah, Johnny and Brigid) seated at the kitchen table in the Weiler home. May Niche, the public health nurse, is standing beside the table, which holds a carved pumpkin.
Slide of the Weiler sisters (L to R: Chris, Sarah, Johnny and Brigid) seated at the kitchen table in the Weiler home. May Niche, the public health nurse, is standing beside the table, which holds a carved pumpkin.
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Slide of the Whaletown Brownies in front of the clinic with boxes of Girl Guide cookies.
L to R: Doris Maclean (behind), Jeannie Mathews, Heather Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Johnny Weiler, Ian and Janice Maclean, Sheril Mathews, Brigid Weiler.
Slide of the Whaletown Brownies in front of the clinic with boxes of Girl Guide cookies.
L to R: Doris Maclean (behind), Jeannie Mathews, Heather Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Johnny Weiler, Ian and Janice Maclean, Sheril Mathews, Brigid Weiler.
Slide shows the Brownies, and two boys and a dog beside boxes of Girl Guide cookies.
L to R: ? (ID), Heather Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Doris Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Janice Maclean, Johnny Weiler, ? (ID)
Slide shows the Brownies, and two boys and a dog beside boxes of Girl Guide cookies.
L to R: ? (ID), Heather Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Doris Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Janice Maclean, Johnny Weiler, ? (ID)
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.
Slide shows Doris Maclean and the Cub Scout leader (ID) behind; Brownies, L to R: Janice Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Jeannie Mathews, Heather Maclean, Johnny Weiler; Cubs, L to R: Jan Hansen, Philip Bergman, Ian Maclean.
Slide shows Doris Maclean and the Cub Scout leader (ID) behind; Brownies, L to R: Janice Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Jeannie Mathews, Heather Maclean, Johnny Weiler; Cubs, L to R: Jan Hansen, Philip Bergman, Ian Maclean.
Photograph of the art class at the Whaletown clinic. Duncan Robertson, who is modelling, in the foreground. Kay Waring is at far left and Don McDevitt at far right.
Photograph of the art class at the Whaletown clinic. Duncan Robertson, who is modelling, in the foreground. Kay Waring is at far left and Don McDevitt at far right.