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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1956
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of typed copies of the "Whaletown Round-up", Douglas's column about social and community events on Cortes Island (primarily focused on the Whaletown area) which was published in the Campbell River Courier.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.6
Sub-series Number
1.6
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1956
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of typed copies of the "Whaletown Round-up", Douglas's column about social and community events on Cortes Island (primarily focused on the Whaletown area) which was published in the Campbell River Courier.
Storage Range
2-15 - 2-19
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Agreement between Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Community Club

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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of three pages of textual records pertaining to a January 1953 agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Community Club regarding use of the Church Hall
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
3 pages of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of three pages of textual records pertaining to a January 1953 agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Community Club regarding use of the Church Hall
Storage Location
1-20
Storage Range
1-20
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Whaletown cemetery project

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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File consists of twenty pages of notes, lists, and handwritten letters relating to the Whaletown Women's Institutes 1952 Cemetery Project to clean up the old Whaletown cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay & Harbour Rds. and replace grave markers.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
20 pages of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of twenty pages of notes, lists, and handwritten letters relating to the Whaletown Women's Institutes 1952 Cemetery Project to clean up the old Whaletown cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay & Harbour Rds. and replace grave markers.
Storage Location
1-27
Storage Range
1-27
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Whaletown Community Club

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1956; 1986-1989
Scope and Content
Series consists of records of the Whaletown Community Club from the 1950s, and club newsletters from the late 1980s. Both Gilean Douglas and Philip Major Douglas held office in the club during the 1950s. Series includes correspondence, financial reports, lists of members and other administrative documents, and newsletters.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1956; 1986-1989
Physical Description
2 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of records of the Whaletown Community Club from the 1950s, and club newsletters from the late 1980s. Both Gilean Douglas and Philip Major Douglas held office in the club during the 1950s. Series includes correspondence, financial reports, lists of members and other administrative documents, and newsletters.
Storage Range
3-56 - 3-60
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Whaletown Community Club fonds Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
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Whaletown Women's Institute fonds

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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1920-1964
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of textual records generated by the Whaletown Women's Institute organized into seven series: Minutes, Financial Records, Administrative Records, Reports, Projects, Correspondence and Notes.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1920-1964
Physical Description
21.5 cm of textual records 1 metal official seal
Extent
21.5 cm
History / Biographical
The Whaletown Women's Institute (WWI) began in 1920 as the Friendship Circle. In 1923 it became a branch of the Women's Institute, a community service organization for women with the goals of fostering the skills of rural women, improving their lives and works, and celebrating their achievements. During its years of activity, the WWI was very active in working for local improvement. Some of their 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. The WWI was disbanded in 1963.
Custodial History
These records of the Whaletown Women's Institute were held by Gilean Douglas, a past officer in the WWI and author of a history of the Women's Institutes in Canada. Upon her death, they went into the possession of her literary executer, Gillian Milton, who turned them over to the Cortes Island Women's Institute. They were subsequently returned to her custody, and donated to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of textual records generated by the Whaletown Women's Institute organized into seven series: Minutes, Financial Records, Administrative Records, Reports, Projects, Correspondence and Notes.
Storage Range
1-12 to 1-44
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Friendship Circle
Friendly Circle
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Health care
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Whaletown Community Club Correspondence

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1956
Scope and Content
Whaletown Community Club correspondence
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
8
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1956
Scope and Content
Whaletown Community Club correspondence
Storage Location
3-58
Storage Range
3-58
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Whaletown Community Club
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Whaletown Community Club fonds

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
2017.009
2023.008
Date Range
1951-2019
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1951 to 2016. The first accession (2003.003) consists of records from 1951 to 1985 and includes minutes of general and executive meetings, correspondence, administrative records including the original constitution and bylaws, financial records and reports on projects and functions sponsored by the organization. Files from Accession 2003.003 are described in five series: 1) Minutes; 2) Correspondence; 3) Financial; 4) Administrative Records; 5) Subject Files. Accruals in 2017 (#2017.009) and in 2023 (#2023.008) comprise records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1985 to 2018, including minutes of executive and general meetings, financial statements, correspondence, and records of projects and programs. The material was kept in binders; it has been placed in folders maintaining original order, and described using the above five series.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Accession Number
2003.003
2017.009
2023.008
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-2019
Physical Description
78 cm of textual records
Extent
.8 m
History / Biographical
The beginning of the Whaletown Community Club is unclear as almost all the Club's records were destroyed in a fire in 1950; the earliest records still existing date from 1948. (See Gilean Douglas fonds, Series 8). The WCC became a registered society in 1953 when the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society disbanded and turned ownership of the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club. The activities of the Club are carried on chiefly within the Whaletown postal area, and are intended to promote the interests of the community in matters of general welfare, to sponsor recreational and sports activities, and to hold land and premises necessary for Club activities. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the Club was a channel through which Whaletown residents organized health and educational services and lobbied for better roads, hydro and ferry service, as well as sponsoring social events. From 1978 until 2010 it sponsored the Whaletown National Enquirer, a monthly community newspaper. A main function of the Whaletown Community Club is the maintenance of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall. Originally built in 1933, it has been renovated several times and serves as the main venue for community functions in the Whaletown area. Until 1953, when the lease was turned over to the Whaletown Women's Institute, the Club maintained the Church Hall, which was owned by the Columbia Coast Mission and stood at the corner of Carrington Bay and Harbour roads. Before 1958 the Club held most of its meetings in the Church Hall. Since 1958, when the Whaletown Women's Institute disbanded, the WCC has maintained the library in Whaletown (originally the Farmer's Institute building; now the Louisa Tooker Library) and the old and new Whaletown cemeteries. The Anglican Diocese transferred the title of the two Whaletown cemeteries to the WCC in 2012. In 1964 they acquired the lease for the last remaining piece of Crown land with access to Gorge Harbour, to preserve it as a park. They have leased the former Whaletown school property from the School Board since the school was closed in 1973, and purchased the schoolhouse for the sum of $1.00 in 2010.
Custodial History
Records were acquired directly from the Whaletown Community Club in 2003 (Accession 2003.003), 2017 (Accession 2017.009) and 2023 (Accession 2023.008). A few records were separated from the Cortes Island Ratepayers Assn. fonds in 2004 (records for both organizations had been kept in the same filing cabinet in the Gorge Hall).
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1951 to 2016. The first accession (2003.003) consists of records from 1951 to 1985 and includes minutes of general and executive meetings, correspondence, administrative records including the original constitution and bylaws, financial records and reports on projects and functions sponsored by the organization. Files from Accession 2003.003 are described in five series: 1) Minutes; 2) Correspondence; 3) Financial; 4) Administrative Records; 5) Subject Files. Accruals in 2017 (#2017.009) and in 2023 (#2023.008) comprise records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1985 to 2018, including minutes of executive and general meetings, financial statements, correspondence, and records of projects and programs. The material was kept in binders; it has been placed in folders maintaining original order, and described using the above five series.
Storage Range
1-1 - 3-15
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Community Records
Columbia Coast Mission
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Cortes Island
Related Material
Gilean Douglas fonds
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Mae Sherwood fonds
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
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Whaletown Community Club financial reports

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1956
Scope and Content
Financial reports
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
8
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1956
Scope and Content
Financial reports
Storage Location
3-57
Storage Range
3-57
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Whaletown Community Club
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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