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Whaletown Women's Institute

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1920-1962
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.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
2009.001.2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1920-1962
Physical Description
23 cm of textual records
Extent
.23 meters
History / Biographical
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.
Storage Range
1-1 to 1-44
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Health care
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001)
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Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Material Type
textual records
object
ephemera
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1949-1973
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes, Administrative Records, Financial, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera and Artifacts. See also Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001) for related material.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Sous-fonds
Creator
Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church
Fonds Number
2009.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
object
ephemera
Date Range
1949-1973
Physical Description
21 cm of textual records
Extent
.21 meters
History / Biographical
The Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (ca. 1949 - 1974) was a group which provided support for the the Columbia Coast Mission and the Anglican Church. From 1949 to 1961, the CCM maintained a station at Whaletown comprising a mission house, clinic building and the church of St. John the Baptist, which opened on August 13, 1950. Mission properties on Cortes Island were transferred to the Diocese in 1967.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by the Island Women's Club in 2009.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary. It is arranged in seven series: Minutes, Administrative Records, Financial, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera and Artifacts. See also Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001) for related material.
Storage Range
1-45 to 2-20
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Community Associations
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