This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).
The Island Women's Club was formed in 2000, when the members of the Cortes Island Women's Institute withdrew from the British Columbia Women's Institute in order to focus their efforts locally. It was the successor to previous women's service organizations on Cortes, local branches of the Women's Institute and the Anglican Church Women's Auxiliary. Activities included awarding bursaries to graduating high school students, contributing to school projects such as printing yearbooks, sponsoring sports teams and building playground equipment, supporting the community halls and organizing memorial teas on behalf of bereaved families. They disbanded in 2016.
Custodial History
After they disbanded, records of the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary passed into the hands of the Cortes Island Women's Institute and its successor, Island Women's Club, who donated them to CIMAS in 2009. The organizational records created by the Island Women's Club were donated to CIMAS in 2018.
Scope and Content
This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).
Back: Peter Henbury, Anna Stranan, unknown, Annabelle Herbert, Gail Ringwood
Front: Catharine Bushe, Dianne Ellott, Andy Ellingsen, Ray Grout, Ron Croda
Back: Peter Henbury, Anna Stranan, unknown, Annabelle Herbert, Gail Ringwood
Front: Catharine Bushe, Dianne Ellott, Andy Ellingsen, Ray Grout, Ron Croda
Front: Jim Hentschel, Diane Daly, Peter Henbury, Charlene Gram, Caroline Baker, Dianne Hentschel, Peter Elliot, Catharine Bushe
Back: Steve and Gail Ringwood, Gary Cork, Jurek Trzesicki, Ann Dewar
Front: Jim Hentschel, Diane Daly, Peter Henbury, Charlene Gram, Caroline Baker, Dianne Hentschel, Peter Elliot, Catharine Bushe
Back: Steve and Gail Ringwood, Gary Cork, Jurek Trzesicki, Ann Dewar
L to R: Diane Daly and Rupert, Teri McLain-Moul and Gypsy, Myrna Kerr, Ray Grout, Denise Elo, Gail Ringwood, Lloyd Yendall, Gloria Jorg and Sue Ellingsen
L to R: Diane Daly and Rupert, Teri McLain-Moul and Gypsy, Myrna Kerr, Ray Grout, Denise Elo, Gail Ringwood, Lloyd Yendall, Gloria Jorg and Sue Ellingsen
