File consists of papers about the start of the local Women's Institutes, including a letter by May Ellingsen outlining the history of the women's service groups in Manson's Landing.
File consists of papers about the start of the local Women's Institutes, including a letter by May Ellingsen outlining the history of the women's service groups in Manson's Landing.
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.
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.
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
File consists of correspondence; it also includes a copy of the bylaws, communications from the provincial and federal WIs, a bulletin from Dominion Experimental Farms and a BC Public Service bulletin.
File consists of correspondence; it also includes a copy of the bylaws, communications from the provincial and federal WIs, a bulletin from Dominion Experimental Farms and a BC Public Service bulletin.
File consists of correspondence. It also includes a bulletin of the Dominion Experimental Farms (peony recommendations), reports of the provincial and federal Women's Institutes, a government report on Oriental activity, and material on the Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children.
File consists of correspondence. It also includes a bulletin of the Dominion Experimental Farms (peony recommendations), reports of the provincial and federal Women's Institutes, a government report on Oriental activity, and material on the Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children.
File consists of membership receipt books, 1928-1931; subscription receipt book, 1925; envelope with a stamp from the Whaletown Post Office; two receipt books, 1921 and 1929.
File consists of membership receipt books, 1928-1931; subscription receipt book, 1925; envelope with a stamp from the Whaletown Post Office; two receipt books, 1921 and 1929.