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.
File contains a mortgage agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Donald Maclean for property at the west end of Gorge Harbour (part of NE 1/4 of Section 21), and correspondence with a description of the land and buildings at the west end of the Gorge Harbour (NE 1/4 of Section 23).
File contains a mortgage agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Donald Maclean for property at the west end of Gorge Harbour (part of NE 1/4 of Section 21), and correspondence with a description of the land and buildings at the west end of the Gorge Harbour (NE 1/4 of Section 23).
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 contains records for a project undertaken by the St. James Ladies' Guild to mark and name put grave markers for all the plots in the Manson's Landing cemetery. Records are written one to a page on the back sides of a Canadian postal guide; some contain biographical information. Also included is a history of the cemetery and some correspondence.
File contains records for a project undertaken by the St. James Ladies' Guild to mark and name put grave markers for all the plots in the Manson's Landing cemetery. Records are written one to a page on the back sides of a Canadian postal guide; some contain biographical information. Also included is a history of the cemetery and some correspondence.
File contains correspondence from Fred Froud about the Manson's Comunity Hall site, including a letter from Michael Manson on BC Legislature letterhead re registering the parcel donated by Froud.
File contains correspondence from Fred Froud about the Manson's Comunity Hall site, including a letter from Michael Manson on BC Legislature letterhead re registering the parcel donated by Froud.
Photograph of members of the Manson's Landing Women's Institute outside the home of Rose Tiber in Tiber Bay. Jack ??, who provided transportation, is also in the photo.
L to R: Eva Freeman, Mary Jeffery, Isla (Cowan) Forrest, Flo McKay, Anna Middleton, Mary Cowan
L to R kneeling: Betty Jeffery holding Joan Jeffery (daughter of Nellie Jeffery), Julia Smith, Rose Tiber
Photograph of members of the Manson's Landing Women's Institute outside the home of Rose Tiber in Tiber Bay. Jack ??, who provided transportation, is also in the photo.
L to R: Eva Freeman, Mary Jeffery, Isla (Cowan) Forrest, Flo McKay, Anna Middleton, Mary Cowan
L to R kneeling: Betty Jeffery holding Joan Jeffery (daughter of Nellie Jeffery), Julia Smith, Rose Tiber
Group photo of a Women's Institute meeting at the Smith property at Seaford.
Standing, left to right, Betty Jeffery holding Joan Jeffery, Eva Freeman, Mrs. Mary Jeffery, Florence McKay, Isla Forrest, Anna Middleton, Mrs. Cowan, May Easton, Mrs. Ada Easton (cook and partner for Walter Hansen Log), Mrs. Henry (Rose) Tiber, Jack Manson, Harry (Jr.) Middleton.
Kneeling in front, left to right, Nellie Jeffery and Julia Smith.
Group photo of a Women's Institute meeting at the Smith property at Seaford.
Standing, left to right, Betty Jeffery holding Joan Jeffery, Eva Freeman, Mrs. Mary Jeffery, Florence McKay, Isla Forrest, Anna Middleton, Mrs. Cowan, May Easton, Mrs. Ada Easton (cook and partner for Walter Hansen Log), Mrs. Henry (Rose) Tiber, Jack Manson, Harry (Jr.) Middleton.
Kneeling in front, left to right, Nellie Jeffery and Julia Smith.
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