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).
Photograph of the Whaletown wharf, taken from the end of the wharf. Their are several vehicles and a crowd of people on the wharf. Fuel barrels are on the right, and the fuel shed and other buildings are at the head of the wharf and down the road.
Photograph of the Whaletown wharf, taken from the end of the wharf. Their are several vehicles and a crowd of people on the wharf. Fuel barrels are on the right, and the fuel shed and other buildings are at the head of the wharf and down the road.
Photograph of the Bob Ferguson, teacher at the Whaletown school; his parents; his wife Ethel; and children in their home. The photograph has been marked up by Gilean Douglas for use as an illustration for one of her articles, and has a typed caption taped to the bottom.
Photograph of the Bob Ferguson, teacher at the Whaletown school; his parents; his wife Ethel; and children in their home. The photograph has been marked up by Gilean Douglas for use as an illustration for one of her articles, and has a typed caption taped to the bottom.
Photograph of a group of Whaletown residents, seated inside.
Back row, L to R: Bill Hunt, Maude and Bernie Woodward, Dunc Robertson
Seated, L to R: Barbara Hunt, Muriel Whiting, Pat Robertson
Photograph of a group of Whaletown residents, seated inside.
Back row, L to R: Bill Hunt, Maude and Bernie Woodward, Dunc Robertson
Seated, L to R: Barbara Hunt, Muriel Whiting, Pat Robertson
Photograph of pupils standing in front of the Whaletown school that was at the gravel pit on the road to Coulter Bay. This photo was cropped from photo #1999.001.813.
Standing, back row, L to R: Louise Boas, Florence Bull, Pam Woolsey, Wilma Haines, Marilyn Mould, ?(ID), Joan Ackerman
Standing, L to R: Bobby Bull, Bobby Anderson, Jim Munro, Dave Ogren, Bud Dewar, Bill Woolsey
Seated, L to R: Nola Ogren, Donny Bull, Johnny Munro, Myrna Dewar, Bobby Ferguson seated on the ground in front
Photograph of pupils standing in front of the Whaletown school that was at the gravel pit on the road to Coulter Bay. This photo was cropped from photo #1999.001.813.
Standing, back row, L to R: Louise Boas, Florence Bull, Pam Woolsey, Wilma Haines, Marilyn Mould, ?(ID), Joan Ackerman
Standing, L to R: Bobby Bull, Bobby Anderson, Jim Munro, Dave Ogren, Bud Dewar, Bill Woolsey
Seated, L to R: Nola Ogren, Donny Bull, Johnny Munro, Myrna Dewar, Bobby Ferguson seated on the ground in front
Photograph of the Clinic building in Whaletown, with the Rectory to the right and a picket fence at the edge of the dirt road in front of the buildings.
Photograph of the Clinic building in Whaletown, with the Rectory to the right and a picket fence at the edge of the dirt road in front of the buildings.
Photograph, taken from the water, of a crowd on the Whaletown wharf. The fuel shed is to the right; there are fuel barrels on the wharf, along with a truck. Notes on the back by Doreen Huck Thompson identify the houses visible across the bay.
Photograph, taken from the water, of a crowd on the Whaletown wharf. The fuel shed is to the right; there are fuel barrels on the wharf, along with a truck. Notes on the back by Doreen Huck Thompson identify the houses visible across the bay.
