File consists of the Fall 1957 issue of "The Challenge", a publication of the B.C. Diocese of the Anglican Church, containing a photograph of the church of St. John the Baptist in Whaletown taken by Doris Maclean, which was the winner of a picture contest.
File consists of the Fall 1957 issue of "The Challenge", a publication of the B.C. Diocese of the Anglican Church, containing a photograph of the church of St. John the Baptist in Whaletown taken by Doris Maclean, which was the winner of a picture contest.
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 the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
File consists of the agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Columbia Coast Mission regarding the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown.
File consists of printed annual reports from the annual meetings of the B.C. Women's Auxiliaries and three reports on the meetings by members of the WWA who attended as delegates.
File consists of printed annual reports from the annual meetings of the B.C. Women's Auxiliaries and three reports on the meetings by members of the WWA who attended as delegates.
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.
Photograph shows the front view of the store in Whaletown, the Whaletown Trading Post. A woman in a red sweater is looking at the bulletin board. This is a postcard printed in the 1990s, from a photograph taken by Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson's son-in-law and Judy Alderson's father.
Photograph shows the front view of the store in Whaletown, the Whaletown Trading Post. A woman in a red sweater is looking at the bulletin board. This is a postcard printed in the 1990s, from a photograph taken by Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson's son-in-law and Judy Alderson's father.
Series consists of insurance policies taken out by the WWI for the piano. Originally this material was in an envelope with correspondence relating to the ownership history of the piano (File 6-4).
Series consists of insurance policies taken out by the WWI for the piano. Originally this material was in an envelope with correspondence relating to the ownership history of the piano (File 6-4).
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.
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.