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.
File consists of receipts and an expense list from Gilean Douglas, in her capacity as Publicity Convenor, for the printing of the Federal Women's Institute of Canada report.
File consists of receipts and an expense list from Gilean Douglas, in her capacity as Publicity Convenor, for the printing of the Federal Women's Institute of Canada report.
Series consists of loose receipts for expenses of the Whaletown Women's Institute. These receipts were originally in the same envelope as the contents of 2-11.
Series consists of loose receipts for expenses of the Whaletown Women's Institute. These receipts were originally in the same envelope as the contents of 2-11.
File consists of receipts; it includes a list of children to be given gifts at the annual Christmas party sponsered by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
File consists of receipts; it includes a list of children to be given gifts at the annual Christmas party sponsered by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Cortes Island Women's Institute. It is arranged in nine series: Minutes, Reports, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera, Photographs and Artifacts.
The Cortes Island Women's institute was formed in 1984. Although Cortes Island had historically been difficult to traverse, and the communities consequently insular, by the 1980s the road systems were such that "a Women's Institute for the whole of Cortes Island" seemed to make sense.
CIWI was founded with the bank balance of a Manson's Landing service group called the Ladies Guild, which was founded in the 1940s. When membership and activity in the guild declined in the 1970s, the focus was shifted to a renovation and addition to Manson's Hall. Once the Hall had been sufficiently updated, it was thought that the remaining funds might be put to use "creating an instrument for better communication between all our women and a chance to work together in the community".
Charter members of the CIWI were Heather Berry, Peggy Newsham, Maryann McCoy, Linda Hendricks, and Mary Block.
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 Cortes Island Women's Institute. It is arranged in nine series: Minutes, Reports, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence, Subject Files, Ephemera, Photographs and Artifacts.
