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).
File contains a collection of material about Elton Anderson and includes a typed reminiscence by Elton Anderson; Nancy Anderson's notes about him; two newsletters of the Federation of BC Naturalists (Sept. 1975 and June 1977); a page from the Vancouver Sun (July 15, 1969) with an article written by Anderson; and a BC Outdoors magazine (Jan/Feb 1995) with a short biography.
File contains a collection of material about Elton Anderson and includes a typed reminiscence by Elton Anderson; Nancy Anderson's notes about him; two newsletters of the Federation of BC Naturalists (Sept. 1975 and June 1977); a page from the Vancouver Sun (July 15, 1969) with an article written by Anderson; and a BC Outdoors magazine (Jan/Feb 1995) with a short biography.
File contains a summary of expenses and income printed out by Callie Waddell, the last treasurer of Island Women. The records of income from fund-raising activities and donations to various island causes provides a snapshot of the activities of the organization.
Donated to CIMAS by Callie Waddel on Apr. 15, 2019
Scope and Content
File contains a summary of expenses and income printed out by Callie Waddell, the last treasurer of Island Women. The records of income from fund-raising activities and donations to various island causes provides a snapshot of the activities of the organization.
File contains records of donation requests, letter templates, and correspondence. Also contains 20 b&w photographic prints, one (1) floppy disk and thirty-seven (37) b&w 35mm negatives.
Note: Prints (2013.005.01 to 2013.005.21) are stored in Photo Box 3.
File contains records of donation requests, letter templates, and correspondence. Also contains 20 b&w photographic prints, one (1) floppy disk and thirty-seven (37) b&w 35mm negatives.
Note: Prints (2013.005.01 to 2013.005.21) are stored in Photo Box 3.
Scan of Cortes Marketer 2011 containing Advisory Planning Commissions (APC) for local land use management; agenda from SRD Electoral Area Services Committee (EASC) meeting; and local advertisements on back
Scan of Cortes Marketer 2011 containing Advisory Planning Commissions (APC) for local land use management; agenda from SRD Electoral Area Services Committee (EASC) meeting; and local advertisements on back
Photo of Bob Langdon's amphibious Seabee, 1948. Receipts from Island Airlines, Elmer Ellingsen, 1969. Clippings with info on the history of seaplane use and Campbell River's seaplane industry. Transcript of Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Harbors magazine featuring Kenmore Air 2011. Additional keywords: Bob Langdon; Campbell River, the Spit; mercy flights; bush pilots; injured loggers
Photo of Bob Langdon's amphibious Seabee, 1948. Receipts from Island Airlines, Elmer Ellingsen, 1969. Clippings with info on the history of seaplane use and Campbell River's seaplane industry. Transcript of Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Harbors magazine featuring Kenmore Air 2011. Additional keywords: Bob Langdon; Campbell River, the Spit; mercy flights; bush pilots; injured loggers
Educational pamphlets, catalogues, and posters on bats, 1994-2004; copies of Bat House Project instructions for building a small economy bat house, 2004; articles, emails and newspaper clippings about bats, 2006-2016; public service announcement from Linda Solomon and Bhaskar Krag re: bats and rabies, undated; drawings of bats by school-aged children, undated. Keywords: pest control, wildlife at risk, Keen's Long-eared Myotis, Bat House Project, Bat Conservation International, California Myotis, White Nose Syndrome, rabies
Educational pamphlets, catalogues, and posters on bats, 1994-2004; copies of Bat House Project instructions for building a small economy bat house, 2004; articles, emails and newspaper clippings about bats, 2006-2016; public service announcement from Linda Solomon and Bhaskar Krag re: bats and rabies, undated; drawings of bats by school-aged children, undated. Keywords: pest control, wildlife at risk, Keen's Long-eared Myotis, Bat House Project, Bat Conservation International, California Myotis, White Nose Syndrome, rabies
