The Cortez Bay Women's Auxiliary (of the Anglican Church) was founded in November, 1951, around the same time that chapters were formed in Whaletown and Manson's Landing.
Custodial History
Donated in 1990 by Sheila Stoppa, the daughter of Ellen Musclow, who was the secretary/treasurer of the organization.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one minute book containing minutes of meetings of the Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary.
Photograph of a group of people seated on the steps of the home of Charles (Charlie) Allen in the Gorge Harbour (on the site of what is now the Gorge Harbour Marina.) The people are not identified.
Photograph of a group of people seated on the steps of the home of Charles (Charlie) Allen in the Gorge Harbour (on the site of what is now the Gorge Harbour Marina.) The people are not identified.
Photograph of the infant Mary Agnes Tait in a wicker baby seat. Doreen Huck has identified this location as the Barrett homestead in Green Valley; the Barretts were the baby's grandparents.
Photograph of the infant Mary Agnes Tait in a wicker baby seat. Doreen Huck has identified this location as the Barrett homestead in Green Valley; the Barretts were the baby's grandparents.
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Dorothy Huck holding an infant, Mary Agnes Tait, at the Tait's home in Green Valle; Billy Tait is in the background. There is no caption for this photograph; identification is from Doreen Thompson in the Green Valley album.
Photograph of Dorothy Huck holding an infant, Mary Agnes Tait, at the Tait's home in Green Valle; Billy Tait is in the background. There is no caption for this photograph; identification is from Doreen Thompson in the Green Valley album.
Photograph of (L to R) Lorine, Mrs. Charles Allen, Mrs. Munn, Mr. Munn (in uniform) and Margaret (Meg) Robertson, standing in front of a house bordered with flowering bushes, probably at the Allen homestead, Bute Ranch, on Gorge Harbour.
Photograph of (L to R) Lorine, Mrs. Charles Allen, Mrs. Munn, Mr. Munn (in uniform) and Margaret (Meg) Robertson, standing in front of a house bordered with flowering bushes, probably at the Allen homestead, Bute Ranch, on Gorge Harbour.