Photograph of the art class at the Whaletown clinic. Duncan Robertson, who is modelling, in the foreground. Kay Waring is at far left and Don McDevitt at far right.
Photograph of the art class at the Whaletown clinic. Duncan Robertson, who is modelling, in the foreground. Kay Waring is at far left and Don McDevitt at far right.
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 four adults seated at students desks inside the Whaletown schoolhouse, during an art class given by Mary Weiler. Edith Huck is on the far right.
Photograph of four adults seated at students desks inside the Whaletown schoolhouse, during an art class given by Mary Weiler. Edith Huck is on the far right.
Back row: Jack Summers, Ken Hansen, Ernie Keene, Dianne Hansen, Jimmy Hansen, Irv Reedel, Doreen Reedel, Shirley Beaulieu, Eva Freeman, Nesta Stackhouse, Lottie McDevitt, Mary and Bob Martineau
Middle row: Eva Summers, Rev. Rollo Boas, May Ellingsen, Elmer Ellingsen, Otto Ellingsen, Meg Shaw, Peggy Talbot, Jenny Morton, Mike Talbot, Doug Morton, Velma Bergman
Front row: Ann Dewar, Kathleen (Kay) Boas, Robbie Graham, Wilf Freeman, Gunnar Hansen, Emilie Hansen
Back row: Jack Summers, Ken Hansen, Ernie Keene, Dianne Hansen, Jimmy Hansen, Irv Reedel, Doreen Reedel, Shirley Beaulieu, Eva Freeman, Nesta Stackhouse, Lottie McDevitt, Mary and Bob Martineau
Middle row: Eva Summers, Rev. Rollo Boas, May Ellingsen, Elmer Ellingsen, Otto Ellingsen, Meg Shaw, Peggy Talbot, Jenny Morton, Mike Talbot, Doug Morton, Velma Bergman
Front row: Ann Dewar, Kathleen (Kay) Boas, Robbie Graham, Wilf Freeman, Gunnar Hansen, Emilie Hansen
