These photographs depict people ((Needs ID) and houses in Whaletown Bay, to the west of the present-day ferry landing. They are labelled "Whaletown B.C., my Dad's place".
2 loose pages from a photograph album containing 15 black and white photographs
History / Biographical
(Obituary from the Powell River Peak: http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2012/12/04/community/obituaries/doc50b6568a6c710870190038.txt)
Annabelle Jane Smith (née Graham), April 10, 1940 – November 19, 2012
Annabelle passed away in Quesnel, BC. She is survived by her daughters Darlene (Dan) Johnson and Paulene Smith, and two granddaughters Brittney and Brooke. She also leaves behind her sisters Penny (Harold) Tuck, Bonnie Skoropad, and Marilyn (Jim) Schmor, brother Robert and many nieces and nephews.
Custodial History
These photographs were mailed to CIMAS in 2008. There is no signed donation form.
Scope and Content
These photographs depict people ((Needs ID) and houses in Whaletown Bay, to the west of the present-day ferry landing. They are labelled "Whaletown B.C., my Dad's place".
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Photograph of Billy Tait standing on the dock in Whaletown. The channel marker and houses near the present-day ferry dock can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Billy Tait standing on the dock in Whaletown. The channel marker and houses near the present-day ferry dock can be seen in the background.
File consists of thirty-nine pages of correspondence addressed to Mrs. Robertson of the Whaletown Women's Institute, and three envelopes, one containing a photograph of Doris McLean (nee. Lancaster).
39 pages of textual records
3 envelopes
1 photograph
Scope and Content
File consists of thirty-nine pages of correspondence addressed to Mrs. Robertson of the Whaletown Women's Institute, and three envelopes, one containing a photograph of Doris McLean (nee. Lancaster).
File consists of correspondence, including letters regarding the local CIWI leaving the provincial WI; a letter from Gilean Douglas outlining the history of the Whaletown Women's Institute; four photographs taken at Manson's Hall (need identification).
File consists of correspondence, including letters regarding the local CIWI leaving the provincial WI; a letter from Gilean Douglas outlining the history of the Whaletown Women's Institute; four photographs taken at Manson's Hall (need identification).
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.
