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Whaletown Women's Institute cookbook master pages

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
24
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney in 2012.
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store and Island Airlines

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1967-1969
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
33
Date Range
1967-1969
Custodial History
Donated by Ann Dewar and Robbie Graham on Jan. 20,2017, along with items for the Artifacts Committee. Material donated is from Robbie Graham's father Hector Graham.
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-33
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Nigel Pickard's store receipts

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
38
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
Donated by Kate Maddigan, Aug. 23 2021. Receipts were found in the attic of the house she bought from Nigel Pickard.
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
ephemera
Accession Number
1999.001
Date Range
1904-1993 (predominant 1948-1993)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and received during her personal and literary activities. There is some material dating from Douglas's early life, but the bulk of it dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island, particularly the Whaletown area. Fonds is composed of eighteen series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums; Photographs.
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Title based on contents of the fonds.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Douglas, Gilean
Fonds Number
1999.001
Accession Number
1999.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1904-1993 (predominant 1948-1993)
Physical Description
1.9 m of textual records; ca. 2,352 photographic records (1147 prints : b&w and col. - ca. 560 negatives : b&w and col. negatives ; 35 mm and 14 x 11 cm or smaller - 645 slides : col. slides ; 35 mm); 1 cm of graphic material; 8 maps.
Extent
1.9
History / Biographical
Gilean Douglas was born in Toronto, Ont. In 1900. Orphaned at the age of 16, she began to work as a free-lance writer and photographer. Over her lifetime her work appeared in more than 200 publications, often published under pseudonyms (Grant Madison, Armoral Kent and Jill MacLean). Douglas published eight books of poetry and three books of non-fiction, and, from 1961 to 1992, wrote a regular column, “Nature Rambles”, for the Victoria Times-Colonist. In 1939, following the collapse of her third marriage, Douglas moved from Ontario to an isolated cabin in the mountains near Hope, B.C. Her first two books of nature writing (one published under the name Grant Madison) document her life there. Her cabin was destroyed by fire in 1947 and two years later she moved to a 138-acre waterfront homestead on Cortes Island with her fourth husband, Philip Douglas, (née Major). Her marriage ended in 1953, but she remained there until her death in 1993. Her home at Channel Rock was isolated, with no road access and no electricity. Douglas had a large garden, and supplemented her writing income by selling produce and plants. She was a volunteer Weather Observer for Environment Canada for 33 years, receiving several awards for her service. Starting in the 1960s, her writing centered increasingly on her life at Channel Rock. Her "Nature Rambles" columns and book "The Protected Place" reflect her life on the island. During her years on Cortes Island, Douglas took a leading role in community affairs and local politics. She held office in several community organizations and acted as a school trustee. As a member of the Women's Institute, she held local, district, provincial and national office, edited a book on its history, and was awarded a Life Membership in 1989. Douglas was a member of the first Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission and represented Cortes on the Regional Board of Comox-Strathcona as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973 and as Director from 1973 until 1977. List of Book Publications: 1952 Now the Green Word (Wings Press, Mill Valley, Ca.) 1953 Poetic Plush (The Story Book Press, Dallas, Texas) 1953 River For My Sidewalk (by “Grant Madison”; J. M. Dent & Sons, Toronto, Ont.) 1954 The Pattern Set (Quality Press, Montreal, Quebec) 1959 Modern Pioneers (a history of the Women's Institute, ed. by Douglas; Evergreen Press) 1967 Seascape With Figures (Prairie Press, Iowa City, Iowa) 1973 Now In This Night (Harlo Press, Detroit, Mi.) 1978 Silence Is My Homeland (Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa.) 1979 The Protected Place (Gray’s Publishing, Sidney, B.C.) 1982 Prodigal (Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, B.C.) 1984 River For My Sidewalk (by Gilean Douglas; Sono Nis Press) 1985 Kodachromes at Midday (Sono Nis Press) 1992 Seascape With Figures - Poems Selected and New (Sono Nis Press)
Custodial History
Upon Douglas’ death in 1993 her papers were gathered from her house by her literary executor, Gillian Milton. Douglas’ will directed that her papers and photographs be turned over to the University of British Columbia (Douglas’ primary beneficiary), after being examined and used for literary purposes including publication or biography. Accordingly, Milton inventoried the records, and with Andrea Lebowitz made use of them for a biography and anthology of the writings of Douglas, "Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home" (Lebowitz and Milton, Sono Nis Press, 1999). The textual records were turned over to University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections in December 1999; the photographic records in 2002. By agreement with UBC, the records and photographs which have to do primarily with Cortes Island were turned over to the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society (Manson's Landing, B.C.) in 1999.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and received during her personal and literary activities. There is some material dating from Douglas's early life, but the bulk of it dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island, particularly the Whaletown area. Fonds is composed of eighteen series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums; Photographs.
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Columbia Coast Mission
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Gilean Douglas fonds at the University of British Columbia Library (Special Collections) Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds Gorge Harbour Community Hall fonds Whaletown Community Club fonds Whaletown Women's Institute fonds Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Copyright
Copyright for Douglas's published writings is held by the University of British Columbia. Permission to use Douglas's manuscripts for publication purposes must be obtained from the University of British Columbia or from Gillian Milton, literary executor for the estate of Gilean Douglas.
Arrangement
Wherever possible, Douglas’ system of arrangement has been retained, and original groupings of material have been maintained. Other material has been arranged according to type.
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Handwritten and typed recipes, probably for the Women's Institute cookbook
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
41
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Handwritten and typed recipes, probably for the Women's Institute cookbook
Storage Location
5-28
Storage Range
5-28
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Certificate of Life Membership in the British Columbia Women's Institute

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Storage Location
6-19
Storage Range
6-19
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Gilean Douglas with other members of the Women's Institute executive

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from right) and members of the Women's Institute executive.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0055
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 24.5 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from right) and members of the Women's Institute executive.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Gilean Douglas with members of the Women's Institute

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1960]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas with members of the Women's Institute (Needs ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1960]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 24.5 x 19.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas with members of the Women's Institute (Needs ID)
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Images
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Group of women in front of the house at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women, possibly a Women's Institute group, in front of the house at Channel Rock. Front, L to R: Louisa Tooker, Meg Shaw, Mrs. Ella (John) McLean Back, L to R: (Needs ID), Nesta (Ackerman) Slater, Edith Huck, (Needs ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0236
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of women, possibly a Women's Institute group, in front of the house at Channel Rock. Front, L to R: Louisa Tooker, Meg Shaw, Mrs. Ella (John) McLean Back, L to R: (Needs ID), Nesta (Ackerman) Slater, Edith Huck, (Needs ID)
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Images
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Small booklet with 3 photographs of women in extravagantly decorated hats

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Small booklet with 3 photographs of women in extravagantly decorated hats; in the first print Gilean Douglas is front right. (Possibly a Women's Institute function?)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0704
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph booklet with 3 prints: b&w; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Small booklet with 3 photographs of women in extravagantly decorated hats; in the first print Gilean Douglas is front right. (Possibly a Women's Institute function?)
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Images
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Louisa Tooker (R), receiving her Life Membership in the Women's Institutes

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1956]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Louisa Tooker (R), receiving her Life Membership in the Women's Institute from another woman.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0754
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 16 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Louisa Tooker (R), receiving her Life Membership in the Women's Institute from another woman.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Images
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Whaletown women: Peggy Newsham, Barbara Hunt, Rita Ogren, Mrs. Saunders

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Peggy Newsham, Barbara Hunt, Rita Ogren and Mrs. Saunders. They are seated inside, with cakes on a coffee table in front of them. (Possibly a Women's Institute meeting?)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0762
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Peggy Newsham, Barbara Hunt, Rita Ogren and Mrs. Saunders. They are seated inside, with cakes on a coffee table in front of them. (Possibly a Women's Institute meeting?)
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Women's Institute and school children at the Whaletown school for the presentation of a library to the school

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown Women's Institute and school children at the Whaletown school on the occasion of the presentation of a library to the school. (ID) Seated women from right: Milly Hill, Barbara Hunt, ? In truck: Lynn and Ann Robertson Men: Mr. Philip Douglas, School Rep, Mr. A. Ferguson, teacher, facing the camera Seated children: Doreen Huck, Andy Robertson behind her Standing women: Muriel Whiting, third from right; Mrs. Ferguson behind her
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0809
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1954]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 11 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown Women's Institute and school children at the Whaletown school on the occasion of the presentation of a library to the school. (ID) Seated women from right: Milly Hill, Barbara Hunt, ? In truck: Lynn and Ann Robertson Men: Mr. Philip Douglas, School Rep, Mr. A. Ferguson, teacher, facing the camera Seated children: Doreen Huck, Andy Robertson behind her Standing women: Muriel Whiting, third from right; Mrs. Ferguson behind her
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Members of the Cortes Island Women's Institute with Gilean Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (L), MaryAnn McCoy (R) and Leona Mueller (behind) at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
McCoy, Maryann
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0913
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1989
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (L), MaryAnn McCoy (R) and Leona Mueller (behind) at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Lorena Teames presenting a Life Membership in the Women's Institute pin to Gilean Douglas

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lorena Teames (L) presenting Gilean Douglas with her pin at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
McCoy, Maryann
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0914
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1989
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lorena Teames (L) presenting Gilean Douglas with her pin at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Group of women standing in front of the cabin at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Left to Right: Mrs Louisa Kendrick, Mrs Ruth Byers, Mrs Jessie Thornton, ?(ID), Mrs Gilean Douglas; seated, Mrs Meg Shaw
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2022
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Left to Right: Mrs Louisa Kendrick, Mrs Ruth Byers, Mrs Jessie Thornton, ?(ID), Mrs Gilean Douglas; seated, Mrs Meg Shaw
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Name Access
Channel Rock
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2112
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Gilean Douglas (2nd from left) with a group of people in front of the G R Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas from one of her trips for the BC Women's Institute.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2445
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas from one of her trips for the BC Women's Institute.
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-] - 1962
Scope and Content
Series consists of publicity articles written by Douglas for the Women's Institute during her term as Publicity Convener, and reports, speeches and notes from her activities on the provincial and national boards.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-] - 1962
Physical Description
8 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of publicity articles written by Douglas for the Women's Institute during her term as Publicity Convener, and reports, speeches and notes from her activities on the provincial and national boards.
Storage Range
3-37 - 3-47
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Publicity articles written by Douglas, arranged alphabetically
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Publicity articles written by Douglas, arranged alphabetically
Storage Location
3-37
Storage Range
3-37
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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