Guest book.

Presented by Alexandra Club, Victoria, 1934.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Gillian Margaret Weiss titled "As Women and as Citizens: Clubwomen in Vancouver, 1910-1928." viii, 322 p: figs., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.) University of British Columbia, 1983. Vita. Bibliography: pages 295-312.

The file consists of video coverage of the Associated Country Women of the World 17th triennial conference, Vancouver, Canada. Overall view of conference activities, June 21-27, 1983, with narration and speakers.

Item consists of a mount of one group portrait of more than 100 women. Photograph is adhered to corrugated cardboard with an unknown adhesive. "B.C. Women Liberal Association, Convention Hotel Georgia April 7th 1953, Vancouver, B.C." and Sunday's Photos, Vancouver, B.C." are captioned on the photograph. As part of the photograph, a 1.3 cm white border frames the image.

Minute books, 1915-1948 (Box 1); Minute books, 1948-, cash books, 1922-1940 (Box 2); Cash books, 1941-1967; membership books, 1937-1970 (Box 3); correspondence, 1916-1941 (Box 4); Correspondence, 1942-1967 and unsorted correspondence (Box 5); Unsorted correspondence and financial records (Box 6); unsorted financial records (Boxes 7 and 8); Recipes, programmes, insurance, correspondence of advisory board, pamphlets, etc. (Box 9); W.I. publications and pamphlets, leaflets, etc. sent to Brentwood W.I. by various provincial and charitable organizations (Box 10); A.R.P. work, annual convention reports, blank forms, guest book (Box 11).

The fonds consists of minutes of the executive and annual meetings, constitution and bylaws, newsletters, correspondence and handbooks, photographs and other ephemera of the British Columbia Association of Health-Care Auxiliaries from between 1945 and 1999.

The series consists of two accessions that were donated in 1989 and 1999. The first accession was donated when the association was known as the British Columbia Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; the second accession was donated after they had changed their name in 1993 to the British Columbia Association of Health-Care Auxiliaries

The series consists of records which document the function of the B.C. Registrar of Companies and subsequently the B.C. Dept. of Agriculture in their responsibility for B.C. Women's Institutes. The records document how each local institute registered as a society, carried out its annual reporting, and was dissolved.

Arranged alphabetically by the name of each local Women's Institute, a file typically includes: a declaration of desire to form a society under the Societies Act, the certificate of incorporation as a society, the annual reports which include the institute's annual financial statement, a list of first directors, constitution and by-laws, and a memo to file regarding the local institute being struck off the corporate register and dissolved. Some files include a letter from the Registrar of Companies indicating a failure by the institute to file their annual reports.

The annual reports include: names of places where meetings were held during the year, the number of attendees, remarks about the business of meetings, a list of officers and directors, a list of members, and a financial statement listing receipts and expenditures, balance, and names of auditors.

For 1962 annual reports, the reports for multiple institute locations are collected together into one file (divided into three folders) and arranged alphabetically (rather than having separate files for each location).

Where file codes exist on the files, these codes were created based on the number assigned to that institute at the declaration of association.

Prior to 1956, the Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes were administered under the Institutes Act and Societies Act, and they reported to the Registrar of Companies (the Corporate Registry). Registry files created by the Registrar of Companies documented the registration, corporate history and dissolution of all companies, societies and co-operatives that operated in British Columbia, and were dissolved between 1860 and 1993. Companies, societies and co-operatives that carried on business in British Columbia were required to register with the Registrar of Companies and regularly submit reports and other records to the registry office. For this reason, prior to 1956, these Women's Institute records were held by and in the provenance of the office of the Registrar of Companies. In 1956 the B.C. legislature passed a new “Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes Act” (an act initially dating from 1936). The 1956 act placed the institutes entirely under this act instead of being administered under the Institutes Act and Societies Act, and the institutes were now the responsibility of, and reported to, the Dept. of Agriculture.

Many records of the institutes initially held by the Registrar of Companies were transferred to the Dept. of Agriculture, and the Dept. of Agriculture continued to create records after 1956. Those records transferred to B.C. Archives from the Dept. of Agriculture and its successor, the Ministry of Agriculture, make up the records of GR-0506. Some Women's Institute records remained with the Registrar of Companies and were transferred directly from that office to B.C. Archives. These records are located in series GR-1526 - Corporate registry files.

Series GR-0505 (container GR0505-0007) also contains Women's Institute records, for the following locations:

Aberdeen Women’s Institute
Bonnington and South Slocan Women’s Institute
Carmi Women’s Institute
Christian Valley Women’s Institute
Deer Park Women’s Institute
Lasqueti Women’s Institute
Monte Lake Women’s Institute
North Fraser Lake Women’s Institute
Nukko Lake Women’s Institute
Peace Arch Women’s Institute
Pitt Meadows Women’s Institute
Tatalrose Women’s Institute
Telkwa and District Women’s Institute
Terrace Women’s Institute
West Langley Women’s Institute
Woss Lake Women’s Institute

The series also includes a visitors book dating from 1953-1956; where it was created and its purpose are unknown.

Item consists of a document of approximately 30 pages of resolutions and supporting material of the Catholic Women's League of Canada B.C. and Yukon Council of 1982. Subjects are largely focused on education in public schools and include sexual education, secular humanism, and co-operation and community life.

Series includes certificate of incorporation, constitution and by-laws and minute book, 1964-1968.

Minute book.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Cecil Collins RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-05-07 SUMMARY: Hilda Collins discusses her life, her career as a governess, pioneering on Vancouver Island in 1913, family life and women's societies.;

Rules, brief history, lists of officers and committees and names of people serving. The Kinette Club formed an auxiliary to the Kinsmen Club.

"Minerva Club, 1918-1919": list of officers; dates and subjects of meetings; name of hostesses for meetings.

Received from Margaret Salmond, Victoria, niece of the original owner, Mrs. Edith Freeman.

Minute books.

The series consists of minutes created between 1971 and 1976 by the Provincial Board of the Women's Institute.

Minutes, 1911-1920, 1921-1924 (includes scrapbook).

Membership list; minute books, 1917-1939, 1945-1948.

Board of directors, minute book, 1911-1943; inventory of equipment and supplies, 1908-1919; women's auxiliary, minute book, 1930-1944.

SUMMARY: A program featuring a talk B.C. MLA Nancy Hodges. The broadcast apparently originated in the United States.;

The fonds consists of minute books for 1955-1958 and 1971-1976; a log book recording the Superintendent's activities from 1946 to 1958; scrapbooks created between 1954 and 1957; a roll of honour list of life members of the Provincial Board of Women's Institutes of B.C, 1966; a ledger of life members from 1946-1960 and an essay on the Crippled Children's Hospital in Vancouver.

The series consists of records of the Rural Organizations Branch (also Rural Organization and Services Branch) within the Dept. of Agriculture and its successors from 1921-1993. The Branch was responsible for rural organizations and for promoting agricultural and rural education and awareness, youth development, and fairs and exhibitions.

As part of its function of education and awareness, the branch was responsible for overseeing Womens' Institutes and Farmers' Institutes. The series consists of Women’s Institutes records which include general correspondence, documents regarding annual grants and finances and financial statements, conventions, board meetings and minutes, correspondence, annual reports, copies of the B.C. Women’s Institute newsletter as well as clippings and other historical materials.

B.C. Farmers' Institutes records in the series include correspondence, documents regarding seminars and conventions, the Institute advisory board and its meetings, grant information, and written histories such as “Early History of the Farmers’ Institutes.” For both Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes there are annual reports and lists of dissolutions of local institutes.

Numerous records in the series concern other aspects of education and awareness promoted by the Rural Organizations Branch, including: the Canadian Rural Transition Program; the Rural Community Development Committee; Farm vacations; Family Farm Forum (a consultative program); Chinese farmers agricultural tour 1988-1992; and the Century Farms project. Record types include: brochures, correspondence, records regarding meetings, seminars, reports and information requests.

Records concerning organizations include files relating to the B.C. Institute of Agrologists; the B.C. Federation of Agriculture; the Workers' Compensation Board; and the Western Indian Agricultural Corporation (W.I.A.C.).

Records relating to the provision of agricultural awareness and leadership training opportunities for youth include files on: the Young Farmers program, Young Farmers clubs, 4-H, Junior Farmers, and the Environment Youth Corps of British Columbia program (EYC). Record types include correspondence, information reports and brochures.

The series also consists of records regarding the B.C. Fairs Association and collected information on the history of local agricultural exhibitions and fairs in British Columbia.

The series consists of a scrapbook kept by the Quita Nichol Auxiliary between 1960 and 1974. It also contains constitution and by-laws, membership list (1973), miscellaneous correspondence and clippings.

Scrapbooks, 1925-1950 (5 volumes) containing postcards, photographs, hotel and motel brochures, menus, tickets, time tables, place mats and other memorabilia collected by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Graham on vacations in Ontario, the United States (mainly New York, Washington, D.C., and Washington State), British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces. The scrapbooks also contain theatre programmes, Anglican Church leaflets and Council of Women and Women's Canadian Church meeting notices, etc.

Minute books.

Deposited by Mrs. Ida Boyd, Secretary, BCWI, 1981.