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British Columbia Women's Institute fonds
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1892-2018 (Creation)
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16.6m textual records and other material
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Custodial history
This fonds was acquired through several accruals over time from various donors. The first accrual, 2018-06, was acquired on March 19, 2018, from the Summerland Museum and Archives. Other accruals were accumulated from various BCWI chapters.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records created and received by the British Columbia Women’s Institute and its constituents and relate to the work done by members of the BCWI at the provincial level as well as its various local chapters. Records in this fonds consist predominantly of administrative records as well as the compiled research materials pertaining to the Women’s Institutes and notable figures within.
The fonds also includes documentation of the BCWI’s intersections with the FWIC and the ACWW. Fonds is arranged into five series: 1) Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC); 2) Associated Countrywomen of the World (ACWW); 3) British Columbia Women’s Institutes (BCWI); 4) BCWI Districts; 5) Research files.
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Most photographs, audio visual materials, data storage devices, and artifacts have been separated and numbered; item lists are available upon request. Published books and periodicals which arrived with the fonds have been separated and catalogued; a bibliography is available upon request.
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Associated materials
Other records relating to the British Columbia Women’s Institute can be found at the British Columbia Archives, the Salmon Arm Museum, Summerland Museum and Archives, Kelowna Public Archives, Osoyoos and District Museum and Archives, and the Greenwood Museum.
Accruals
Further accruals may be expected.
Physical description
Fonds is comprised in total of 16.6m textual material, approximately 3,222 photographs across formats including prints, negatives, and slides, 7 VHS cassettes, 31 artifacts, 7 oversize albums or files, 1 vinyl record, and 9 digital storage devices including floppy discs and optical discs.
Conservation
Mold on several folders, which have been separated and are in the process of being treated.
Rights
Copyright held by British Columbia Women’s Institute, where applicable.
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Compiled by Alisa Sohi (2021), Ariel Nicolaides (2022) and Paige Hohmann (2022)
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Sources
“About.” British Columbia Women’s Institute. Accessed October 2021. https://www.bcwi.ca/about.
“Our Story.” Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada. Accessed October 2021. https://www.fwic.ca/history.
“The History of ACWW.” Associated Country Women of the World. 2021. https://www.acww.org.uk/our_history.html.
British Columbia Women's Institute. (2008). 100 Years of British Columbia Women's Institute 1909-2009. Kamloops: British Columbia Women's Institute. HQ1909.B7 O64 2008.