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University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Library Special Collections and Archives
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British Columbia Women's Institute fonds

  • CA OSC-ARC-08
  • Fonds
  • 1892-2018

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.

North Fraser Valley

File contains constitution, certificate of incorporation, executive and officers lists, minutes, a financial statement, annual report, correspondence and the extraordinary resolution relating to the dissolution of the branch.

N. [North] Thompson District

File contains correspondence, a brief chronology of activities, a summary of rallies, conventions, and conferences, a copy of reports by the Women's Institute Superintendent, newspaper clippings, and excerpts from Modern Pioneers 1909-1959 and the BCWI Centennial Cook Book.

Oliver

File contains correspondence, a brief biography for Othoa Scott, an archival description for the Oliver Women's Institute fonds, a resolution list, a brief history, and photocopied newspaper clippings.

Pitt Meadows

File contains notes on the branch�s history, handwritten notes, a history of the branch, photocopied newspaper clippings, and a timeline of events.

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