Print preview Close

Showing 1683 results

Archival description
University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Library Special Collections and Archives British Columbia Women's Institute fonds
Print preview Hierarchy View:
Ascending

Bridge Lake

File consists of 2 folders. Contains scrapbooks, a minute book, and a booklet detailing the constitution and by-laws of the BCWI. Inside the scrapbooks there are newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and cards.

Bridge Lake

File contains by-laws and constitution, meeting reports, BC Children's Hospital annual report and newsletter, handwritten notes, Arbutus Society ephemera, photographs, minutes, and newspaper clippings.

British Columbia Women's Institute

Scope and content
Series consists of records pertaining to the British Columbia Women’s Institute (BCWI), administered at the provincial level. Activities represented include convention planning and delivery, governance and decision-making, financial management, publications and communications, crafts and fine arts, activism and lobbying, and educational initiatives. Across activities are diaries, artifacts, and photographs.

British Columbia Women's Institute Districts

Series consists of records pertaining to various individual Women’s Institute districts and branches forming regional representation of the British Columbia Women’s Institute. Records in this series mostly pertain to the areas of finance, governance, activism, and correspondence. Other significant records include photographs, artifacts, ephemera, as well as arts and crafts. Series is arranged into files according to creating body.

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.

Bulkley Tweedsmuir District

File contains a short history on the district, photocopied newspaper clippings, information on various incorporations and staff, a poem, a newsletter, reports, and a copy of a booklet titled �Pioneer Women.�

Bulkley-Tweed pic.

File contains a reproduction of a photograph of the winners of a fashion show at the BCWI conference from an unknown year. Photo and caption are pasted on a piece of cardstock.

Burquitlam

File contains a short history on incorporation date and staff members, a timeline of the branch, a handwritten note, a clipping from Modern Pioneers, and a newspaper clipping.

Burrard

File contains a short article clipping on Burrard, previously known as Sunnyside and, later, Eagle Crest and notes from the first meeting under Eagle Crest.

Burton [city]

File contains photocopied articles, notes from Burton�s history book �Whistle Stops on the Columbia River,� and information on the first meeting and staff members.

By laws

File contains a copy of the BCWI by-laws, a copy of the �Farmers and Women�s Institutes Act� regulations, and correspondence between the BCWI and the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Cariboo District

File contains a timeline, a map of the branches in the District, handwritten notes and histories, 22nd Annual Cariboo District Convention information, articles on the flood of 1955, reports and a history of the board.

Cariboo District

File contains photocopied newspaper clippings, timelines, a map of the branches in the District, photocopy of a banner for the District, a short history on the Cariboo District board, information on the flood of 1955, photocopied pictures of quilts, and histories of the various branches in the District.

Results 301 to 350 of 1683