Series consists of records pertaining to the BCWI’s intersections with the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC), into which the BCWI reported. Documents in this series include publications printed by the organization, documents detailing the history of the group, as well as records relating to conventions hosted by the FWIC, where the BCWI was represented.

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.

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.

Series consists of records pertaining to survey and compilation projects undertaken by Women’s Institute committees, informal working groups, and individual members in the pursuit of BCWI historiography. Two publications were released as a result of this research: 100 Years of BC Women’s Institutes (history) and 100 Women (biography). Series is arranged into files, each pertaining to an individual (biography) or branch (history).

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.

Series consists of records pertaining to the BCWI’s intersections with the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), with which the BCWI was affiliated.. Records in this series include photographs, publications, and some ephemera created by the ACWW. Other records in this series relate to various conventions hosted by the ACWW and affiliates held worldwide, including but not limited to where the BCWI was represented.

File contains personal journal, place and name unknown.

File consists of 2 folders. Contains the British Columbia Women's Institute's (BCWI) financial statements.

File contains BCWI financial statements from 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, and 1958-1962.

File contains three photographs of members of the BCWI on and around their one hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

File contains photographs of BCWI members at various events, the November 8, 1928 issue of the Salmon Arm Observer, and biographies of some of the BCWI members.

File contains a copy of A Century of Achievement, a program from the 1994 Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC) Convention, and a listing of the B.C. Women's Institute branch files.

File contains correspondence, a BCWI life membership card, a handwritten account of a member's experiences being a part of the BCWI during World War I, and the papers and correspondence of Mrs. R. W. Chalmers.

File contains a booklet on Laws for Women and Children in British Columbia and an invitation from Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board to the unveiling of a plaque commemorating Margaret Watt.

File contains materials related to the FWIC Convention, which was hosted by the BCWI, including reports, planning documents and correspondence.

File contains assorted materials related to the BCWI at the provincial level, including photographs, reports, newspaper clippings and programs.

File contains newspaper clippings relating to the FWIC and BCWI. Most of the clippings are facsimiles.

File contains three photographic prints of BCWI convention delegates, each print includes a listing of identified subjects.

File contains newspaper clippings, the president's address, and photographs of delegates at the 1961 FWIC convention.

File contains the schedule, program, and financial statements for the 2010 BCWI annual general meeting, as well as the minutes for the 2009 BCWI annual general meeting.

File contains an enlarged photographic reproduction of Mrs. Blackwood Wileman.

File contains pamphlets, comments from the 2009 annual general meeting, an essay on the future of the BCWI, a report on the organization of Women's Institutes, and the schedule, summary, and report on the �Agriculture in the Classroom� program.

File contains the convention program for the FWIC convention in 2012 as well as a convention report.

File contains materials related to the 1983 Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) conference, including programs, a report book, and newspaper clippings.

File contains a compilation of poetry written by and about the BCWI.

File contains graphs on the forecast of BC's energy over the next decade, a BCWI report opposing the dams, a BC Federation of Agriculture report on the Site "C" dam, correspondence, and a press release from the BC Land Commission.

File contains correspondence and documentation regarding strategic planning done by the BCWI in 1991.

File contains documents related to the BCWI's strategic planning done during the early 1990s.

File contains brief biographies, correspondence, clippings and a copy of Western People from April 24, 1986.

File contains Grandmother's Quilt Blocks, a compilation of quilt patterns put together by the Handicraft Section of the Tweedsmuir Competition of the FWIC.

File contains scripts from radio broadcasts done by the BCWI during and after the second world war broadcast on CBC and CKOV as well as lists of the broadcasts.

File contains biographies of Laura Rose, photographs, and an excerpt of her 1910 report to the Farmer's Institute.

File contains photographs, newspaper clippings, a copy of the 1938 BCWI Bulletin, an application form for the Othoa Scott Trust Fund, and an excerpt from an unknown publication on the Othoa Scott Trust Fund.

File contains photographs, brief biographies, newspaper clippings, and Ada Shaw's journal.

File contains photographs of past presidents and the 1990 BCWI conference, newspaper clippings, correspondence, an essay titled �A Tribute to Our Past Presidents,� a brief memoir, and brief biographies.

File contains a brief history of the Erland Lee (Museum) Home, brochure, a promotional paper placemat, and postcards.

File contains photographs, handwritten notes, photocopied photographs, newspaper clippings and articles, biographies, a memorial speech, correspondence, excerpts from The First Women�s Institute School and ACWW History, speeches, a history of the ACWW, newspaper clippings, and a postcard.

File contains convention programs, financial reports, minutes, instructions, addresses, report books, booklets, and photocopied articles from The Countrywoman at Home.

File contains biographies of various BCWI members, newspaper clippings, memorial programs, a mock-up for a BCWI centennial pamphlet, and an excerpt on Adelaide Hunter Hoodless from The Clear Spirit: Twenty Canadian Women and their Times.

File meeting minutes from the 1962 BCWI Conference, research notes taken on the Coronation Oaks branch, and an except from a report written by the Wynndel branch.

File contains photographs of the activities of Dragon Lake and other branches of the BC central interior, clippings, a eulogy for Joyce Swanky, and "The Mary Stewart Collect" prayer.

File contains photographs, a list of photographic subjects and correspondence.

File contains photographs, convention proceedings, clippings, correspondence and legal documentation.

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.

File contains photographs.

File contains photographs of members of the Douglas branch and a photo reproduction glued to an order form of an exhibit on the BCWI at the White Rock Museum.

File contains photographs of members of the Coldstream branch doing various activities.

File contains newspaper clippings regarding the Haney branch, correspondence and photographs regarding the Mission branch�s seventieth anniversary.

File contains photocopied correspondence from the Oriental Exclusion Association (OEA) to the secretaries of the Cedar and Ladysmith branches.

File contains photographs of BCWI members at past conventions, as well as newspaper clippings.