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The fonds consists of following series and relate to history of the Oxford North Women’s Institute:

Series 1: Minutes (1907-2006)
Series 2: Tweedsmuir Scrapbooks (1910-2021)
Series 3: Programmes (1910-2018)
Series 4: Photographs ([before 1920], 2015)

The fonds consists of records related to the history and development of the Brookdale Women’s Institute. Additionally, the fonds contains information and records pertaining to the communities in Southern Oxford County.

It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Brooksdale Tweedsmuir Volumes 1-5 (1820-2011)

Series 2: Women’s Institute Miscellaneous (1909, 1918, 1920, 1923-2017)

• Subseries A – Quilts
• Subseries B – Programs

Series 3: Scrapbooks (1984-2000)

Series 4: Tweedsmuir History (2001-2017)

• Subseries A – 2001-2002
• Subseries B – 2003-2004
• Subseries C – 2005-2007
• Subseries D – 2008-2009
• Subseries E – 2010
• Subseries F – 2011-2012
• Subseries G – 2013-2014
• Subseries H – 2015-2016
• Subseries I - 2017

Series 5: Brooksdale Minute Books (1922-2018)

The fonds consists of records generated by the Canadian Federation of University Women - Burlington including agenda and minutes, operation of various programs and initiatives, Constitution and Charter, Scrapbooks and Memorabilia.

The records of the Canadian Federation of Canadian Women (CFUW), Sudbury branch fonds consists of their constitution, a copy of the original charter, minutes, reports, membership lists, newsletters, photographs and newspaper clippings. The records attest to the activities of the Sudbury branch within the national and international organization, and specifically, their involvement in the immediate community of Sudbury. Briefs, correspondence and open letters also document their lobbying and advocacy in different societal matters such as the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre Project, women’s issues, the environment, charity and education.

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, membership lists, newsletters, photographs and slides, and other various records associated with the activities of the club. Arranged into the following series:

1. Constitution and Policies
2. Minutes and Agendas
3. Reports and Notes
4. Background Information
5. Newsletters
6. Cash Books and Membership Lists
7. Study Groups
8. Correspondence
9. Conferences
10. Special Projects and Events
11. Founders Memorial Trust Bursary
12. Enrichment Nursery School Project
13. CFUW – National Chapter
14. CFUW – Ontario Council
15. Ephemera
16. Images

These records relate to the establishment and first years of operation of the Women's Studies program at Lakehead University. After a proposal in 1988, the first classes ran in the 1990-1991 academic year. The program developed quickly, with more courses added and cross-listed, and Women's Studies was granted status as a Department in 2002.

The records, most of which date 1990-1996, include minutes of the Women's Studies Advisory Committee, and correspondence about the program and its courses. Some files also relate to fundraising, and local events and issues.

The fonds consists of records related to the East Nissouri Jr. Institute and include minutes as well as miscellaneous items related to their activities.

The Elizabeth Quinlan Collection consists of 6 interview transcripts. They include an interview with Kay Carlin from 1982 conducted by Barbara Dunphy; an interview with Anne Macks from May 3, 1993, conducted by Mercedes Steedman; an interview with Millie McQuaid conducted by Steedman; an interview with Olga St. Jean conducted on May 4, 1993, by Susan Vanstone; an interview with Pearl (Patricia) Chytuk conducted on May 12, 1993; and an interview with Val Biloki in 2 parts. These interviews concern the role of women in the Sudbury, Ontario, labour movement during the first half of the 20th century. The interviews were transcribed in 2010.

The fonds reflects the creator’s involvement in a variety of religious and community activities. The fonds consists of a few photographs, brochures, organizations’ minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other.

The fonds consists of records related to the Grace Patterson Women's Institute and include minutes and scrapbooks. The fonds consists of the following series:

Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Finance
Series 3: Tweedsmuirs and Scrapbooks
Series 4: Programmes
Series 5: Miscellaneous

This fonds contains records pertaining to The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE), Centennial Chapter, St. Thomas, Ontario. Records include membership records, meeting minutes and reports, programs and services, and photographs.

Records are organized into the following series:
1) Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1982-1993
2) Membership, 1981-2012
3) Newsletters, 1998-2013
4) Programs and Services, 1995, 2000-2010
5) Photographs, 1981 – 2006
6) Scrapbook, 1981-1995

Fonds is comprised of photographs, letters, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings and historical research notes related to the life of Kathleen Richmond Barclay Bowley. Much of the fonds relates to Bowley’s interest and experience in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service and her participation in the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Peterborough Club. Also included are dozens of Barclay family ancestral letters (description to be added at a later date).

The fonds consists of records related to events held by the Women’s Institute and local news in Lakeside. It is arranged into the following series:

Series 1: Lakeside Women’s Institute Tweedsmuirs
Series 2: Lakeside Lark newsletters

Fonds consists of records created and acquired by the London and Area Council of Women. Fonds includes operational records such as minutes of meetings, financial records as well as materials that were distributed to members and federated organizations such as newsletters, annual reports and annual directories. Also included are records relating to the political activities of the council such as resolutions, briefs and submissions as well as project files and committee records. Some records document the history of the organization and its milestones and include newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs and archives records. The fonds also includes records that were received by the LACW from its federated organizations, the Provincial Council of Women of Ontario, the National Council of Women of Canada and the International Council of Women.

This fonds consists of programmes, rules and regulations, membership records, annual reports, minutes, correspondence and research material of the Lyceum Club and Women's Art Association of Peterborough.

Correspondence, business documentation, staff resources, photographs, and Literacy Group documents, kept by Margaret Phillips of the Northern Woman's Bookstore, of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The store opened in 1984 and had locations on Bay St. and Court Street, before having to close its physical location in 2016.

The fonds consists of following series and relate to history of the Oxford North Women’s Institute:

Series 1: Minutes (1914-2002)
Series 2: Memberships (1918-1931, 1972-1999)
Series 3: Anniversaries (1955, 1965)
Series 4: Miscellaneous (1948-2008)

The fonds consists of records related to the Plattsville Women’s Institute. They are arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Minute Books
Series 2: Tweedsmuir History Books
Series 3: Programmes
Series 4: Miscellaneous

Incomplete fonds which testifies to the activities of the Soroptimist Club of Sudbury including the conferences held by the club in Sudbury (as well as those of the parent organization), and the documents/procedural guides for members of the administration. Financial documents from a limited period are also included in the fonds.

Collection predominantly contains oversized scrapbooks compiled by local Aldershot and Nelson branches of the Women's Institute, under the direction of The Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario with a purpose to document village histories. These types of scrapbooks known as Tweedsmuir Histories, were named after the Governor General's wife Lady Tweedsmuir, who encouraged Women’s Institute branches to preserve the history and the changing environments of rural communities. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, maps, as well as handwritten and typed historical accounts. Also included in this collection are administration records for the Nelson Women's Institute.