Scrapbooks containing information about the Women's Institute in Aldershot, Ontario as well as the surrounding area of Flamborough Township (Wentworth County), Nelson Township, and Halton County.
Aldershot Women's InstituteScrapbooks
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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.
Fonds consists of scrapbook albums illustrating the history of the Girl Guiding movement in Burlington, Ontario between 1930 and 1953. The albums include reports from brownie and guide units and the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, lists of leaders and commissioners, photographs, correspondence, certificates, badges, postcards and copies of newspaper articles. Newspaper articles and photographs of the opening of the Trefoil Lodge and the Junior Band are included.
Douglas, JeanScrapbooks and administrative records all pertaining to the formation, history and ongoing operations of the Nelson Women's Institute branch.
Nelson Women's InstituteItem is a scrapbook collection of newspaper articles and photographs representing life in Port Hope from 1972-1978.
Item is a scrapbook collection of newspaper articles and photographs representing life in Port Hope from 1972-1978.
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.
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada