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[1897-2004] (Creation)
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- Federated Women's Institutes of Canada
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2.1 m of textual records including newspaper clippings, photographs and pamphlets.
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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.
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microfilm copies catalogued: 971.3523 WOM (BUR)
Fully searchable and downloadable reproduction copies of the original Tweedsmuir History Books are available on the Burlington Digital Archive. A selection of photographs contained in these books have been digitized individually and organized into the Aldershot Women's Institute Historical Photographs Collection
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Access to the originals have been closed for conservation reasons.
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Finding aids
Table of Contents and Index to Aldershot Branch Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History Volumes I & II
971.3523 WOM
Index to the Nelson Tweedsmuir History Volumes I, II & III
971.3523 WOM REF
Index to the Nelson Tweedsmuir Scrapbook I & II
971.3523 WOM
Associated materials
Ontario Women's Institute Story 305.4060713 WOM REF
Federated Women's Institute of Ontario 305.4060713 FED REF