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Tweedsmuir history [microform] : [Richmond Hill] : [1957]

  • CA CoV Archives M991.25
  • Item
  • Microfilmed [ca. 1980]

Item consists of a microfilm reel. Community history: Main subjects include the Branch Women's Institute and its contribution to the development of the community; homes; education; trade and commerce; histories of individual farms, and families; schools; municipal government; community war records; agriculture, etc.

York West District Tweedsmuir history

  • CA CoV Archives M995.20
  • File
  • Compiled 1966-1994

File consists of a tweedsmuir history that details all aspects of the functions and activities of the subject agency; particular emphasis on biographical data on membership and officers. Also of note is the presence of brief histories of all of the various constituent local branches of the district institute delineating activities, achievements, officers, etc. Includes numerous photographs.

Elder's Mills Women's Institute fonds

  • CA CoV Archives MG 22
  • Fonds
  • 1949-2010

Fonds consists of minute books of the agency for the period 1949 to 2010, and a microfilm copy of the community Tweedsmuir history, microfilmed in 1984. The institute minutes include integral financial statements noting receipts and disbursements, as well as lists of officers and directors, and attendance registers. The Tweedsmuir history is composed of eight topical elements: mills, including the origin of the place name Elder's Mills, family histories and biographies, photographs, maps of original land owners, and Indigenous History; the Elder's Mill's Women's Institute, including organizational history, personal histories of membership, membership lists, etc. ; churches; schools, including Elder's Mills (School Section #15), Vaughan School (Lower Ninth) (School Section 13), Mackenzie Senior Public School, and a brief history of schools in the western half of Vaughan; roads and fences; farms, from the 7th to the 9th concession, community organizations; and services, including the Woodbridge and Vaughan Telephone Company, Woodbridger Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Toronto Grey and Bruce Railway; also included is a roll of Elder's Mills residents who served in His Majesty's Forces in World War I.

Laura Weaver collection

  • CA CoV Archives M998.17
  • Collection
  • [ca.1890]-1985

Collection consists of photographs of students and staff of Langstaff School, 1893 and Concord School, 1924, n.d.; photographs of attendees of Thornhill United Church Sunday School picnic, 1925, Thornhill Girls Hockey Team, 1918, and unidentified family portrait originally owned by the late Mary Jane Weaver. Textual records consist of newspaper clippings documenting aspects of the heritage of Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill from the 1970's to 1985, with a particular focus on built heritage.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Women's Missionary Society history 1966-1991 : 100th anniversary : [typescript] / by Dorothy E. Snider

  • CA CoV Archives M992.8
  • Item
  • 1991

Item consists of a brief history of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Women's Missionary Society, which in 1991 changed its name to Women With A Mission; a brief history compiled in 1966 on occassion of the 75th anniversary of the above, with the 1991 document being a continuation thereof. This organization engages in numerous philanthropic activities in Canada and abroad funded through dinners, teas, catering, bazaars, etc. that it sponsors.

Edgeley Women's Institute fonds

  • CA CoV Archives MG 17
  • Fonds
  • 1861-1993

Fonds consists of: Minute books, 1913-1993 (1926-1937 volume is missing) delineating the deliberations, decisions, and activities of the Edgeley Women's Institute; minute books also include lists of officers and directors, attendance records of members, and cash book entries and general financial statements. One separate cash book, 1988-1993. Programmes, 1921-1981. Edgeley Tweedsmuir History, which in addition to a history of the Edgeley area from 1792 includes a list of guest speakers that addressed the institute, biographies of certain members, lists of officers and members who held offices at the district and provincial level. There are also notes and draft chapters for the Tweedsmuir History, as well as a manual for the latter's compilation issued by the Ontario Women's Institute, and a number of original documents collected as research material for the history. The fonds also includes a photograph series constituted of two aggregates; the first focuses on the membership and activities of the Edgeley Women's Institute. The second consists of historic photographs relating to Edgeley; some notable images include the Edgeley School with pupils assembled in front, 1888, a turn-of-the-century barn raising, a steam tractor converted to power a circular saw, 1900, and the interior of a typical 1920's farmhouse.

University Women's Club (Vaughan, Ont.). Canadian Federation of University Women [Textual record and other material]

  • CA CoV Archives MG 56
  • Fonds
  • 1971-2019

Fonds consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence, treasurer reports, newletters, photos, recipe and dinner booklets, programs and pamphlets, and records from various charitable events in which the Club was involved. Also includes Kleinburg Spirit Newsletters for 1997-2007. Second accession received in August of 2015, containing additional operational records from the UWC, including working drafts of "Roads, Walks and Streams", records relating to Godaughter Mrs. Livia Fekete, and notes and programs from various events. Ten books and pamphlets were also received in this accession regarding meeting rules and leadership.

Accession M019.8 consists of 20 cm of textual records, 2 books, a sign, a banner, 2 CDs and a stamp, with ink pad. The CDs are of the CFUW Vaughan 40th Anniversary, which occured in May 2012. The titles of the books are Proudly She Marched: Training Canada

Jean A. Bryson fonds [Textual record and other material]

  • CA CoV Archives MG 25
  • Fonds
  • 1901-2007, predominant 1950-1970

Fonds consists of Jean Keffer artwork from 1935; correspondence regarding the annual Campbell, Keffer, Cameron, and Snider family reunions; Jean

Tweedsmuir history [microform] : Unionville : [ca. 1947]

  • CA CoV Archives M991.26
  • Item
  • Microfilmed [ca. 1985]

Item consists of a microfilm reel. Community history: main subjects include the Branch Women's Institute and its contribution to the development of the community; homes; education; trade and commerce; histories of individual farms, and families; schools; municipal government; community war records; agriculture, etc.

Woodbridge agricultural society fonds [multiple media]

  • CA CoV Archives MG 3
  • Fonds
  • 1876-2001, predominant 1960-1989

Fonds consists of correspondence, administrative files, by-laws, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, financial documents, membership lists, fair program and prize lists, legal documents, advertising and promotional material, videocassettes, photoprints, postcards, posters, and ephemera. Most records generated as a result of administration of the Woodbridge Fair with subject matter including Miss Woodbridge Pageant, space requests, general activities, exhibits, Woodbridge Fair Parade, Woodbridge Centennial, livestock judging, etc. M999.9 accession constituted of the Woodbridge Fall Fair papers such as programs, posters, applications for permits, newspaper clippings, correspondence and photographs. The remnants of a tin time capsule from 1924 that was opened in 1997 are also included along with the contents of the time capsule including: 1921-1924 Woodbridge Fair prize lists and letters written by Daniel C. Longhouse. Fonds also includes papers from the Burwick Women

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