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DeSable Women's Institute fonds
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CA PCA Acc4993
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1948-1966, predominant 1948-1958 (Creation)
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- DeSable Women's Institute
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.04 m of textual records
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DeSable Women's Institute
Administrative history
The DeSable Women’s Institute was organized at a meeting at the school house in DeSable, Prince Edward Island on Tuesday, 2 March 1948. Nine ladies from the district attended to hear the Assistant Supervisor of the P.E.I. Women’s Institutes, Miss Mary Lea Boswell, explain the history of Women’s Institutes. Members of the first executive were Mrs. Melville Bell (President), Mrs. Dan Dart (Vice President), Mrs. Clifton Ince (Secretary), Mrs. Ivan MacKinnon (Director), Mrs, Nicholas Gillis (Director), Miss Charlotte MacKay (Director), Mrs. Walter Gould (Auditor), Mrs. Robinson MacFadyen (Auditor), Mrs. Walter Gould (Convener - Citizenship), Mrs. Robinson MacFadyen (Convener - Agriculture), Mrs. Nicholas Gillis (Convener - Child Welfare), Mrs. Borden Walton (Convener - Home Economics), Mrs. Ivan MacKinnon (Convener - Dramatics). The first meeting was held on 5 April 1948 at the home of Mrs. Melville Bell.
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Scope and content
This fonds contains two minute books of the DeSable Women's Institute covering the dates 1948 to 1966. Along with meeting minutes, the minute books also contain membership lists, lists of officers, and roll call as well as some financial records. The fonds also contains one Bank of Nova Scotia pass book containing entries from 1949 to 1966.
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- English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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- DeSable Women's Institute (Creator)
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- English