"My Trip to England and Scotland, 1965"

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Creator

Mrs. Florence Nash, Author

Media Type

Text

Item Type

Scrapbooks

Description

This is a travel scrapbook created by Mrs. Florence Nash (President of the Stoney Creek WI) to chronicle her 1965 trip to England and Scotland which included attending the UK WI AGM.

Included in this scrapbook:

- A photo of Mrs. Nash holding the Stoney Creek WI commemorative plate
- A photo of Queen Elizabeth II visiting Battlefield House and meeting surviving Stoney Creek Charter members in July, 1959
- The Jubilee Rose (WI rose)
- National Federation of Women's Institutes "Jubilee Book, 1915-1965" (a book to commemorate 50 years of the WI in the UK; includes a calendar of Jubilee Events for 1965, 40 pages total)
- Bon Voyage cards given to Mrs. Nash
- A letter inviting Mrs. Nash to attend the AGM at Albert Hall, London
- Delegate/Guest tickets to AGM for Mrs. Nash and Mrs. Farquharson
- "Members' Guide to the WI" booklet (UK), 26 pages total
- UK "Home and Country" articles about the 50th anniversary of the WI
- Letter from Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General informing Mrs. Nash that the Queen has received the message and commemorative plate from the Stoney Creek Women's Institute
- NFWI AGM program
- "West Kent News" published by the West Kent Federation of Women's Institutes, 12 pages total
- "Home and Country" UK WI magazine, May 1965, special edition for the Golden Jubilee, featuring a photo of Mrs. Nash holding the Commemorative Stoney Creek WI plate (49 pages total)
- NFWI Golden Jubilee Issue, South-Eastern Edition magazine (4 pages-may not be complete)
- Correspondence to Mrs. Nash from Alison King, General Secretary for the NFWI, regarding Jubilee events: presenting Mrs. Nash with a Jubilee goblet and presenting Mrs. Nash to the Queen at the Buckingham Palace Garden Party
- Newspaper clippings about the Garden Party
- Photo of Mrs. Nash and another lady outside of Buckingham Palace
- Various correspondence to Mrs. Nash from UK WI members regarding her visit
- Article and various clippings about Eileen Yewdall, with whom Mrs. Nash stayed with in Aldborough, Yorkshire
- UK news clippings showing Mrs. Nash visiting WI groups in the UK
- A Map of Yorkshire
- Booklet on Newby Hall, Yorkshire, 36 pages total
- Invitation sent to Mrs. Nash for the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes Golden Jubilee in 1967
- SWRI Golden National Conference, 1917-1967 booklet, 22 pages total
- ticket to the SWRI National Conference, 1967
- Various clippings on the Royal Family

Dates

[1965]-[1967]

Subject(s)

Anniversaries
Correspondence
Garden parties
Meetings
Periodicals
Rulers
Travel
Vacations
Women's Institutes
Newsletters

Local identifier

978.027.003

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Stoney Creek

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2071764408498 Longitude: -79.7226850949097

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