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Stoney Creek Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), [1972]-[1973]     Stoney Creek WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 2 Table of Contents Part 2 - Community History Town History: - Zoning Maps of Stoney Creek - Written history of Stoney Creek - The Lion Monument - History of Battlefield House by Mae and Jack Ford - Grandview: Home of Mr. and ...

Stoney Creek Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), [1967]-[1978]     Stoney Creek WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1 Table of Contents: - Women's Institute Branch Inception - Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir - Mrs. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless and Homestead - Mr. Erland Lee - Lee Home - Curators Part 1: Stoney Creek Branch History - Founding of the Women's Institute - ...

    The Erland Lee Museum, opened to the public in 1972, is a white and green Gothic Revival heritage house containing two floors of original furnishings, with an emphasis on the Lee family in Saltfleet Township and the events of the 1897 founding of the Women's Institute. The accompanying red Carriage ...

    This is a scrapbook-style history of the Lee house, including a genealogy of the Lee family. The book includes a history of each generation to reside in the home and details the process of transitioning the home into a museum.

    This is a volume which contains items sent from UK WI branches in commemoration of the Centennial anniversary of the Women's Institutes in Canada, in 1997. It consists of photographs of UK branches celebrating the Centennial in 1997, correspondence from members, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets that were sent ...

    This is a scrapbook that compiles all of the Centennial Celebrations that took place for the Centennial Anniversary of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario that took place in 1997. Each branch was invited to report on the celebratory events and programs and submit photographs of the proceedings. The book ...

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    This scrapbook was made by Leone Jackson, President of Stoney Creek WI, to commemorate the visit of Miss Elizabeth Christmas to Stoney Creek. There are many other items in the scrapbook related to the Women's Institute as well as personal clippings. - "Golden Jubilee Day-Climax of Hard Work" article from ...

    "Memoirs of The Mother Institutes Golden Jubilee Stoney Creek 1807 - 1947" (1807 is an error-should read 1897) - Photos of poster, "50th Anniversary Women's institute June 18th, 1947, OAC Guelph - We treasure the past; We face the future" - Golden Anniversary program featuring photograph of Charter Members - ...

    Stoney Creek WI Scrapbook by F.B. Nash, 1897-1962 - "A Prayer" by Rev. W.A. Young, Women's Institute Holiday, Guelph - Program for "Scholarship Award Banquet," OAC, 1962 (24 pages) - Program for "Scholarship Award Banquet," OAC, 1963 (24 pages) - Program for "Scholarship Award Banquet," OAC, 1964 (24 pages) - ...

    This is a scrapbook compiled between 1967 and 1979 by Lorna M. Rogers, President of the Stoney Creek branch of the Women's Institutes. It contains: - Invitation to Stoney Creek Jubilee Banquet, 1947 - Photo of Charter Members (?) in 1947 (?) - "Stoney Creek W.I. Annual Dinner" article, no ...

    Stoney Creek WI Scrapbook, 1939-1947, by Hazel Emberley - 65th wedding anniversary announcement for Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Glover - Various WI-related correspondence sent to Hazel Emberley - Article "Women Seek Better World at World Meet in Holland," 1947 - "The Mother Institute" program, 1940-41 - WI 50th anniversary program ...

    Stoney Creek WI Scrapbook, 1940-59 - "Five-year Farm Recreation Plan" article with caption "What a united community can do" - Newspaper clippings related to various local WI branches: - St. George - Troy - Community Beach - Caledonia - Rockton - Binbrook - Woodburn - Ira Brock - Patricia - ...

    Issues from 1933-2015

    In 1967, the Lee family home (not yet a museum) was designated by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. Erland and Janet’s daughter and daughter-in-law, Marjorie Lee and Katherine Lee respectively, were present at the unveiling of the sign, which was placed in front of the home at the ...

    This plaque, mounted on a stone cairn, was placed at the roadside in front of the Erland Lee (Museum) Home in 1961, while it was still a private residence. It reads "In memory of Erland Lee and his wife, Janet, who pioneered the first Women's Institute - now world-wide - ...

    In 2003, the Erland Lee (Museum) Home was designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and a plaque was placed by the sidewalk leading into the side porch of the Museum. The plaque reads “This 19th-century farmhouse is the birthplace of the Women’s Institutes (WI), an organization ...

    This document consists of the 1897 Women's Institute Consitution and Bylaws and the first Meeting Minutes for meetings between 1897 and 1900. The Women's Institute Constitution was hand-penned by Janet Lee, wife of Erland, in the dining room of their Saltfleet (now Stoney Creek) home, which is now the Erland ...

Verna Rowena Conant, Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), 1956     This is a scrapbook created by Verna Rowena Conant, daughter of Christina Smith, who was President of the first branch of the Women's Institute in Stoney Creek. This volume features articles both published and unpublished, booklets, programs, and other memorabilia, all pertaining to the early history of the Women's Institutes. ...

    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 - ...