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Rennies Road Women's Institute fonds
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CA PCA Acc4852
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1953-2004, predominant 1953-1988 (Creation)
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- Rennies Road Women's Institute
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.12 m of textual records
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Rennies Road Women's Institute
Administrative history
The Rennies Road Women's Institute was organized at a meeting at the Rennies Road School, Prince Edward Island, on 2 March 1953. Mrs. Manning and Miss Robin spoke about the purpose of the Institute in the district. The first officers were elected: President - Mrs. Harold MacDonald; Vice President - Mrs. Fred Smith; Secretary Treasurer - Mrs. John Craswell; Directors - Miss. Mildred Gass, Miss. Louise Doiron; Auditors - Mrs. Don Bulman, Mrs. Harry Smith. The first regular meeting of the Rennies Road Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. John Craswell on Wednesday 11 March 1953. The Institute raised money to supply the needs of the Rennies Road School, which was in operation until 1972. In 1954, the Women's Institute raised money for a school well, and in 1956 they were able to assist in putting electric lights in the school. The Institute was dissolved in 1988.
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The fonds contains the minute books of the Rennies Road Women's Institute from 2 March 1953 to 7 February 1989. Minute books also contain membership lists, lists of officers, and roll call as well as some financial records. The fonds also includes annual reports from 1953 to 1988. There are a number of provincial Women's Institute publications included in the fonds: 1934 and 1951 copies of "Hand Book for Use of Women's Institutes"; a blank 1979-80 "Program Handbook"; "Institute News" for Nov-Dec 1953 and March-April 1954; "Women Alone Again" published by the Federated Women's Institutes of Prince Edward Island in January 1987; and Annual Provincial Convention Programs, 1986 and 1988. The fonds also includes a two-page history by Shirley Andrews (Secretary Treasurer) which details the establishment and work of the Institute. Attached to the history is a copy of a welcome to the 1978 annual convention, and two poems written to mark the twentieth and twenty-first anniversaries of the Rennies Road Women's Institute.
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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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- English