Women

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  • History, social, political and cultural situation of women
  • Women's issues
  • Individuals
  • Clubs, societies, and organizations
  • Women-only facilities and activities
  • Records created by women

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        Women

          1854 Archival description results for Women

          1854 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2009.7.1.183 · Item · [ca. 1876]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Portrait of Lady Dufferin, wife of Lord Dufferin (Governor General of Canada, 1872-1878) was given to W.H. and Marion Collison on the occasion of their visit to the North Coast in 1876.

          Handwritten annotation in pen on the verso which reads: “Given to my parents.” Recto of photograph is signed by Lady Dufferin. Photographers mark on recto reads: “Cabinet Portrait Hunter & Co. Toronto, Ontario”.

          2009.7.1.166 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Mark Sutton, in Christian Army uniform, is seated while his wife stands next to him. A drum is visible in the background.

          Handwritten annotation in pen on recto reads: “Saved to serve. Mark Sutton & wife. Mark Sutton Indian name ‘Chean’ (?) & wife.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Chapter VI. No. 1. Mark Sutton & wife. Only survivor of crew of canoe shot by war party. Twice doomed but “Saved to Serve.”

          2009.5.1.64 · Item · [1921 or 1922]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Violet stands second from left among group of six girls wearing uniforms, posed in front of backdrop. Two sit on floor, and four stand behind their coach, who is seated in a chair and wearing a suit. A basketball sits between his feet, painted with "COMETS 1921-1922". Violet's shirt has a letter "C" on its front. This photograph was taken in Prince Rupert where Violet attended high school while living with her relatives Sarah and Herbert Glassey.

          2006.5 · Fonds · 1972 - 1996

          Collection consists of records created, received, and collected by the Prince George Women's Centre, the Prince George Women's Collective, the Prince George Women's Equal Rights Association, the Prince George Women's Resource Centre, and the Prince George Women's Connection. This collection also features some materials on the Daughters of Lilith organization.

          Prince George Women's Organizations
          2000.13.1.115.1 · Item · 1958.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret arriving by Canadian Air Forces jet at Prince George. Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross is walking beside the Princess.

          Originally mounted on a poster with photographs 115, 115.2, 115.3.

          2000.13.1.115.2 · Item · 1958.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret arriving by Canadian Air Forces jet at Prince George. Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross is walking beside the Princess.

          Originally mounted on a poster with photographs 115, 115.2, 115.3.

          Princess Margaret on a train
          2000.13.1.115.3 · Item · 1958.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret on the back deck of the Royal train's caboose just prior to her departure from Prince George during her 1958 visit to British Columbia.

          Originally mounted on a poster with photographs 115, 115.2, 115.3.

          Professional development
          2002.14.5 · Series · 1979-2008
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          Series consists of Ainley's professional development activities throughout her career including attending and speaking at conferences. Most files include information on academic conferences and colloquia she attended and presented at. Series includes speaking notes, conference registration and programs, related research materials, overhead transparencies, slides, and photographs.

          2002.14.3 · Series · 1989-2006, predominant 1995-2002
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          Series largely consists of Ainley's administrative activities as professor and chair of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Material is arranged, predominately, according to the activities with which Ainley was involved, including overseeing program restructuring, coverage of the Women's Studies Program in the media, presentations to prospective students, planning for research presentations and conferences, curriculum development and retirement preparation. Series also documents Ainley's appointment as an adjunct professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Victoria. The series also includes records concerning Ainley's graduate student research assistants and their work with her. The series consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, posters, speaking notes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, articles, course descriptions and syllabi, notes, printed emails, and employment contracts.

          Promotion & Outreach
          2000.1.1.4.4 · File · 1963 - 1978
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains photographs taken for promotional purposes.

          • Two photos depict a Cassiar display at an unknown event in 1963.
          • Eight photos were professionally taken for use in the 1978 Cassiar Asbestos Corportaion Ltd. Annual Report, and possibly other publications. These photos depict a skyscraper and products made with asbestos.
          • Additionally, two hand painted postcards of McDame Mountain and Christmas Tree House are included that may have been used for promotional reasons. Also, four slides of a display, "Story of Asbestos."
          • five photographs of unofficial tour of Cassiar via airplane in the 1970s.
          2002.14.4.16 · File · 2000-2001
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of the components for Ainley's Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, "Re-Explorations: Science and Environment in 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia" and conference proceedings from presentations of her research; a book chapter, entitled, "Gendered Careers: Women Science Educators at Anglo-Canadian Universities, 1920-1980"; Ainley's article, "Re-centering women in the landscape: A post-colonial feminist historian looks at gender, science and the environment in Canada"; and correspondence about edits for a publication.

          Publication process
          2002.14.1.12.11 · File · 1987-2003
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of records regarding Dr. Ainley's publications including agreements with publishers, copyright agreements, and related correspondence. File also includes cover art for Dr. Ainley's book Restless Energy: A Biography of William Rowan 1891-1957.""

          Publication: Women in Power
          2009.6.6.01 · File · 1989
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          File consists of correspondence relating to the Women in Power project. Includes:

          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo, Associate Director, McMaster International, from Maureen McTeer, November 14, 1989
          • Section of original file folder with handwritten label: Women & Power book project, unrealized because publisher wanted ‘personal feelings’
          Publication: Women in Power
          2009.6.6.02 · File · 1990
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          File consists of correspondence, contracts and drafts relating to the Women in Power project. Includes:

          • Fax of handwritten letter to Iona Campagnolo from Maureen McTeer re: publisher for Women in Power publication, January 18, 1990
          • Letter to The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé from Iona Campagnolo re: potential involvement with the Women in Power publication, February 6, 1990
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Ellen (Fairclough?) re: copy of manuscript, March 1, 1990
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé re: request for more information on the Women in Power publication and requirements, March 2, 1990
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Maureen McTeer re: payment, book signing, French contract, April 9, 1990 (includes copy of letter to Noona Barlow, Rights Department, Random House of Canada, Ltd. from Maureen McTeer re: contract revisions, March 8, 1990)
          • Letter to Maureen McTeer from Iona Campagnolo re: details of project and contact information, April 18, 1990
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Noona Barlow, Rights Department, Random House Canada, Ltd. re: contract for All of Us: Women in Canadian Power and Politics, May 23, 1990 (includes contract and annotated versions)
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Maureen McTeer re: chapter revisions, December 4, 1990
          • “Some of Us: Women and Political Power in Canada” text for the Hon. Ellen Fairclough, draft chapter for Women in Power (?)
          Publication: Women in Power
          2009.6.6.05 · File · 1991
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          File consists of correspondence, contracts, and drafts relating to the Women in Power project. Includes:

          • Memorandum to Iona Campagnolo and other authors involved in the Women in Power project, from Maureen McTeer re: progress report, August 15, 1991
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Maureen McTeer re: publication contract and difficulties therein, August 20, 1991
          • Fax correspondence to Maureen McTeer from Iona Campagnolo re: thank you, and providing an update on current activities, August 21, 1991
          • Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Noona Barlow, Managing Editor, Random House of Canada Ltd. re: cancellation of Women in Power book project, September 3, 1991
          2009.6.6.03 · File · [between 1989 and 1991]
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          File consists of records relating to the Women in Power project. Includes:

          • Four page submission to: Random House of Canada Ltd., chapter written by Iona Campagnolo ( 2 copies)
          • ‘Page 2’ of an unidentified section of text, re: Iona Campagnolo’s election to the office of School Trustee in 1966 and then to City Alder‘man’
          Publications
          2002.14.1.12 · Subseries · 1980-2006
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          Subseries consists of materials relating to Dr. Ainley's publications including magazine and journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. Files often contain photocopies of her publications, any related correspondence, reviews of Ainley's publications, drafts and unpublished papers, and publishing and copyright agreements. The topics of these works include women in science and ornithology.

          2008.3.1 · Series · 1945-1999
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Series consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, newsletters, advertisements, contracts, notebooks, audiocassettes of oral interviews and readings, transcripts, book launch announcements, front cover mock-ups, edited drafts, manuscripts, fact sheets, poems, catalogues, bookmarks, skits, conference events programme, poster, grant applications and related correspondence, a wooden placard, handwritten notes, book reviews, inquest reports, background material, VHS recordings of classroom talks given by Bridget Moran, Mary John and Justa Monk re: her publications, and ephemera. This series contains material from all five of her publications:

          1. (1988) Stoney Creek Woman: The Story of Mary John. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
          2. (1990) Judgment at Stoney Creek. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press
          3. (1992) A Little Rebellion. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
          4. (1994) Justa: A First Nations Leader. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
          5. (1996) Prince George Remembered. Prince George, British Columbia: Moran Publishing.
            This series also consists of, but is not limited to, a number of unpublished manuscripts and drafts and/or writing contest submissions also written by Bridget Moran, such as:
            • "Mary and Me" (ca. 1998)
            • "Where Winds Come Sweet" (ca. 1981)
            • "The Horizontal Land" (ca. 1992)
            • "The Summer of '81"
            • "The Relief Cheque" (ca. 1998)
            • "The Case of the Box of Matches" (ca. 1987)
            • "Unholy Deadlock" (ca. 1990)
            • "The Numbers Game"
            • "Reflections on Theme" (ca. 1967)
            • "Come Hell or High Water" (ca. 1976)
            • "Man Alive"
            • "The Deadbeat Mystique"
            • "Hell on Wheels"
            • "Backstairs at the Palace"
            • "James MacCallum" (ca. 1984)
            • "Hushaby, Baby" (ca. 1981)
            • "The Decline and Fall of Mr. Sullivan"
            • "Case History of a Gadfly"
            • "Welfare and the Good Life"
            • "Childhood Memories" (ca. 1976)
            • "The Three Musketeers" (ca. 1974-75)
            • "A Child's Christmas in Saskatchewan" (ca. 1979)
            • "Diary of Success Homecoming"
            • "My Old Flame" (ca. 1992)
            • "O Ye Dry Bones" (ca. 1996)
            • "Supper, Little Children" (ca. 1983).
          2002.14.1.12.02 · File · 1989-2002
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of published writings of Dr. Ainley, including magazine and journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. The topics of these works include women in science and ornithology.

          Quebec material
          2002.14.1.7.20 · File · Photocopied [1994?]
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of a photocopy of access to information legislation from Quebec; brochures and pamphlets on female engineers in Quebec; photocopies of archival material relating to the employment and education of women in Quebec; and paper and electronic transcripts from interviews conducted with female engineers in Quebec.