Bonnechere Valley WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), 1914-1975

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This volume is the first of 7 volumes. There is a Table of Contents on the first page. This volume contains historical information of the branch and surrounding area, including:
- membership and executive lists dating back to earliest days,
- a timeline with key events of the branch by year, meeting summaries, biographies, obituaries and photos of members, and the branch’s 40th, 50th and 60th anniversaries.
- a section of farm histories from Admaston Township, including photos of buildings, farm equipment and families.
- Other photos, newspaper clippings and postcards depict landmarks including: Galbraith School, Renfrew Victoria Hospital, swinging bridge, power house, the Bonnechere River and Renfrew Woolen Mills.
- a biography of Charlotte Whitton, originally of Renfrew, who was the first woman to serve as mayor of a large Canadian City - Ottawa.
- Several poems composed by WI members, including one that won first place in a FWIO contest in 1966
- Ends with newspaper clippings of pioneering days, documenting early technology and tools.

Notes

This book was compiled in later years to document branch history that was lost in a fire at the Galbraith farm.

Publisher

Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario

Date of Original

1914-1975

Subject(s)

Anniversaries
Bridges
Farms
Hospitals
Mills
One-room schools
Pioneers
Poetry
Women's Institutes

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Renfrew

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.46681 Longitude: -76.68272

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