Erland Lee Museum National Historic Site of Canada

This page updated July 25, 2007

Stoney Creek Charter Branch Women's Institute Minutes 1897-1959

The Erland Lee Museum is the "birthplace" of an important national and international movement for rural and farm women. The 1897 constitution of the first Women's Institute was drafted in the house which was the home of the organization's co-founders and leaders, Janet and Erland Lee. In many rural communities, Women's Institutes have enabled women in the rural population to break free from their isolation and improve their living conditions by building libraries and community centers.

The minute books of the Stoney Creek Charter Branch WI have been digitized, thanks to a grant from the federal Museum Assistance Program (Department of Canadian Heritage) and a donation from ZONTA Club of Hamilton II . The minutes, which cover a span from 1897-1944 and 1948 -1959, are presented here for researchers interested in the early Women's Institutes movement. No records for 1944-1948 are available. Post 1959 records will be scanned in the future.

Over 2100 pages of material is available for examination, including financial records.

Stoney Creek Charter Branch WI minutes

1897 - 1900	Summary of meetings 1897-1900
1900 - 1905	Summary of meetings 1900-1905
1905 - 1908	Summary of meetings 1905-1908
1908 - 1911	Summary of meetings 1908-1911
1911 - 1913	Summary of meetings 1911-1913
1914 - 1916	Summary of meetings 1914-1916
1917 - 1920	Summary of meetings 1917-1920
1920 - 1921	Summary of meetings 1920-1921
1921 - 1923	Summary of meetings 1921-1923
1923 - 1926	Summary of meetings 1923-1926
1926 - 1929	Summary of meetings 1926-1929.
1929 - 1932	Summary of meetings 1929-1932..
1932 - 1937	Summary of meetings 1932-1937
1937 - 1940	Summary of meetings 1937-1940
1940 - 1944	Summary of meetings 1940-1944
1944 - 1948	Not available
1948 - 1953	Summary of meetings 1948-1953
1953 - 1959	Summary of meetings 1953-1959

Stoney Creek Historical Society 's

web page

Back to the

Erland Lee Museum's Home Page

Jump to our

Virtual Museum of Canada website of Stoney Creek history,

"From Saltfleet to Stoney Creek"

Click the logo above to go the web page of our parent organization, FWIO.

[Hit Counter]