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The Canadian Women's Press Club was founded in 1904 by a group of Canadian woman reporters returning from a complimentary trip to the St. Louis Exposition. The club was suggested by George Henry Ham, the CPR's publicity director, and the first president was Kathleen Blake "Kit" Coleman. The Toronto Branch was founded in 1909, one of 15 regional branches organized over the years. Established as a "craft club" to help and promote its members in the profession of journalism, the Club remained active until the 1990's, counting as members most Canadian women journalists of note. In 1971 the Canadian Women's Press Club became the Media Club of Canada, and the Toronto Branch of the Club became the Media Club of Canada, Toronto Branch. In 1976 the Toronto Branch became an autonomous group under the name Toronto Women's Press Club, later changed to the Women's Press Club of Toronto. The Toronto Branch ceased in 199? and the Media Club of Canada suspended operations in 199?
By the 1980's the Women's Press Club of Toronto had launched a history project and put Kay Rex, a long-time member, in charge of collecting materials and writing a history of the Canadian Women's Press Club to 1971. Her book No Daughter of Mine: The Women and History of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971 was published in 1995 by the University of Toronto Press.
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Scrapbook compiled by the Vancouver island Branch of the C.W.P.C. Items contained in this scrapbook include clippings, photographs, correspondence, postcards, programs of events, signatures of attendees at meetings, and ephemera and relate to the activities and events of the Vancouver Island Branch of the C.W.P.C in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The main subject areas or themes covered by the materials in this folder are as follows: (1) the president of the Victoria Women's Press Club, V.M. Clarkson, and the presidents of what subsequently became the Vancouver Island Branch of the C.W.P.C in 1954. These presidents include Dorothy Plant, Nona Damaske, Muriel Wilson, and Mildred Kuntz; (2) Meetings of the Vancouver island Branch of the C.W.P.C. Many of the reports on these meetings include information on the appointment of new officers or information on talks given by guest speakers at these meetings; (3) Activities of and trips made by the Vancouver Island Branch of C.W.P.C including a visit to Mrs. Frank Ross, wife of the Lieutenant-Governor for afternoon tea at Government House in 1960, a trip to a naval base in 1961, a trip to the site of the Seattle World Fair in 1962, and a Press Club Tea hosted by the Club in 1961 to honour a number of distinguished guests; (4) Wedding, engagement, birth, and retirement announcements, and obituaries of Vancouver Island Branch C.W.P.C members; (5) The First B.C. Regional Conference of the C.W.P.C in Vancouver in 1960.; (6) Articles by Eileen Learoyd and about Eileen Learoyd, a Victoria journalist and member of the Vancouver Island Branch of the C.W.P.C. Some of the articles focus on Ms. Learoyd's win in the Eisley rifleshooting competition in Surrey, England; (7) Article about CWPC Historian-Archivist, Kathleen Mathers; (8) Articles by C.W.P.C members including Bea Hamilton, Pat Dufour, and Muriel Wilson; (9) C.W.P.C tour of South Okanagan; (10) Articles about the visit of Indian Journalist, Arnita Malik, to Canada in 1961/1962, a trip which was sponsored by the C.W.P.C and UNESCO. Also includes an article written by Amita Malik on the decoration of homes; (11) Obituary and commemorative articles on Dorothy Taylor who died in 1963. Miss Taylor was a journalist, past national president of the C.W.P.C, world-traveller, and champion breeder of livestock and other animals.
Loose items in this file include photographs that appear to have belonged to Bea Hamilton of the Vancouver Island Branch of C.W.P.C. This includes 16 b&w photographs and 12 b&w negatives. It is not clear where these photographs were taken. It appears, however, that they may have been taken during meetings, trips, and social activities of the Vancouver Island Branch of the C.W.P.C in the 1960s. Individuals are identified in a small number of photographs.
The other loose item in this file is a photocopy of an excerpt from Kay Rex's book No Daughter of Mine: The Women and History of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971 (Toronto: Toronto University Press, 1995). This section of the book includes biographical information on Kathleen (Kit) Coleman, Agnes Dean Cameron, and Byrne Hope Sanders.
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