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Calgary, Edmonton Branches

Correspondence, Kay Rex notes and draft, ephemera dated 1954 and 1956, original and photocopied clippings, including biographical material on Eva Reid among others.

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Canadian Women's Press Club, Toronto Branch.

Scrapbook of news clippings and ephemera collected by the Toronto branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club regarding their activities and members from 1954-1955. Includes news coverage about a luncheon poisoning, as well as a program and menu from Golden Jubilee celebrations held in Toronto June 22-June 25, 1954 at the King Edward Hotel.

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Edmonton Women's Press Club: Fancy-Dress Dinner

Mounted photograph by McDermid Studios Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta of costumed members of the Edmonton Women's Press Club at a fancy dress at a dinner at the MacDonald Hotel in the mid-1920's. It is accompanied by a letter from Lotta Dempsey Ham to Kay Rex, April 15, 1988, and an identification list.

Left to Right: Mrs Howe, Evelyn Murphy, Ann Donnelly, Dr. Donalda Dickie, Unidentified, Zoe Trotter, Mrs Alexander, Judge Emily Murphy in Oriental Costume, Edna Kells, Mrs. Acheson, Lotta Dempsey, Gwen Morisson, Helen Boyle, Edna Baker, Miriam Elston.

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New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Branches

File includes:

  • News Clippings 1968-1974;
  • interview with Dorothy Dearborn, marked printout, photograph with identifications on verso, 1987;
  • Vera Ayling typescript recollections "Early Days ofthe C.W.P.C in New Brunswick", 1987;
  • photocopied correspondence ca. 1965-1966 from Glen Hancock, sent to Kay Rex in 1987;
  • correspondence and clippings re Marshall Saunders, 1993.

Verso of Dearborn photo reads: "L. to R. Corinne Noonan, Vera Ayling, Sharon Saveed Pond, Esther Crandall, Dorothy Dearborn, Mary Savard, Sharon's mother, since deceased."

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Ottawa

File includes:

  • Copies of The Galley, newsletter of the Media Club of Ottawa, 1992, 1995-1996;
  • Original and copied news clippings re members, including Charlotte Whitton, 1960's-1970's;
  • Photocopy of Letters Patent continuing the Incorporation of the Canadian Women's Press Club Under the name Media Club of Canada, 1971;
  • a December 2, 1949 [Ottawa Citizen?] news clipping and print version of photo from clipping;
  • Copies of The Ottawa Galley, 1948-1951, 1961.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Saskatoon

Notes, photocopies, some biographical material on Violet Mcnaughton, and a copy of the Western Producer.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Toronto

Original copy of constitution and bylaws, 1953; correspondence; drafts [by Kay Rex?]; ephemera; membership lists; news clippings; notes; reminiscences; reports; and photographs. Also in the file are the Senate Bill S-8, Act to Incorporate Canadian Women's press Club, 1958; issues of Open Line; a list of memorial award winners; a branch member directories, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, 1969-1970, undated; a copy of Pathfinders by Miriam Green Ellis, and a photocopy of Then We Were Four: The Story of the Toronto Women's Press Club by Byrne Hope Sanders.

Includes biographical material about members and women journalists including: Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, Dora Conover, Zora McMillan Cherry, Virginia Etherington, Agnes MacPhail, and Anne Merrill.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Vancouver

Correspondence, clippings, notes, etc., primarily photocopied biographical material ca. 1920s onward from the City of Vancouver Archives, and 1 piece of ephemera from the 11th Triennial, 1949.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Victoria

Correspondence, notes, December 1993 Newspacket, original news clippings dated 1963, photocopied news clippings, and 3 photographs from events in Montreal and Edmonton. The edition of Newspacket features a memorium about Ruth Gordon and articles about Marshall Saunders and Jean Craig, and has the 1993 Annual Report of the Media Club of Canada tucked inside. Clippings include biographical information about Evelyn Margery Hinds, Bess Forbes.

Two folded flyers dated 1965 and 1968 containing "a brief resume of the history of the C.W.P.C." Includes lists of Presidents from 1904-1968, as well as biographical information about Evelyn Margery Hinds, Bess Forbes, and three photographs from events in Montreal and Edmonton. Also in the file is the December 1993 edition of Newspacket featuring a memorium about Ruth Gordon and articles about Marshall Saunders, Jean Craig, with the 1993 Annual Report of the Media Club of Canada tucked inside.

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Winnipeg

Correspondence, drafts, notes of Kay Rex, regarding Winnipeg Branch and biographical information about members, including Elizabeth Long, Pearl L'Ami, Miriam Green Ellis, and Abbie Sharman. Contains original clippings from the 1950's and photocopies of early material ca. 1904-1913, 1950's, including a photocopy of the June 25, 1904 Mail and Empire announcing the formation of the Canadian Women's Press Club, as well as photocopied material from the National Archives and the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.

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Women's Press Club of Toronto: 1985 Gala.

Group portraits and snap shots of members, many in historical costumes, taken during a gala at Sutton Place in 1986 by Christine Marshall-Smith. Photos of panelists Jan Tennant, Margaret Weiers, Lydia Dotto and Vicki Gabareau are included. Oversize photograph (28 x 38 cm) is blown up, partially coloured black and white group shot of Doris Whiteside, Laddie Dennis, Roberta Corey, Corinne Nemy and Ruth Hammond in historical costumes.

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