Records of the Waikite Valley branch of the Country Women’s Institute, 1953-2005

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Date1953-2005Reference NumberMs 60Collection SummaryRecords of the Waikite Valley branch of the Country Women's Institute from 1953 to 2005.DescriptionThe collection comprises:
-Correspondence, 1973-2001.
-Minutes, 1953-2000.
-Reports and minutes, 1955-1997.
-Garden Circle minutes, 1963-1984.
-Financial records, 1975-2005.
-New Zealand Federation of Country Women's Institute minutes and reports, 1987-1998,
-Rotorua Federation of Country Women's Institute minutes, 1984-1998.
-Waikato Regional Country Women's Institute committee minutes, 1987-1992.
-New Zealand Federation of Country Women's Institute newsletters, 1986-1998.
-Rotorua Federation of Country Women's Institutes newsletters, 1987-1997.
-Photographs and negatives.
-Plaque presented to Country Women's Institute by Rotorua District Council.
-Instructions for craft items.
-Nominations for service badges.
-Branch history for 25th birthday.
-Suffrage Community Awards nominations.
-Membership and transfer membership cards.
-Greeting cards.
-Records for 30th and 40th birthday celebrations.
-Flower Show Programmes, 1981-1985.
-Scripts for shows and events.
-Competition certificates, numbers and prize winning cards.
-Competition record books, 1982-1996.
-Photo albums and scrapbooks.
-Country Women's Institute Waikite Valley cardboard flowers.
-Country Women's Institute programmes for other districts, c.1950-2001.
-Country Women's Institute Federation conference, 1994-1995.
-Publications and ephemera: 'A-Z Waikite Valley CWI Cook Book, 1985; 'Home & Country: the journal of the New Zealand Country Women's Institutes, 1950-1994; Coffee Time recipe booklet, commemorating 35 years of Rotorua District Federation; Handbook of New Zealand Country Women's Institute, 1972; 'ABCs of CWI', 1995; 'All about A.C.W.W'; Country Women Institute Women of the Year 1986 programme.

The items in this collection have not been digitised, but can be viewed at Rotorua Library, Te Aka Mauri. For more information, please see staff on the second floor or use the "Contact Us" form.LevelCollectionLanguageEnglish

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Records of the Waikite Valley branch of the Country Women’s Institute, 1953-2005

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