Ontario. Women's Institute Branch

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Women's Institute Branch

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Women's Institute Branch

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Service

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1922-1956

    Historique

    The Women's Institute Branch was created in the Ontario Department of Agriculture around 1922, when the former Institutes Branch gradually came to be known as the Women's Institutes Branch. The branch was headed by the Superintendent of Women's Institutes.

    In 1946, it became known as the Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Service. On April 1, 1956 the branch ceased to exist and its functions were assumed by the Extension Branch. Within the Extension Branch, the Home Economics Service continued to operate, it later became known as a branch.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The Women's Institute Branch was responsible for promoting the activities of women's institutes in Ontario, and offered courses in home economics in conjunction with the institutes. Areas of study included clothing, health, home management, nutrition, etc. The branch also assisted with 4-H Council's Homemaker Clubs, and published a magazine called "Home and country".

    Adresse

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1888-1966)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA59

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture contrôles Ontario. Women's Institute Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Home Economics Branch (1956-1982)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1061

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Home Economics Branch est le successeur de Ontario. Women's Institute Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Institutes Branch (1894-1922)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1059

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Institutes Branch est le prédécesseur de Ontario. Women's Institute Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA1060

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1910-1956

        Hazel I. MacTaggart, Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955.

        Reports of the Women's Institutes of the Province of Ontario, Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1906-1930.

        Notes de maintenance

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24. The first mention I was able to find of the term "Women's Institutes Branch" was in the report of the Women's Institutes for Ontario from 1922.

        Archivist(s):
        Paul McIlroy