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File contains “Small Works on Paper” (Exhibition) records, as well as two photographs, from 1985.

File contains “Textured Images” Exhibition – Rabbi Yosef Wosk’s Judaic Art Collection records from 2002.

File contains the publication "The History of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada" by Ethel Vineberg.

File contains the publication "Today's Youth, Society's Challenge."

Lil Godfrey discusses her life in the Lake Cowichan area during the 1940s, including housework and trade unionism in the region. She talks about where her support for trade unionism came from, her family’s immigration to Vancouver Island, actions undertaken by the lumber industry unions (including a 1946 strike), and fundraising in the Women’s Auxiliary. During the interview she looks through her scrapbook of correspondence and publicity regarding trade union issues and actions.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to 100 Mile House, B.C. and surrounding areas in the Cariboo region.

The fonds consists of a minute book of the 100 Mile House Women's Institute.

The fonds consists of the bound records, correspondence, orders, photographs and historical documents of the Eleventh Machine Gun Battalion, as well as maps, papers and correspondence pertaining to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, CEF, and a typescript history of the Eleventh Machine Gun Battalion written by Lt. Col. Francis Layton in 1954.

The fonds consists of correspondence and orders, 1913-1925; personal records of Private Robert Francis Morrison; and a crime report on Private C. LePoidevin.

Lil Godfrey discusses the Greenwall family history, including her family’s life in Extension and Wellington, mining communities near Nanaimo, BC. She talks about the effects of the 1912-1914 miner’s strike, the arrival of the militia, and the hardship on families. She mentions her father’s death in an explosion at the No. 5 Pit, Wellington Colliery in 1927. She also discusses the her teacher training, lack of jobs during the Great Depression, her marriage, and she and her husband’s move to Lake Cowichan for his logger job.

Lil Godfrey & June Olson describe their childhood living conditions, including food and power shortages, and the work their mothers did to feed them, clothe them, and advocate for the community’s needs (for example, roads and healthcare). They describe their fathers’ experiences with logging work, including difficulties with the seasonal nature of the job, and the lack of unemployment insurance.

The fonds consists of daily orders, records of declarations on illegal absences of soldiers, an officers duty roster, a squadron book, and a nominal roll.

The fonds consists of minute books of the 140 Mile Women's Institute.

Lil Godfrey and June Olson discuss the various issues advocated for by the IWA Women’s Auxiliary, disaffiliation with the American union, and factionalization within the union. They also discuss pensions, red baiting, and their experiences with forming a co-op grocery and credit union in their community.

File contains material from the International Council of Jewish Women's 14th triennial conference.

Lil Godfrey and June Olson discuss methods for organizing on the logging camps, the importance of active participation in unions, and the ways union participation has changed. They also discuss the types of work done by the Women’s Auxiliary, and the war effort. Finally, they discuss the 1946 Strike, the role of the Women’s Auxiliary within the strike, and media coverage of the strike.

The fonds consists of six ledgers listing lodgers, sales of store items, purchasers, including information relating to fencing, lumbering, and meals served to lodgers and provisions for the house.

The fonds consists of the 153 Mile Store's daybooks, ledgers, suppliers ledgers, and a record of Dominion government aid to Indians.

File contains material from the NCJW's 15th biennial convention.

File contains clippings on the subject of the National Council of Jewish Women's 15th biennial convention.

File contains 15th biennial convention records.