Fonds 1915 - University of Toronto. Women's War Service Committee fonds

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UTA 1915

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University of Toronto. Women's War Service Committee fonds

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  • 1939-1951 (Creation)

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0.78 m of textual records (6 boxes)

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(1939-1946)

Administrative history

The first steps to organize "a central organization as a working depot of the Faculty wives of the University" in assisting the war effort were taken immediately after the outbreak of hostilities in September, 1939 and reported on in a meeting of the executive of the Faculty Wives Association on 13 September. The first meeting of the University of Toronto Central Committee on Women's Service was held on 13 November. Several committees, including a Workroom Committee and a refugees sub-committee were immediately established. The setting up of the Committee for British Overseas Children, the purpose of which was to provide homes for evacuated children of faculty members from British universities, had to wait until approval from Ottawa in the summer of 1940. By the time the WWSC disbanded in May, 1946, 384,739 articles of clothing, etc. had been distributed. and about 150 children had been assisted by the BOC. Of the 14 who remained in Canada, 8 were students at the University of Toronto. These children necessitated the continuance of the BOC in a reduced format until 1949.

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Fonds consists of 2 accessions:

B1968-0002 (1939-1948): Records of the University of Toronto Women's War Service Committee, consisting of files of its Central Committee and the Committee for British Overseas Children. Included is correspondence, minutes, financial records and reports. Some restrictions apply to this accession.

B1972-0004 (1939-1951): Records of the University of Toronto Women's War Service Committee, including its Central Committee and sub-committees, including the Committee for British Overseas Children. Included is correspondence, constitution, reports, and press coverage.

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Fonds is divided into 3 series. Series 1 (Administrative files) consists of accession B1972-0004. Accession B1968-0002 constitutes series 2 (Central Committee files) and series 3 (Committee for British Overseas Children)

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B1968-0002

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B1972-0004

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Dates of creation revision deletion

-Original file lists by Harold Averill
-Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, Summer 2015

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