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      The Erland Lee Museum, opened to the public in 1972, is a white and green Gothic Revival heritage house containing two floors of original furnishings, with an emphasis on the Lee family in Saltfleet Township and the events of the 1897 founding of the Women's Institute. The accompanying red Carriage …

      Fortieth in a 62 part series, Roy Buck on Battle of Stoney Creek is an excerpt of an interview with Roy Buck on the subject of the Battle of Stoney Creek

 Northern Area Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), 1996     This 46-page booklet was created to encourage members to host a fashion show for WI's 100th anniversary. It includes diagrams and sketches of clothing styles over the last 100 years and includes commentary and suggested music through the decades.

      Pamphlet on War of 1812 history published by the Niagara Historical Society. Subjects covered include the Battle of Stoney Creek and the Blockade of Fort George.

      A historical discourse on the Battle of Soney Creek, including anecdotal analysis of the event.

      In 2003, the Erland Lee (Museum) Home was designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and a plaque was placed by the sidewalk leading into the side porch of the Museum. The plaque reads “This 19th-century farmhouse is the birthplace of the Women’s Institutes (WI), an organization …

      This plaque, mounted on a stone cairn, was placed at the roadside in front of the Erland Lee (Museum) Home in 1961, while it was still a private residence. It reads "In memory of Erland Lee and his wife, Janet, who pioneered the first Women's Institute - now world-wide - …

      In 1967, the Lee family home (not yet a museum) was designated by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. Erland and Janet’s daughter and daughter-in-law, Marjorie Lee and Katherine Lee respectively, were present at the unveiling of the sign, which was placed in front of the home at the …

      This book was part of the Kearney WI Tweedsmuir Community History Collection

      Issues from 1933-2015