Correspondence, business documentation, staff resources, photographs, and Literacy Group documents, kept by Margaret Phillips of the Northern Woman's Bookstore, of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The store opened in 1984 and had locations on Bay St. and Court Street, before having to close its physical location in 2016.
These records relate to the establishment and first years of operation of the Women's Studies program at Lakehead University. After a proposal in 1988, the first classes ran in the 1990-1991 academic year. The program developed quickly, with more courses added and cross-listed, and Women's Studies was granted status as a Department in 2002.
The records, most of which date 1990-1996, include minutes of the Women's Studies Advisory Committee, and correspondence about the program and its courses. Some files also relate to fundraising, and local events and issues.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, membership lists, newsletters, photographs and slides, and other various records associated with the activities of the club. Arranged into the following series:
- Constitution and Policies
- Minutes and Agendas
- Reports and Notes
- Background Information
- Newsletters
- Cash Books and Membership Lists
- Study Groups
- Correspondence
- Conferences
- Special Projects and Events
- Founders Memorial Trust Bursary
- Enrichment Nursery School Project
- CFUW – National Chapter
- CFUW – Ontario Council
- Ephemera
- Images