The fonds consists of minute and cash books, Tweedsmuir History Books, photographs, house histories, and subject files pertaining to the activities of the Maple Ridge Women’s Institute. The Tweedsmuir histories of Maple Ridge are extensive. Lennox and Addington Museum and Archives holds six volumes, three of which have been copied in other formats. Volume I contains a list of members with the date each joined and some additional information until 1972, as well as detailed background information about the Maple Ridge branch, the history of Napanee, Selby, and Richmond Township, as well as a history of local newspapers. There is also a photo of members in 1938. Some other parts of Volume I are many house histories of the members and select Church histories, postcards of Napanee in the early twentieth-century, and a brief biography of Annie Milligan, a member who was actively involved at the District level. The rest of the Tweedsmuirs contain updated information of a similar nature. Tweedsmuir, Volume II and III have a listing of highlights of each meeting for most of its time span. The later Tweedsmuirs are predominantly newspaper clippings of prominent local people and special local events. A point of interest is that the most recent Tweedsmuir, Volume VI, contains many certificates of appreciation and ‘memories’ by members as if written for their family. Some of the Curators of the Maple Ridge Tweedsmuirs were Mrs. Gordon Finkle, Mrs. W.A. Frisken, Mrs. Carman Hyland (1965-1972), Mrs. George Robinson (1972-1973), and Mrs. Delbert Winter (1973-1974), Mrs. Thelma Kimmett (1980-1989), Mrs. Helen Frisken (1989-1995). Fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1: Minutes Series 2: Tweedsmuir history books Series 3: Publications
