Historical Documents
Title
Historical Documents
Description
This collection contains a selection of documents relating to the history of the Women's Art Society of Montreal going back as far as the Society's inception in 1894.
Collection Items
Inaugural Address 1894
The address by Mrs. Ashley Carus-Wilson on taking the chair at the inaugural meeting of the Women's Art Association of Canada (Montreal branch) on June 6th, 1894, at the YMCA Hall.
List of Past Presidents (1894-1984)
Published for the Women's Art Society of Montreal's 90th anniversary. Lists all of the WASM's past presidents from 1894 to 1984.
Mary Alice Peck and Mary Martha Phillips
Photographs of Mary Alice Peck and Mary Martha Phillips, the two founders of the Women's Art Society of Montreal. Peck was the first president (1894-1896) and remained on the Executive Committee for several years. Phillips succeeded Peck as the…
Women's Art Society of Montreal: Beginnings, 1894-1907
"Beginnings 1894-1907" was written by Margaret Craze, February 1994 and read by the President, Miss Kitty Freeman, at our Members' Day Luncheon, February 15, 1994. It details some of the early history of the Women's Art Society of Montreal.