Archive Record

Metadata

Item

Accrual

Title

Lorna Shaw fonds accrual

Collection

Lorna Shaw collection

Catalog Number

2017.036.002

Fonds

AM0345

Year Range from

1910

Year Range to

1984

Scope & Content

This accrual to the Lorna Shaw Fonds contains information regarding the history of Sardis with a focus on the sport history in the community and includes, club records, correspondance, aerials, research files, and scrapbooks. This accrual contains 20 series (1) Old Sardis Photos; (2) Sardis Elementary May Day; (3) Memories of Cultus Interviews; (4) Sardis Community Hall Cash Book; (5) Fraser Valley Soccer League Correspondance; (6) Sardis Community Hall Minutes; (7) Sardis Athletic Basketball Papers; (8) Sardis History Scrapbook; (9) Sardis Athletic Club Financial Records; (10) Sardis Athletic Club Minutes; (11) Sardis Elementary School History; (12) Research Files - 2 series; (14) Ingrediants of our Community; (15) Accounting and Journal Book; (16) Sardis Baseball Papers; (17)Sardis Badminton Club Minutes; (18) Lillian Arnold Watercolour; (19) Carman United Church - 2 Series

Creator

Shaw, Lorna

Admin/Biographical History

Lorna Shaw (Nee. Pearson) was a longstanding member of Chilliwack, born in approximately 1916 to the Pearson family. Shaw was the second generation of her family to attend the Sardis Elementary School. In 1940 she married Cecil Shaw and would have 2 children and adopt 1 other, Gordon in 1946, Sheri in 1949, and Marilyn, whom they adopted. Shaw would be involved at every turn with volunteerism both through the Carmen United Church she attended, as well as with a number of other organizations such as, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) which she was a part of during the Second World War, the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) of Sardis Elementary School while her children were in attendance, the Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society, Sardis Athletic Society, as well as a number of other groups. She passed away in 2008.

Extent of Description

1 File Folder, 1 linear cm