Hornby Island Community Archives
R.G. 48
Acc. No.: 2023-06-15/123, 2023-06-15/124
Finding aid created by: Regan Fahey
Last Updated: June 2023
Title: Community Quilt Collection
Level of description: collection
General material designation: textual records
Extent: 12 cms
Creator(s): Hornby Island quilters, Bob Cain
Dates of creation: 1977-2004
Scope and content: This collection catalogues and celebrates the illustrious history of the Hornby Island community quilt as a local fundraiser and as a show piece of local creativity and talent.
Source of supplied title: Title is based on the subject of the collection
Immediate source of acquisition: Bob Cain and Kathi Linnman donated their photos and memorabilia in 2023. Other ephemera and records were in the Community Archives reference files with original accession date(s) and donor(s) are unknown as the Archives acquired the records several years prior to their being filed in 2016 and accessioned in 2023.
Arrangement: The original filing scheme of the records was reconstructed during archival arrangement on the basis of chronological order.
Language of materials: English
Record no.: 48
Repository: Hornby Island Community Archives
Finding aids: Finding aid available with file level control.
Accruals: Further accruals are expected
File Inventory
Box 1
1-1 Community Quilt – 1977. 1 Photograph and Ephemera
1-2 Community Quilt – 1978. 2 Photographs
Re: Fundraising recipient New Horizons
1-3 Community Quilt – 1979. 1 Photograph
Re: Fundraising recipient Recycling
1-4 Community Quilt – 1980. 3 Photographs
1-5 Community Quilt – 1981. 2 Photographs
Re: Fundraising recipient 4H
1-6 Community Quilt – 1982. 1 Photograph
Re: Fundraising recipient Hall expansion
1-7 Community Quilt – 1983. 1 Photograph
Re: Fundraising recipient Co-op
1-8 Community Quilt – 1984. 1 Photograph
Re: Fundraising recipient Preschool
1-9 Community Quilt – 1985. 1 Photograph
Re: Fundraising recipient HI Athletic Association
1-10 Community Quilt – 1986. 2 Photographs
Re: Fundraising recipient HI Lodge
1-11 Community Quilt – 1987. 4 Photographs
Re: Fundraising recipient Performing Arts
1-12 Community Quilt – 1988.
1-13 Community Quilt – 1989. 40 Photographs and notes
Re: Fundraising recipient Clinic
1-14 Community Quilt – 1990. 33 Photographs
Re: Fundraising recipient Hornby Island Theatre Society
1-15 Community Quilt – 1991. 1 contact sheet
Re: Fundraising recipient Heron Rocks Friendship Centre
1-16 Community Quilt – 1993. 9 Photographs
1-17 Community Quilt – 1994. 11 Photographs
1-18 Community Quilt – 1994. 1 Photograph
1-19 Community Quilt – 1996. 3 Photographs
1-20 Community Quilt – 1997. 2 Photographs
1-21 Community Quilt – 1998. 26 Photographs
1-22 Community Quilt – 1999. 3 Photographs
1-23 Community Quilt – 2000. 1 contact sheet
1-24 Community Quilt – 2002
1-25 Community Quilt – 2003. 11 photographs
1-26 Community Quilt, n.d. 2 contact sheets
1-27 Correspondence and Publications. 1988-1998, 1993
Re: articles in Canadian Heritage and Gulf Islands Guardians about the Hornby Island community quilt
Accrual 2023-06-15/124
1-28 Ephemera, 1977, 1985-1986, 1990
Re: cards picturing the quilt of that year, the person who made each square, the organization who received the money and the winner
1-29 Ephemera, 1979, 1987-1988, 1990-1991
Re: newspaper articles and ticket stubs
1-30 Notices, 1985, 1992-1993, 1995, 1997
Re: information about the quilt, the recipient of the funds etc
1-31 Photographs, n.d, 1989 (10 photographs)
Re: drawing winner of the quilt, finished quilt and quilting bee
1-32 5 discs, 2001-2004, n.d
Re: photos and video (by Julian Laffin) of the quilt show