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              83 Archival description results for Camps and Camping

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              92-004 · Fonds · 1936 - 1962
              Part of Canadian Camping Association fonds

              This addition to the fonds consists of administrative records of the Canadian Camping Association from 1936 to 1962, including a complete set of annual, executive and board meeting minutes from 1936 to 1957, the constitution, structure, bibliography and camping history. Records regarding joint conferences with Quebec Camping Association, the Ontario Camping Association and the Ontario Camping Association Research Committee are also included.

              Canadian Camping Association
              IMC-057 · File · 1941
              Part of Isolated manuscripts collection

              A reproduction (34 cm x 121 cm) of an original two-piece mural painted in 1941 by artist Frederick Hagan (1918-2003). The mural depicts various camp activities; reproductions were made in recognition of the camp's 100th anniversary celebrated in 2010.

              Heather Dunlop fonds
              97-010 · Fonds · 1991-1998

              This fonds consists of thesis research material relating to the role and image of wilderness and the aborigine in Ontario camps. It also contains various interviews with directors of Ontario camps, as well as information booklets and camp applications.

              Dunlop, Heather
              Hodgins - Wanapitei fonds
              92-008 · Fonds · 1956-1985

              This fonds consists of records of Laura Belle Hodgins who was Chair of the Kitchener, Ontario, Branch of the Women's Voluntary Services from 1942 to 1946; papers and legal documents of Stanley and Laura Belle Hodgins who bought Camp Wanapitei (a wilderness canoe tripping camp) in the mid-1950s; and correspondence, legal records, financial records, and camper, staff and program records of Camp Wanapitei under the directorship of Bruce Hodgins from 1960 to 1985.

              Hodgins, Stanley
              05-015 · Fonds · 1976-1999

              Fonds consists of personal and Trent University-related correspondence, and correspondence related to Camp Wanapitei, Ontario Camping Association, Society of Camp Directors, and the Canadian Canoe Museum.

              Hodgins, Stanley
              04-001 · Fonds · 1968-1996

              Fonds consists of correspondence, canoe trip reports, minutes and agendas, board of governors reports, brochures, staff lists, etc.

              Hodgins, Stanley
              99-011 · Fonds · 1967-1996

              This fonds consists of Camp Wanapitei promotional material, correspondence, material relating to camp operations including staff contracts and staff lists, campers lists, policies, shares, and background notes and itinerary for canoe trips.

              Hodgins, Stanley
              Janet Adamson fonds
              03-006 · Fonds · 1964-2002

              Fonds consists of correspondence and records, procedure manuals, publicity materials, brochures, and physical plant records pertaining to Camp Gay Venture, a girls' residential camp located in Haliburton, Ontario.

              Adamson, Janet
              97-1032 · Collection · 1923-1982

              This collection consists of six published articles and booklets relating to Mary Northway, W.E. Blatz, the Brora Centre and child psychology. It also consists of two photographs, one of Taylor Statten at Camp Ahmek in 1929, and one of Camp Ahmek council members in 1923, with accompanying key to names. Also included is a share certificate issued to Marian Gibson by John Northway and Son, Limited, and 1982 reminiscences of Mary Northway of her days at Glen Bernard Camp.

              Van Every, Margaret
              99-1008 · Collection · 1923-1993

              This collection consists of a Glen Bernard Camp songbook, a large portrait of "Chief" Taylor Statten, press clippings from Canadian Camping, a Camp Ahmek certificate dated 1923, 70 photographs, and 3 postcards. Also included are the following artifacts: a Glen Bernard trophy engraved for Janet Gibson, 1923, Camp Ahmek counsellor's medal, 1924, a leather Camp Ahmek "Third" badge, 1923, and a plaque inscribed "2nd Stollery and Van Every", undated.

              Van Every, Margaret
              Mark Robinson letter
              05-1005 · Item · [Photocopied after 1953]

              Item is a photocopy of a letter written 10 December 1953 by Mark Robinson, Superintendent and Ranger of Algonquin Park, to Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Statten, parents of Taylor Statten of Camp Ahmek.

              Robinson, Mark
              Mary F. Williamson fonds
              03-008 · Fonds · 1940-1944; plus items photocopied and scanned 2003

              Fonds consists of photocopies of 90 letters written by Mary Williamson home to her parents from summer camp between 1940 and 1951. The camps attended were Camp Cedarnook and Camp Tanamakoon. Also included are camp badges; one group photograph taken at Camp Cedarnook ca.1943; and ca.160

              Materials added in 2020: 8 photographs pertaining to Camp Woapak, 1940s. Mary Williamson's brother, J. Peter Williamson, and their mother, Marie Williamson, are identified in a few of the photographs. Further information about the family is available in Just a Larger Family (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier U.P., 2011); this book is comprised of the wartime letters of Marie Williamson and was edited by Mary F. Williamson.

              Williamson, Mary F.
              Mary S. Edgar fonds
              82-010 · Fonds · Photocopied 1982

              The fonds consists of a selection of photocopies of records from the Mary S. Edgar Papers from Queen's University Archives. Included are: correspondence, diaries, and biographical notes. The records deal primarily with Mary Edgar's involvement in organized children's camping at her Camp Glen Bernard, near Sundridge, Ontario. The records range from 1920 to 1970.

              Edgar, Mary S.
              IMC-040 · File
              Part of Isolated manuscripts collection

              File consists of photographs of Camp Franklin on Georgian Bay. Also includes a New Testament given to Stanton while at Camp Camperdown, 1922. Stanton was at that time a 17 year old student at Havergal College in Toronto. The names of staff at Camperdown are signed in the front of the bible. The camp director was most likely Millicent Payne.

              IMC-143 · File · 1976
              Part of Isolated manuscripts collection

              File contains a scrapbook assembled by Helen (Miki) Spring, dedicated to Adele "Couchie" Ebbs (nee Statten), upon her becoming an Honourary Life Associate of the Ontario Camping Association. Within the scrapbook are conversations with Ebbs about her time at Camp Wapomeo and Camp Ahmek as a camper and camp counsellor, thank you letters from former campers and friends of Ebbs, a timeline of Ebbs achievements related to the camp and statistical information about the annual resources and supplies that are needed to run the camp. Also contained are family photographs of Ebbs and her husband Harry circa 1940, exterior and interior shots of the camp buildings and cabins throughout Ebbs time with the camps, camper activities such as playing games, sailing and canoeing, and illustrated, coloured maps of Camp Wapomeo and Camp Ahmek.

              Northway family fonds
              80-022 · Fonds · 1934-1979

              This addition to the fonds consists of the records of Dr. Mary L. Northway which include: household records, tape recordings regarding family genealogy, property records, records of her participation in the Ontario Camping and Canadian Camping Associations. There are also miscellaneous records concerning the winding-up of the Northway Company Limited of which Dr. Mary Northway was president.

              Northway family
              90-016 · Fonds · 1882-1989

              This addition to the fonds consists of personal and career-related materials of Mary L. Northway such as cassettes with interviews, family wills, photographs and slides, an honorary doctorate from Trent University, correspondence and documents regarding the transfer of deed of Windy Pine property to Trent University, materials relating to camping and to Nominigan as well as copies of Mary Northway's publications. There are also business-related photographs, correspondence, etc. of John Northway, Mary Northway's grandfather. One file of papers regarding the Neathern Trust was added in 1992.

              Northway family
              Oak Ridge Camp fonds
              83-1011 · Fonds · 1920-1934

              This fonds consists of a scrapbook containing photographs depicting Oak Ridge Camp activities and canoe trips. Included in the album are newspaper clippings relating to Stoney Lake Regatta. Photographs of Mount Rushmore, Catalina, Yellowstone Park and La Jolla Beach can also be found in this collection.

              Oak Ridge Camp
              CBC · Collection · 1920-2019

              Collection consists of brochures and pamphlets for children's day and overnight camps, primarily in Ontario. Most pamphlets were removed from accessions in the Ontario Camps Association (OCA) fonds.

              98-012 · Fonds · [194-]-1989

              This fonds consists of administrative papers of the OCLC, and includes lists of staff members as well as delegates for programs. It also includes an extensive collection of staff photos as well as photos of camp buildings, etc. Also included are maps of the camp, and papers related to programs.

              Ontario Camp Leadership Centre (Bark Lake, Ontario)
              72-007 · Fonds · 1922-1973
              Part of Ontario Camps Association fonds

              The fonds consists of the papers and records of the Ontario Camping Association delineating its operation and policies, conferences, special programmes; the Canadian Camping Magazine; and brochures, photographs, newsletters from member camps. The fonds also contains the Ontario Camping Association's newsletter, and some sound and tape recordings of conference.

              Ontario Camps Association