Fonds consists of original textual materials and photographs relating to various camps (Brown Bag Program), camp songbooks, three VHS tapes, one of a speech by John Jorgenson, one entitled "Choosing a Suitable Camp", and one, "Camping in Ontario (Our First Century)". Also included are annual reports and slides from Moorelands Camp, conference and international congress materials, OCA constitution and by-laws, and administrative records, correspondence, and minutes of the various committees and board of governors of the Ontario Camping Association. Included also are articles written by Charles Plewman on the subjects of Tom Thomson, Taylor Statten, and the formation of the OCA.
Ontario Camps AssociationFonds consists of photographs and slides, staff manuals, outdoor education manuals, and resource material related to Camp Richildaca.
Camp RichiladacaFonds consists of camping-related materials such as Brown Bag Program deposits, and song books, photographs, correspondence, reports, 4 VHS tapes, and one movie film.
Ontario Camps AssociationFonds 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.Fonds consists of textual records and photographs of Camp Tonakela, Madras, India which was sponsored by Taylor Statten Camps, Canada.
Brock, TedFonds consists of textual materials and photographs, slides, cds and video tapes relating to various Ontario Camping Association member camps, as collected via the Brown Bag Program. Included are samples of letterhead, brochures, camper registration packages, forms, staff manuals, staff training schedules, sample camper file sheets, promotion videos, sample menus, special events and program lists, lists of awards and prizes, and site maps. Also included are death notices for Adele Ebbs (1909-2003), Madelene Allen (?-2003) and John Latimer (1930-2003), and materials relating to the 2002 Salute to Kirk Wipper.
Ontario Camps AssociationFonds consists of Camp Tanamakoon correspondence, manuals, brochures, photographs, songs, and legal documents. Also included is research material for the book entitled Tanamakoon: Where We Will Never Grow Old by Catherine Ross.
Camp TanamakoonFonds consists of Ontario Camping Association administrative records, minutes, surveys, newsletters and correspondence. Also included are textual records, photographs, slides, CDs and videos relating to various Ontario Camping Association member camps, including extensive material on the Bark Lake Camp.
Ontario Camps AssociationFonds consists of Brown Bag materials relating to camps associated with the Ontario Camping Association. Materials include pamphlets, photographs, film and other digital media.
Ontario Camps AssociationFonds consists of minutes, correspondence, photographs, brochures, manuals and forms related to the Ontario Camping Association.
Ontario Camps AssociationThe 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 AssociationThis fonds consists of the constitution, by-laws, minutes, reports and correspondence to the Canadian Camping Association, its officers and committees. Also included are a series of photographs of Canadian Camping Association members and events.
Canadian Camping AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of the constitution, by-laws, minutes, reports, correspondence, photographs, brochures of member camps collected by the Ontario Camping Association.
Ontario Camps AssociationThe fonds consists of the personal records of Adele and Harry Ebbs relating to Camp Ahmek, Camp Wapameo, Algonquin Park Advisory Committee, Camp Tonakela (Madras, India) and camps in North Carolina, U.S.A. Also included are photographs as well as textual records which relate to the Ontario and Canadian Camping Associations.
Ebbs, Adele and J. HarryThis fonds consists of additions of collected historical records of the Ontario Camping Association. It includes: camp brochures; the records of various camps; OCA Board of Directors membership lists, minutes, agendas, financial records, by-laws, and reports from annual meetings; records from the Woodmanship leaders school; Day camp Committee minutes, correspondence, proposals, reports and seminar records; and records collected by the Archives Committee.
Ontario Camps AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of the Canadian Camping Association's Board Executive minutes, reports and documents from 1976 to 1981. Also included are: a 1967 annual report; provincial association liason materials; Canadian Camping Magazine editorial committee minutes, reports and correspondence; a 1968 Canoeing Instructor Course manual; a survey of camp directors and staff, 1975; a CCA Task Force final report, 1977; and two audio disc recordings of a talk by John Fisher (Mr. Canada) delivered on CBC, 26 March 1950.
Canadian Camping AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of 46 glass slides depicting a variety of camp scenes: people and activities, waterfront programme, visitors, sports day and other events. All of the slides were taken at Camp Pine Crest.
Camp Pine CrestThis 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 CampThis fonds consists of records, photographs and slides of Windy Pine, private cottage and cabins owned by Dr. Mary Northway and Flora Morrison. They ran girls canoe trips at the camp during the 1940s.
Windy Pine PointThis addition to the fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, brochures, photographs and audio cassettes of the Ontario Camping Association.
Ontario Camps AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of receipts, recipes, slides and photographs of Dr. Mary Northway and Flora Morrison. There are also records for the production of Echoes and Reflections of Flora Morrison.
Fonds includes miscellaneous accounts, receipts, camping equipment lists, correspondence, insurance policies pertaining to Windy Pine. Also includes a cassette tape recording re: early days at Windy Pine, and a transcription provided in 2014 by Joan McIlwain via Professor Julia Harrison
Slide Box: Approximately 160 slides of Windy Pine, 1950's and 1960's.
Photo envelope: Photographs of Mary Northway and Flora Morrison and their friends at Windy Pine, 1950's and 1960's.
Loose on shelf: Production materials for Echoes and Reflections: photographs which were reproduced in the booklet; galley proofs.
Windy Pine PointThis addition to the fonds consists of camp brochures, photographs, newspaper clippings, conference reports, Ontario Camping Association Archives Committee correspondence, newsletters, minutes of meetings and files of Helen Stewart.
Ontario Camps AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of correspondence, camp brochures, standards kit, committee minutes, clippings, photographs and tape recordings.
Ontario Camps AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of financial records, camp brochures, committee minutes, photographs and cassette recordings.
Ontario Camps AssociationThis addition to the fonds consists of records pertaining to the Ontario Camping Association and member camps in Ontario. It includes brochures, camping standards (camp visits), photographs (Camp Wanakita, 1934 to 1950), slides and other material.
Ontario Camps Association