Fonds comprises records of the Southern Cortes Community Association. It includes minutes and agendas of meetings, correspondence, financial records, administrative and legal documents, and reports on projects and activities.
Original groupings of documents in files have been maintained with the exception of general correspondence, which has been grouped by date.
Files have been arranged into eleven series: Minutes; Financial records; Administrative records; Correspondence; Events; Newsletters; Dental clinic project; Show Business; Manson's Hall renovation; Ephemera; and Committee minutes and reports.
The Southern Cortes Community Association (formerly known as the Manson's Landing Community Club) is a Registered Charity incorporated in 1956 under the Societies Act. The object of the society is to promote services and programs of a recreational and/or educational purpose within the community.
A primary responsibility is operating and maintaining Manson's Hall, a center for Cortes community activities. The original Hall was built in 1922 on land donated by Frederick Froud. A major expansion and renovation project completed in 1980 added space for the post office, playschool, cafe, offices, a pottery studio and a library to the original hall. A further expansion in 1986 added space for a medical clinic.
Programs include sponsoring a licensed playschool, a Parents & Tots program, a Summer Youth Recreation Program, a thrift store, and the annual Cortes Day at Smelt Bay. Manson's Hall is a venue for the Cortes Seniors Society's programs, and for group meetings, entertainment events and a variety of regular wellness and exercise activities led by local residents. The Hall houses the post office, a community kitchen, a thrift store, and a playschool. Over the years, it has provided space for many services to start, such as the Cortes Health Centre, North Island College and Cortes Community Radio. The SCCA also owns and manages the Manson's Landing cemetery, and provides space for the Strathcona Regional District's skate park.
Custodial History
Records in Accession 2001.001 were kept at their homes by various Board members. When an office was opened in Manson's Hall, the records were consolidated and then donated to CIMAS by Cathy Cambridge on behalf of the SCCA.
Records in Accession 2007.001 were in the possession of May Ellingsen and were donated to CIMAS in 2007 by Andy and Susan Ellingsen.
Scope and Content
Fonds comprises records of the Southern Cortes Community Association. It includes minutes and agendas of meetings, correspondence, financial records, administrative and legal documents, and reports on projects and activities.
Original groupings of documents in files have been maintained with the exception of general correspondence, which has been grouped by date.
Files have been arranged into eleven series: Minutes; Financial records; Administrative records; Correspondence; Events; Newsletters; Dental clinic project; Show Business; Manson's Hall renovation; Ephemera; and Committee minutes and reports.
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as some reports on activities carried on by the club which were filed in with the correspondence.
This series contains some material which came to CIMAS with the Gilean Douglas Fonds.
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as some reports on activities carried on by the club which were filed in with the correspondence.
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1961, a B.C. Recreation Association membership application, a Penticton accommodation brochure, and two Regional recreation newsletters.
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1961, a B.C. Recreation Association membership application, a Penticton accommodation brochure, and two Regional recreation newsletters.
File contains 37 pages of textual records including correspondence, a Whaletown Recreation Commission, handwritten annual report and financial report, a receipt, an expense report, and a burial permit.
File contains 37 pages of textual records including correspondence, a Whaletown Recreation Commission, handwritten annual report and financial report, a receipt, an expense report, and a burial permit.
File consists of 21 pages of textual records, primarily correspondence (1974), as well as a Whaletown Recreation Commission certificate (1974), an annual meeting summary of events, and an amendment of lease for the Gorge Harbour park (Lot 1, Section 21, Plan 26303, 2170).
File consists of 21 pages of textual records, primarily correspondence (1974), as well as a Whaletown Recreation Commission certificate (1974), an annual meeting summary of events, and an amendment of lease for the Gorge Harbour park (Lot 1, Section 21, Plan 26303, 2170).
File consists of 21 pages of textual records, primarily correspondence (1976), as well as a Whaletown Community Club municipal membership certificate, and eight pages of insurance and liability documents.
File consists of 21 pages of textual records, primarily correspondence (1976), as well as a Whaletown Community Club municipal membership certificate, and eight pages of insurance and liability documents.
File consists of thirty-eight pages of textual records (1982), primarily incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as a British Columbia administrative grant remittance statement, a Lieutenant Governor/HMCS Restigouche visit schedule, and a letter re Whaletown School sub-Leasing agreement and lease indenture.
File consists of thirty-eight pages of textual records (1982), primarily incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as a British Columbia administrative grant remittance statement, a Lieutenant Governor/HMCS Restigouche visit schedule, and a letter re Whaletown School sub-Leasing agreement and lease indenture.
