Fonds consists of the records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1951 to 2016. The first accession (2003.003) consists of records from 1951 to 1985 and includes minutes of general and executive meetings, correspondence, administrative records including the original constitution and bylaws, financial records and reports on projects and functions sponsored by the organization. Files from Accession 2003.003 are described in five series: 1) Minutes; 2) Correspondence; 3) Financial; 4) Administrative Records; 5) Subject Files.
An accrual in 2017 (Accession 2017.009) comprises records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1985 to 2016, including minutes of executive and general meetings, financial statements, correspondence, and records of projects and programs. The material was kept in binders, and is arranged in eighteen series based on this original order (Series 6 through Series 23).
The beginning of the Whaletown Community Club is unclear as almost all the Club's records were destroyed in a fire in 1950; the earliest records still existing date from 1948. (See Gilean Douglas fonds, Series 8). The WCC became a registered society in 1953 when the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society disbanded and turned ownership of the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
The activities of the Club are carried on chiefly within the Whaletown postal area, and are intended to promote the interests of the community in matters of general welfare, to sponsor recreational and sports activities, and to hold land and premises necessary for Club activities. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the Club was a channel through which Whaletown residents organized health and educational services and lobbied for better roads, hydro and ferry service, as well as sponsoring social events. From 1978 until 2010 it sponsored the Whaletown National Enquirer, a monthly community newspaper.
A main function of the Whaletown Community Club is the maintenance of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall. Originally built in 1933, it has been renovated several times and serves as the main venue for community functions in the Whaletown area. Until 1953, when the lease was turned over to the Whaletown Women's Institute, the Club maintained the Church Hall, which was owned by the Columbia Coast Mission and stood at the corner of Carrington Bay and Harbour roads. Before 1958 the Club held most of its meetings in the Church Hall.
Since 1958, when the Whaletown Women's Institute disbanded, the WCC has maintained the library in Whaletown (originally the Farmer's Institute building; now the Louisa Tooker Library) and the old and new Whaletown cemeteries. In 1964 they acquired the lease for the last remaining piece of Crown land with access to Gorge Harbour, to preserve it as a park. They have leased the former Whaletown school property from the School Board since the school was closed in 1973.
Custodial History
Records were acquired directly from the Whaletown Community Club in 2003 (Accession 2003.003) and in 2017 (Accession 2017.009).
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1951 to 2016. The first accession (2003.003) consists of records from 1951 to 1985 and includes minutes of general and executive meetings, correspondence, administrative records including the original constitution and bylaws, financial records and reports on projects and functions sponsored by the organization. Files from Accession 2003.003 are described in five series: 1) Minutes; 2) Correspondence; 3) Financial; 4) Administrative Records; 5) Subject Files.
An accrual in 2017 (Accession 2017.009) comprises records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1985 to 2016, including minutes of executive and general meetings, financial statements, correspondence, and records of projects and programs. The material was kept in binders, and is arranged in eighteen series based on this original order (Series 6 through Series 23).
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.
Series consists of monthly and annual financial statements, some hand-written treasurer's reports, ledger pages showing transaction records and receipts.
3 cm. of textual records, including one spiral-bound ledger and a spiral-bound receipt book
Custodial History
The financial reports from 1949 came to CIMAS with the Gilean Douglas Fonds.
Scope and Content
Series consists of monthly and annual financial statements, some hand-written treasurer's reports, ledger pages showing transaction records and receipts.
This series contains records pertaining to the administration of the Whaletown Community Club including the constitution and bylaws, an agreement with the Whaletown Women's Institute, tax and insurance records, lease agreements, membership records and reports of finances and activities filed with the provincial government.
This series was consolidated from a number of partially organized files transferred to the archives in 2003.
Scope and Content
This series contains records pertaining to the administration of the Whaletown Community Club including the constitution and bylaws, an agreement with the Whaletown Women's Institute, tax and insurance records, lease agreements, membership records and reports of finances and activities filed with the provincial government.
Series consists of reports, correspondence, lists, calendars and other printed material relating to projects carried out by the Whaletown Community Club, including social events and construction and maintenance work on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall.
This series was consolidated from subject files kept by the Whaletown Community Club pertaining to their activities.
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, lists, calendars and other printed material relating to projects carried out by the Whaletown Community Club, including social events and construction and maintenance work on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall.
Minutes of annual meetings, with election of officers, general meetings and executive meetings; in the back of the book are lists of members for 1952-1954 and 1959.
Minutes of annual meetings, with election of officers, general meetings and executive meetings; in the back of the book are lists of members for 1952-1954 and 1959.
Minutes of Whaletown Community Club meetings recorded in a school exercise book as well as a report on entertainment, minutes of an executive meeting and a financial report (1/1/1972).
1 school exercise book and several loose pages originally found in book.
Scope and Content
Minutes of Whaletown Community Club meetings recorded in a school exercise book as well as a report on entertainment, minutes of an executive meeting and a financial report (1/1/1972).
Minutes of the Whaletown Community Club are recorded in this notebook with papers containing financial reports, committee reports, charges and rules for Gorge Hall use interspersed between the pages. A list of officers and years of service with dates to 1985 was also in this notebook.
1 spiral-bound notebook and loose papers found therein
Scope and Content
Minutes of the Whaletown Community Club are recorded in this notebook with papers containing financial reports, committee reports, charges and rules for Gorge Hall use interspersed between the pages. A list of officers and years of service with dates to 1985 was also in this notebook.
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 correspondence, primarily from 1963 but including some 1962 communication and 1964 responses; receipts from the Courtenay Hotel, Vancouver Island Coach Lines Ltd., and Island Airlines
File contains correspondence, primarily from 1963 but including some 1962 communication and 1964 responses; receipts from the Courtenay Hotel, Vancouver Island Coach Lines Ltd., and Island Airlines
