Printed: 2013-05-24
View archival description
Fonds SMA 90.025 - Camp Alexandra fonds
Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Camp Alexandra fonds
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
CA CSUR SMA 90.025
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1919-1988 (Creation)
- Creator
- Camp Alexandra
Physical description area
Physical description
29 cm of textual records;808 photographs
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Camp Alexandra
Biographical history
Camp Alexandra, located at Crescent Beach, was established in 1918 as a holiday camp for orphans and needy children from the city. The camp was originally operated by the Fresh Air Fund of Vancouver, expenses being paid by the Alexandra Orphanage Board. In 1925, the camp's programs were expanded to include a boys club. Through the 1930s, the camp was also referred to as the Alexandra Orphanage Camp and the Alexandra Fresh Air Camp. From the 1940s through the 1960s, the camp provided programs for the elderly and the handicapped. In recent years, funding for Camp Alexandra has been provided by the United Way through the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of Greater Vancouver.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs relating to the growth and development of Camp Alexandra as well as minutes of the Fresh Air Fund, the Alexandra Orphanage Board, and the Camp Alexandra-Strathcona Nursery School.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Inventory available.
Associated / related material
Accruals
Other notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: BCAUL control number: CSUR-310
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Camp Alexandra (Creator)
- Fresh Air Fund (Vancouver, B.C.) (Subject)
- Alexandra Orphanage Board (Subject)
- Camp Alexandra-Strathcona Nursery School (Subject)
- Alexandra Fresh Air Camp (Subject)
- Alexandra Orphanage Camp (Subject)
