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Fonds consists of records relating to the operation and history of the Ayr Travel Club. The fonds contains minute books, annual programs and reports, financial records, the club Constitution, papers relating to individual members and keepsakes from the Club's anniversaries. This fonds is arranged into eight series.
No further accruals are expected.
This collection was donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Public Library sometime after the club's dissolution in 1977. The collection was later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series consists of the Minute Books kept by the Ayr Travel Club. Each meeting of the club is recorded, and the records state who attended, where the Club met, what was discussed, as well as comments on the Hostess' refreshments and the talk that was given. The minutes indicate that the Travel Club met weekly between the months of October and March, before adjourning for the Spring and Summer months. The series is arranged chronologically.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Public Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series contains yearly programs for the Ayr Travel Club. Each member of the club was responsible for hosting a meeting and for also reading a paper on a subject related to the country the Club was studying that year. The programs show the schedule that the members planned to follow for the different upcoming club "seasons". The series is arranged chronologically.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Public Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series contains several annual reports from the Ayr Travel Club, dating between 1933 and 1940. These annual reports summarized the Club's activities during the previous 'season' , including the number of meetings, how well they were attended, how sucessful the different events were, the nation of study, and other such things that the membership would find interesting. The series is arranged chronologically.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Public Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series consists of the financial records of the Ayr Travel Club for 1951-1977. It contains a record of revenue and expenditure, and also tracked whether club members have paid their dues. The series is arranged chronologically.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the dissolution of the Ayr Travel Club in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series consists of letters addressed to the members of the Ayr Travel Club by Britions who had received food packages from the Club. After the Second World War, Britain remained under heavy rationing. To help allieviate the limited diets of the British, the United Emergency Fund for Britain was established, which allowed Canadians to send food parcels to British families. As the Ayr Travel Club sent packages to several different families, there are responses from several different persons. Most correspondence was exchanged by Air Mail. The series is arranged chronologically.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the club's dissolution on 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series consists of documents used at celebrations of the Ayr Travel Club's Anniversaries. Documents include photographs of 'days gone by', old menus for dinners and reproductions of the first meeting minutes of the Club in 1911.
This series contains three sub-series: the 10th Anniversary, the 60th Anniversary and the 70th Anniversary.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This sub-series contains a poem written for the Tenth Anniversary of the Ayr Travel Club. The poem, written by a Miss M. A. Murray, is addressed to Mrs. Chase, the Club founder, who was moving away that year (1921). The poem explains in verse why and how the Club was founded, the countries they have studied, what they do during the Summer and how much they will miss Mrs. Chase. With this is an envelope upon which are instructions that the poem should be preserved with the Travel Club records.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This sub-series consists of documents used in the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ayr Travel Club in 1961. It includes a description of the celebration, as well as some of the documents used in the celebration. These include typed copies of the meetings of the first minutes of the Club, menus used in Burns Night Dinners of previous years, and photographs of Club Picnics from 1913.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This sub-series consists of documents used in the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Ayr Travel Club in 1971. It consists of a list of former club members now residing outside of Ayr.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo Archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series consists of copies of the Ayr Travel Club's Constitution and By-Laws.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.
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This series consists of the papers that members would read out at the weekly meetings of the Ayr Travel Club. To faciliate their goal of studying the different countries of the world, the Travel Club would assign each member a topic on the country they were studying for a certain year. Each meeting would cover one of those topics and would be held at the home of the member that was presenting.
No further accruals are expected.
These records were donated by the Ayr Travel Club to the Ayr Branch of the Region of Waterloo Public Library after the Club's dissolution in 1977. The records were later transferred to the Region of Waterloo archives.
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Researchers are responsible for observing the terms of the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission of the Region of Waterloo Archives is required for any form of publication or exhibition.