Fonds 93-021 - Ontario Camping Association fonds. 1993 additions

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Ontario Camping Association fonds. 1993 additions

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    93-021

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    • 1966-1992 (Creation)
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      Ontario Camps Association

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    60 cm of textual records and other materials
    583 photographs : 203 slides
    1 print
    3 magnets and 13 pins

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    In 1900 A.L. Cochrane established the first private camp in Ontario. By 1925, the number of private camps in Ontario had increased to only six or seven. The camps established during this time period (1900-1925) were mainly for boys over the age of thirteen. Co-ed camps were unheard of at this time. As of 1925, the private camps were making headway in their development and agency camps, such as the Y.M.C.A., were opening up across the province. The leaders and directors of these camps, wanting to keep abreast of new trends, began to regularly attend the American Camping Association conventions, due to the absence of a Canadian or Ontario camping association. This situation, although helpful to the evolution of camps in Ontario, was not ideal. Issues relevant to Canadian camps, and camp leaders and directors, were not being addressed by the American association. As a result, the camp leaders in Ontario decided to form their own group. In the first few years, the meetings were informal, and held in private homes. The first members were A.L. Cochrane, H.E. Chapman, Mary Edgar, Mary Hamilton, Fern Halliday, and Taylor and Ethel Statten. One of the main topics of discussion centered on the need for a camping association in Ontario. In 1933, this group of private camp leaders and directors formally founded the Ontario Camping Association. Taylor Statten was made the first chairman of the Association. It was decided by the founding members that the Association would not just be for private camps, but would be open to anyone engaged in any aspect of camping. The interests of the founders of the Association encompassed the development and maintenance of high camping standards in the field of camping for children and an appreciation of the wider aspects of the camping movement. They believed that through discussion and consideration of common camping policies and problems, and by mutual exchange of ideas and knowledge, better camping would be achieved. The Ontario Camping Association was responsible for the development and implementation of standards for Ontario's children's camps, and, in 1941, in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Health, made the licensing of all camps mandatory. The headquarters of the Association are located in Toronto, Ontario. In 2012, the Ontario Camping Association changed its name to Ontario Camps Association.

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    This fonds was created by and in the custody of the Ontario Camping Association until it was donated to the Trent University Archives.

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    This addition to the fonds consists of materials relating to camps, records of Ontario Camping Association, standards committee, conference material, photographs and slides.

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    This fonds was donated by the Ontario Camping Association.

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        For related records see: See the Canadian Camping Association, the Quebec Camping Association, the Society for Camp Directors and Windy Pines.

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        This fonds along with 78-006, 82-009, 84-019, 85-0141, 86-018, 88-066, 89-015 and 92-005 is an addition to 72-007.

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        SERIES A: Camps-Summer 1992

        Box 1

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        1 Camp Arowhon
        brochures, camper applications, letterhead and birthday cards

        2 Camp Belwood
        staff manual, staff list, camp schedule, letterhead and brochure

        3 Camp Brebeuf
        brochures, camper applications, camper file sheets, letterhead, birthday cards, staff manual, staff training schedule, staff evaluation material and site map

        4 Camp Can-Aqua
        brochure, camper application, staff evaluation material and camper file sheets

        5 Cave Springs Camp
        brochures, camper applications, letterhead, site map and 1991 annual report

        6 Camp Chimo
        brochures and guides, letterhead, camper application, staff application, staff evaluation form, staff training schedule, staff list, staff employment contract, staff manual and photos

        7 Circle R Ranch
        brochures, camper applications, letterhead, staff application, staff contracts, staff list and site map

        8 Crusaders Bible Camp
        staff application and brochure

        9 Crystal Springs Camp
        brochures, counsellors manual, camp schedule, staff application, staff list and staff manual

        10 Camp Ganadaoweh
        brochures, letterhead, staff application, staff contracts, staff manual, staff training schedule, staff list and site map

        11 Glen Mhor Camp
        brochures, staff manual, letterhead, camp schedule, newspaper article, camper application and survey questionnaire

        12 Camp Hyanto
        brochures, camper applications, letterhead, birthday cards, staff application, staff contract and staff list

        13 Camp Ke-Mon-Oya
        brochures, camper application, camp schedule, staff evaluation material, site map and staff list

        14 Kilcoo Camp
        newsletter (November 1992)

        15 Klub Kidz Day Camp
        camper application, brochures, camper information and guide to better camping

        16 Matt Mann Camps (Akomak and Chikopi)
        brochures, camper applications, letterhead, staff application, staff contracts, staff manual, staff training schedule, staff evaluation material and photos

        17 Camp McGovern
        brochures, camper application, camper file sheets, letterhead, staff application, staff contracts, staff training schedule, staff evaluation, staff list and site map

        18 Camp Mi-A-Kon-Da
        brochures, camper application, camper file sheets, staff list and song book

        19 Camp Mini-Yo-We
        brochure, staff list, site map, staff manual, staff application, letterhead, staff contract and camper application

        20 Camp Newport
        brochures, camper file sheets, letterhead, birthday cards, staff application, staff contract, staff manual, staff training schedule, staff list, site map and photos

        21 Camp Northway/Wendigo
        brochures, letterhead, staff manual, staff evaluation material, staff application and camper application

        22 Camp Oochigeas
        brochure

        23 Camp Ponacka
        brochures, camper application, camper file sheets, letterhead, staff application, staff contract, staff list

        24 Camp Sidrabene
        brochures, camper file sheets, staff contract, staff list and photos

        25 Camp Simpresca
        brochures, camper file sheets, letterhead, staff application, staff contract, site map

        26 Super Camp Baseball School
        handbook, brochure and camper application

        27 Taylor Statten Camps (Ahmek and Wapomeo)
        brochures, site map, camper application, staff application and letterhead

        28 Camp Walden
        site map, staff medical form, brochures and staff manual

        29 Waterbrook Farm Camp
        brochures, camper application, camper file sheets, letterhead, staff application, staff contract, staff manual, staff training schedule and staff evaluation material

        30 Camp Winnebagoe
        brochures, camper application, letterhead, staff application, staff contract and staff list

        31 Camp Y
        brochures, camper application, letterhead, staff application, staff contract, staff evaluation material and site map

        SERIES B: Ontario Camping Association Records

        32 Ontario Camping Association Office Manual 1978
        records of minutes, financial records, membership, newsletters, guide to summer recreation

        33 Day Camping Manuals 1970
        day camp manuals from the Youth and Recreation Branch of the Ontario Department of Education

        34 Day Camp Manual 1976
        from the City of Mississauga-Camp Tutoredaca

        35 Ontario Camping Association Membership Committee 1969-71
        minutes and correspondence (original and 3rd party)

        36 Outdoor Education 1970
        from Board of Education for the City of Hamilton

        37 Standards 1970-76
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        38 Standards 1978
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        39 Standards Visitations 1979
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        40 Standards Visitations 1980
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        41 Standards Visitations 1981
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        Box 2

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        1 Standards Visitations 1982
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        2 Standards Visitations 1983
        minutes, reports and correspondence

        3 Day Camps in Ontario 1973

        4 Suggested Camp Forms 1978

        5 Shadow Lake Camp 1925-29 brochure and photos

        6 1993 Ontario Camping Association Directors and Senior Staff Conference 1992
        correspondence and information

        7 Conference Digest 1966

        8 Conference Digest 1968

        9 Report of the 1971 Convention 1971

        10 Report of the 1973 Convention 1973

        11 Conference Report 1974

        12 Conference Report 1975

        13 Conference Report 1976

        14 Conference Report 1978

        15 Conference Brochure and Program 1992

        16 Various

        conference stickers 1981-91, Ontario Camping Association Directory 1982 and 1984, brochure for 1989 Canadian Camping Association Conference, notes on mailings August 1984

        17 Miscellaneous Pins

        18 Miscellaneous Photos

        19 Miscellaneous Slides-Box 1

        20 Miscellaneous Slides-Box 2

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