YMCA of Montreal fonds

P145/12A – Committees

 

Box HA2307

History

• Camping program history. - 1933, 1943.
  • Notes re Early Days of YMCA Camps at Lake St. Joseph and Kanawana, by R. L Charlton, 1943; History of Kamp Kanawana, by Ralph Dawson, 1933; Historical sketches-Lake St. Joseph, by W. E. Cushing, 1943.

Minutes, terms of reference, correspondence, membership lists

• Permanent Camp Committee minutes. - 1895-1896.
• Permanent Camp Committee-correspondence, financial records. - 1899-1901.
  • Fragile documents on paper, some folded.
• Permanent Camp Committee-minutes, correspondence. - 1908.
• Permanent Camp Committee minute book. - 1911-1926.
• Permanent Camp Committee minutes. - 1921.
• Camp Executive meeting-December 12, 1945. - 1945.
• Camp Board of Management-members. - 1946.
• Special camp meeting on standards and objectives. - 1946.
• Metropolitan Camping Commission. - 1954-1955.
• Branch survey on camping. - 1956.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1956-1958.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1955-1962.
• Expansion and Development Sub-committee of the Camping Committee. - 1957-1962.
• Future Survey Sub-committee of Boys' Camping Committee. - 1957-1960.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1959-1961.
• Junior League camp. - 1960.
• Girls' Camp Survey Committee. - 1961-1962.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1962-1964.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1965.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1966.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1967.
• Report of the Boys' and Girls' Camping Committee to the Metropolitan Planning and Development Committee of the YMCA of Montreal. - 1967.
• Boys' Camping Committee. - 1968-1969.
• Reports on Co-ed Camping Pilot Project. - 1967-1970.
• Camping Commission. - 1968-1970.
• Montreal YMCA Camping Branch Board of Management. - 1969-1970.

 

Box HA1881

Minutes, terms of reference, correspondence, membership lists (continued)

• Outdoor Education Branch fall conference. - 1971.
• Camping and Outdoor Education Branch of Management minutes. - 1975-1978.
• Special Intercommittee Task Force on Camping. - 1981-1982.
• Comité du service des camps/Camping Services Committee. - 1981-1982.

Committee studies, reports of activity, planning reports

• Report-trip to St. Agathe. - 1893, 1895.
  • Journal of the first Montreal YMCA venture to explore the country round about St. Agathe with the view of securing a lake on which to establish a Summer Camp and journal of Summer Camp 1895.
• Early Days of YMCA Camps, by R. H. Charlton; Early Days at Lake St. Joseph, by W. E. Cushing. - 1943.
• Photographs-R. H. Dawson, R. L. Charlton. - nd.
• Boys' camps evaluations, charting. - 1922-1927, 1930.
• Camp leaders' training class. - [193-].
• History of Camping-notes. - 1936.
• Camp Board of Management. - [1945?].
• Outdoor Program for Young People-Report of the Study Committee. - 1945.
• Report of the Montreal YMCA Camps for Boys and Girls. - 1945.
• Comparison of Two Boys Camps operated by Montreal YMCA. - [1945 or 1946].Kamp Kanawana and Camp Perrot.
• Report of the Committee on Camping Keymen's Conference-January 27, 1946. - 1946.
• Camping and Outdoor Program. - 1946.
• Report of the Montreal YMCA Camps for Boys and Girls. - 1946.2 copies.
• Report to Camp Board of Management on American Camping Association Conference. - 1946.
  • Report by R. H. Hanagan, Montreal YMCA camp director.
• Boys' Camping Committee-Survey Committee report. - 1950.
• Comparison-Kamp Kanawana and Camp Perrot. - 1953-1954.
• Young Adult Camping. - nd.
• Experimental tripping camp. - 1958.
• Canadian Centennial family camping project. - 1966-1967.
• Chambly Fresh Air Home. - 1970.
• Camping and Outdoor Education Branch Director's Report. - 1972.5 copies.
• Report of the Staff Task Group on Outdoor Education in the Montreal YMCA. - 1974.
• Camping and Outdoor Education planning 1974-1975. - 1973-1974.
• Proposed Hike and Trip Camp. - 1975.
  • Also report re property at St. Michel des Saints.
• Program Profile-future (summary). - 1975.
• Statistical profile of camping and outdoor programs. - 1977.
• Proposed two-site operation-Kanawana and Weredale. - 1977.
• Camping and The Montreal YMCA-working document. - 1980.
  • Situation reports profiling Kamp Kanawana, Camp Otoreke and Camp Weredale.
• Plans-Kanawana and Weredale. - 1980.

Budgets, financial documents

• Budgets. - 1960-1971.
• Camping and Outdoor Education Branch budgets. - 1972-1974.
• Proposed 1978 budget. - 1977.
• Camping and Outdoor Education Branch budget. - 1979.
• Camps' budgets. - 1980.
• Revenue and expenditures. - 1982.
• Tax status. - 1982.

Resource materials

• You Can Make It for Camp or Cottage. - 1930.
  • Published by National Committee on Wood Utilization.
• Montreal Council of Social Agencies Camp Survey. - 1944.
• The Place of the Organized Camp in the Field of Education. - 1945.
  • Published by American Camping Association.
• Layout, Building Designs, and Equipment. - 1946.
• Camping for Young Adults. - 1946-1947.
• Trends in camping. - 1968.
  • Copies of statistics and text from YMCA Yearbook and Official Roster 1968, covering 1957-1967.
• School camping. - 1972-1978.
  • Set of Protestant School Board of Montreal and Canadian Camping Association reports on how to conduct camping and outdoor education programs for school classes.
• Programme d'assistance financière aux camps de vacances. - 1977-1978.
  • Report of Haut-Commissariat à la Jeunesse, aux Loisirs et aux Sports, Gouvernment du Québec.
• Hébertisme. - 1978.
• Camp brochures (Y & other camps). - 1947-1949, [1970s].
• Outdoor Education Project Report. - 1972.
  • Full title-National Council YMCAs of Canada: Research, Planning and Development: Outdoor Education Project Report, by Sandy Keir.
• Second Draft Report Ad Hoc Camping Task Group, Ottawa YM-YWCA. - 1972.
• YMCA Canada-Resident Camp Statistics 1984-1988. - 1989.

 

Box HA1933

Books

• The Character Dimension of Camping, by Richard S. Doty. - 1960.
• The Camp Counselor's Book, ed. Northway and Lowes. - 1963.

 

Box HA2317

YMCA Camp Research Project led by Hedley Dimock

• Camp Leadership Project Interim Report. - 1959.
• Questionnaire - application form - camp leadership. - 1960.
• Montreal YMCA 1960 Research Project - Study Group One. - 1960.
• Montreal YMCA 1960 Research Project - Study Group II. - 1960.
• 1960 YMCA Camping Research Project. Folder 1 through 7 of 7. - 1960-1961.

 

Box HA2323

YMCA Camp Leadership Research Project led by Hedley Dimock (cont'd)

• Interpretation of Score for Counselors Participating in the Research Project at Kamp Kanawana. - 1960.
• Opinion questionnaire, attitude questionnaire, score sheets. - 1961.
• Objectives and Standards Sub-committee Terms of Reference. - 1961.
• A Study of the Change in Attitudes and Temperament of Counselors during a Summer in Camp, by Hedley G. Dimock. - 1961.
  • Report.
• A Study of the Prediction of Success of Twenty-Seven Camp Counselors, by Hedley G. Dimock. - 1961.
• Selecting and Training Group Leaders … Project Report Number 10. - 1967.
• Selecting and Training Group Leaders … Project Report Number 13. - 1969.
• Sensitivity Training as a Method of Increasing On-The-Job Effectiveness. - 1969.
• Studies on the Affect [sic] of Participation in Training and Supervisory Programs, by Hedley G. Dimock. - 1969.
• Camp directors' research seminar. - 1970.
• Research on the Selection and Training of Camp Leaders, by Hedley G. Dimock. - 1970.

 

Box HA2005

• Box HA2005 holds audiovisual materials related to the Camping and Outdoor Education program of the YMCA.

 

Box HA2650

• Box HA2650 holds YMCA audiovisual materials, possibly including camp materials.

 

Box HA2651

• Box HA2651 contains YMCA audiovisual materials, possibly including camp materials.

 

Box HA2652

• Box HA2652 contains 16 mm moving films of YMCA camp activity.

 

Box HA2166

• On page 156 of the large scrapbook is a promotional brochure for the 1897 summer camp season. On page 159 is an 1898 camp brochure.