Anna Chree fonds
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/descr7429
- Fonds / Collection
- Anna Chree fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- architectural drawing
- book
- graphic material
- photograph
- textual record
- Date
- [1890]-2009
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of material relating to the personal life and community involvement of Anna (Sass) Chree, a long-time West Vancouver resident who was active in many organizations including the West Vancouver Garden Club, the Air Pollution Control Society, the West Vancouver Theatre Guild, and others…
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Fonds / Collection
- Anna Chree fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Date
- [1890]-2009
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of material relating to the personal life and community involvement of Anna (Sass) Chree, a long-time West Vancouver resident who was active in many organizations including the West Vancouver Garden Club, the Air Pollution Control Society, the West Vancouver Theatre Guild, and others. On her death, Anna Chree bequethed her estate to the District of West Vancouver to fund the construction of a fountain, located outside the West Vancouver Community Centre. Anna's Fountain was the culmination of a life-long wish to construct a fountain in order to beautify West Vancouver. The fonds also contains records relating to her husband William Ian Chree, who was active in local theatre. Ian Chree worked as the sound director for Theatre Under the Stars, and organized the first sound systems for the Pacific National Exhibition, the Vancouver Arena, and Georgia Auditorium. William Ian Chree and Anna Sass were married in May 1951. Ian Chree died in 1968. Anna Chree died in 2002. The fonds is arranged in the following series: Series 1: Correspondence Series 2: Biographical Information Series 3: Diaries Series 4: Autograph and guest books Series 5: Canadian Folk Society Series 6: Air Pollution Control Association Series 7: North and West Vancouver Council of Women Series 8: Pacific National Exhibition Series 9: Political material Series 10: Stanley Park Series 11: West Vancouver Little Theatre Guild Series 12: Vancouver Pacific Camera Club Series 13: North Shore Garden Contest Committee Series 14: West Vancouver Garden Club Series 15: Vancouver Rose Society Series 16: Hollyburn Toastmistress Club Series 17: Vancouver Women's School for Citizenship Series 18: Anna's Fountain Series 19: Ephemera and miscellaneous Series 20: Photographs
- Physical Description
- 41.5 cm of textual records
- 8 v.
- 586 photographs
- 17 architectural drawings
- Reference Code
- CA BWVA F042
- Accession Number
- 2007-005
- Creator
- Chree, Anna (Sass), 1907-2002
- Subject Access
- Environmental protection
- Organizations - Clubs
- Performing Arts - Theatre
- Recreational Activities - Gardening
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives