West Vancouver May Day Society fonds
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/descr7801
- Fonds / Collection
- West Vancouver May Day Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- object
- Date
- [ca. 1928-[1980s]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of material relating to May Day celebrations which was a key community event in West Vancouver from 1931 to 1973. The celebrations included installation of a May Queen, parades and other ceremonies. After 1973, the celebration was renamed Community Day. The material includes adminis…
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Fonds / Collection
- West Vancouver May Day Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- object
- Date
- [ca. 1928-[1980s]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of material relating to May Day celebrations which was a key community event in West Vancouver from 1931 to 1973. The celebrations included installation of a May Queen, parades and other ceremonies. After 1973, the celebration was renamed Community Day. The material includes administrative records of the West Vancouver May Day Committee and the West Vancouver May Day Society, registers of May Queens and members of her entourage, speeches of acceding and retiring Queens, programmes, and ephmera. Collection is arranged into the following series: 1. Minutes 2. Register and lists of participants 3. Speeches 4. Programmes 5. Instructions and event planning 6. Ephemera
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records
- 3 objects
- Reference Code
- CA BWVA F005
- Creator
- West Vancouver May Day Society
- Name Access
- May Day
- Subject Access
- Cultural Activities - Festivals
- Events - Parades
- Notes
- Title based on the provenance of the fonds.
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Related Material
- For photographs and films of May Day please see 059 May Day photograph collection.