Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1923-1963 (Creation)
- Creator
- Parksville and District Community Society
- Place
- Parksville
Physical description area
Physical description
13 cm of textual records
1 map
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Parksville and District Community Society was established in May 1923 to preserve Parksville’s community park area near the beach for public use. The first Board of Directors consisted of several community leaders, including Robert Craig, Robert H. Hickey, Col. W.B. Creig, Fred Shelly and James E. Kingsley. Largely through community fund raising, the Society purchased the land from Joseph Hirst. Over the years, the Society improved the Community Park through fund raising, sports days, picnics and dances. In 1947, the Society purchased a surplus army building and moved it from Nanaimo to the Community Park where it was reconstructed, opened in 1948 to serve as a Community Hall. The Society transferred the Park to the City of Parksville in 1963 and disbanded its activities.
Custodial history
The collection remained in the custody of James E. Kingsley, a founding member after the Community Society disbanded in 1963. Kingsley transferred the fonds to the Parksville & District Historical Society in 1993.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of minutes and occasional reports from Directors,1923-1944, 1950-1956, constitution & by-laws, balance sheets, 1926-1961 (incomplete), correspondence, membership lists and lists of subscribers, petty cash book, receipts and expenditures for Community Hall, records of sales of bonds, membership receipts, 1959-1962, lists of volunteer workers and visitors to the Park, and notes and copies of original documents compiled by J. E. Kingsley in the 1970s on the formation & early history of the Society. The fonds includes a map of the Community Park, 1955.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Arranged in five series: 1 Minutes & by-laws. 2 Financial records. 3 Correspondence & other records. 4 Map of Community Park. 5 J.E. Kingsley collected documents.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no restrictions on access or use
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Series and item level finding aid available at the Archives and online via MemoryBC
Associated materials
Accruals
Alpha-numeric designations
BCAUL control number: CHP-2050
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Kingsley, James, 1893-1997 (Subject)
- Craig, Robert (Subject)
- Hickey, Robert H. (Subject)
- Greig, W.B. Col. (Subject)
- Shelley, Fred (Subject)
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Rules for Archival Description
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 2010.02.24