Sports, recreation and leisure

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114 Archival description results for Sports, recreation and leisure

104 results directly related Exclude narrower terms

Subject files

The series consists of Columbian Newspaper clippings, B&W photographs, press releases, and other assorted records arranged by subject. The files were created by Columbian staff members for reference purposes.

Columbian Company

Sports Centre Scrapbook

The item consists of a scrapbook containing primarily newspaper clippings as well as some photographs related to the Coquitlam Sports Centre.

Sports and Sports Centre

The file consists of records relating to the Coquitlam Sports Centre, its programming, development, and events, including football, baseball, weight lifting, judo, lacrosse, wrestling, hockey, swimming, and skating. Records include ticket stubs, fliers, posters, ribbons, invitations, programs and news clippings. The file also contains records relating to the history of sports in the area.

Cunnings, Don

Scrapbooks

The file consists of scrapbooks created by Don Cunnings.

Recreation and Cultural Centres

The file documents the various recreation and cultural centres in Coquitlam as well as their development through time. The records include information about Dogwood Pavilion, Chimo Pool, the Coquitlam Sports Centre, and the Social Recreation Centre. Records include programs and newspaper articles.

Cunnings, Don

Pro-Rec

The file contains newsletters created by Cunnings related to the British Columbia Provincial Recreation Programme (Pro-Rec), its history and development for a Pro-Rec reunion

Cunnings, Don

Photographs, Slides and Scrapbooks

The series consists of photographs, slides, and scrapbooks created or collected by Don Cunnings throughout the course of his life and work.

Photograph Albums - Class and School Event Photographs

The file consists of fourteen albums of photographs compiled by Burquitlam Elementary school, largely depicting student class photographs, but also depicts school events including holiday concerts, Halloween events, athletic events, and community events. The file also contains student register lists that correspond to students in the class photographs.

Burquitlam Elementary School

Personal and professional records

The series consists of records created and accumulated by Cunnings and reflect his personal and professional interests. These records were accumulated by Cunnings for the purposes of reference and posterity rather than documenting the activities of the District of Coquitlam Parks and Recreation Department during his tenure.

The personal records consist of a letter of appointment as well as a selection of documentaries used by Cunnings as reference. His professional records contain photographs, ephemera, and correspondence generated in the course of Cunnings' positions as a gymnastics teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes, the Division Head of Essondale's Crease Clinic Recreation Therapy Department, and as a founding member of Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR).

Cunnings, Don

Parks, Playgrounds, and Sports Fields

The file consists of newspaper clippings describing activities undertaken by the District of Coquitlam Parks and Recreation Department in Coquitlam parks, playgrounds, and sports fields. The photographs depict several parks, including Mundy Park, Como Lake, Mountain View Park, Coquitlam River Park, Blue Mountain Park, and Riverview Park.

Cunnings, Don

Parks and Recreation Department

The file contains newspaper clippings, ephemera, forms, and an organizational chart that document the Parks and Recreation Department's classes, staff, and events. The file significantly pertains to the 1972-1973 Recreation Referendum.

Cunnings, Don

Newspaper Clippings

The subseries consists of newspaper clippings related to R.C. MacDonald's early wrestling pursuits, his lengthy political career, and his involvement with the Highland Games later in life.

Municipal Employees and Politicians

The file exhibits the municipal employees who worked for the District of Coquitlam Parks and Recreation Department, such as sports arena supervisors, managers, recreation council members, as well as politicians such as past mayors and aldermen of the City of Coquitlam. Much of the file documents Cunnings himself, and his contributions as a municipal employee. Records include news clippings, invitations, correspondence, commemorative newsletters and ephemera.

Cunnings, Don

Miscellaneous

The file contains various newsletters, calendars, correspondence, obituaries, and ephemera Cunnings collected about the District of Coquitlam Parks and Recreation Department's activities.

A significant portion of the file consists of photographs depicting canoeing, archery, track and field, figure skating, swimming; groups such as the Kinsmen club and the City of Coquitlam Retirees Association; City events such as the celebrations of the City of Coquitlam's city status, BC Summer Games, and Centennial Celebrations; as well as development, programs, and activities the Department undertook in all of their parks. These include photographs of Blue Mountain Park, Brookmere Park, Burke Mountain Park, Burquitlam Park, Como Lake Park, Dogwood Park, Eagle Ridge Park, Mackin Park, Mundy Park, Poirier Street Park, Rivervew Park, Rochester Park, Town Centre Park (stadium and track), and Victoria Park. Also included are photographs of municipal, sports, and cultural buildings, including the Centennial Activity Centre, Coquitlam Sports Centre, the parks office, Place Des Arts, the Public Works yard, Social Rec Centre, and the Tennis Centre.

Cunnings, Don

Maillardville baseball team in Blue Mountain Park

Players names: Back row from left to right: Bill Poole, Bing Proulx, Reg Bolieau, Ray Granger, Laurie Marcellin, Jerry Prolux.
Front row from left to right: Maurice Thomas, Denis Barkley, Bert Brisette, Tony Boileau, Stephen DeCaigney (in front of Tony), Rollie Jarvis, George Messier.

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