The Vancouver Vagabond Club, 1914—1928

An Inventory of Its Papers

in

The Library of the University of British Columbi a

by

Robert Gore

Special Collections Divisio n

University of British Columbia Library

Vancouver, Canad a

1978

TABLE OF COMTEMT S

Introduction

Inventory Serie s

Biographical Information .

Constitution 0

2

Letters : Incoming 0

2

Letters : Outgoing 0 •

2

Correspondence : Aiscellaneous

2

Membership Lists 0

2

Meetings 0

.

0

3

Financial Records

0

3

Printed Material .

3

Ephemera 0

4

Photographs 0

• ;

•

4

Oversize .

4

Manuscripts : Poetry .

0

4

Manuscripts : Prose .

0

0

.

.

6

SubgrouDs : Comrades Club .

8

Charles Hill—Tout .

8

44.

Folder No .

Da

No . of Items

BIOGRAPHICAL 17FONNATION

Compiled in 1967 by Jacqueline Hooper of theVancouver Public Library .

Information cards on eac hmember were acquired after the inventory was prepare dand can be found in box 1 - la .

Biographical Information: Correspondence

unidentified - initials " E .N.B . " 1967 1

Bernard, Frank P . 1967 1

Boving, Lynette H . 1967

ckley, E.N. 1967 1

Kathleen 1967 1

Cummings, A.C . 1967 - 68 8

Dickie, Francis 1967 1

Foxall, Arthur J . 1967 3

Grossman, Peter 1968 2

Hamilton, Madge 1967 1

Hind, J.R. 1967 1

Hodgson, Chris G. 1956, 1967 2

Hooper, Jackie 1968 2

Lucas, Ed 1956 1

:IaeLermot, J .A. 1967 1,

.f.!rluis, G.Welton 1968 1

owat, W.H. 1967 1

Felton, G.V. 1967

Read, Stanley E . 1968

Scott, Ethel S . 1967 1

Stevenson, Lionel 1969 1

Weston, Garnett 1967 1

Biographical LaLazIlLiw: Miscellaneou s

( membership lists compiled by living members andfriends of the Vagabond Club ; main membershiplist oompil-d b : J . Hooper ; miscellaneous notes -J,Hooper ; calculations of pay - J.Hooper .

CONSTITUTION

Constitution : Pamphlets

The folder also contains various typed copie sof undated fragments of constitution . andamendments .

pamphlet outlining constitution : signedby A.C .Cummings .

pamphlet outlining constitution : signedby Donald MacGregor .

pamphlet outlining constitution of 1921 -2 copies - 1 belonging to T .M.Ryan and theother to Lionel Hemeis .

INCOMING -

Correspondence pertains to Vagabond Clubduring time of operation .

Boardman, Charlie

n.d .

Mildmay, Aubrey St . John

191 7

Miller, Leonard

1924

Pound, A.M .

1922

LETTERS : OUTGOING

1-3

Letters are from the " scribe " of th eVagabond Club, C .B.Boardman.

McQueen, B .

1923

Lewthwaite, W .H.

1924

Miller, Leonard

Noble, John

Prowse, A .S .W.

CORESPONDENCE

Correspondence : Miscellaneous

Bursill, J.Francis ( to F .C .Wade

191 2

Laurier, Wilfred

191 6

Robinson, Noel

n .d.

MEMBERSHIP LISTS

1-4

For Vagabond Club - compiled during time of operation .

Description of eligibility ; classification ofmembers ; membership lists arranged chronologically .

1-2

LETT

1-3

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Feb. 2, 191 6

July 5, 1916

MEETINGS,

1—4

Outline of proceedings — " Gala Night . "

July 4, 91 7

Unauthorized report of a meeting October 13, 192 0

FIN SCIAL RECORDS

1 5

Vagabond's Account Book .

PRINTED MATERIAL ,

14anusarists ; Poetry (Books

Bruun, GeoffreyMa is Casements an Other Verses

Coleman, H.BromleyVagabond, Thoughts

Rhythm,, 2 copies .

is, L.T.J .Seeds ( including a series of watercolor an d

ink drawings by Haweis )

Wharton, LewisFrancis, Villon : Bla, uard

Immgrta „

Manuscripts; Prose. (Books of : )

1—7

Griggs, Robert F .The Valley

Ten Thousand Smokes

Hooton, Henry, ed .Le Chevalier ( Including works by H.Hooton, R.F.Bac

W.H.Cowham, and L .T .J.Haweis )

Articles

1—8

Robinson, Noe l"Oldest Resident of Vancouver " ( article on Mary Capilano

Sedgewick, Garnett G .Tree, Goose, , Pudding.

Pamphlets

1-8

Vancouver City Museum: Golden Jubilee, 1894—1944.

Announcement s

1-8

Vancouver Vagabond Club annoncements of meetings .( Nov . 10, Nov. 24, Dec. 8, Dec. 22, 1915 ; Dec . 20, 1919 )

Programm

1-8

Vagabond Salon

March 29, 1916

4

Vancouver Vagabond Club — " Gala "

May 21, 1921

5

1919 - 1924

1-6

-4-

cont'd 1-8

Vancouver Little Theatre Association

Feb . 16, 17, 18, 1922

Midnight Matinee, Allen Theatre

March 31, 192 2

Inauguration Ceremony, U.B.C .

October 16, 1925

One Hundredth Production :Vancouver Little Theatre Association

December 8, 9, 10, 11, 194 1

Magazines

1-8

Man - Record, 9LAnthronolomicaScience

Sept .-Oct ., 1945

1tTewspaner ClinPings

1-9

Miscellaneous

n. d .

4

Miscellaneous

1915-1960

1 8

EPHEMe

(Fragment of an article " Canadians All ", 1945 ; open letter to Mr . JohnFrancis Bursill ; The Abbey Light Sony by F.C .1:ade and Corysande Fordham ;information on Audrey Mildmay ; Christmas cards ; Post cards ; printed copie sof poems :

Been- HerbertMon to Pronounce Burrard

Buckley, AlfredCherie Ode on the Opening of the Banff-Windermer e

Murison, B.E.H.George Ham

Penne, FelixI Shall Not Cease ;

Poster for B .C .Hilliam and his 1915 follies ; cartoon sketch of variousmembers of the Vagabond Club ; :eel dobinsons t book plates ; menus (4) fromVancouver Vagabonds Club Banquet, December 22, 1915 ; menu from birthdaydinner in honour of the tenth anniversary of the Vancouver Vagabonds Club ,Dec . 10, 1924 ; menu from the Savage Club, -nnual Potlach, Dec. 18, 1926 ;calling card, Arthur J . _Texan; booklet-cover carrying the inscription :The Vancouver Vagabonds Club )

PEAT OGdnPMS

Miscellaneous : Vagabond Plays ; Noel Robinson ; Renee Hawed- Chipman ;J.Francis Bursill ; unidentified .

OVTRSIZE

0-1

Oversize Vagabond Club Material (mostly photographs and drawings )

=a'ORIPT

Manuscrints : TbetrY.

anther unidentified'o the Tailor

1-10

cont'd 2-1

Downie, DonaldWho's Who

Farmer, H.R.A Song of the Deep, Deep Sea

Foster, FrankThe Pathology of a Coon's Liver

Goodall, AubreyVagabond Hash

Hamilton, J.H.Is Music an Art or a Craft ?

Haweis t LionelBeautiful Brown

[Haweis, Lionel '(booklet of poems - listed as they appear in the booklet )

A Song of Fresh FlowersSongA Song of BittermenA Song of MemoriesTo A .C,W .A Retrospec tA hymn to a Good WomanLove Incontinen tMoonset at SunriseMarjory MaidA Lass and a LadCircumstanceSong-The Lustres of m: Lady's Eye - VillanelleAlas, Poor Flowers - VillanelleCome, Live, and Lie - RondeauA Sucklers Rose - RondeauA Domestic Difference - Rondea uTrioletsGive Me My Book - IBid Me Depart - IIThere Are No Dreams - IIIThe Sun and the DewThe Enchanted PoolThe Soul's ComplaintSong to a Tamil Girl -

A Vision of EveningA Picture of EveningThe Burst of the Big MonsoonA Bachelor's BrideMelstink and the Spug

Lucas, E.A .Platitudinous Poetry or Verities about Vagabonds

MacGregor, D .A.Thoughts on Vers Libre

Rainier, John L .I am a PoetThe Vagabond's Song

cont'd 2-1

Wharton, Lewi sThe Song of the VagabondSoulmates

Manuscripts : Prose

authors unidentifiedCannibalismDownie Libel TrialThe KnightMine HostNotes on the Vagabond Club

various articles by Vagabond Club Members togethe rin booklet form (in order of appearence )

Some Notions About Art (Lionel Iaweis )HumourMarriage and Other Foolishnes s

ryhat's and How's (Withou tIt is CuriousInterior (Pixie and Wellwood )To the Holier Than ThouBelieve Ghost Guards Beads

fragment : page 4 of an article about a young womanwho makes the best of her husband's death

Boardman, C.B.Vagabonds in Adventure : A Farrago of Nonsens eVagabonding in the South Sea s

Campbell-Johnston, RonaldA Parable -Regarding Ghosts

Coleman, H.BromleyConversational Traffic

Cummings, A .C ., ed .As-It-Tickleth-Mi-Phanse . A Magazine of OneEvening by the Vancouver Vagabonc Club.

Cummings, A.C.A Paroxysm in a Minor KeyA Welcome on a Gala NightHere Departeth (to J .L.Rainier )Vera Libre

Dickie, Francis J .A Chronicle of the Events of a Day at th eVagabonds' Club in Hell, In the Year 1986 .

Farmer, H .R.Mr. Pickwick Sees it Through

Foster, FrankThe Bowl and the BishopWho's Who?

Hamilton, J.H.Is Music an Art or a Craft ?Nothin ; ew Under the Sun

2-2

2—3

oont'd 2—3

Hardie, F.M .Thomas Hardy : An AppreciationYou Have been elected

2—4

Haweis, Lionelplay with unidentified title, pgs . 35—48

The Address of $hree Chandrabanda Digamsara Jee ,Myself Yet Not Myself

Ad Joannem Ridingtonium

As The Chadows Pass (Vagabond novel — Chapter vi )

The Bowl of Arseni c

The Breath of the Rose : foreword

By Order

Chaos

The Curse of Convention

Extracts of letters

Free Verse

I am a Brahman

The Little Tin Pot s

Mind and Conciousness

The Nameless One and His Misery

Oriental Extravagance

Rubric Ratafi a

Some Notions About Art

Ten Minutes of Indian Legend s

Ten Minutes of Indian Mytholog y

Who's ho

Ye Abbey of Ye Innocen

2—5

To Ye Lady Haweis(book presented to Mrs . Haweis containing fragnentsfrom " Ye Abbey of Ye Innocents

Ye Rubric Ratafia Codex Cocktalia (see above —" Rubric 'tafia " )

0 L -

enee_aonds Club (short history copiled by

Haweis' daughter )

Johnstone, FrankWho's Who

Lamb, CharlesDissertation on Roast Bore

2—6

Gregor, Donald A .M.Day in the life of a VagrbondThe Chadows Pass (Vagfbonal novel Chapter ii )

opies)

cont'd 2-6

The Black CatFarewell to Ward eJustice in early B.C. (on Matthew Begbie)Maeiavelli, the Father of PoliticsThe Nor'WestersOn Joseph ConradThe Parson of SlocanTricky AuroraVagabond PlayWho's Who

2-7

Rainier, J.L .Who's Who

Ridington, John L .HumourOutline of Proceedinfs, Gala Night, July 4, 191 7

old folder - cover - at end of fil e

Robinson, NoelHighlights of Vag History

Scott, G.F.PeterThe Death of VagabondesStory in FThe text of the Evening . . .Vagabond

Simmonds, E .H .Who's ho and How

Sinclair, Bertrand W.Fellow Vags

Well:wood, SamuelLeaves from an Unpublished Diaryatcn Your Tim e

SUBGROUP. 3

Comrades S221: Constitutionladies club not affiliated with Vagabond Club )

Comrades Club : Miscellaneous

3-2

( correspondence ; membership lists ; financialststements ; bills and receipts

BodinTton, Alice (copies) 1892-1899 27

Cummings

(fragment) n.d . 1

Dominion Lands Office 1899 1

Ethnological Survey of Canada 1899 2

Geological Survey Department 1899 1

Roberts, Charles G .D . 1941 1

Tottenham, Agatha n.d. 1

Tottenham, Marie Alice n.d. 1

Charles Hll-Tout : g2mrespor=ae(Letters : Incoming )

-9—

Charles Fill-Tout : Articles

coned 3-3

Preamble on talk on " 7:ind "

C'Aarles=-= : Printed ate _al (Books )

Keble, Reverend. JohnKeble e s Senin7 T

3—5

Venn, HenryThe Complete Duty

s H4.4-Tout : Printed

Pamphlets

3-6

Biographical Sketch of Charles Hill-Tout (4 copies

Charles Hill-Tout; Mscellaneous

3-6

( Lay Reader's Licence ; Postcard )