Some items are located including a composite photograph of the Club's members on the 75th Anniversary, 23 November 2000 is located in oversize
In July of 1925, Charlottetown residents J.D. Jenkins and Arthur Affleck attended a meeting in Big Cove, Nova Scotia, and gathered information about a new movement within the Young Men Christians Association (YMCA), that had originated in Ohio. A charter dated the 25 November 1925, was issued from the international office in Lawrence, Massachusetts, making Charlottetown the second or third club to be established in Canada. Arthur Affleck was the first President of the Club in 1925, which had a total of eighteen members. The objectives of the Y's Men's Club as outlined in its constitution, were to cultivate good fellowship among Y's Men and Young Men's Christian Association members everywhere, and to support by active service, deserving philanthropic and social movements. Around 1930, the Alpha Y's Men initiated a summer camp for boys and a project called 'Christmas Cheer." In 1933, the Alpha Y's Men Club began carrying on 'boy's work' as a club, rather than through the YMCA.
The Alpha Y
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Includes 800 negatives, 142 photographs, and 1 audio tape
This fonds consists of files of the Alpha Y's Men's Club. The original chronological arrangement of a file per year has been maintained. The files document the activities of the club and includes items such as: meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, local and maritime newsletters, conference information, concert programmes and photographs. Further photographs, negatives, and slides as well as an audiotape and an attendance ledger follow the annual files.
See also: Acc2887, YMCA Charlottetown, P.E.I. fonds
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