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 )