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| Fonds/Collection Number: | F0532 |
| Title: | Rendezvous Club fonds |
| Dates: | 1937-2004 |
| Extent: | 0.7 m textual records 0.3 m photographs |
| Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History: | The Rendezvous Club of Toronto was formed in 1937, the creation of Anna Hunter's Social Group of Retired Women Teachers. The goal of the organization was to provide a way for members to maintain friendships made during the teaching years through social activities, and also to support the work of the Ontario Association of Superannuated Women Teachers (O.A.S.W.T.) in maintaining adequate pensions for retired teachers. The group's constitution details the duties of the executive including liaising with the Women Teachers' Association of Toronto, and with the O.A.S.W.T., and maintaining and documenting the history of the organization. |
| Scope and Content: |
The fonds consists of meeting minutes, annual reports, treasurer's and secretary's reports, reports of the flowers and card committee, obituaries, membership lists and photographs of the members at various social occasions over the years. |
| Restrictions on Access and Use: | Membership lists and other records containing the personal information of third parties are closed to the general public for twenty years from the last date on the file in question unless authorized by the current club president, or through the formal York University research agreement authorizing the access and use of personal information contained in private archival documents held by the Clara Thomas Archives. These files are marked "restricted" in this finding aid. Requests must be directed to the University Archivist. |
| Finding Aid: | File list available. |
| URL of Finding Aid: | http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000532.pdf |
| Accruals: | The fonds comprises the following accessions: 2008-018. Further accruals may be expected. |
| 2008-018 |
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| Related Records: | Related records may be found in the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario fonds (F0181), and the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario fonds (F0196). |
| Immediate source of acquisition: | Donated by the Rendezvous Club in 2009. |
| Provenance Access Points: | Rendezvous Club |
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Date of creation: 2009/06/26 Date of last revision: 2009/11/03 |
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