Whitecraigs Hockey Club

• Reference:GB 3143 4
• Dates of Creation:1919-1970
• Name of Creator:
  Whitecraigs Hockey Club
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 volume 2 cardboard folders and 2 bundles of loose papers. 0.22 lm Bound and loose paper

• Scope and Content

  This archive consists of a minute book of the club 1919 - 1935. There are two cardboard folders of "Monthly News" booklets from 1956 - 1967. There are also two folders containing letters, photographs and other loose papers which appear to be drafts for a special jubilee booklet.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Whitecraigs Hockey Club was formed on 23rd October 1919 at 149 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. The team played their first year of matches in the then rural setting of the grass park of Rouken Glen Mansion House.

  The club celebrated it's Jubilee Dinner at the MacDonald Hotel on 18th October 1969.

• Arrangement

  the archive has been arranged in the following series:

  1 minute book

  2 monthly newspapers

  3 jubilee papers

• Access Information

  There are no restrictions on access

• Acquisition Information

  The material was transferred to the Archives along with other records as part of accession 2007/01 by Amanda Robb, Local Studies Librarian, on 5th February 2007.

• Note

  This description was based on the General International Standard for Archival Description and East Renfrewshire Council's Manual of Listing and Archival Description.

• Other Finding Aids

  An item level list has been prepared and is searchable on the archives database.

• Archivist's Note

  Description prepared by Philip Barron, Records Management Officer. 31st May 2007

• Conditions Governing Use

  Contact Records Manager

• Appraisal Information

  All items have been appraised as worthy of permanent archival retention.

• Custodial History

  This archive was acquired by Eastwood District Libraries or East Renfrewshire Council's Community and Leisure Department some time prior to 2006. It was latterly stored in "the Bothy" at Eastwood Park. No further information on the archival history of this material is available. It is possible that this collection has been brought together artificially for the purposes of gathering information for the club's Jubilee.

• Accruals

  No other material is known and no new accruals are expected.

• Related Material

  None