CS-Records ID: 748
Anne Angus (nee Anderson) was born in Diyarbaker, Asia Minor. In 1909, her father retired with his family to the Kettle Valley in British Columbia to grow fruit. Anne Anderson eventually moved to Vancouver. In 1923, she graduated from the University of British Columbia. The following year, she married Professor Henry Forbes Angus. She was a board member of the Vancouver Children's Aid Society (1940-1941 and 1945-1952) and was a prominent member of the Community Chest and Council of Greater Vancouver as well as founding member of the Children's Foundation. From 1952 to 1958, she was a member of the local Board of School Trustees, the last two years as Chairman. In 1951, she produced a history of the Children's Aid Society, The Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, 1901-1951.
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The fonds consists of biographical material and notes prepared for the publication "Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, B.C."; files relating to Laura Holland and the Children's Aid Society, the Social Planning Committee of the Community Chest and Council of Greater Vancouver, 1950-1954, and the Canadian Welfare Council, 1950-1954; articles by Henry Forbes Angus; and a photocopy of his "My First Seventy-Five Years".
Donated by Mrs. Anne Margaret Angus between 1976 and 1978.
For the Children's Aid Society history written by Angus see PAM 1951-71.
File list available.
CS-Records ID: 93803
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CS-Records ID: 93808
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File contains correspondence and membership lists.
CS-Records ID: 93804
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File contains largely handwritten or typescript copies of annual reports, correspondence and various reports on the society's programs, including a 1948 report regarding a group of refugee Jewish children from Europe.
CS-Records ID: 93807
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File contains constitutional by-laws, minutes, briefs, correspondence, newsletters, annual reports, and a floor plan of the proposed children's home.
CS-Records ID: 93811
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File contains correspondence relating to the visit of Their Excellencies Roland and Norah Michener, to the Angus home on December 1968. Roland Michener was Governor General of Canada at the time.
CS-Records ID: 93812
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File contains records relating to the opening of the Winston Churchill High School.
CS-Records ID: 93809
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File contains publications collected or written by Henry F. Angus relating to the legal status of Asian minorities in Canada.
CS-Records ID: 93805
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File contains correspondence relating to child welfare in Vancouver and the establishment of the Laura Holland scholarship.
CS-Records ID: 93813
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File contains an autobiography of Henry F. Angus, 1891-1966.
CS-Records ID: 93810
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File contains a news clipping which comments on social services for children in British Columbia.
CS-Records ID: 93806
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File contains correspondence, minutes and reports relating to the establishment of the Children's Foundation to direct treatment centres for emotionally disturbed children.