Scrapbook

This scrapbook is devoted primarily to the organization of one of Canada's first curling clubs and documents the vitality of this sport in Quebec during the mid-19th century.

Covering the period from the founding of the Montreal Thistle Curling Club in 1843 to the year 1881, the scrapbook contains a number of records illustrating the association's sports and social activities. There are, for example, letters bearing the official seal of the Governor General of Canada that were sent with the gold and silver medals won by the Club in 1875 at the Governor General's Trophy competition. Press clippings report on the Montreal Thistle Curling Club's banquets and annual meetings as well as tournaments in which it played against other clubs. The fonds also includes telegrams, invitations, invoices, account statements, members lists, reports listing game results, copies of scorecards, regulations, menus and programs.