Vagabonds Club
1915 - c1928
The Vagabonds Club was formed in Vancouver in 1915 by "a colourful group
of classically educated expatriate Englishmen" to "promote good-fellowship
and cultivate intellectual vagabondage." (B.C. Library Quarterly, see
below).
Members of the group, as noted in the article on Bursill, included:
A.N. St. John Mildmay
Arthur C. Cummings
Arthur Foxall
Garnett Weston (author)
Gerald Cooter
Gerald Pelton (lawyer)
Lionel Haweis (librarian)
Noel Robinson (journalist)
Robie Reid (lawyer)
References
JOHN FRANCIS BURSILL: FOUNDER OF THE VAGABONDS CLUB by Jacqueline Hooper
BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBRARY QUARTERLY; July 1968, various authors
Extensive biography of Bursill, numerous references to the group & its members.
Clippings
"The Vancouver Vagagonds' Club, which was founded by Felix Penne
held a special Christmas meeting at the studio of A.N. St. John Mildmay,
1087 Bute street, Tuesday evening.
Robie L. Reid, one of the first members of the club, read a paper on "Sam Slick, the
Clockmaker," by Caliburton, the father of American humor. Piano selections were contributed
by J.D.A. Tripp."
From "Vagabonds Club Holds Meeting"
Vancouver Sun, December 18 1929
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