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Community of Coordinating Organizations (COCO), Wanham, fonds

Community of Coordinating Organizations (COCO), Wanham, fonds. -- 1970 - 1998. -- 48 cm of textual records, 119 photographs, 53 negatives, 1 video recordings.

Agency History

The Community of Cooperating Organizations (C.O.C.O.) was formed in 1970 to stream-line the process of overseeing a small community and its numerous organizations. All local executives such as the Board of Trade, the Hall board and sports clubs were disbanded and represented by one committee, to which 16 other groups with community branches of provincial or national organizations sent representatives. The members shared a combined budget, one facility (C.O.C.O. Hall) and the work of running the organization. They organized community events, the largest of which was the annual Wanham Plowing Match, which became the major fundraising event.

Custodial History

Records were donated by Wally Tansem, one of the founding members of C.O.C.O.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of organizational documents, annual reports, correspondence, newsletters, activity reports, hall booking register, and chronological files over 30 years of the Wanham Plowing Match. The Plowing Match files contain printed materials, planning documents, financial records, newsclippings, photographs and slides. There is also one film of the first match in 1971.

Table of Contents
Series 011.01Executive Board
Series 011.02Wanham Plowing Match

Series 011.01Executive Board. -- 1970 - 1995. -- 12 cm of textual records, 3 photographs.

The series consists of organizational information, annual reports, correspondence, newsletters and activities.
"Welcome to Wanham", 1970 c.
1 photograph; colour; 3 x 5
Community of Coordinating Organizations (C.O.C.O.) sign welcoming vistors to Wanham.
Location: 0011.01.01

Wanham Plowing Match, 1971-1999
172 photographs; colour; 4 x 6
The Wanham Plowing Match was a community event sponsored by C.O.C.O. (Community Of Cooperating Organizations).
Location: 0011.01-171

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Series 011.02Wanham Plowing Match. -- 1971 - 1999. -- 36 cm of textual records, 116 photographs.

The series consists of publications, planning documents and newsclippings for each of the annual plowing matches.
Horse Plowing Demonstration, 1976
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5
Wanham Plowing Match demonstration of horses pulling a handplow in June 1976.
Location: 0011.02.1976-1

Plowing Match Champion, 1976
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5
Winner of the trophy for the Wanham Plowing Match in June 1976.
Location: 0011.02.1976-2

Wanham Plowing Match, 1978
1 photograph; colour; 3 x 5
"New Brunswick Ted Patterson Stubble" Tractor plowing demonstration.
Location: 0011.02.1978-1

Wanham Plowing Match, 1977
1 photograph; colour; 3 x 5
Aerial view showing activity during the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1978-2

Horse Plowing Demonstration, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Wanham Plowing Match demonstration of horse drawn plow.
Location: 0011.02.1991-01

Tractor Pulling Demonstration, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Wanham Plowing Match demonstration -- tractor owned and operated by Peace Tractor Pullers Association.
Location: 0011.02.1991-02

Horse Pulling Demonstration, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Horse pulling event at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-03

Antique Car Show, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Antique car display at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-04

Sheep Herding Demonstration, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Shepard and border collie herding sheep at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-05

Threshing Demonstration, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Stationary thresher at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-06

Wanham Plowing Match, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Two teams of horses with plows at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-07

Clunker Tractor Plowing, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Steel wheeled "clunker" tractor pulling hand operated plow at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-08

Fiddler's Competition, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
A fiddler's jamboree, part of the entertainment at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-09

Horses Pull Competition, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Horses pulling a heavily loaded sledge at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-10

Post Pounding Competition, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Fence post pounding competition at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-11

Hay Pitching, 1991
1 photograph; colour; 4 x 6
Hay pitching competition at the Wanham Plowing Match.
Location: 0011.02.1991-12

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