Historical information

The minute book is a record of the decisions of the Executive Committee and activities of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society from September 1955 to September 1968. The entries are written in Greek from December 1955 to October 1959. The remaining entries are written in English. It also treasurers' reports detailing the club's finances from its establishment in 1916 to 1923.

Significance

This minute book is an important record of the decisions of the Executive Committee and club's activities for more than a decade from the middle of the 1950s to the end of the 1960s. It was a period of a second wave of Ithacans migrating to Melbourne following WWII and the 1953 earthquakes on Ithaca. It is also the period during which Ithaca House, the society's clubrooms, was constructed.

Physical description

A foolscap size bound ledger with tan suede binding on the spine and corners with a dark green cover. Dark pink and grey marbled patterned paper is on the inside front and back covers. Four white labels have been stuck onto the front cover, two along the side and two on the cover. a red label with 'Minute Book' printed in gold is on the spine.