Historical information

This cash book is one of the earliest administrative books that exist in the Victorian Bands' League historical collection. The earlier years contain records of which bands paid affiliation to the League, and in later years there is detail on what the League spent money on, and how much they received in Government grants. Mentioned throughout the cash book are the names of prominent bandsmen and brass bands. Interestingly in the later pages of the records, for some reason a new page numbering system was used before it reverted back to single pages.

Table of Contents:
1931 – p1-p3
1932 – p3-p12
1933 – p13-p14
1934 – p15-p19
1935 – p20-p21
1936 – p22-p23
1937 – p24-p25
1938 – p26-p27
1939 – p28-p29
1940 – p30-p31
1941 – p32-p33
1942 – p34-p35
1943 – p36
1944 – p37
1945 – p38
1946 – p39
1947 – p40-p41
1948 – p42
1949 – p43
1950 – p44-p45
1951 – p46-p46-2
1952 – p47-pp47-2
1953 – p48
1954 – p48-2
1955 – p49-p50
1956 – p51-p52
1957 – p53

Significance

This notebook is significant to the history of the Victorian Bands' League as it details some very early history of the League from when it commenced operation in 1931. We see here lists of the first brass bands to affiliate with the League, as well as expenses that were paid out to various organisations and individuals. Aside from the historical details, we can also see changes in treasurer and the obvious changes in handwriting over the years.

Physical description

Card bound notebook with pages ruled with accounting lines