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A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections
related to the Girl Scouts of the USA
Compiled August 15, 2010
David L. Peavy
The following is guide to archives – along with a description of the scope and content of the
collection – which contain material related to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA).
Because of the amount of primary documents related to the GSUSA in collections around the country,
this listing is not to be regarded as complete, however, the most important and significant collections are
included and marked (*). Collections are listed by state. It is hoped that subsequent revisions to this Guide
will enable it to be more comprehensive.
Additions to this guide will be made upon receipt of additional information. If you’re aware of a
collection not listed, please send the following information to [email protected]: Creator of
collection, title of collection, name of the repository, location of the repository, a brief description of the
scope and content of the collection, and, if available, a URL of the collection/finding aid.
Alabama
Gallagher, Buell Gordon. Papers. Talladega College Historical Collections, Savery Library, Talladega
College. Talladega, AL. Contents: Educator. Personal and professional correspondence, records,
and speeches relating to Talladega College, of which Gallagher was president (1934-43), national
Congregational church work, especially Negro Congregationalism, American Missionary
Association, race problems in Alabama and the U. S., status of Negroes in the armed services,
Negroes in World War II, conscientious objectors in World War II, Negro college athletics, racial
discrimination in the national Girl Scouts, facilities for Negroes on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, medical services in Ethiopia, Alabama State Federation of Women's Clubs (Negro), and
the Sweatshop Committee in Passaic Valley, N. J., (1933). Correspondents include Bernard
Baruch, Samuel B. Coles, Thomas Jesse Jones, Charles T. Loram, and Captolia Dent Newburn.
Permanent deposit, 1970. NUCMC no.MS 72-1290
Hunt, Guy. Governor's High Risk Youth Program (GHRY) grant files, 1988-1992. Alabama Department
of Archives and History. Montgomery, AL. Contents: The High Risk Youth Program (GHRY)
was established around 1987 under Governor Guy Hunt. This program was begun to assist
organizations designed to discourage youths from drug use, dropping out of school, and gang
membership. This series consists of contracts, financial statements, outlines of the GHRY
program, audit reports and applications (both accepted and denied). Among the organizations that
cooperated with this program were: boys and girls clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Youth Centers
and Help Centers.
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Arizona
Flagstaff Women's Club. Manuscript collection, 1916-1996. Special Collections and Archives
Department, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, AZ. Contents: The collection
contains Women's Club minutes, financial ledgers, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related
to the organization's activities. The collection is primarily an administrative collection that would
be best used for data collection regarding charitable activities of the organization.
Peska, Deborah (interviewer). Typewritten transcript of oral history interview with a daughter of a
pioneer of the Phoenix area: 1981 October 28 (Lives of Arizona women, v. 6). Special
Collections, Hayden Library, Arizona State University. Tempe. AZ. Contents: Interview with a
Daughter of a pioneer of the Phoenix area discussing life in early Safford, Arizona, and her later
experiences as a housewife during World War II in California.
California
American Children's Fund. American Children's Fund Records, 1923-1950. Hoover Institution Archives.
Stanford, CA. Contents: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, and
printed matter, relating to funding of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys' Clubs of America and
other organizations carrying out work in the areas of child health and welfare in the United States.
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Conway, Alice , Herbert Hoover, and Lou Henry Hoover. Alice Conway letters received, 1934-1941.
Hoover Institute on War, Revolution & Peace. Stanford, CA. Contents: Letters from Herbert and
Lou Henry Hoover, relating to Girl Scouting and personal matters.
Dammeyer, Elise (interviewee), and Carolyn Gravatte (interviewer). Oral history interview with Elsie
Dammeyer, 1989 May 9. Sierra Madre Public Library. Sierra Madre, CA. Contents: This
interview was conducted on May 9, 1989 as part of the Sierra Madre Oral History Project. Elsie
describes her childhood growing up in Sierra Madre, including details of her mother's vegetable
and fruit gardening and her clothes making. There are also descriptions of her education, her
involvement in various theater productions, riding on the street cars, and of various natural
disasters. She also discusses her involvement in the non-academic sorority, Delta Phi Theta; the
effects of the Depression of 1929; a Halloween prank pulled off by her brother, Rudolph, and
some of his friends that wound them up in court; and of hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains
using home made flashlights. Elsie was active in the Girl Scouts of America, the Parent Teachers
Association, the Red Cross; and was a member of the Cultural Heritage Commission, the Sierra
Madre Environmental Action Council, and Friends of the Library.
Dyer, Susan Louise. Papers, 1895-1965. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Stanford, CA.
Contents: Correspondence, diary, scrapbooks, memorabilia, clippings, photographs, sound
recording, and printed matter, relating to Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, Stanford
University, the Hoover Institution, the Girl Scouts, and the American Red Cross in France during
World War I.
Finnish Relief Fund. Finnish Relief Fund Records, 1939-1946. Hoover Institution Archives. Stanford,
CA. Contents: Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, press releases, financial records,
printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to fundraising in the United States for
civilian relief in Finland during the Russo-Finnish War. One folder of letters from American Girl
Scouts to Girl Scouts in Finland.
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Hinojos, Joe A. Collection. The Sierra Madre Historical Archives Collection, Sierra Madre Public
Library. Sierra Madre, CA. Contents: Images depict members of the Camp Fire Girls, Girl
Scouts, Boy Scouts with various civic leaders celebrating the groundbreaking of the Youth Hut.
Hoover, Herbert. Herbert Hoover Subject Collection, 1895-1987. Hoover Institution Archives. Stanford,
CA. Contents: Correspondence, speeches and writings, appointment calendars, printed matter,
photographs, motion picture film, and sound recordings, relating to twentieth-century American
politics, and to relief administration in World Wars I and II. Several folders relating to both the
Boy and Girl Scouts.
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Kemp, Kathryn. Kemp (Kathryn) Girl Scouts Collection (MSS 202). Holt-Atherton Department of Special
Collections, University Library, University of the Pacific. Stockton, CA. Contents: Kathryn
Kemp graduated from the College of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. (1934). She taught school in
Stockton and there helped found one of the first Girl Scout troops in the city, Troop 8, based at
Lafayette School. Kemp was subsequently active in the Girl Scout leadership program and was
President of the Girl Scouts Leaders' Association (c1946). The Kemp Stockton Girl Scouts
Collection consists of the Stockton Troop 8 Scrapbook (1937-1956) created by Ms. Kemp and a
miscellany of local and national Girl Scout printed matter (1920-1950).
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Meier, Margaret. Margaret Meier Collection of Extreme Right Ephemeral Materials, 1930-1980
(M0688). Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford University.
Stanford, CA. Contents: The archive consists of 47 manuscript boxes and 9 print boxes. The
collection contains Margaret and Herbert Meier's materials documenting the rise and the activities
of the extreme right in California and national politics. The bulk of the materials date from the
1960s-early 1970s, with additional materials from the late 1930s through the 1980s. Much of the
materials relate to activities and groups in Southern California, where the Meiers lived, especially
the towns of Arcadia and Sierra Madre. Included are political ephemera, newspaper and magazine
clippings, and serials from extreme right groups such as the John Birch Society, Americanism
clubs, various Christian right organizations, republican and extreme right political personalities.
A censorship debate regarding the Arcadia Public Library's decision to include Kazantzakis'
work, The Last Temptation of Christ, the activities of and opposition to the John Birch Society,
and opposition to Senator Kuchel of California are three examples of subjects which are
especially well covered. The collection also contains 18 boxes of serials and 3 OS boxes of
newspapers, including publications of the John Birch Society and its leader, Robert Welch, the
Institute for American Democracy, and Gerald L.K. Smith. MM's notes are found throughout the
collection. The processors have made every attempt to retain MM's original order of the
collection when possible, and have ordered the unorganized materials in this spirit. A folder
concerning the Girl Scouts is included in teh collection.
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Reinhardt, Aurelia Henry. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Papers, 1877-1948. Special Collections Department,
F.W. Olin Library, Mills College. Oakland, CA. Contents: The archive consists of eight series:
Series I. Personal and Family Papers, 1824-1948; Series II. Office of the President Files, 19161943; Series III. Rosalind Keep files, 1916-1948; Series IV. American Association of University
Women, 1919-1932; Series V. Writings of Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, 1905-1947; Series VI.
George Hedley Collection, 1802-1958 (bulk 1956-1958); Series VII. Newspaper Clippings, 19141948; Series VIII. Photographs. Several folders regarding both Boy & Girl Scouting are in the
collection. http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf0d5n97q6&doc.view=entire_text&brand=oac
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San Francisco Call, San Francisco Call Bulletin, San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, and News-Call
Bulletin. The San Francisco News-Call Bulletin newspaper photograph archive, ca. 1915-1965
(BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG). The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, CA. Contents: This collections chiefly consists of photographic negatives of San
Francisco Bay Area news events taken by staff photographers of The News-Call Bulletin and its
predecessors, The Call Bulletin and The Call, which were daily newspapers of San Francisco,
Calif. Negative files RESTRICTED: available for use by appointment with the Curator of
Pictorial Collections or the Archivist for Pictorial Collections. Photographic print files remain
unarranged and unavailable for access. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in
writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
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San Francisco Jewish Community Center. San Francisco Jewish Community Center Collection, 18781979 (79/A). Judah L. Magnes Musuem, The Western Jewish History Center. Berkeley, CA.
Contents: The collection provides an overview of the SFJCC's activities between 1930, its
incorporation, and 1979, the year the collection was donated to WJHC. The building campaign,
recreation, social, and educational programs, financial records, board matters, and general
administrative files comprise the bulk of the collection. In addition, there are files from the
YM/YWHA, from which the SFJCC evolved, and from United Jewish Community Centers, the
coordinating body of the Marin, San Francisco, and Peninsula Jewish Community Centers that
was formed in 1960. There are photographs of YM/YWHA and SFJCC activities, ledgers and
journals, and paper files. The Jewish Welfare Federation collection at WJHC (79A) may provide
more information about the SFJCC. Several folders for both Boy & Girls Scouting (20s-50s) are
in the collection.
http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf4t1nb45s&doc.view=entire_text&brand=oac
Colorado
Out Door Grill Donated by Girl Scouts. Collection. Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver
Public Library. Denver, CO. Contents: View of a stone and cement grill and chimney in
Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A sign above on the chimney reads: "Presented To The City
& County of Denver By The Denver Campfire Girls."
http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10020235
Archuleta, Lena L. Papers, 1942-2002. Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library.
Denver, CO. Contents: Scrapbooks covering Archuleta's career and the dedication of Lena L.
Archuleta Elementary School include newspaper clippings, photographs and personal documents;
VHS videos of school dedication, Girl Scouts, AARP programs are also included in the
collection.
District of Columbia
Ferebee, Dorothy Boulding. Papers. Manuscript Division, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard
University. Washington, DC. Contents: Physician, administrator, and activist, of Boston, Mass.,
and Washington, D.C. b. 1898. Personal papers, including biographical materials, travel
documents, invitations, awards, and calendars; family papers, including biographical materials on
Ferebee's uncle, George L. Ruffin, and other family members; correspondence, chiefly relating to
professional organizations, also including correspondence among other individuals; speeches
given by Ferebee at various colleges and universities, as well as professional gatherings; speeches
by others, including Mary McLeod Bethune and Dorothy Height; writings by Ferebee, relating to
her work as a physician and other professional pursuits; writings/newsclippings about Ferebee;
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writings/articles by others; material relating to organizational affiliations; programs; photographic
materials/photographs, slides, transparencies, and films of Ferebee and her travels; audio
materials/cassettes and reel to reel tapes of speeches and conferences, including an interview of
Ferebee for Voice of America; artifacts (medical bag, stethoscope, thermometer, graduation
gown, two caps, two hoods, scrapbook from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Mississippi Health Project,
and two wood block images of Ferebee); oversize material (large portraits of Ferebee, awards,
and certificates); and restricted material (financial materials from professional organizations).
Topics include Ferebee's activities as professor of obstetrics at the Howard University Medical
School, director of Howard University's Health Services, physician in private practice, and
founder of Southeast House (playground facility), as well as her travels to Germany for the U.S.
Dept. of Labor to study the status of women. Other organizations represented include the
American Association of University Women, D.C. Commission on the Status of Women, Girl
Scouts of the U.S.A., National Council of Negro Women, The Women's Institute at American
University, World Health Organization, and YWCA. Access restricted in part. Finding aid in the
repository. LC control no. 98797659
Hubbard, Charlotte Moton. Papers. Manuscript Division, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard
University. Washington, DC. Contents: Public relations officer and government official; b.
Charlotte Moton. - Correspondence, press releases, scrapbooks, clippings, programs,
memorabilia, tape recordings, photos, and other papers, from Hubbard's career in public relations
in government and the private sector and her early career as a teacher at Hampton Institute (Va.).
Best documented is her service as U.S. deputy assista+nt secretary of state for public affairs,
1964-1970, and her work with the creative dance group at Hampton Institute before World War
II. Most of the correspondence consists of letters of congratulation on her appointment as deputy
assistant secretary. Includes biographical material on Hubbard's father, Robert Russa Moton. Gift
of Mrs. Hubbard, 1971. Register in the repository. NUCMC no.MS 83-1239. NIDS microfiche
no.4.72.59
Johnson, Mildred Bell. Papers. National Archives for Black Women's History, Mary McLeod Bethune
Council House, National Historic Site, National Park Service. Washington, DC. Contents: AfroAmerican churchwoman and scouting official. Correspondence, scrapbooks, reports, and
speeches, relating to Johnson's activities as an official of the United Church of Christ and as
district director and Negro field director of the Girl Scouts in Birmingham, Ala. Finding aid
available in the repository. LC control no.96797403 NIDS microfiche no.3.210.10
McGranery, James P., and Regina Clark McGranery. Papers of James P. and Regina Clark McGranery,
1909-1975 (bulk 1943-1975). Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Washington, DC.
Contents: Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial and legal papers, family
papers, appointment books, press releases, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating
principally to McGranery's duties as assistant to U.S. attorneys general Francis Biddle and Tom
C. Clark, as U.S. judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as U.S. attorney general, as a
member of the U.S. Commission on Government Security, and as a law partner with his wife,
Regina Clark McGranery, in Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D.C. Reflects McGranery's role
as a New Deal Democrat in Philadelphia, Pa., and as a leading Catholic layman. Topics include
questions of anti-racketeering, civil rights, espionage, immigration and naturalization, internal
security, loyalty, political activities of organized labor, subversive activities, and reform of the
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Papers of Regina Clark McGranery reflect the political role of women
during the New Deal and pertain to her career as a lawyer and to her leadership in the Associated
Alumnae of the Sacred Heart, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and Woman's National
Democratic Club. Correspondents include Francis Biddle, Katherine Garrison Chapin, Tom C.
Clark, Denis J. Dougherty, India Edwards, James Aloysius Farley, J. Edgar Hoover, John W.
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McCormack, Patrick O'Boyle, Eleanor M. O'Bryne, Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., and family, Joseph V.
and Permelia Reed, Fulton J. Sheen, Francis Spellman, and James J. Vallely.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006023
Trent, Mary Vance. Papers of Mary Vance Trent, 1849-1998 (bulk 1959-1976). Library of Congress
Manuscript Division. Washington, DC. Contents: Correspondence, memoranda, family papers,
reports, speeches, writings, photographs, clippings, travel notes, and printed matter relating
primarily to Trent's career as a foreign service officer for the U.S. State Department, in particular
her assignments in Indonesia (1957-1958 and 1964-1967), Wellington, N.Z. (1969-1972), and
Saipan, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia) (1972-1974), and as a lecturer for the
Smithsonian Institution's travel program. Of particular interest are letters from Trent to her sister,
Madeline Trent, religious writings and short stories by Trent's father, Ray S. Trent, and a letter by
Trent's Confederate ancestor, C. W. Deane, from the Civil War battlefield at Wilson Creek,
Missouri. Subjects include Trent's activities as U.S. liaison for East Asian affairs to the United
Nations and as advisor and director of the U.S. Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations, selfgovernment in Micronesia, the 1965 anti-Communist uprising in Indonesia which replaced
President Soekarno with General Soeharto, Marshall Green, the former ambassador to Indonesia,
the status of women in Indonesia and other countries, a training course for diplomats' wives
taught by Trent from 1962 to 1964, the women's pages of the Christian Science Monitor covering
topics such as women's liberation and equal rights, Trent's childhood, family, and religious faith
(Christian Science), and the Girl Scouts, including Trent's 1932 trip to the inauguration of Our
Chalet, the Girl Guide and Girl Scout headquarters, in Adelboden, Switzerland.
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm00084722
Underwood & Underwood. Girl Scouts playing Indians - (Madison, LM337) LOT 10018. Library of
Congress. Washington, DC. Contents: Girl Scouts (dressed to resemble Indians) in a tepee camp,
are pictured boating, building a fire, and eating outdoors.
Deleware
Pew, J. Howard. Files on the Pew Memorial Foundation, 1948-1957. Hagley Museum and Library.
Wilmington, DE. Contents: Most of the correspondents are grant-seeking individuals and
institutions. They include national and international conservative and religious organizations as
well as Philadelphia-based cultural institutions. J. Howard Pew considers grants to prevent the
communist infiltration of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America. In correspondence with George
Wharton Pepper he ponders a donation to the Washington Cathedral. Congressman Walter Henry
Judd sends Pew reports on the persecution of Chinese intellectuals in Hong Kong, Macao, and
Tawain. In correspondence with several individuals Pew follows the University of Pennsylvania's
University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's foundation-supported excavation of
Biblical sites in the Middle East. Notable correspondents include C. Everett Koop, Norman
Vincent Peale, and Herbert Hoover. (Correspondence is brief.) Also contains letters
congratulating Pew for starting the Pew Memorial Foundation.
Zimmermann, Marie. Marie Zimmermann papers, 1919-ca.1984 (bulk 1936-1940). Winterthur Museum
& Country Estate. Winterthur, DE. Contents: Collection includes sales records, bills for supplies,
correspondence about exhibitions and design work, pictures that Miss Zimmermann liked (mostly
of Switzerland), photos of antique urns which she used as inspiration for some of her own work,
and samples of her stationery and bookplate. Only a few design drawings are included, but there
are several lists of items she made. Information about her home and farm in Pennsylvania and
some correspondence with a relative are also included. Most of her papers were destroyed at her
request. Sales records give the name and address of the customer and a brief description of the
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item(s) purchased. The records also indicate that Miss Zimmermann repaired jewelry and silver
and restrung necklaces. Some of the correspondence is about sales, commissions, and exhibits;
some of it pertains to the business side of her work, especially insurance, and to her artwork; and
some of it is personal. Bills for supplies and for work done for her by others shed light on her
business practices. A number of the insurance policies were written to cover her pieces while they
were on exhibit in a museum or gallery. Consequently, lists of the items being covered are
appended to the policies. Collection also includes newspaper clippings reviewing Miss
Zimmermanns' exhibits. Several magazine articles mention her as a distinguished craftsperson,
while one magazine includes an article she wrote about decorative metal work. Only a very few
design drawings are part of the collection, including designs for knives, forks, and decorative
metal work. As well, a few additional sketches of her pieces appear on bills or on a list of her
works. www.winterthur.org
Florida
Atkinson, Edith Meserve. Papers. Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Miami, FL. Contents: Judge
and civic leader, of Dade County, Fla. married Judge Henry F. Atkinson. Correspondence,
scrapbooks, clippings, newsletters, photos, and other items, relating to Aktinson's career in the
county court, her civic activities, especially the Girl Scouts, and life in Miami; together with the
papers of her husband, Judge Henry F. Atkinson. LC control no.97800941
Ingraham, Isabella. Papers. Special Collections Department, John C. Pace Library, University of West
Florida. Pensacola, FL. Contents: Papers including a typescript "A Sketch of the Life of Isabella
Ingraham"; a history of Girl Scouts in Pensacola in which Miss Ingraham worked; and two
photographs of Miss Ingraham and one of the Brosnaham home at Gull Point. LC control
no.98800640
Georgia
Georgia Historical Society Collection of Postcards, 1900s. Collection. Georgia Historical Society.
Savannah, GA. Contents: This is an artificial collection created by the Georgia Historical Society
by compiling postcards, some from other manuscript collections, into a single collection. It is
unknown when this collection was created, but most of the materials were processed during the
1980s. The postcards were compiled from various sources and cover a broad time span with
emphasis on the 20th century. They are arranged by geographic location, and then subdivided by
subject. Locations include: Georgia; Adel; Albany; Americus; Amicalola Falls; Andersonville;
Athens; Atlanta; Augusta; Bainbridge; Barnesville; Baxley; Blackshear; Blakely; Boston;
Brunswick; Butler Island; Cairo; Carrollton; Cartersville; Cave Spring; Cedartown;
Chickamauga; Chipley; Clarkesville; Claxton; Clayton; Cloudland Park; Columbus; Cordele;
Covington; Cumberland Island; Dahlonega; Darien; Dawson; Decatur; Demorest; Dillard;
Douglas; Dublin; Eatonton; Ebenezer; Ellijay; Estatoah Falls; Etowah Mounds; Fayetteville;
Fitzgerald; Forsyth; Fort Benning; Fort Oglethorpe; Fort Valley; Frederica; Gainesville;
Greensboro; Griffin; Hahira; Hapeville; Hazlehurst; Helen; Indian Springs; Isle of Hope; Jackson;
Jekyll Island; Kingsland; LaGrange; Lexington; Louisville; Lumpkin; Lyons; McDonough;
McRae; Macon; Madison; Manchester. Marietta; Midway; Milledgeville; Monticello; Moultrie;
Mount Berry; Mountain City; Nacoochee Burial Ground; Newnan; Norwood; Oxford;
Okefenokee Swamp; Palmetto; Parrot; Pearson; Pelham; Perry; Pine Mountain; Plains; Pleasant
Hill; Quitman; Reidsville; Rome; Rossville; Roswell; Rutledge; St. Mary's; St. Simons Island;
Sapelo Island; Sautee; Savannah; Soperton; Sparta; Statesboro; Stone Mountain; Swainsboro;
Tallulah Falls; Tate; Thomaston; Thomson; Thomasville; Thunderbolt; Tifton; Toccoa; Tybee
Island; Unadilla; Valdosta; Warm Springs; Washington; Waycross; Waynesboro; cotton; greeting
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cards; people; and World War I, including French, American, and Russian. The Savannah
postcards include C and S Bank; Cotton Exchange; Customs House; Germania Bank Building;
National Bank of Savannah; Savannah Bank and Trust; Bonaventure Cemetery; Catholic
Cemetery; Colonial Cemetery; Greenwich Cemetery; Hillcrest Cemetery; Laurel Grove
Cemetery; B'nai Brith Jacob Temple; Christ church; First Baptist; First Presbyterian; Independent
Presbyterian; Mickve Israel Temple; Sacred Heart; St. John's Cathedral; St. John's Episcopal; St.
Patrick's; St. Paul's Lutheran; Wesley Monumental Methodist; Andrew Low House; Davenport
House; Green-Meldrim House; Greenwich plantation; Hermitage; Juliette Gordon Low
birthplace; Owens-Thomas House; Scarborough House; Waving Girl at home; Wormsloe; Fort
McAllister, Fort Pulaski; Fort Screven; Fort Wymberly; Green-Meldrim House; Mulberry Grove;
Peter Gordon map of Savannah; Tomo-chi-chi's burial place; Central of Georgia Railway
Hospital; Charity Hospital; City Hospital; Oglethorpe Sanitarium; Park View Sanitarium; St.
Joseph's Hospital; Telfair Hospital; U.S. Marine Hospital; DeSoto Hotel; Hicks'; Oglethorpe
Hotel; Pulaski Hotel; Savannah Hotel; cotton; Fresh's Pharmacy; Old Cotton Press; rice
plantation; riverdocks and terminals; Old City Market; Camp Stewart; Chatham Artillery; Hunter;
Savannah Air Base; Savannah Volunteer Guards; Confederate Monument; Count Pulaski;
Fountain in Forsyth Park; Gordon; James Oglethorpe; Jasper; Nathanael Greene; Telfair Art
Museum; Youth Museum; Bethesda; Episcopal Orphan's Home; Chatham Crescent; Chippewa
Square; Colonial Park; Daffin Park; Forsyth Park; Johnson Square; Madison Square; Monterey
Square; Oglethorpe Square; Palmetto Park; Telfair Square; Wright Square; Chatham County
Courthouse; City Hall; Civic Center; Confederate Memorial Hall; Customs House; Municipal
Auditorium; Post Office; Public Library; Old Pink House; Pirate's House; aerial views; floral;
ironwork; trees; Armstrong Atlantic University; Cathedral School; Chatham Academy; Jewish
Educational Alliance; Savannah high School; St. Vincent's Academy; chamber of Commerce;
Elks Home; German Club; Girl Scouts; Golf Club; Hussars Club; Knights of Pythias; Masonic
Temple; Seaman's House; United Daughter's of the Confederacy; YMCA; Ardsley Park; Bay
Street; Broughton Street; Bull Street; Estill Avenue; Gaston Street; Liberty Street; Oglethorpe
Avenue; President Street; Victory Drive; Washington Avenue; White Bluff Road; Lucas Theater;
Savannah Theater; boats; bridges; Union Station; Victory Drive; and the auto race course,
spectators, finish line, and drivers. People included in the collection are Winnie Davis; Clement
Anselm Evans; Countess Selina Huntingdon; Guy Johnson; Marquis de Lafayette; Robert Edward
Lee; Juliette Gordon Low; Francis Marion; Francis Mason; Ralph Methren; Feliz Miklaszewicz;
Admiral Horatio Nelson; Casimir Pulaski; George Washington; Washington family; John
Wesley; and Susannah Wesley. This collection includes a folder of negatives; they are restricted
from patron use.
Heyward-Howkins Family. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: Residents
of Savannah, Ga. - Correspondence of Dr. John Smallbrook Howkins (1858-1912), physician;
papers of his wife, Elise Heyward Howkins (d. 1942), relating to her club work, and papers of
Mrs. Howkins' sister, Maude Heyward (1872-1942), librarian and genealogist, including
genealogical notes and reports, constitutions, bylaws, yearbooks, and other records of National
Society Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia. Other organizations represented
include Audubon Society, Catholic Women's Club, George Washington Bicentennial
Commission, Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, Georgia State Federation of Colored
Women's Clubs, Girl Scouts of America, Huntingdon Club, Red Cross first aid classes, Savannah
Federation of Women's Clubs, War Camp Community Services, Women's Auxiliary to St.
Joseph's Hospital, Women's Auxiliary to the Georgia Medical Association, and Women's
Auxiliary to the Medical Society of Georgia. Gift of Mrs. John Smallbrook Howkins, Jr.,
Savannah, Ga. NUCMC no.MS 83-351.
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Martha Wren Gaines Research Fellowship Collection 2003. Collection. Martha Wren Gaines Research
Fellowship Collection, Special Collections Department, Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA.
Contents: As part of the Georgia Women's Movement Project, an annual Gaines Research
Fellowship is annually awarded to Georgia State University faculty and students who are actively
pursuing research that requires or will benefit from use of the primary source materials in the
Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives and/or the primary and secondary
source materials in the Lucy Hargrett Draper U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (1921-1982)
Research Collections, which are components of the Georgia Women's Movement Project and the
Women's Collections in the University Library Special Collections Department at Georgia State
University./ Martha Wren Gaines (1939-1987), a Georgia native from Thomason, dedicated her
life, personally and professionally, to promoting civil and women's rights in Georgia. Both as a
student at the University of Georgia and as a resident of Atlanta, Ms. Gaines led several civil
rights and women's rights causes. As a compliance officer for MARTA, Martha was responsible
for ensuring that contractors abided by policies, laws, and regulations which guaranteed equality
of opportunity. As an individual, she was a former president of the Georgia affiliation of the
American Civil Liberties Union. She was also a co-founder and former president of the Atlanta
chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW); former Southern Regional Director for
NOW; and a former president of the Georgia chapter of the Abortion Rights Action League. Ms.
Gaines lectured on equal employment opportunities for clients such as the U.S. Civil Service
Commission, U. S. Forestry Commission, U.S. Department of Education, and the University of
Georgia Center for Continuing Education. In addition, she was actively involved in the Girl
Scouts Northwest Georgia Council, the YWCA of Greater Atlanta, ERA Georgia, and the DeKalb
County NAACP. She also served as president of the Colony Square Business and Professional
Women's Club. Unrestricted access. http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/xml/W048.xml.
Reddy Family Papers: Photographs, 1920s-1955 (MS 2161). Collection. Georgia Historical Society.
Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection consists of 3 folders of photographs. The first folder
contains pictures of people and 1 picture of the old Hermitage plantation home (after it was no
longer lived in). The other two folders contain over 80 pictures of ironwork in Savannah. About
half of the ironwork photographs were identified and are in folder 2. The unidentified
photographs of ironwork are in folder 3. In 1943, Anne Reddy gave a slide show presentation on
ironwork in Savannah at a joint meeting of the Savannah Historical Research Association and the
Georgia Historical Society. These photographs may have been taken for this presentation. There
are also 3 boxes and 1 oversized folder of manuscripts in this collection, which are described in
MS 2161.
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Collection. Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout National Center. Savannah, GA.
Contents: Manuscripts relating to Juliette Gordon Low, the history of the Wayne-Gordon House,
and the Gordon family. 3 file drawers
Allen, Louise Richardson, Leila Daughtry Denmark, Laura Whitner Dorsey, Dorothy Felton, Sanders
Bonner, Betty. Foy, and Bazoline Estelle Usher. Collection. Atlanta Town Committee, National
Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Georgia. Atlanta, GA. Contents: he Oral History
Project was initiated by Mrs. Lamar B. (Jane) Peacock during her term as Historian for the
Atlanta Town Committee of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of
Georgia. Five of the six interviews are conducted by Mrs. Peacock; one is conducted by Mrs.
Barry L. Frazier. The following women are interviewed: Louise Richardson Allen, wife of Ivan
Allen, Jr., former Mayor of Atlanta; Leila Daughtry Denmark, the third woman to graduate from
the Medical College of Georgia and creator of a Pertussis vaccine (for Whooping Cough); Laura
Whitner Dorsey, an active volunteer for the Atlanta Junior League and Arts Alliance and cofounder of Gardens for Peace; Dorothy Felton, member of the Georgia State House of
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Representatives; Betty Foy Sanders, wife of Carl Sanders, former Governor of Georgia; and
Bazoline Estelle Usher, former Supervisor of Education for Minority Pupils in the Atlanta Public
Schools and a leader in the integration of the Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia. These six
women were chosen for the project because they "made a difference" in Atlanta. They discuss the
roles they each played in shaping the city, as well as the historical events that affected their lives.
The collection contains original tapes and transcripts of six interviews. The actual tapes are
housed with the Audio Collection.
Anderson Family. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection
consists of three anonymous diaries written from 1869 to 1897 that are presumed to be those of
Nina Anderson, wife of Colonel Edward Clifford Anderson, and her daughter, Nina Anderson
Pape. The two later diaries record Pape's travel through England, France and Germany. Also
included in this collection are an account book for the estate of Edward Maffitt Anderson,
recorded at the time of his death; a receipt book for Mrs. W.F. Godkin from the 1870s; a
signature book inscribed to Sarah "Sallie" Wayne Anderson (b. 1853) from 1869-1876; a folder
of newspaper clippings, 1874-1876; a copy of a letter sent to E.C. Anderson, 1904; an undated
inventory of a part of the collection; and five photographs of soldiers thought to be members of a
German rifle club, the Savannah Schutzen Gessleschaft, at Greenwich Plantation, Savannah, in
1891. The folder containing photographs is noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection
inventory.
Bullard, Elizabeth Millar. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This
collection consists of materials primarily concerning the family genealogy of Elizabeth Millar
Bullard (1861-1941). She was born on March 19 in Columbus, Georgia, the daughter of Horace
Pratt and Julia Silva Bullard. A 1925 graduate of the University of Georgia, Mrs. Bullard married
Bernice Frost Bullard (1854-1916) on December 3, 1891. Mr. Bullard was a prominent dealer in
naval stores in Savannah, in addition to being an organizer of the Atlantic National Bank in
Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Bullard was a prominent philanthropist in Savannah, devoting her
time to a variety of local organizations. She served as a curator of the Georgia Historical Society,
as a member of the board of trustees for Telfair Museum and Art Academy, and was involved in
the Girl Scouts of Savannah, the Poetry Society of Georgia, the Colonial Dames, Georgia Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution, and United Daughters of the Confederacy. The papers are
arranged into two series: genealogical; personal. The genealogical series includes a register of
deaths and burials in Savannah, 1803-1806. Also included in the collection are photographs of
Louisa Young Barry, 1885, and undated images of headstones for the Millar and Bullard families.
The collection contains a typescript of "Register of Deaths and Burials in Savannah, 1803-1806.".
Duncan, Johnston Edith, and Walter Charlton Hartridge. Collection. Georgia Historical Society.
Savannah, GA. Contents: This series consists of Edith Duncan Johnston's personal and business
correspondence, unpublished articles, speeches, subject files, genealogical notes, an unpublished
biography of her sister Eugenia, and an unpublished manuscript on the Campbell family.
Farinholt, Katharine Woltz. Collection. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library; Emory University.
Atlanta, GA. Contents: The collection consists of papers of Katharine Woltz Farinholt from
1930-1984. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, diaries (1926, 1934),
scrapbooks, student papers, and ephemera relating to the Woltz family, education at Gastonia
(N.C.) High School, Agnes Scott College, and Emory University; correspondence, lecture notes
and newspaper clippings, relating to Farinholt's teaching career at Westminster Schools (Atlanta,
Ga.); articles, book reviews and correspondence concerning Farinholt's publications and a copy of
the typescript of her novel, ALEXANDER'S DAUGHTER. The collection also includes
correspondence, notes, and printed material pertaining to Farinholt's volunteer and social
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activities including the Girl Scouts of America, the Colonial Dames, All Saints Episcopal Church
(Atlanta, Ga.); scrapbooks, travel journals, postcards and memorabilia from travels in North
America, Western Europe, and China; correspondence reflecting Farinholt's political interests,
including letters relating to the women's movement; and photographs and certificates relating to
awards Farinholt received. This collection documents Farinholt's interest in education, politics,
and social issues.
Gordon Family. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: The Juliette Low
papers consist of 5 boxes which are arranged in the following categories: personal matters;
financial matters; property, will and estate matters; and Girl Scout matters. The first category,
personal, consists mainly of personal correspondence from 1874-1926. Also included are:
writings by and about Juliette Gordon Low; poetry by or collected by J.G. Low; newspaper
clippings, mostly concerning English friends, collected by J.G. Low; a horoscope and other
miscellaneous material. (Cont.) Financial matters consist of; financial correspondence to and
from and concerning J.G. Low, receipts; cancelled checks; and records of accounts and
investments. (Cont.) Property, will, and estate matters includes legal documents and a few pieces
of correspondence relating to these documents. This material is concerned with the property
settlement between William Mackay Low and Juliette Gordon Low; the will of Juliette Gordon
Low; and papers relating to the estate of J.G. Low. (Cont.) Girl Scout matters consist of:
correspondence from 1912-1926, and undated; speeches relating to Girl Scouts by J.G. Low;
history of the Girl Scouts; legal documents relating to the Girl Scouts; Girl Scout merit badges,
and other insignia; and miscellaneous material relating to the Girl Scouts.
GSUSA Council of Savannah. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This
collection consists of the papers of the Girl Scout Council of Savannah. They provide insight into
the broad range of local, regional, and national programs in which this Council has been involved.
The records range from administrative - annual reports, minutes, financial reports, membership,
correspondence - to the Girl Scout Troop files. Some of the local and national programs include
the Children's Council of Chatham County, Family Service of Savannah, Juliette Low World
Friendship Program, and the National Association of Girl Scout Executives. This collection also
contains information on the Girl Scout day camps administered by the Council: Camp India,
Skidaway Point, Isle of Hope, and Camp Walleila.
———. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection consists of
papers regarding the Geechee Bowl Game. On December 30, 1949, the Girl Scout Council of
Savannah sponsored the Geechee Bowl Football Game. It was hoped to be an annual event, but it
did not succeed. The Jefferson Atlantic Club for Boys of Savannah played the Coastal Carolina
All-Stars. Included are correspondence, a list of daily newspapers in Georgia and South Carolina
and the official releases sent to them, financial papers, and a program from the Bowl.
Heyward, Maude. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: Women's Clubs,
Women's Auxiliary to St. Joseph's Hospital, Huntingdon Club, George Washington Bicentennial
Commission, Girl Scouts of America, Women's Auxiliary to the Georgia Medical Society,
Women's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Georgia, Tallulah Falls Industrial School,
Catholic Women's Club, Red Cross First-Aid Classes, Audubon Society, War Camp Community
Service. Miss Heyward was active in the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America. These
papers are yearbooks, reports, constitutions and by-laws and some miscellaneous papers. Also
included are programs of annual meetings of Georgia State Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs, 1921, 1928, and 1930. As Maude Heyward was a librarian at the Savannah Public Library
and a genealogist for the Colonial Dames of America, these materials are assumed to have been
collected by her.
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Hoxie, W. J. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: Walter John Hoxie was
born in Rochester, New York, graduated from Putnam Free School, served for a short time in the
Astronomical Division of the U.S. Coast Survey, and then became a school teacher. He taught, in
chronological sequence, at Tyng Academy, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts; Bridgewater Normal
School, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Plantation School and the Normal School for Freedmen,
both on Lady's Island, South Carolina; Boston Farm School, Boston harbor, and various other
places in Massachusetts. He removed to Frogmore, South Carolina on St. Helena's Island in 1879,
and to Savannah, Georgia, in 1901, where he lived until 1927. Hoxie then moved to St.
Petersburg, Florida, where he spent the remainder of his life with his daughter. He was a
recognized authority on birds and spent some months in 1888 collecting specimens in Florida for
the U.S. Biological Survey. Hoxie's home near Savannah was at Bona Bella. He formed a nature
group for young girls, many of whom became members of the first Girl Scout troop when it was
organized by Juliette Gordon Low. He wrote the first Girl Scout Handbook, titled "How Girls
Can Help Their County." He has been called the foremost naturalist in the South and wrote over
500 articles for newspapers and magazines. This collection consists of personal correspondence,
articles, clippings, and photographs concerning the Girl Scouts of America, photographs of nature
subjects, some original poems, and a number of glass negatives.
Johnston, Edith Duncan. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This
collection consists primarily of Edith Duncan Johnston's research and writing. There are a few
personal papers, mostly greeting cards sent to her in her later years. The research, notes, and
drafts of The Houstouns of Georgia comprise a large portion of this collection. Johnston compiled
clippings and information about the events following the publication of the book into several
scrapbooks which she titled "The Legend of the Houstouns." The writings also include her
memoirs of the early days in the Girl Scout movement in the United States and various historical
sketches of early Georgians. Johnston also compiled several scrapbooks relating the history of
Savannah, its people, events, and architecture. Also included in the collection are personal and
family photographs, as well as images collected by Johnston for her scrapbooks and her research.
The majority of images are identified. Subject matter includes photographs from trips up the east
Coast and into Florida; photographs of the Savannah Historical Pageant; military encampments;
and Sunday school picnics. Photographs in her scrapbooks include images of buildings in the
Savannah Historic District that are now demolished; photos of Houstoun descendants and the
ancestral home; and photos of Georgia plantations, including Wild Heron and Mulberry Grove.
The photo album of September 1898 includes photos of New Castle and other miscellaneous New
Hampshire locations; Jamaica Island; miscellaneous non-Georgia islands; Johnston family
members; Halifax; Washington, D.C. and Mt. Vernon; Greenwich, Connecticut; photos on board
the ship Kansas City on the return trip; Johnston children playing; 1st Texas and 2nd Louisiana
Regiments and their transport leaving for Havana, December 24, 1898; interior of Christ Church;
views of Savannah; interior views of 217 East Charlton St.; Rome, Ga.; North Carolina; Strathy
Hall, Bryan County, Ga.; Sunday school picnics on Warsaw Island; Charleston, S.C.; Professor
Morton's School for Boys; Chautauqua, N.Y.; circus parade (probably in Chautauqua, N.Y.);
Elizabeth, N.J.; cavalry encampment held at Fair Grounds, July 1903. Identified people include
William and Susie Johnston; Marion Johnston; Sophy Johnston; Delia Bryan Page Johnston;
James and Eugenia Johnston; Emma Walthour; Edith D. Johnston; G.H. King; Saidee H. King;
Mr. Mansfield; Charles B. Capterton; Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Ridgely; Leona Grady and Celia
(nanny); Frances Nightingale; Alice West; Annie Maclean; Gertrude Billington; Sadie Poe;
Josephine Weed; Garrard Haines; Moultrie Lee; Sarah Richards; Mrs. Guy Howard; Dr.
Lawrence Lee; Clifford West. Some photographs are included throughout the collection (box 2,
folders 5, 7, 9; box 3, folders 5, 6, 10, box 4, folders 1-2; box 5, folders 2, 3, 10; box 6, folders 1,
3-6); box 7, folders 1, 2, 4, 5). Two boxes containing photographs only are noted as "VM" (visual
materials) in the collection inventory.
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———. Collection. Georgia Historical Society Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection contains the
visual material content from the Edith Duncan Johnston manuscript collection (MS 433). The
collection consists of personal and family photographs as well as images collected by EDJ for her
scrapbooks and her research. The majority of images are identified. Subject matter includes
photographs from trips up the East Coast and into Florida; photographs of the Savannah
Historical Pageant; military encampments; and Sunday School picnics. Photographs in her
scrapbooks include images of buildings in the Savannah Historical District that are now
demolished; photos of Houstoun descendants and the ancestral home; and photos of Georgia
plantations (including Wild Heron and Mulberry Grove). Please note that many photographs are
pasted in the scrapbooks. Therefore, the images located in the scrapbooks are described
separately--at the end of this collection description. Located in the portrait collection (AW 1361)
are portraits of her ancestors, William Houstoun and John Houston, donated by EDJ.
———. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: The collection includes EDJ's
personal and business correspondence, unpublished writings, speeches, background notes and
subject files; genealogical research, an unpublished biography of her sister Eugenia, and an
unpublished manuscript on the Campbell family. Most of the materials are arranged
chronologically; subject files are alphabetical. Edith Duncan Johnston (1878-1963) was a
daughter of James Houstoun Johnston and Eugenia Cunningham Duncan of Savannah. For many
years she was publicity director for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, and she was the first
national secretary of the Girl Scouts in Washington, D.C. She was a writer and historian; her
major publications included editing the Kollock family letters and writing, The Houstouns of
Georgia.
Low, Juliette Gordon. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: The Juliette Low
papers consist of 5 boxes which are arranged in the following categories: personal matters;
financial matters; property, will and estate matters; and Girl Scout matters. The first category,
personal, consists mainly of personal correspondence from 1874-1926. Also included are:
writings by and about Juliette Gordon Low; poetry by or collected by J.G. Low; newspaper
clippings, mostly concerning English friends, collected by J.G. Low; a horoscope and other
miscellaneous material. Financial matters consist of; financial correspondence to and from and
concerning J.G. Low, receipts; cancelled checks; and records of accounts and investments.
Property, will, and estate matters includes legal documents and a few pieces of correspondence
relating to these documents. This material is concerned with the property settlement between
William Mackay Low and Juliette Gordon Low; the will of Juliette Gordon Low; and papers
relating to the estate of J.G. Low. Girl Scout matters consist of: correspondence from 1912-1926,
and undated; speeches relating to Girl Scouts by J.G. Low; history of the Girl Scouts; legal
documents relating to the Girl Scouts; Girl Scout merit badges, and other insignia; and
miscellaneous material relating to the Girl Scouts.
———. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection consists of one
letter dated April 17, 1923 from Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low to Mr. Robinson of the Park and Tree
Commission, in which she asks him to come look at an ailing magnolia tree on her property.
Pape, Nina Anderson. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection
consists of three anonymous diaries written from 1869 to 1897 that are presumed to be those of
Nina Anderson, wife of Colonel Edward Clifford Anderson, and her daughter, Nina Anderson
Pape. The two later diaries record Pape's travel through England, France and Germany. Pape took
an active part in the founding of the Girl Scouts in Savannah and was associated with that
organization in several capacities for many years. She was nationally recognized as an
outstanding educator and belonged to many national organizations in the field. She was an active
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member in several philanthropic, cultural, and social organizations in Savannah. Her brother was
Edward Maffitt Anderson (1843-1923). Also included in this collection are an account book for
the estate of Edward Maffitt Anderson, recorded at the time of his death; a receipt book for Mrs.
W.F. Godkin from the 1870s; a signature book inscribed to Sarah "Sallie" Wayne Anderson (b.
1853) from 1869-1876; a folder of newspaper clippings, 1874-1876; a copy of a letter sent to E.C.
Anderson, 1904; an undated inventory of a part of the collection; and five photographs of soldiers
thought to be members of a German rifle club, the Savannah Schutzen Gessleschaft, at Greenwich
Plantation, Savannah, in 1891. The folder containing photographs is noted as "VM" (visual
materials) in the collection inventory.
———. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA. Contents: This collection consists of
personal papers, travel diaries, postcards, and an address book belonging to Nina Anderson Pape.
Included are her European travel diaries, 1906-1924, her personal diaries including some
information on Pape School and the early history of the Girl Scouts, and meeting notes from
educators meetings in New York and Ohio. Also in the collection is a diary of Edward C.
Anderson (Nina Pape's father), 1857-1860, containing notes on planting, household accounts, and
plantation information.
Reddy, Marie Elizabeth, and Anne Louise Reddy. Collection. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, GA.
Contents: This collection consists of various papers of Anne and Marie Reddy. The collection
contains correspondence, notes, programs, invitations, certificates, membership cards, news
clippings, and some materials from the various organizations that these women were involved in.
There is a large group of materials pertaining to the Savannah Audubon Society, including
minutes and financial information. There is also material on the Girl Scouts, the Poetry Society,
United Daughters of the Confederacy - Savannah Chapter, Society of Mayflower Descendants,
and Magna Charta Dames. The various organizations include Colonial Order of the Crown,
American Association of University Women, Plantagenet Society, Society of Descendants of
Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Huntington Club, Daughters of the American
Revolution - Bonaventure Chapter, Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent,
Kappa Delta Pi - Kappa Chapter, Project Head Start, Alpha Delta Kappa - Epsilon Chapter, Order
of Washington, and Association of Childhood Education. The programs and invitations file
includes programs from the dedication of the carving on Stone Mountain, annual dinners of the
Revolutionary Battle Park, and Georgia Day as well as wedding invitations. Most of the material
dates from the 1940s-1950s. The oversized folder contains certificates. There is a 1916 certificate
to Anne from the Savannah Normal School of Play and Physical Training, a 1925 certificate of
membership to Marie for the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bonaventure Chapter, and
two certificates of membership to Anne and Marie for the Huguenot Society of South Carolina,
dated 1971. Marie's diploma from the University of Georgia (1935) is also in this folder. This
collection consists of 3 folders of photographs. The first folder contains pictures of people and 1
picture of the old Hermitage plantation home (after it was no longer lived in). The other two
folders contain over 80 pictures of ironwork in Savannah. About half of the ironwork
photographs were identified and are in folder 2. The unidentified photographs of ironwork are in
folder 3. In 1943, Anne Reddy gave a slide show presentation on ironwork in Savannah at a joint
meeting of the Savannah Historical Research Association and the Georgia Historical Society.
These photographs may have been taken for this presentation. The folders containing photographs
are noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory.
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Iowa
United Way of Johnson County records, 1970-1995 (R82). Special Collections, State Historical Society of
Iowa. Iowa City, IA. Contents: Executive committee meeting minutes (1984-85), funding
requests (1982-1990), fundraising campaign materials (1981-82), newspaper clippings and press
releases (1971-1995). Agencies in this collection with funding requests include: Community
Coordinated Child Care (4Cs), Association of Retarded Citizens, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
Hawkeye Council of Boy Scouts of America, Dental Services for Indigent Children, Domestic
Violence Intervention Program, Elder Services, Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse
(MECCA), Pals, Rape Victim Advocacy Program, Salvation Army, Red Cross, School Children's
Aid, United Action for Youth, Visiting Nurse Association, Willowcreek Neighborhood Center,
Youth Homes, Inc., Free Medical Clinic, Geriatric Mobile Unit, Girl Scouts of the Mississippi
Valley Council, Goodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa, Handicare, Hawkeye Are Community
Action Program Head Start, Hillcrest Family Services, Independent Living, Crisis Center, Iowa
Legal Aid and Lutheran Social Service of Iowa.
Bergeson, Rollo. Collection. Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. Ames, IA.
Contents: The collection documents the creation of Living History Farms and its predecessor, a
project Bergeson called Interstate Farms. It includes legal documents; correspondence with
various investors and participants, including Iowa State University professor and politician
William G. Murray; conceptual sketches for Interstate Farms; and newspaper clippings. It also
contains descriptions of the various efforts undertaken to purchase the land for Living History
Farms. The collection also includes photographs of the site and of Bergeson and Murray together.
Also included is information about land the Bergeson donated to the Girl Scouts.
Bowman, Gertrude L. Papers, 1914-1967. Historical Materials, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and
Museum. West Branch, IA. Contents: Close friend and assistant to Lou Henry Hoover, Girl Scout
leader and executrix of the estate of Lou Henry Hoover. The collection is comprised of 4 folders
(½ box) of correspondence, Xerox copies of selected scrapbook items, and clippings. The
correspondence largely concerns the Herbert Hoover house at 2300 S Street No. W., Washington,
D. C., and the "Little House," it a structure operated by the Girl Scouts of America. The principal
correspondent is Lou Henry Hoover. Correspondence inclusive dates are 1925 - 1939, the Xerox
copies of selected scrapbook items inclusive dates are 1914-1955, and the clippings inclusive
dates are 1930-1965.
Brigham, Margaret Hoover, and Gertrude L. Bowman. Collection, 1910-1983 (bulk 1925-1965).
Historical Materials, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. West Branch, IA.
Contents: Although this collection was donated by Margaret Hoover Brigham, oldest grandchild
of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover, it was, in the main, generated by Gertrude Bowman, a family
friend and co-executor of Mrs. Hoover's Washington, D.C. estate. Mrs. Bowman was active in the
Girl Scout movement while serving as an unofficial secretary and general factotum to Lou Henry
Hoover. Of interest to researchers are documents giving an account by Mrs. Bowman of Lou
Henry Hoover's funeral service in New York, the administration of the Hoover home at 2300 S
Street in Washington, and the settlement of Mrs. Hoover's estate. Also of reference value are
clippings and other printed materials and a limited amount of correspondence with Herbert
Hoover, Jr., his brother Allan, and their father, Herbert Hoover.
Hoover, Herbert. Belgian-American Educational Foundation Papers, 1920-1964. Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library and Museum. West Branch, IA. Contents: Correspondence, memoranda,
reports, minutes of meetings, financial reports, clippings and printed materials relating to the
educational programs of: the BAEF, the American Child Health Association, the American Relief
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Administration, the Belgian child health project, the Better Homes in America movement, the
Commission for Relief in Belgium, the Hoover Institution, and the U.S. Food Administration.
Also included are files concerning the annual meetings and benevolence fund of the CRB/ARA
Association. These files occasionally provide important glimpses into the inner workings of the
CRB, the U.S. Food Administration and the ARA, especially the Russian relief effort of 1921-23
which was conducted by the ARA. Child welfare organizations in both countries have benefitted
extensively from grants made by the BAEF and its sister organization in Belgium. These have
included programs as diverse as the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, the Women's Division of the
National Amateur Athletic Federation, the Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA), the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, underwriting for White House conferences on child
health and home ownership during the Hoover administration, and support for the programs of
the American Child Health Association and the Better Homes in America movement. Other
projects have included funding for the rebuilding of Belgian university libraries destroyed in
World War I, food relief packages for Belgian intellectuals during World War II, and a Belgian
child health project in the middle 1920's, focused on dental hygiene, which brought Belgian
teachers to the U.S. for in-service training.
Hoover, Lou Henry. Papers. Historical Materials, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.
West Branch, IA. Contents: Born in Waterloo, Iowa in 1874, six months before her future
husband, Lou Henry grew up as somewhat of a tomboy. Her father Charles Henry actively
encouraged this, frequently taking her hiking and fishing. Later she would fondly recall that her
intense commitment to the Girl Scout movement really began "when my father took me hunting,
fishing and hiking in the mountains. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had.
When I learned of the movement I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have."
Mrs. Hoover's contributions to the growth of the Girl Scout movement included several terms as
President, Honorary President and as a national board member. Her papers provide new details,
revealing her enormous success as a fund-raiser and the impact of her sage counsel and influence
in the movement. Her scouting files, which comprise a major portion of the Girl Scouts and Other
Organizations series, are supplemented by copies of numerous speeches and articles on the Girl
Scout philosophy contained in the Subject File series. An interest in wholesome outdoor activities
for women and girls is also reflected in Mrs. Hoover's involvement as President of the Women's
Division of the National Amateur Athletic Federation from its inception in 1923 until its merger
with the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation in l939. Extensive
files concerning the NAAF's philosophical bases and the development of its program may be
found in the Girl Scouts and Other Organizations series.
Travel Club. Records 1917-1970. Winneshiek County Historical Society Collection, Luther College
Library. Decorah, IA. Contents: This club, organized in 1917 and still meeting today (1977) was
formed to study all the countries of the world, through book reviews, oral reports, speakers, etc.
They meet every two weeks, and are limited to 22 members. The records include minutes, annual
reports, lists of members, a few newspaper clippings, and year books. The group also takes short
trips to nearby historical sites and supports the Public Library of Decorah, and the Girl Scouts.
Idaho
GSUSA Troop 419 (Boise). Papers, 1988. Library & Archives, Idaho State Historical Society. Boise, ID.
Contents: Contents assembled as a time capsule by Girl Scout Troop 419, in 1988. Includes
letters, posters, maps, recipes, magazines, post cards, newsletters, photographs, receipts, and other
items.
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Illinois
Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Collection. East Chicago Public Library. East Chicago, IL.
Contents: Black and white photographs which include: groundbreaking and dedication of Girl
Scout Little House in Tod Park, 1938; parades; Camp Apple Acres; troop leaders, board
members, group photographs and award ceremonies; day camp. (OCLC: 25224673).
Parks and Memorials Division Scrapbooks, 1943-1953 (Record Series 244.023). Collection. Illinois
Department of Conservation, Illinois State Archives. Springfield, IL. Contents: Scrapbooks
contain newspaper and magazine articles on issues pertaining to state parks and memorials.
Subjects include land acquisition; publicity; special programs; improvements; maintenance;
historical backgrounds; recreational facilities; private organization; participation; military training
use; flooding; operation hours; reforestation; Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities; donations;
youth camps; fire damage; vandalism; and accidents.
Camp Fire Girls, Y.W.C.A. Girl Reserves and Girl Scouts Join with the Girl's Club of Chicago's
Settlements in This Log Cabin on the Lake Front: A Part of the Social Work Exhibit at a Century
of Progress. Collection. Lake County Discovery Museum. Wauconda, IL.
http://www.digitalpast.org/u?/lakecoun002,3245
Council of Lutheran Church Men. Collection. Library of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
Lutheran Center. Chicago, IL. Contents: This collection consists of correspondence, minutes,
publications, photographs, and reports emanating from and relating to the National Lutheran
Committee on Scouting. Also included is documentation regarding the various awards
administered by the NLCS. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. It includes letters both
sent to and received by officers of the NLCS. The early correspondence (1940s) is mainly by S.H.
Holstad, an active member of the NLCS. Correspondents include the Boy Scouts of America,
Brotherhood organizations of individual synods and church bodies, the Walther League,
Augustana Book Concern, Protestant Committee on Scouting, General Mills, Inc., the National
Lutheran Council, Girl Scouts of America, and Camp Fire Girls. The minutes are arranged
chronologically and contain minutes of the NLCS Executive Committee as well as some minutes
of the Awards sub-committee, Chaplaincy Service Committee, Committee on Relations, and the
Ways and Means Committee. The Awards sub-committee administered the Pro Deo et Patria
Award and the Lamb Award. Publications of the NLCS include Lutheran Scouting Briefs, a bimonthly newsletter that listed events, news, and award presentations of Lutheran Scouting
organizations throughout the United States. Other publications include The Scout Chaplain, a
manual for pastors serving in summer Boy Scout Camps; Scouting in the Lutheran Church, a
manual for Lutheran congregations; and various pamphlets. Publications found in this collection
but not produced by the NLCS include the Chaplain's Guide in Scout Camps, written under the
auspices of the Boy Scouts of America. The photographs are of CLCM and NLCS members. The
reports are miscellaneous pieces not included in the minutes.
Dinger, Ralph E., Edith Bayer, and Lutheran Council in the USA. Division of Mission Ministry.
Department of National Youth Agency. Collection. Library, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. Chicago, IL. Contents: Department of National Youth Agency Relationships
correspondence files (1964-1987) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, Department
evaluations, award winner lists, brochures, newsletters, and publications regarding the activities
of the Department, its predecessor Office, and its successor program Youth Agency Relationships
(YAR), in administering religious emblem programs in civic youth-serving agencies and
coordinating efforts between these agencies and the Lutheran Council in the USA's (LCUSA)
church bodies. Civic youth-serving agencies in which the Department was involved included Boy
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Scouts and Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, 4-H clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Future
Farmers and Future Homemakers of America, and the American Red Cross. Specific programs
administered by the. Department included the God-Home-Country program, and the Pro Deo et
Patria program for Lutheran Boy Scouts and Explorers (both replaced by a Lutheran Living Faith
program in 1983), and the Lamb Award. Correspondents include Department Director Ralph E.
Dinger; Secretary to the Director Edith Bayer; National Lutheran Association of Scouters
officials; LCUSA and Division of Mission and Ministry staff; LCUSA church body youth boards
and parish services departments; Programs of Religious Activities with Youth (PRAY) leaders;
civic youth-serving agency officials; Lutheran Brotherhood officials; and youth involved in the
programs.
Gabbert, Charles T., and Wave E. Bowers Gabbert. Collection. Illinois State Historical Library.
Springfield. IL Contents: Reports, yearbooks, programs, certificates, newspaper clippings, and
financial, curriculum, and grading data concerning East Alton School District, East Alton
Woman's Club, and Alton-Wood River Area Council of Girl Scouts.
GSUSA Council of Evanston (IL). Collection. Evanston Historical Society. Evanston, IL. Contents:
Began 1918; officially organized 1920. Chiefly Evanston Girl Scout Council records (1928-1968)
including meeting minutes, constitution and by-laws, and charter information, annual and
financial records (1929-1972) including reports, personnel salaries, and statistics, special events
records (1945-1967) including meeting minutes, publicity, and reports, Camp Windego records
(1908-1963) including blue prints, correspondence, land records, and reports, and general records
(1918-1988) including radio transcripts, information, songs, publications, histories, roster, and a
scrapbook.
———. Collection. Evanston Historical Society. Evanston, IL. Contents: Began 1918; officially
organized 1920. Chiefly Evanston Girl Scout Council records (1928-1968) including meeting
minutes, constitution and by-laws, and charter information, annual and financial records (19291972) including reports, personnel salaries, and statistics, special events records (1945-1967)
including meeting minutes, publicity, and reports, Camp Windego records (1908-1963) including
blue prints, correspondence, land records, and reports, and general records (1918-1988) including
radio transcripts, information, songs, publications, histories, roster, and a scrapbook. Finding aid
in the repository. Arranged chronologically under subjects. LC control no.2002552114.
Illinois Department of Conservation. Collection. Record Series 244.023, Illinois Dept. of Conservation,
Parks and Memorials Division Scrapbooks, Illinois State Archives. Springfield, IL. Contents:
Scrapbooks contain newspaper and magazine articles on issues pertaining to state parks and
memorials. Subjects include land acquisition; publicity; special programs; improvements;
maintenance; historical backgrounds; recreational facilities; private organization; participation;
military training use; flooding; operation hours; reforestation; Boy Scout and Girl Scout
activities; donations; youth camps; fire damage; vandalism; and accidents.
Illinois Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Collection. Illinois State Board of Education,
Photographs, Illinois State Archives. Springfield, IL. Contents: Photographs depict school
pageants; monuments and buildings; scouting activities; state teacher school activities and
buildings; Lincoln State School; State School for the Deaf and Blind; Soldiers' Orphans Home;
and St. Charles School for Boys buildings and activities.
Peeney, Georgiana. Collection. Evanston Historical Society. Evanston, IL. Contents: Correspondence,
master thesis, personal notes, Girl Scout troop book, and sketches. Other persons represented
include Peeney's father and sister respectively, Edward A. Peeney and Ruth Peeney.
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Indiana
Butler Troop, Campus Girl Scouts, 1969-1977: a collection of programs, lists, financial records, and
miscellanea. Butler University Archives, Irwin Library. Indianapolis, IN. Contents: Maintained as
a collection; related materials may be added. Contains some materials about other Girl Scout
activities in Indianapolis.
GSUSA Council of Raintree (IN). Records. University Libraries, University of Evansville. Evansville,
IN. Contents: Minutes, reports, historic papers, ledgers and journals, leaders' materials, and
material on Girl Scout activities and public relations, of a council for six counties in southwestern
Indiana. Gift of the council, 1976. NUCMC no.MS 78-754
Indianapolis Foundation. Collection. Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, IUPUI University
Library, Indiana University Purdue University. Indianapolis, IN. Contents: The Indianapolis
Foundation was created in 1916 by the resolution of three financial institutions, the Fletcher Trust
Company, Indiana Trust Company, and Union Trust Company. It was officially introduced as one
of the first community foundations in the United States in the January 5, 1916, edition of the
Indianapolis Star. According to the resolution, income from the Indianapolis Foundation would
"be dispersed by said companies on the written order of a board of trustees for such charitable
uses as well in its judgment promote the welfare of persons now or hereafter residing in
Indianapolis, Indiana." The foundation began making grants in 1924 and today continues to give
to Indianapolis organizations to help improve the quality of life in the city. Camp Fire Boys and
Girls, 1929-1984 and Camp Fire Girls, 1929-1979.; Boy Scouts Central Indiana, 1983-1984,
Correspondence, 1953-1971, Grant Requests, 1976-1978, Inner City, 1973, Less Chance and
Mid-Town Areas, 1951-1959, Machine Bookkeeping, 1972, Medical Services, 1935, Offset
Press, 1962-1970, Photographs, ca. 1950s, Reservation, 1937-1964, Reservation (oversized), ca.
1950s, OV4 Training, 1972, Youth Congress, 1970-1971.; Girl Scouts Grant Requests, 19291984, Grant Requests, 1965 (oversized), Photographs, 1967.
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/philcoll/coll/mss049.html
Oram, Harold L. The Harold L. Oram papers and records of the Oram Group, Inc., 1939-1991. Ruth
Lilly Special Collections and Archives, Indiana University-Purdue University. Indianapolis, IN.
Contents: The collection consists primarily of client files. Contents of the nearly 300 files vary
from a single document to several boxes of material. The documents include financial reports,
newspaper articles, brochures, correspondence, contracts, and direct mail samples. The collection
also has a number of campaign feasibility studies, internal company records, and some of Harold
Oram's personal papers. His clients included the Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign, the
Committee to Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, the
National Sharecroppers Fund, Volunteers for Adlai Stevenson, the Republic of South Vietnam,
the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, the NAACP/Legal Defense Fund, the National
Urban League, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Planned Parenthood, the Hampton
Institute, Howard University, Morehouse College of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, MEDICO, and the American Research Hospital in Poland.
Kansas
Bakkum, Glann. Collection of Urban Sociology Papers, 1929-1934. Special Collections, Library, Wichita
State University. Wichita, KS. Contents: This collection contains the term Dr. Glenn Bakkum's
Urban Sociology classes from 1929 to 1934 at the University of Wichita. These papers deal with
different social institutions in the Wichita area and provide data about the early history of Wichita
and the University of Wichita. NIDS microfiche no.3.215.18
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GSUSA Council of Vallehi. Vallehi Girl Scout Council records, 1958-1959 (RH MS P638). Kansas
Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas. Lawrence, KS. Contents:
This collection contains financial reports and material relating to the dedication of Ar-ca-loo-ka
cabin at Hidden Valley Girl Scout Campsite, Lawrence, KS.
GSUSA Council of Wichita Area (KS). Scrapbook Collection. Special Collections, Library, Wichita State
University. Wichita, KS. Contents: This collection includes newspaper clippings, flyers,
photographs and correspondence describing activities of the Wichita Area Girl Scouts from 1949
to 1986. The first troop in Wichita was organized in 1921, and by 1925, the Wichita Girl Scout
Council was formed, directing the activities of the many troops in the city. In the 1950s the
Council expanded its region to include all troops in Sedgwick County, changing its name to the
Wichita Area Girl Scout Council.
———. Wichita Area Girl Scouts scrapbook collection. Special Collections and University Archives,
Wichita State University Libraries. Wichita, KS. Contents: This collection describes activities of
the Wichita Area Girl Scouts from 1949-1986. There are gaps in the collection, as it appears that
scrapbooks were not created by the organization each year.
http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/94-12/94-12-a.html
Hill, Erica. Girl Scout Oral History project: Interviews cover scouting in the 1930s-1950s (RH MS P643).
Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas. Lawrence, KS.
Contents: Erica Hill completed this Girl Scout oral history project in the summer of 1996 and was
given the highest scout honor, the Gold Award, for her work. The project includes 3 interviews
with former scouts and their reminiscences of scouting from the 1930s-1950s. There are 3
interviews in this oral history. The interviewees are: Mary Lou Warner, Eugenia Reardon and
Marguerite Lockwood. The project also includes some photographs and photocopies of clippings
and other pages of a Girl Scout "Memory Book".
Soroptimist Club (Wichita, KS). Archives of the Soroptimist Club. Special Collections, Library, Wichita
State University. Wichita, KS. Contents: An organization with the purpose of advancing the
status of women, the Soroptimists chartered its Wichita branch in 1936. In the years since, the
club has been active in the community with its sponsorship of and involvement with civic
enterprises such as Junior Achievement, Wichita Symphony, public television, and the Girl
Scouts. This collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, publications, minutes of board and
business meetings, and other business records.
Kentucky
Scrapbooks, 1900-1956. Kentucky Library Reading Room, Western Kentucky University. Bowling
Green, KY. Contents: These clippings and other mementos concern a variety of subjects, such as
the 1937 flood, the Floyd Collins tragedy, church activities, politics, and the Girl Scouts. Many
personal scrapbooks are included.
Hartman, Margaret Strebel. Margaret Strebel Hartman papers, ca. 1962. Special Collections, William T.
Young Library, UIniversity of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. Contents: These materials consist of a
printed copy of LA GRANDE TOUR OF LA BELLE RIVERE and a typescript of
TRADESMEN IN NEWPORT, 1839-40. Both were written by Mrs. Hartman in about 1962. LA
GRANDE TOUR ... was apparently written as a script to be presented aloud during a tour of
historic sites in Kentucky planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America.
The tour, which at the beginning closely followed the route of the Ohio River, included Point
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Pleasant, Ohio, and Maysville, Washington, Campbell Mountain, Blue Licks State Park, Paris,
Lexington, Frankfort, and Carrollton in Kentucky. The script gives background information on
the various sites to be visited. TRADESMEN IN NEWPORT relates the early history of Newport,
Ky., including the laying out of the town and information on early settlers and tradesmen. It
contains an alphabetical list of the residents of Newport taken from the 1839-40 CINCINNATI
AND COVINGTON DIRECTORY.
Taylor, Mable French. Papers, 1880-1960 (bulk 1949-1952). Somerset Community College Library.
Somerset, KY. Contents: These photographs, newsclippings, and correspondence deal with
Burnside and the surrounding area. Included are photographs of Old Burnside, named for General
Ambrose Burnside, whose Union troops headquartered in the town during the Civil War. Old
Burnside was destroyed in 1950, when Wolf Creek Dam and Lake Cumberland were constructed,
and Burnside residents relocated on higher ground. Many of the photographs deal with the
relocation. Articles dealing with the local Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, the Daughters
of the American Revolution, the Boy and Girl Scouts, tourism, and Kentucky Wesleyan
University of Old Burnside are also present. Original photographs, correspondence, and
newsclippings from the LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL AND TIMES, Somerset's
COMMONWEALTH JOURNAL, and the LEXINGTON LEADER are present. A deed book
(1946 - 1955) is also included.
Walls, Murray B. Atkins. Papers, 1866-1980. University Archives and Records Center, Ekstrom Library,
University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. Contents: The Murray B. Atkins Walls, 1866-1980,
papers mainly document her career as a leader in the struggle for integrated facilities, open
housing and civil rights in Louisville, Kentucky from the mid-1930's through the 1970's. Less
fully-documented is the life and career of her husband, Dr. John H. Walls, a black physician who
practiced in Louisville for over 50 years, who was also very active in the cause of civil rights. The
papers also include a small series on the Atkins family and Mrs. Walls' father Dr. Calvin R.
Atkins, a prominent physician in Indianapolis during the period 1898 to 1923. NIDS microfiche
no.4.16.156
Massachusetts
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest Collection, 1946-2000. Collection. Concord Free Public Library.
Concord, MA. Contents: Collection consists of three scrapbooks: 1946-1947, 1948-1950, 1951,
and two folders of loose materials. 1946-1947 scrapbook: Includes items relating to the Concord
Division of the Greater Boston Community Fund (1946) and to the Concord Community Chest
(1947). Contains: brochures, 8 x 10 glossy prints, news releases, bulletins, flyers, letters to
participants, and newspaper clippings related to the Concord Community Chest. 1948-1950
scrapbook: Primarily newspaper clippings related to Concord Community Chest. Also two 8x10
glossy prints, 1948 Fund Campaign brochure, other ephemera. 1951 scrapbook: Newspaper
clippings related to Concord Community Chest. Loose materials related to Concord Community
Chest and Concord-Carlisle Community Chest: brochures, 1967-2000; newsletters, 1991-1999;
appeal letters, 1990 and 1991; donation receipts, 1987-88; campaign reports, 1993-1994 through
1999-2000 (1998 not included).
http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/Fin_Aids/cccc.html.
Newton History Collection: Waban Historical Collection. Collection. Newton Free Library. Newton, MA.
Waltham Museums and Historical Organizations Collection. Collection. Special Collections series,
Waltham Public Library. Waltham, MA. Contents: By-laws, newsletter, brochures, flyers,
publications, unpublished papers, and other materials, relating to various historical organizations
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in Waltham, Mass. Organizations represented include Charles River Museum of Industry, Girl
Scout Museum, Gore Place, Lyman Estate, New England Country Music Historical Society
(Watertown), Waltham Historical Commission, Waltham Museum, and Waltham Historical
Society.
http://www.waltham.lib.ma.us/Waltham%20Room/Record%20Groups/architecture.html#Museu
ms
Lincoln Scrapbook Collection. Collection. Lincoln Public Library. Lincoln, MA. Contents: Scrapbooks
(11 v.) compiled by William F. Wheeler and others and the Lincoln Public Library, chiefly
general in nature, including clippings and photographs.; Content is mixed and includes local
history and genealogy, Lincoln Girl Scouts, Decordova Museum, Lincoln Players, social
activities and meetings, schools, and historic buildings. Persons represented include members of
the Abbott, Adams, and Bemis families. Additional and related records deposited in the
repository. Finding aid in the repository. LC control no.2004568491.
Ackerman, Caroline Iverson. Collection. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Cambridge, MA. Contents: Collection includes correspondence, flight logs, photographs,
articles, clippings, scrapbooks, videotapes, etc.
Arnold, Sarah Louise, and Rachel Arnold Hefler. Collection. Simmons College Archives. Boston, MA.
Contents: Sarah Louise Arnold (SLA), educator and administrator, authored books and articles on
home economics, English, phonetics and teaching. The collection documents primarily SLA's
term as superintendent of the primary schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1888-1894) through
her administration of the Boston, Massachusetts primary schools (1894-1902). The collection also
contains limited materials covering SLA's administration as Dean and Director of the School of
Household Economics at Simmons College (1902-1920), the years she worked for the U.S. Food
Administration (1917-1920), her presidency of the Girl Scouts (1925), and her time as a member
of the Board of Governors of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (1902-1924). Types
of documents in the collection include clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, some
writings by SLA, a travel diary of SLA's trip to Europe, and a thesis on SLA by her niece (Rachel
Arnold Hefler, 1954). SLA occasioally published under the pseudonym Susan Hall. inding aid
available in College Archives and published in National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the
United States, Microfiche 4.108.2.
Bryant, Louise Frances (Stevens). Collection. Sophia Smith Collection, William Allan Neilson Library,
Smith College. Northampton, MA. Contents: Social welfare and public health worker.
Correspondence, documents, reports, articles, and printed records relating to Mrs. Bryant's work
in child health and school feeding programs for the Russell Sage Foundation, as a lecturer in the
pschology of social work at the University of Pennsylvania, as a criminal probation officer, with
retarded children, as a medical editor, and work with the Girl Scouts, the United Hospital Fund,
the National Committee on Maternal Health, and the American Association of University
Women. Includes papers relating to her personal life and a typescript and privately printed copy
of Bequest from a life; a biography of Louise Stevens Bryant (1963) by Lura Beam. Card catalog
and unpublished inventory in the library. Open to investigators under restrictions accepted by the
library. Information on literary rights available in the library. Gift of Miss Lura Beam, Bronxville,
N. Y., 1962. NUCMC no.MS 67-547.
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Bunker, Mary Hawthorne White. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of
Women, Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Mary Hawthorne
White Bunker grew up in Needham, MA, graduated from Radcliffe (A.B. 1894), and married
Clarence Alfred Bunker, an attorney, in 1897. She was active in clubs in Wellesley, MA, and in
the Girl Scouts. Daily entries in Bunker's diaries describe her teenage years, avocation for tennis,
college studies, and married life.
Chamberlin, Mary H., and History of the Concord Girl Scout Community House. Collection. Concord
Scout House, Inc. Concord, MA. Contents: Includes programs for dramatic production by the
Girl Scouts, annual report (1946-1947), notices, coloring book, History of the Concord Girl Scout
Community House (by Mary H. Chamberlin), and 1982 plans by Wayne Perry of Girl Scout
Community House.
Friedan, Betty. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, Radcliffe
College, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Collection includes personal and
professional correspondence, photographs, clippings by and about Friedan, drafts of The Second
Stage (1981) and The Fountain of Age (1993), revisions for the 20th anniversary edition of The
Feminine Mystique (1983) and It Changed My Life (1985), speeches, lectures, teaching material,
research notes, and records from Friedan's involvement with a number of organizations. Also
included are audio and videotapes. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00060.
GSUSA Council of Massachusetts. Collection. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Schlesinger
Library, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Minutes, reports, and other records of
the State Camp Committee (1921-49), Camping Dept. (1923-41), Metropolitan, Eastern, and
Western Divisions (1926-36), Eastern Division Field Committee (1926-35), and Local Directors'
Association (1926-34); correspondence, reports, biographical material, photos, and other papers,
of leaders Sarah Louise Arnold, Anna Choate, Mrs. Carl Dennett, Augusta B. Hartt, Gertrude
Allisder Perkins, and Helen Storrow; and letters from and articles about Lou (Henry) Hoover,
national Girl Scout president, 1922-25, 1935-37. Unpublished finding aid in the repository. Gift,
1975. NUCMC no.MS 79-1938.
———. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Harvard University.
Cambridge, MA. Contents: The Massachusetts Council of the Girl Scouts of America was
formed in 1916. In 1919 it was incorporated and divided into 3 regional divisions. Activities
included leadership training, camping, health education, and volunteer work. Minutes of annual
meetings and of executive board meetings, reports, photos, and other records for the metropolitan,
eastern, and western divisions of the Massachusetts Girl Scouts; camping department records;
minutes, reports, and financial records of the Massachusetts state camp committee; minutes and
reports of the Eastern Division Field Committee; and minutes of the Local Directors’ Association.
Also included are correspondence, speeches, reports, and biographical information by and about
Massachusetts Scout leaders Sarah Louise Arnold, Augusta Batchelder Hartt, Lou (Henry)
Hoover, and Helen Osborne Storrow. There are few records prior to 1921.
Finding aid: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00725.
Gulick Family. Collection. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library Cambridge, MA. Contents:
Records of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, including personal
papers and photographs of individuals and organizations associated with it. WIthin this collection
is a collecton of daries and photographs (1861-ca. 1930) of the Gulick family. Includes diaries
and notebooks of Luther H. Gulick; photographs of him, Sidney L. Gulick, and others of the
family; and photographs of "eminent Japanese," some inscribed to Sidney L. Gulick. For the main
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collection of Gulick family papers see part IV of the finding aid for this collection.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01467.
Holmes, Sarah Arny. Collection. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections. South
Hadley, MA. Contents: The Sarah Arny Holmes Papers include correspondence, biographical
information, and photographs. The correspondence includes twenty letters written between 1924
and 1928 addressed to her family in Montclair, New Jersey. The letters discuss her life as a
student at Mount Holyoke College. They include descriptions of traditions such as Big Sisters, the
hazing of freshmen, Mountain Day celebrations, Junior Prom, and Faculty Show. The letters also
describe lectures, trips off campus, parties, picnics, and conferences with faculty members. The
biographical information includes a wedding announcement and an "at home" card dating from
1935. The two photographs in the collection include one from her senior year in high school, ca.
1924, and one from her senior year at Mount Holyoke College, 1928.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/library/arch/col/mso714r.htm
MacLean, Corinne C., and John C. MacLean. Collection. Archives/Special Collections of the Lincoln
Public Library. Lincoln, MA. Contents: Clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other materials
relating to Lincoln Girl Scouts, ca. 1950s: scrapbook of mixed items. http://www.lincolnpl.org.
Nylander, Barbara Gould. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of
Women, Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Collection includes
family correspondence; diaries; scrapbooks, school papers and report cards; account books;
photographs; etc. The daughter of Flora Hazel and William Matthew Gould, teacher and civic
volunteer Barbara Gould Nylander was born in Westfield, N.J. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke
College in 1934 and earned a master's degree in physics in 1935. She taught both before and after
her 1938 marriage to Donald Oliver Nylander. They had four children: Russell Allen, Robert
Harrington, Richard Conrad, and Karen Elizabeth. Barbara Nylander was active in many
organizations in Acton, Mass., including Iron Work Farm, the Acton Historical Society, and West
Acton Baptist Church. She also worked with the Girl Scouts. She and Don traveled extensively
after his retirement.
Pendery, Joyce S. (interviewer), and Carole Nichols (interviewer). Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth
Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, Radcliffe College, Harvard University.
Cambridge, MA. Contents: The Center for Oral History and the Women's Studies Program at the
University of Connecticut carried on an oral history project (1980-1981), funded by a grant from
the Connecticut Humanities Council, on political women in Connecticut. Joyce Pendery and
Carole Nichols conducted the interviews with women who had been active in political office
and/or community service between 1920 and 1945. Contains 21 interview transcripts and data
sheets of biographical information on each interviewee. The interviews discuss education, family,
political activities, and Girl Scouts. .
Schain, Josephine. Collection. Sophia Smith Collection, William Allan Neilson Library, Smith College.
Northampton, MA. Contents: Social worker and political leader. Correspondence, reports and
notes on foreign countries and on organizations, scripts for speeches and broadcasts, MS. articles,
invitations, programs, passes, identification material, letters of recommendation, photos, and
scrapbooks. Includes papers relating to peace, food problems, the Democratic Party, woman
suffrage, women's rights, European municipal problems, politics, and to various groups with
which Miss Schain was associated: the New York Women Suffrage Association, the London
Naval Conference, the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, the International Peace
Crusade, the Girl Scouts of America, the Democratic National Committee, the International
Alliance of Women, the U. N. Conference on Food and Agriculture, and the Pan-Pacific
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Women's Association. Correspondents include Carrie (Lane) Chapman Catt. Indexed in the card
catalog. Also described in the library's "Annual Report of the Director," 1958-60, 1964. NUCMC
no.MS 69-501.
Shurtleff, Elizabeth, and Helen F. McMillin. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the
History of Women, Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Illustrated
map of the United States "planned and executed by Elizabeth Shurtleff and Helen F. McMillin,"
showing locations of Girl Scout camps with a decorative border enumerating the Girl Scout laws,
1927.
Trabulsi, Sally P. Collection. Archives and Special Collections, Mount Holyoke College. South Hadley,
MA. Contents: The Sally P. Trabulsi Papers consist of course records and biographical
information. The materials in this collection relate chiefly to her years as a Mount Holyoke
College student, 1977-1986. These papers consist of course records, including syllabi, notes,
notebooks, reading lists and assignments, examinations, and papers. The majority of these records
are for English courses. Other records relate to courses in art history, history, mathematics,
politics, sociology, and theatre arts. The biographical information consists of newspaper
clippings, a greeting card, and an announcement. She was a participant in Girl Scouts for twentyfive years, in the United Fund, church school teaching, church choir and was an international
board member for Sweet Adelines, Inc.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/library/arch/col/ms0711r.htm
Webster Family. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women,
Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Collection includes
correspondence between Hollis and Helen Webster, letters from Hollis to his mother and sister
written from Europe in 1892, and letters to Helen from her children, some while away at Girl
Scout camp. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00124.
———. Collection. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, Radcliffe
College, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Contents: Collection includes correspondence
between Hollis and Helen Webster, letters from Hollis to his mother and sister written from
Europe in 1892, and letters to Helen from her children, some while away at Girl Scout camp.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00124.
Maine
GSUSA Troop 2 (ME). Beaver Patrol scrapbook, 1955-1959. Freeport Historical Society. Freeport,
Maine. Contents: Scrapbook listing members of troop and leaders, individual records, and dates
of various activities. Includes photographs of hiking outings and parades, notes about badges
earned, and the flag ceremony; attendance records; correspondence; and a few seemingly
unrelated pages of news clippings. Leaders were Dorothy Soule and Dorothy Walsh.
Michigan
Huron Valley Girl Scout Council papers, 1946-1965. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
Ann Arbor, MI. Contents: Administrative files, including board and finance minutes, agendas,
fund-raising and promotional materials, scrapbooks, articles of incorporation, and other
miscellanea; also files of the Ypsilanti, Wayne, and Brighton, Michigan, councils of the Girl
Scouts.
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Bennett, Ralph Mrs. Scrapbooks, 1885-1956. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
Mount Pleasant, MI. Contents: Scrapbooks, 1885-1956, undated, include a wide variety of stamps
and seals of the following topics: souvenirs; advertising; World War II propaganda, national
defense, patriotic, POWs, Bataan War POWs, Poland, Jews; Free Palestine; refugees; flags of
various countries; state seals; presidents; movie stars; the coronation of King George VI and
family; baseball players; Will Rogers; Helen Keller; planes; airmail; trains; boats; sports teams;
rodeos; Audubon Society; Osteopathic Foundation; Christmas Seals; foreign stamps; political;
historic; biographical; philatelic societies and meetings; various anniversary and commemorative
stamps; temperance; religious images and topics; conservation; colleges and universities,
including their mascots; travel and tourism; hotels; national parks; wildlife; pets; animal abuse;
father's day; stamps and postcards for the Columbian Exposition, 1898, and St. Louis Exposition,
1904; Girl and Boy Scouts; and children. Some ration books, Rewards of Merit for school
children; various types of licenses; postcards; wedding or anniversary napkins; placemats; fruit,
vegetables, liquor, and tobacco labels; and correspondence, 1940s-1950s from penpals around the
world are also included. An Oct. 26, 1900 copy of the naturalization record of John Dickson from
Britain on April 10, 1872 in Kent County (Mich.) is also included. Except for a few seals which
stuck to the pages in front of them, the scrapbooks and their contents are in excellent condition.
Some of the materials document Mich., although many states and countries are represented.
Enyeart, Merrill. Traverse City's Youth: A Survey, 1939. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan
University. Mount Pleasant, MI. Contents: A survey, Nov. 1939, compiled by a committee of
citizens and the Michigan State YMCA under Enyeart. The 50 page survey includes graphs,
statistics, and charts about schools, juvenile delinquents, sport teams, church groups, and scouting
organizations in Traverse City (Michigan). (OCLC: 40336250)
Ford Motor Co. Community relations records series, 1940-1946. General Sales Department (Ford Motor
Company) records subgroup, Ford Motor Company Sales and Advertising records collection,
Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford. Detroit, MI. Contents: The Community Relations
records series consists of two subseries. The American Legion Junior Baseball subseries, 19431946 (1.6 cubic ft. and 1 volume), Acc. 441, contains correspondence with American Legion
leaders, athletic directors, Ford Motor Company branches, Ford dealers and others to advertise
the program; publicity material such as radio and movie scripts, "Play Ball Son" booklets and
other promotional material; souvenirs such as pendants, a Junior baseball history portfolio and
photographs. The Ford Good Drivers League subseries, 1940-1942 (3.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 440,
contains general correspondence; correspondence with other youth organizations such as
American Legion Junior Baseball, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Young Men's Christian
Association (YMCA) to promote participation among their members in the League competition;
movie scripts; driving tests; teacher advisory committee questionnaires; and other records that
document Ford Good Drivers League operations.
GSUSA Council of Huron Valley (MI). Records. Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical
Library, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. Contents: Administrative files, including board
and finance minutes, agendas, fundraising and promotional materials, scrapbooks, articles of
incorporation, and other miscellanea; together with files of the Ypsilanti, Wayne, and Brighton
Councils of the Girl Scouts. Unpublished finding aid in the repository. NUCMC no.MS 80-1277
GSUSA Council of Isabella County. Organizational records, 1930-1980. Clarke Historical Library,
Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant, MI. Contents: Organizational records, 1930-1980,
include: financial records, 1937,1962; scrapbooks, 1951-1980; bulletins, 1951-1959; record book,
1947-1962; photographs, 1945,1980; constitution and by-laws, 1938,1955; journals of activities,
1930-1956 (of scout leadership); directories, 1940-1962; some correspondence and meeting
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minutes, 1954-1964; and special event materials such as Senior Roundups and conferences. The
Council was started in 1930 as the Girl Scout Council of Mount Pleasant (MI). Original goals of
the Scouts were to help girls realize the ideals of womanhood as preparation for their lives in the
home and community service. By 1980, the Council included 45 troops with over 600 scouts in
Mount Pleasant and Isabella County. They had/have many activities, including the annual cookie
sale. In 1953, Edward Owen Harris donated a cabin named for his daughter, the Jane Harris Girl
Scout Cabin, to the Council. Moved from its original location, it now backs Chippewa Park in
Mount Pleasant. In 1963 the Council merged with 12 other counties in the Mitten Bay Council,
headquartered in Saginaw. The Council now includes 21 counties. A finding aid is available to
assist researchers.
Minnesota
Goodfellow, Mary Ann. Collection. Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota
State University. Mankato, MN. Contents: This collection consists of a typed transcript of an
interview conducted with Catherine Blesi. Blesi was a long time supporter of the Girl Scouts of
Fairmont, Minnesota. She was president of the Fairmont Girl Scouts Council from 1936 until
1940. The typescript was compiled by using quotations from a taped interview from Blesi. The
result is an interesting, but sometimes difficult to follow, narrative of Blesi's personal experiences
in Fairmont. She reminisces about selling cookies in the neighborhoods of Fairmont, various
activities and programs of the Fairmont Girl Scouts, and trips that she has taken throughout the
world.
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. Council of Churches records, 1905-1996. Minnesota
Historical Society. St. Paul, MN. Contents: Subject files, minutes, reports, membership and
committee data, financial records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, subject files, and similar
materials documenting the activities of a voluntary association of Protestant and Orthodox
churches in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area organized to work together for the welfare of the
community and to foster cooperation among the area's many Protestant churches. The
Minneapolis Church Federation was organized in 1927 from a merger between the Minneapolis
Council of Churches and the Council of Religious Education, and in 1951 the organization
assumed its present title. Other substantive files concern the council's women's organization
(1927-1985); the ecumenical movement, especially relating to Catholic participation and to
Christian-Jewish relations; children and young adult programs; the Council's activities in the area
of civil rights and race relations; and the provision of chaplains and other religious services to
prisons, nursing homes, and other institutions. The Division of Indian Work section documents
the Council's work in combating many urban Indian social problems, including stocking food
shelves, aid in low cost housing, heating assistance, chemical dependency programs, encouraging
Indian self-help activities, resolving children's and youth problems, and making holiday
donations. The collection includes administrative files of the council and of its divisions,
departments, and programs. Units represented in the collection include Christian
Education/Educational Ministries, Indian Work, Social Ministries, Ecumencial Relations/Faith in
Dialogue, Social Services/Chaplaincy Services, and Women's organizations. Major programs
include Congregations Concerned for Children, Meals on Wheels, Minnesota FoodShare, and
Metro Paint-A-Thon. The collection also includes records from the Twin Cities Metropolitan
Council of Churches, an overarching organization facilitating communication with other area
church councils. Within the records of each of these units are found minutes, correspondence, and
subject files. Materials on the following activities are found in records of the education units:
Christian youth council, ecumenical youth encounter, life and leadership schools, Protestant
committee on scouting, weekday church schools, and vacation church schools.
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00416.html
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GSUSA Council of Greater Minneapolis. Collection. Minnesota Historical Society. St. Paul, MN.
Contents: Chronologies; a journal article; informational and promotional leaflets, fliers, and
pamphlets; a picture postcard; and other miscellany pertaining to the history of the Council and to
Girl Scout programs and activities in the Greater Minneapolis area, 1915-2000. The Council’s
jurisdiction encompassed Hennepin County until 1965, when it was expanded to include all or
parts of Anoka, Carver, Isanti, Sherburne, and Wright counties. Its name was changed from the
Greater Minneapolis Girl Scout Council to the Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis in
1993. Some issues (1974-1992) of Pioneer, the Council’s newsletter, are available in the serials
collection of the Minnesota Historical Society. A printed version of this catalog record is
available in the repository; filed as P161.
Homecroft Elementary School. P.T.A. records, 1949-1979. Homecroft Elementary School. St. Paul, MN.
Contents: Scrapbooks (1949-1954, 1971-1973), bylaws (1950-1973), committee reports (19511972, scattered), and receipts and disbursements ledger (1969-1979). The scrapbooks, which have
been dismantled and foldered, include directories, annual presidential and committee reports,
clippings, state convention programs, certificates, fliers, correspondence, and photographs of
school, PTA, and boy scout and girl scout activities.
Manahan, Nancy. Collection. Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Studies, Special Collections and Rare Books, University of Minnesota Libraries.
Minneapolis, MN. Contents: Nancy Manahan was born in southern Minnesota in 1946. She
earned her B.A. in English in 1969 from the University of Minnesota and her M.A. from the
University of Illinois. She taught in Africa and California before returning to Minnesota to teach
English at Rochester Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College.
Nancy Manahan has authored/edited two books on Lesbian culture in the Girl Scouts and the
Roman Catholic Church: Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence , co-authored with Rosemary Keefe
Curb (1985) and On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience (1997). Both
books were based on personal experiences; Manahan was active in girl scouts for 12 years and
spent two years in a convent after high school. At the age of 20 she recognized herself as a
Lesbian and left the convent to begin her career as an author and teacher. The collection contains
photographs and negatives, materials pertaining to her books, including magazines, flyers,
promotional materials and newspaper clippings, correspondence and financial documents. .
Minneapolis. North East Neighborhood House. Records. Division of Library and Archives, Minnesota
Historical Society. St. Paul, MN. Contents: Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the board of
directors, reports, committee membership lists, clippings, financial data, and other papers relating
to the North East Neighborhood House, social service agencies, social workers' organizations,
and social conditions in northeast Minneapolis. Includes information on house projects such as
citizenship classes, nursery schools, employment, and clinics, and the house's relationship with
the Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies, the National Federation of Settlements, the Twin
City Federation of Settlements, the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Y. M. C. A., and Y. W. C. A.
Correspondents include Joseph Hurst Ball, Lotus Delta Coffman, Donald John Cowling, Hubert
H. Humphrey, Walter H. Judd, Ernest Lundeen, Thomas D. Schall, and Stella Louise Wood.
Unpublished inventory in the repository. Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Gift of North East Neighborhood House, 1964. NUCMC no.MS 66-869
North East Neighborhood House. Collection. Minnesota Historical Society. St. Paul, MN. Contents:
Records of this settlement house organized in 1914 in a district heavily populated by Slavic
immigrants, and of its predecessors, the Immanuel Sunday School Mission and Drummond Hall.
There is information on the administration of the house; community service programs such as
citizenship classes, nursery schools, employment services, and clinics; responses to World Wars I
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and II and the 1930s Depression; and relationships with such social service organizations as the
Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies, the National Federation of Settlements, the Twin City
Federation of Settlements, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Young Men's and Young
Women's Christian Associations, and other youth groups. Among the correspondents are head
worker Robbins Gilman and his wife Catheryne Cooke Gilman, Joseph H. Ball, Lotus D.
Coffman, Donald J. Cowling, Hubert H. Humphrey, Walter H. Judd, Ernest Lundeen, Thomas D.
Schall, and Stella Louise Wood.
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P0003.html.
Quota Club of St. Paul. Club records, 1936-1989. Minnesota Historical Society. St. Paul. MN. Contents:
Historical information; bylaws (1942-1980); correspondence and miscellany (1947-1980);
minutes (1936-1989) including financial records and other attachments; newspaper clippings
(1951-1980); newsletters (1958-1987); photographs (1951-1980); and scrapbooks (1960-1970)
detailing the activities of a service club composed of St. Paul business women (organized 1936)
and dedicated to supporting a number of St. Paul charitable and social service organizations. Most
of the collection consists of detailed minutes of meetings of the board, membership, and some
committees, which also include monthly and yearly treasurer's reports, budgets, lists of officers,
and flyers and other materials relating to the club's special events. An extensive run of its monthly
newsletter, "The Little Quotarian" (1958-1987), contains much information on the club's
activities and its members. Two scrapbooks (1960-1964, 1969-1970) contain newspaper
clippings, programs, ballots, rosters, photographs, and some correspondence relating to the St.
Paul Quota Club as well as the 22nd District clubs and Quota International.
Rózanski, Edward. Edward C. and Loda Rózanski papers, 1940-1991. Immigration History Research
Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN. Contents: Papers (1940-1991) of Dr. Edward
C. and Loda (Procanin) Rózanski include correspondence, minutes, press releases, newspaper
clippings, and organizational publications relating to his activities as a leader in the Polish
American community. Organizations represented in the collection include the Polish American
Congress, the Polish National Alliance of U.S. of N.A., the Polish Roman Catholic Union of
America, the Polish Western Association of America, the Orchard Lake Schools, the Legion of
Young Polish Women, the Chicago Society, Alliance College, the American Museum of
Immigration, the Polish Army Veterans of America. Included are minutes of the Protkol
Trzeciego Zjadzu Polskieg Rady Miedzynarodowey (Minutes of the 3rd Convention of the Polish
International Council, the Mikolaj Kopernik Obervancde Committee (Nicholas Copernicus),
personal correspondence, Radio Free Europe, the United States Bicentennial and Polish Falcons
of America, and information on displaced persons.
Montana
Baucus, Jean (interviewee), and Rich Aarstad (interviewer). Jean Baucus Interview, 2007 (General Oral
History Collection). Montana Historical Society. Helena, MT. Contents: Mrs. Jean Baucus
describes growing up in Helena, Henry Seiben and the Seiben family, Court Sheriff and the
Sheriff family, Sieben ranches, Montana aviation, John Baucus and the Baucus family, Helena
social and political life, Helena Girl Scouts, Camp Thunderbird, Canyon Ferry and Canyon Ferry
Dam, Malcolm Clark, and sheep ranching. (OH 2222)
Brooke, Vivian (interviewee), and Diane Sands (interviewer). Vivian Brooke interview, 1987 May 4
(Women as Community Builders Oral History Project). Library and Archives Department,
Montana Historical Society. Helena, MT. Contents: Topics include Brooke's childhood; her
membership in Girl Scouts and other youth groups; her college education; church activities; the
church nursery; religion and the role of women in society; community work; the Catholic Church;
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and her involvement with the League of Women Voters of Montana.
Domke, Lillie Carpenter Thomas. Lillie Carpenter Thomas Domke Collection, 1890-1927. Butte-Silver
Bow Public Archives. Butte, MT. Contents: Resident of Walkerville, MT. Girl Scout materials
and photo album (ca. 1890) containing photographs of residents of her grandmother, Jane
Richards Carpenter's boardinghouse for Cornish miners in Butte, MT. LC control no.2003601522
Fleming, Clara Mentzer (interviewee), and Laurie Mercier (interviewer). Clara Mentzer Fleming
interview, 1983 Aug. 23 (Small Town Montana Oral History Project). Library and Archives
Department, Montana Historical Society. Helena, MT. Contents: Topics include community life
in Eureka, her participation in several area clubs and organizations, including the garden club, the
Little Theatre Club, and the Tobacco Valley Improvement Association; the formation of local
Girl Scout troops; her teaching experiences in Lincoln County; and her views on local education.
Murray, Genevieve Allen. Genevieve Frances Allen Murray Papers, 1926-1982. K. Ross Toole Archives,
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula. Missoula, MT.
Contents: Genevieve Murray was born in Milan, Ill., on 5 Oct. 1894. She was educated in Illinois
and North Dakota before attending college at the University of Montana from 1926 to 1929.
While a student at the university, Murray was an active member of the debate team and Mortar
Board. Murray graduated from the university with a master's degree in 1929. Her master's thesis
was entitled The Bitter Root in Science and in History. Other publications include Murray's 1929
manuscript The True Story of Marias Pass. In 1930, Murray and her husband, Frank, moved to
Lexington, Ky., where she taught elementary and high school for 13 years. Murray was active in
Theta Sigma Phi and the Girl Scouts. She continued to write feature stories for magazines and in
1975 Murray was awarded the Sullivan Medallion of the University of Kentucky. She died in
Lexington on 17 Dec. 1983. The collection contains original copies of and research pertaining to
Murray's master's thesis "The Bitter Root in Science and in History" and "The True Story of
Marias Pass." Included in correspondence are letters exchanged between University of Montana
History Dept. chair Paul C. Phillips and Great Northern Railway president Ralph Budd.
Photographs, maps of Montana Territory, and research on early northwest history can also be
found in this collection.
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/documents/retrieve.asp?docname=MTGMss135.xml
Stoner, Alene (interviewee), and Laurie Mercier (interviewer). Alice Stoner interview, 1987 July 23
(Women as Community Builders Oral History Project). Library and Archives Department,
Montana Historical Society. Helena, MT. Contents: Topics include her family; her childhood and
adolescence in Great Falls; marriage and raising a family; her volunteer work with the Girl
Scouts, with the Rainbow Girls, and with other youth groups; the Montana Extension
Homemakers clubs; and the West Helena Valley Volunteer Fire Department.
Sullivan, Flora Beal (interviewee), and Laurie Mercier (interviewer). Flora Beal Sullivan interview, 1986
Oct. 1. Metals Manufacturing in Four Montana Communities Oral History Project, Montana
Historical Society Helena, MT. Contents: Topics include Beal family history; her work as a
beauty operator in Anaconda from 1929 to 1941; and her involvement with the Girl Scouts.
New Jersey
Programs from the Brownie and Girl Scout troops banquet. Camden County Historical Society. Camden,
NJ. Contents: Programs from the Brownie and Girl Scout troops banquet held at St. Peter School
at Merchantville, NJ; Signed by television personality, Sally Starr. Finding aid in the repository.
LC control no.2004716404
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GSUSA Council of Rutherford (NJ), and Amy H. (collector) Sharp. Girl Scouts of Rutherford:
Scrapbook, 1929-1936. Library, New Jersey Historical Society. Newark, NJ. Contents: Journal
and newspaper clippings kept by Amy Sharp, Commissioner of the Rutherford Girl Scout
Council. Documents the activities of the various Rutherford Girl Scout Troops.
GSUSA Troop 209 (Highstown, NJ). Notebook. Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society.
Hightstown, NJ. Contents: Notebook containing descriptions of members of the troop. LC control
no.97800048
Sparks, Warren T. Warren T. Sparks. Salem County Historical Society. Salem, NJ. Contents:
Photographer, of Salem, NJ Copyprints and negatives (including dry plate glass and film formats
in two sizes, 8"x10" and 5"x7"), several drawings, and a pastel, documenting community life in
Salem and Salem County, N.J., in the first half of the 20th century. Subjects include
documentation of a trolley accident, reflecting Sparks's work as a photographer for the county
prosecutor's office; various businesses and factories; Boy and Girl Scout troops; police and fire
departments; Civil War veterans; Afro-Americans in Salem County, including Mt. Pisgah A.M.E.
Church, Mt. Hope U.M. Church, and Claysville, a black community in Mannington Township
which was destroyed by fire in 1941; Salem post office; Salem High School, Penns Grove High
School, and other schools; automobiles and service stations; Sparks family members; houses; and
neighborhoods. Finding aid in the repository. LC control no.98798059
New York
Catnyp Catalog Collection - Girl Guides/Scouts. Collection. New York Public Library. New York, NY.
Contents: The library has a good collection of Girl Guiding/Scouting material available for
research in its non-circulating collection. The library's many holdings should be reviewed for
additional Scouting materials.
City Island Photograph Collection (Ca. 1880-1980). Collection. City Island Historical Nautical Museum.
City Island, NY. Contents: Photographs of City Island street scenes, stores, residences, family
groups and individuals, bridges, boats, lighthouses, police stations, policemen, ice boating,
parades, firemen, fishermen, monorail and monorail accident, churches, horsedrawn trolley,
boatyard, ship-building and ship launching scenes. Noteworthy photographs include those of
America's Cup yachts INTREPID, CONSTELLATION, ENTERPRISE, COURAGEOUS,
INDEPENDENCE, and others, 1960's-1970's (some earlier); Woods Shipyard, 1891; Henry B.
Nevins Shipyard, ca. 1930's-1960's; interiors of Ratsey and Laphthorn sail making factory,
1930's; Harlem Yacht Club; Execution Light (lighthouse); Bicentennial parade, 1976; and
postcards of City Island scenes, ca. 1900-1940's. Also, group photographs of girl scout troops;
Brackers City Island Bowling League, 1937; Touring Kayak Club of City Island, ca. 1980's; City
Island Board of Trade dinners, 1931-1932; and Grace Episcopal Church dinners, 1927, 1934, and
1939.
Clubs and Organizations Collection, 1829-2000 (Mc04). Collection. Booth Library, Chemung Valley
History Musuem. Elmira, NY. Contents: Articles, clippings, pamphlets, and miscellaneous
papers concerning the American Cancer Society, the American Legion, American Red Cross,
Ancient Order of Flat Tires, Boy Scouts, Century Club, Chemung County Grange, Community
Chest, Daughters of the American Revolution, Elks, Elmira Athletic Club, Elmira Blind
Association, Elmira City Club, Elmira Country Club, Elmira Farmers' Club, Elmira Home for the
Aged, Father Matthew Society, Federation of Women's Associations, Forty-Plus, 4-H, Girl
Scouts, Humane Society, Junior League, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, Ku Klux Klan, Lions,
Masons, Odd Fellows, Rotary Club, Salvation Army, Wednesday Morning Club, and the
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Women's Christian Temperance Union. Original documents include minutes, membership lists,
and financial records of the Ancient Order of Flat Tires, 1937-72; guest register of the Century
Club, 1907-16; minute book of the Century Club, 1912-29; minute book of the Federation of
Women's Associations of Elmira, 1905-12; minute book of Forty-Plus, 1941-42; and minute
books of Bandfield Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars, 1882-88. References: Philip M.
Hamer, ed., A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States, National Historical
Publications Commission (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1961), p. 385.; Guide to
Depositories of Manuscript Collections in New York State, Historical Records Survey, Work
Projects Administration (Albany, NY: 1941) p. 54 E-1. Additional minor collections contain
Boy/Girl Scouting material.
Geneva Community Chest Records, 1917-1980. Collection. Geneva Historical Society Museum. Geneva,
NY. Contents: Constitution and bylaws of Geneva United Welfare Council, later Geneva
Community Chest; minutes, 1917-1940; and scrapbooks on Community Chest campaigns and
activities of member agencies such as Geneva General Hospital, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and
Y.M.C.A.
Local History Collection, 1870(Ca.)-1979. Collection. Wayland Free Library. Wayland, NY. Contents:
Collection includes scrapbooks of Wayland Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, c.1949-present,
containing clippings and photographs; scrapbook and photograph album of Wayland Bicentennial
Celebration, 1976; atlases of Steuben, Livingston and Ontario Counties, 1870s; and several
pamphlets of local interest.
Miscellaneous Document Collection, 1821-1983. Collection. Pound Ridge Historical Society. Pound
Ridge, NY. Contents: Miscellaneous items pertaining to the history of Pound Ridge including
deeds from the sale of houses, land, and mills, 1821-1928; inventory of the goods of the late John
Smith, 1810; marriage certificate of Frederick Scofield and G. Belle Scofield, 1892; maps of
Pound Ridge, 1867-1930, and of Westchester County, 1858; scrapbook of clippings, programs,
and other items pertaining to Girl Scouts and other local subjects, 1947-1953; and articles on the
history of Pound Ridge by Doris V. Soldner, 1973, and Ethel M. Scofield, 1983.
Photograph Collection, Ca. 1860-1990. Collection. Historical Society of the Westburys. Westbury,
Nassau County, NY. Contents: Photographs include black and white and color prints, color
transparencies, postcards, glass slides, stereopticon slides, and photo albums of the Westbury
area, including estates in Westbury and Old Westbury, homes, street scenes, stores, schools,
churches, the library, village hall, post office, rural scenes, aerial views, and pictures of floods
and storms. Individual and group portraits include school children, sports teams, the fire
department, and village officials. Also pictures of Quaker farms and farm life, including portraits
of the Hicks family; activities of church groups and community organizations including Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, community theater groups, and the Westbury Neighborhood House; the Long
Island Rail Road, automobiles, early aviation, the Vanderbilt Cup Races, and Roosevelt Raceway.
Potsdam (Ny) Organizations Records, 1891-1978. Collection. Potsdam Public Museum. Potsdam, NY.
Contents: Scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, photographs, records, and a director's notebook
from the Potsdam Community Theater, 1891 and 1962-1970; minutes, financial records,
clippings, and a history of the Women's Relief Corps, 1896-1978; minutes, correspondence,
constitution and bylaws, and clippings of the Business Men's Association (forerunner of the
Potsdam Chamber of Commerce), 1902-1923; miscellaneous clippings, programs, minutes,
letters, and histories concerning the Boys' Club, the Boy Scouts, the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Fortnightly Club, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Opera House, local fairs,
community concerts, the Girl Scouts, music and literary clubs, and senior citizens groups, 1893-
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1976; and student research papers on Potsdam organizations, including one utopian community,
1973.
Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County Pamphlet Collection, 1829-1986. Collection. Adriance Memorial
Library. Poughkeepsie, NY. Contents: Reports, newsletters, yearbooks, programs, and other
pamphlets from Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County churches, 1829-1973; clubs and
organizations, 1868-1986, including Young Women's Christian Association, Young Men's
Christian Association, Girl Scouts, Masonic organizations, Poughkeepsie Law Club, and Sons of
the Revolution; public schools, 1857-1986; hospitals and health care institutions, 1867-1970;
musical institutions and events, 1869-1986, including the Collingwood Opera House, Dutchess
County Philharmonic Society, Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orpheus Club; and on
topics such as banks, railroads, and local history.
Scrapbook Collection, 1837-1969. Collection. Ossining Historical Society. Ossining, NY. Contents:
Scrapbooks of clippings, postcards, greeting cards, photographs, and programs concerning the
Red Cross, World War II, marriages and deaths, politics, advertisements, Will Rogers, Hudson
River history, Ossining Fire Department, Ossining Dramatic Club, art shows, Ossining Police
Department, railroad history, Ossining Historical Society, Girl Scouts, Ossining Women's club,
Sing Sing Prison, civil defense, the Korean War, the Washington School Parents' and Teachers'
Association, and other subjects. Volumes of note include documents relating to Frank Young;
letters and miscellaneous papers relating to Sing Sing Prison and its inmates, 1858-1939;
photographs and miscellaneous papers concerning the Van Cortlandt Manor House; and several
autograph and memory books.
Scrapbook Collection, 1844-1973. Collection. Rye Historical Society. Rye, NY. Contents: Scrapbooks
containing clippings, lists, photographs, programs, notices, newsletters, and other items. Subjects
include World War II civilian defense, marriages, births, and deaths in Westchester County,
World War I military draft, news and events in Rye, the life and career of Theodore Fremd,
history of Rye, Girl Scouts in Rye, life and career of Livingston Platt, Rye Development Program
(1945-1947), Rye High School, Rye police department and local crimes, history of Westchester
County, Visiting Nurse Association of Rye, Woman's Club of Rye, and wildlife sanctuaries for
geese and swans. There is also a volume of clippings from New York City papers relating to
cases before the U.S. Circuit Court concerning slavery, 1844-1852.
Scrapbook Collection, 1877-1986, 1946-1986 (Bulk). Collection. Edwards History Center. Edwards, NY.
Contents: Scrapbooks kept by the town historian containing clippings on local obituaries,
weddings, events, and personalities; clippings and photographs from Girl Scout troops, 19571963; one notebook of historical lists and articles, some on the history of Edwards, 1946-1972;
one volume of clippings, photographs, and postcards on old Edwards, 1903-1970; and
miscellaneous volumes of clippings and memorabilia on local people and events, 1895-1965.
Scrapbook Collection, 1886-1969 (Bulk 1900-1950). Collection. Castile Historical Society. Castile, NY.
Contents: Scrapbooks by Blanche Johnson, 1900; Cora Cottrell Van Ardsdale, 1915; Dr. Mary
Greene, 1950-52; Roy D. and Gladys Hunt Guest Chasey, 1956; Dr. Edward Greene, including
material on Albert Schweitzer, 1949-56; Katherine Barnes, 1952; Castile 4-H, 1958-62; Nancy
Barnes on Washington, D.C. trip, 1938; and Castile Girl Scouts, 2 vols., 1964. Anonymous
volumes span 1886-1969 and include material on Letchworth Park, news columns by Dewitt
Mackenzie on World War II, Castile High School, local people, obituaries, newspaper columns
by Louis Cummings on local history, the Castile Sesquicentennial of 1957, and the local Civilian
Conservation Corps, 1933.
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Scrapbook Collection, 1895-1987. Collection. Tuxedo Park Library. Tuxedo Park, NY. Contents: Two
volumes of obituary clippings on local residents, 1971-1987; one volume of clippings, brochures,
and postcards on Sterling Forest, 1962-1963; two volumes of clippings on the Hoffman family,
especially their interest in horses, 1895-1916; and one volume on a local Brownie troop, 19661975.
Scrapbook Collection, 1924-1976. Collection. Southeast Steuben County Library. Corning, NY.
Contents: A collection of scrapbooks, which include: [1]. Business and Professional Women's
Club, May 1934-June 1939, 1962-1963 pressbook, photos, etc. ; 1962-64 Pressbooks, photos.,
etc. ; 60-year birthday card, 1920-1981. Boy Scouts, March 1934-Sept. 1938 news clips. Girl
Scouts, July 1934-Jan. 26, 1940 new clips. Elks July, 1934-Aug. 1939. Rotary Club, July 1934Aug. Aug. 1939. Lions Club, Dec. 1934-Nov. 1939. Corning Woman's Club, Feb. 1934-Mar.
1937 -- [2]. Civic Music records 1965-1967 and programs -- [3]. Early Library record books:
Patrons and books checked out ; Accounts book Oct. 1888-Feb. 1893; Accession books Feb.-May
1897; Corning Library Association minutes Dec. 3, 1985-Oct. 3, 1921; Trustee minutes Oct. 1,
1942-Nov. 28, 1956; Memorial books 1944-1952 ; Dec. 1955-Feb. 1959. [4]. Library scrapbooks
of predominantly newspaper clippings: Pre 1934-Feb. 1942, Feb. 26, 1942-Dec. 5, 1955, Jan.
1956-May 5, 1959, ;memorial gifts from Corning Woman's Club, 1939; Program of a marionette
performance of Peter Rabbit presented at CFA, June 8th, 1936 -- [5]. Library newspaper
clippings: June 3, 1959-May 29, 1964, May 1964-March 1968, Jan. 1971, April 2, 1968-Dec. 31,
1970 -- [6]. Library newspaper clippings: Feb. 10, 1971-Feb. 6, 1973, Jan-Dec. 1973-1976, 1977Feb. 11, 1980 -- [7]. Feb. 26, 1980 to Dec. 1985, Feb. 1986-May 1993, 1991 photos. of CaPL
staff Christmas party.
Scrapbook Collection, (Ca. 1864-1968). Collection. Sullivan County Historical Society. Hurleyville, NY.
Contents: Scrapbooks containing clippings, programs, photographs, and memorabilia concerning
local news and events, people, car advertisements, Girl Scout troops, World War II news, and
other subjects.
Town of Victor (Ny) Archives, 1813-Present. Collection. Historian's Office, Town of Victor. Victor, NY.
Contents: Assessment Rolls, 1813, 1829, 1864, 1871, 1879, 1883, 1888, 1891, 1900-01, 1903,
1905, 1907-50, 1952; Census Records, 1790-1850; Church Records: Baha'i, Church of Christ,
Congregational Society, Episcopal, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, Millerites, Proprietor's
Meetinghouse, St. John's Lutheran, St. Patrick's Catholic, Universalist; Cobblestone Buildings of
Victor; Cemeteries; Election Poll Lists, 1835, 1839-41, 1843-1845; Genealogy; Maps; Military
Records; Newspapers: The Victor Herald, 1935-41, 1945, 1951, 1956-1992; Organizations:
Alpha Lambda Society, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Dona Felipa Literary Society,
Eastern Star, Forever Green Garden Club, Girl Scouts, Home Bureau, International Order of the
Odd Fellows, Italian-American Club, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, Milnor Lodge,
Masons, Rotary Club, Senior Citizens, Unity Club, Victor Fire Department, Victor Grange,
Victor Rod & Gun Club, Victor-Farmington Ambulance Corps; Personal Papers: Charles Brown,
Maurice Keefe, Nelson Lobdell, Dr. Alfred Mead; Schools: Districts 1-13, 1814-1949; Victor
High School, 1894-1940; Central School District, 1940-present; BAGEL Yearbooks, 1948-50,
1952-56, 1962-65, 1967-70, 1972-73; Additional archival holdings can be accessed through the
Historian's database.
Vertical Files, Ca. 1870-1990. Collection. Village of Lynbrook Historical Committee. Lynbrook, NY.
Contents: Papers and records on the history of Lynbrook including deeds, mortgages,
photographs, genealogical records, historical writings, pamphlets, real estate brochures,
newsletters, reports, high school catalogs, yearbooks and commencement programs, scrapbooks,
clippings and other material concerning local government, elections, the fire department, banks,
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clubs and organizations, Girl Scouts, musical groups, theatres, cemeteries, veterans, and other
topics. Items of note include a Lynbrook Police justice docket, 1945; account book of the South
Lynbrook Association, a community group, 1917-1931; and genealogies of local families
including Brower, Combs, Cornell, Dayton, Doxsey, Driscoll, Hulsart, Kelsey, Meir, Pearsall,
Sammis, Smith, Watts, Wright, Hazel Johnson, and Joseph and David Simonson.
Boy & Girl Scout Troops (Hewlett NY). Collection. Local History Collection, Hewlett-Woodmere Public
Library. Hewlett, NY. Contents: Clippings, pamphlets, programs, directories, newsletters,
articles, manuscripts, reports, studies, letters, and other papers about the Five Towns area and
other communities on Long Island. Topics include churches and synagogues, libraries,
businesses, fire departments, politics and government, school districts, Indians, cemeteries, and
community organizations. Items of note include biographical sketches and obituaries from local
newspapers, 1948-1967, of community leaders and of early settlers on Long Island; memoirs and
historical writings by Charles W. Hewlett; newsletters and yearbooks of Boy Scout Troop 21,
Woodmere, 1924, and of Troop 20, Cedarhurst, 1934-1939; reports and newsletters of the Five
Towns Council of Girl Scouts, 1958-1963; and newsletters and fliers of the Five Towns
Community Chest, the Five Towns Community Council, the YMCA, and the 4-H Club.
BSA Buffalo Area Council. Collection. Hare Photograph Collection, Buffalo and Erie County Historical
Society. Buffalo, NY. Contents: 515 items. 116 photographs. 399 photonegatives. Photographs,
1951 - 1967, of Buffalo Area Council scouts, staff, buildings and activities. Includes Campfire
Girls and Girl Scouts activities photographs. Arthur N. Cotton and G. Barnett Rich introduced the
Boy Scout movement to Buffalo in May, 1910. Prior to the formal organization of the Buffalo
Council in October, 1910, George R. Sikes and J.F. O'Brien had been granted commissions as
Scout Masters and had organized the first troops. An office was established at School No. 37 on
Carlton Street, and seventeen troops were organized by October, 1911. Written permission
required to reproduce and/or publish. Information on use and fees may be obtained from the
Director of Library and Archives.
———. Collection. Hare Photograph Collection, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Buffalo,
NY.
Camp Fire Girls. Buffalo and Erie County. Collection. University Archives, State University of New
York. Buffalo, NY. Contents: The records of Camp Fire Girls of Buffalo and Erie County
document the history of the organization from 1913 to 1970. Included are minute books,
scrapbooks and photograph albums; copies of Camp Fire Girl publications, including various
editions of the Book of the Camp Fire Girls, 1913-60 and the Handbook for guardians of Camp
Fire Girls, 1925-1961.
Carr, Ruth Lillian (collector). Collection. Helen Raynor Hannah Library - Archives, Suffolk County
Historical Society. Riverhead, NY. Contents: Unidentified general store daybooks, Waterford,
1830; carpet and rug sales daybook of William Fisher, 1870-1876; marriage book of Benjamin
Downing Carr and Ruth E. Crusen, 1912; baby book, school booklets and programs, Girl Scout
photo album, letters and other papers of Ruth Lillian Carr, 1914-1955; and Carr family
correspondence, 1912-1917. Certificate of appointment, account book, and deeds of Francis W.
Bolles, Overseer of the Niantic Tribe of Indians, East Lyme, Conn.; extradition papers from
Wisconsin for Winfield Conklin and receipt by Francis A. Bolles for the prisoner, 1879; spelling
book by William Bolles, 1825; genealogical notes and Bolles genealogy, 1865; correspondence
and will of Annie Morgan, East Haddam, Conn., 1854; correspondence of Captain Francis and
Nancy Booles, Conn., 1825-1839; 100th to 107th birthday greetings to Mrs. Francis Annis Boles
Lester, 1977-1983; photograph of the bowling team of Lillian Fisher Bolles Crusen, 1895; and
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deeds, probate papers, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, bills, receipts, and clippings about the
Bolles, Carr, Lester, Monroe, Reeve, Crusan, Stack, Davis, Fishel and Downs families, 18381936.
Child Study Club of Ithaca. Collection. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Library, Cornell
University. Ithaca, NY. Contents: Minutes (1901-1902, 1915-1960, 1963-1969, 1971-1972),
dealing with activities and interests of the club, including the child's mental and physical
development, children's literature and other entertainment, theories of child behavior, local
organizations for children, such as Girl Scouts, West Side House, and orphanages, and concerns
of individual members, such as sex education and discipline; constitutions, bylaws, and
amendments (1921-1973); correspondence (1923-1965) of the secretary with other organizations,
including City Federation of Women's Organizations, American Red Cross, Ithaca Better Films
Council, Tompkins County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, and League of Women
Voters of Tompkins County; financial records (1930-1961); yearbooks and rosters (1903-1976)
listing programs, officers, and membership; history of the club (1969) compiled by Barbara
Fischer; pamphlets collected by members; handouts prepared for meetings; and newspaper
clippings Gift of the club, 1969. NUCMC no.MS 84-1700.
College of Environmental Science and Forestry: School of Landscape Architecture. Collection.
Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State
University of New York. Syracuse, NY. Contents: Conference proceedings, reports, papers,
1968-1984, concerning Northeastern New York Girl Scout Recreation; Riverton, NY; urban
design in Auburn, NY and North Syracuse, NY; the Adirondack Park; Delhi Recreation area;
Greenfield, NY; and other places.
Dickie, Eleanor. Collection. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Ithaca, NY. Contents: Eleanor Dickie was born on December 18, 1944. She received a B.S. from
Cornell in Home Economics in 1945. She lived and worked in Hawaii as a 4-H home extension
agent in Hawaii for several years, returning to school to obtain a master's degree in social work
from Columbia University. She worked for the Girl Scouts of America and for the Presbyterian
Senior Services in New York City. In 1963 she married Robert D. Richardson and moved to
LaPorte/Michigan City area where she served as a 4th grade teacher and then as Executive
Director of the Northern Indiana Girl Scout Council until 1968, when she became Executive
Director of Planned Parenthood in South Bend. Later she helped run the Richardson family
business, Thermco Instrument Corporation in LaPorte, IN. She died on September 10, 1994.
Three scrapbooks documenting her Cornell experience and four scrapbooks relating to her work
as a 4-H extension agent in Hawaii.
Doty, W. T. Collection. Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct. Middletown, Orange
County, NY. Contents: Scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, cartoons, and other items
primarily relating to Middletown and Orange County, ca. 1850-1960. Subjects include Hudson
Valley history, storms, fires, other disasters, the Girl Scouts, 1926-1931, banks, obituaries and
biographies, the Civil War era, and Middletown government, 1934-1939. Also, a series compiled
by W.T. Doty on Orange County history, politics, and journalism, 1900-1949; and a scrapbook on
the Denton-Swayze family, 1886-1928.
Florence Nightingale Post No. 709 American Legion. Collection. Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives
of the ViaHealth Archives Consortium, Rochester General Hospital. Rochester, NY. Contents:
This all-female unit of the American Legion was formed in October 1919, by a group of
Rochester, NY, ex-servicewomen (primarily nurses) from Base Hospital No. 19, which had been
formed primarily of members of the staff of the Rochester General Hospital. Membership has
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since expanded to women in the Rochester area who have served in the many wars since. The
post has been active in charitable work, e.g. Girl Scouts, Frontier Nursing Service, and child
welfare in general. The post remains an active and strong force in the Rochester community. The
collection consists of minutes (1919-1964); constitution and by-laws; member biographical
materials; citations; historical sketches; scrapbooks; death records (1921-1951); memorials; and
realia (unit colors, charter, miscellaneous).
Girl Scouts of the United States of America. National Council. Collection. National Historic Preservation
Center, Girl Scouts of the United States of America. New York, NY. Contents: Files contain
correspondence, memos, clippings, printed material, miscellaneous reports, certificates, statistics,
information sheets, and histories documenting the history of the Girl Scouts. Subjects covered
include the founding of the Girl Scouts, American Indian Girl Scouts, anniversaries, badges and
awards, Brownie Girl Scouts, camping, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, conferences, fund raising,
Girl Guides of America, Girl Pioneers of America, international projects and activities, uniforms,
war and post-war activities, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; various
personalities including volunteers such as board members, presidents, First Ladies of the U.S.
(who are always honorary presidents of the Girl Scouts), presidents, and staff; and other topics.
Of note are files containing biographical data, clippings, correspondence, speeches, and writings
of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, 1902-1938; Lady Olave Baden-Powell, 1919-1970s; and Juliette
Gordon Low, 1913-1927.
———. Collection. National Historic Preservation Center, Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
New York, NY. Contents: Included are minutes of the Board of Directors, 1915-1986; Executive
Committee, 1917-1986; Program Committee, 1930-1986; Finance Committee, 1918-1986; and
other standing committees of the board. Also, minutes of meetings of the National Council which
is held once every three years at the National Convention, 1917-1984; and minutes of Council
Presidents' meetings, 1958-1985.
———. Collection. National Historic Preservation Center, Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
New York, NY. Contents: The bulk of the photographs depict Girl Scout presidents, founder
Juliette Gordon Low (including pictures of her as a child, starting in 1866), Honorary Presidents
of the Girl Scouts, particularly Lou Henry Hoover, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, and Lady Olave
Baden-Powell, and other affiliated with the Girl Scouts. The rest of the photographs show Girl
Scouts taking part in ceremonies, camping, celebrations, selling cookies, conferences, and other
events and activities, ca. 1920s-1980s.
———. Collection. National Historic Preservation Center, Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
New York, NY. Contents: Included are manuals, guides, handbooks, songbooks, books of
ceremonies, workbooks, calendars, bibliographies, cookbooks, catalogs of uniforms and
equipment, brochures, magazines, newsletters, and rulebooks published by the Girl Scouts for use
by Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior Girl Scouts, and Girl Scout leaders and staff. Of
note are annual reports, 1915-1982; THE AMERICAN GIRL (known as THE RALLY, 19171920), 1917-1978; and the GIRL SCOUT LEADER, 1923-1984.
Girl Scouts of the USA. Collection. National Historic Preservation Center, Girl Scouts of the United
States of America. New York, NY. Contents: Included are films and filmstrips produced by the
Girl Scouts; record albums of Girl Scout songs; tapes of oral history interviews with prominent
Girl Scout figures; and tapes of speeches made at ceremonies, conventions, and conferences,
including one made by Lady Olave Baden-Powell at the Girl Scout World Conference in 1975.
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———. Collection. National Historic Preservation Center, Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
New York, NY. Contents: Approximately thirty scrapbooks and photograph albums contain
photographs, clippings, and printed material, 1920s-1980s. These document Girl Scout
encampments, conventions, anniversaries, and other events. Also included are two guest books
containing signatures of attendees at National Brownie Pow-Wows, Girl Scout Nature Weeks,
Brownie Conferences, International Teas, and other events, 1924-1945.
GSUSA Bronxville Chapter. Collection. Local History Room, Bronxville Public Library. Bronxville, NY.
Contents: Scrapbooks on the activities of the Bronxville Chapter, 1931-1937, and photographs of
the Scouts and their cabin, 1940-1970.
GSUSA Council of Buffalo. Collection. Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Buffalo, NY.
Contents: Photographs, tapes, movie, programs, and other memorabilia of the Buffalo Girl Scouts
Fiftieth Anniversary.
GSUSA Council of Nassau County. Collection. Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Inc. Garden City, NY.
Contents: Records of Girl Scout troops, districts and councils as well as of individual scouts and
scout leaders in Nassau County, including minutes, correspondence, record books, scrapbooks,
photographs, financial records, constitutions, bylaws, histories, policies, proposals, procedures,
training materials, newsletters, magazines, handbooks, posters, phonograph records, and other
memorabilia. Records of the president's office with material from various committees and
taskforces, 1970-1986; troop applications, registrations, membership lists and histories, 1920s to
present; and records of separate Girl Scout Councils in Nassau County, including the North
Nassau, Central Nassau, Mid Island, Sewanhaka and Five Towns Councils. Records of summer
and day camps owned by the various councils include letters, minutes, photographs, maps,
property records, lists of campers, brochures and clippings pertaining to Camp Edey in Bayport,
Blue Bay in East Hampton, Tekakwitha in Hampton Bays, Gray Beech in Riverhead, and
Wenasco in Cuddleback, N.Y. Scrapbooks include photos, clippings and letters from Girl Scout
and Brownie troops in Hicksville, Baldwin, Rockville Centre and Great Neck; of note are letters
from the Fahnestock South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to a
Mariner Girl Scout troop in Port Washington, 1939-1940; and letters, photos and clippings kept
by a Scout at the National Girl Scout Roundup in Idaho, 1965. Also oral history tapes;
questionnaires filled out by former scouts; promotional and financial records of cookie sales; and
information on founder Juliette Low, uniforms, crafts, awards, community service, fundraising
and other Girl Scout activities.
———. Collection. West Campus Library, Long Island Studies Institute, Library, Hofstra University.
Hempstead, NY. Contents: Clippings, reports, photographs, programs, registers, financial
records, minutes, scrapbooks, histories, posters, letters, charters, and memorabilia from Court
House Council, Sewanhaka Council, Hub Council, West Nassau Council, Lynbrook Girl Scouts,
Garden City troops, Gray Beech Camp, and South Nassau Council; and official Girl Scout
handbooks, guide books, reports, and pamphlets.
GSUSA Council of Riverhead Town. Collection. Helen Raynor Hannah Library - Archives, Suffolk
County Historical Society. Riverhead, NY Contents: Record book of the Riverhead Town Local
Council of Girl Scouts, 1937-1952; clippings, pamphlets, manuals, 1929-1953; scrapbook of a
trip to Washington, D.C., 1957.
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GSUSA Troop 3 (Woodmere NY). Collection. Local History Collection, Hewlett-Woodmere Public
Library. Hewlett, NY. Contents: Photo album and scrapbook of Girl Scout Troop 3 in Woodmere
with pictures of scouts at meetings, on campouts and in parades; also minutes of troop meetings,
newsletters, programs, sketches, letters, clippings and other records.
Hubacher, Max H. Collection. Local History Collection, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Hewlett,
NY. Contents: Photographs by Max Hubacher, including black & white photoprints and photo
albums, of scenes near his home in the Gibson section of Valley Stream, as well as in Hewlett,
Woodmere, Lynbrook, Hempstead, Garden City and other places on Long Island. Pictures show
Hubacher's home, houses under construction in suburban developments, stores, Long Island
Railroad stations and trains (including steam engines), trains and trolleys in other cities, a
Ringling Bros. circus train in Garden City, 1950; schools, parks, farms, floods and snowstorms,
fairs, circuses and parades. Also old family photographs, 1915; pictures of Hubacher's wife and
children, 1930s to 1960s; Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and school groups; historic houses and
buildings, including Sagamore Hill and Montauk Lighthouse; New York World's Fairs, 1939/40
and 1964/65; ships in New York harbor; and scenes in Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and elsewhere.
Jones, Mark M. Collection. Rockefeller Archive Center. Sleepy Hollow, NY. Contents: Mark Jones was
a management consultant and economist. In 1921 Jones joined the industrial relations firm of
Curtis, Fosdick and Belknap as Director of Economic Staff. It was here that he became involved
in studies of various interest of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. After he became a private consultant he
continued to do occasional work for the Rockefellers. The Mark M. Jones papers consist
primarily of studies and reports which relate to various companies and non-profit organizations.
Specific types of reports include economic audits, surveys, reorganization proposals, analyses of
policy and finances and development plans. Most of the reports were compiled between 1921 and
1935 while Jones was with Curtis Fosdick and Belknap. There is a corresponding RCA
photograph collection #1058. In light of the activity of the Rockefeller foundations in the BSA &
GSUSA, other collections located at the Rockefeller Archive Center should be examined for
possible BSA material.
Knowles, Malcolm Sheperd. Collection. Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University
Library. Syracuse, NY. Contents: Contains Knowles's personal and professional papers. Included
are biographical data, correspondence, photographs, printed and published material, scrapbooks,
speeches, meeting and workshop documentation, cassette and video tapes, films, and graphics.
Includes papers generated by Knowles as professor at Boston University and North Carolina State
University at Raleigh, a member and Executive Director of the Adult Education Association of
the U.S.A., and a member of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education and National
University Extension Association. Papers document Knowles's involvement with the American
Society for Training and Development, Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange,
Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning, Council for the Advancement of Experiential
Learning, International Congress of University Adult Education, International Federation of
Training and Development Organizations, and other adult education professional organizations.
In addition are materials relating to Knowles in his capacity as consultant to the General Electric
Company, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, U.S. Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare, and Young Men's Christian Associations as well as other corporations and
institutions. Major correspondents and/or individuals with printed/published material in the
collection include George F. Aker, Eugene Eli DuBois, Philip H. DuBois, Stanley M. Grabowski,
Cyril Orvin Houle, J.R. Kidd, Alan Boyd Knox, Imogene E. Okes, Matilda G. Paisley, King M.
Wientge, and Betty H. Wiser.
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Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Fund. Collection. Rockefeller Archive Center. North Tarrytown,
NY. Contents: The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial was formed in 1918 by John D.
Rockefeller and was named by his late wife. Intended to contribute realistically to improvements
in public welfare, the LSRM operated from the office of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. with a fluid
program until 1922, when Beardsley Ruml was named director and developed a long range
program. In 1929, the LSRM was consolidated with the Rockefeller Foundation and made a final
grant of $10 million to the Spelman Fund of New York to continue still active LSRM grants that
the RF could not programatically administer. Organization: Arranged in four series: 1. Minutes
and Dockets, 1918-1928 (1 cubic ft.), 2. Administration, arranged alphabetically, 1918-1933 (1
cubic ft.),3. Appropriations, 1917-1945 (45 cubic ft.), 4. Finances, 1918-1929 (9 cubic ft.)./ Series
3 is arranged in ten subject series: 3.1 Public Health, 1918-1934, 3.2 Religious, 1919-1929, 3.3
Emergency Relief, 1917-1919, 3.4 Leisure, 1918-1943, 3.5 Child Study and Parent Education
1923-1944, 3.6 Social Studies, 1922-1942, 3.7 Social Welfare, 1917-1931, 3.8 Interracial
Relations, 1918-1945, 3.9 General Education, 1920-1937, 3.10 Miscellaneous, 1919-1929./
Associated materials: The main Advisory Committee file is in the Rockefeller Family archives,
Office of the Messrs Rockefeller, Boards series.
Mainbocher. Collection. Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, NY. Contents:
American couturier, born Main Rousseau Bocher. Fashion illustrator and editor for Harper's
Bazaar (Paris) from 1922 to 1923 and fashion editor for French Vogue from 1923 to 1929.
Mainbocher operated his own salon from 1929 to 1939 in Paris and from 1939 to 1971 in New
York. During his career he introduced the strapless evening gown and designed uniforms for the
Red Cross, WAVES, SPARS and Girl Scouts. Scrapbooks contain clippings of reviews of
Mainbocher's designs for lingerie, theatrical costume, wedding gowns and evening gowns.
Clippings from clipping services document Mainbocher's role as designer for such leading
personalities as Mary Martin, Lynn Fontaine and Lauren Bacall. Also included are
correspondence between Mainbocher and Nancy White.
National Lutheran Commission on Scouting. Collection. Archives of Cooperative Lutheranism. New
York, NY. Contents: Minutes and reports of Commission, 1941-1967; correspondence, 1935,
1941-1966, concerning work with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, development of Pro Deo et Patria
and Lamb awards for scouts and scout leaders, camp chaplaincy, Canadian scouting, and other
matters; correspondence, minutes, and other material of Lutheran Committee on God-HomeCountry Program, 1950-1967; correspondence, programs, and other material of American
Federation of Lutheran Brotherhoods, ca. 1946-1965; and bulletins, 1946-1961.
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization. Collection. New York State Archives.
Albany, NY. Contents: This series contains correspondence created during cooperative efforts
between the OCM, state and federal agencies, and private organizations in an effort to coordinate,
publicize, and implement programs designed to involve the citizens of New York State in home
front activities. Correspondence between the OCM and state agencies relates to program
development and implementation and volunteer recruitment. The OCM and agencies such as the
Department of Agriculture, State Committee on Child Care, Department of Education, Food
Commission, Farm Manpower Service, and Department of Health concentrated on developing
plans and priorities, solving problems, assessing needs in the localities, and assisting local war
councils with program implementation. Correspondence with federal agencies is of a more
informational nature. Recommendations for operating procedures to ensure cooperative
relationships, promotion of the federal agencies' programs, and use of volunteers in the programs
are discussed. Included are copies of publications, summaries of conferences held in Washington,
D.C., and copies of talks given at national conferences from agencies such as the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Office of Price Administration, Office of Defense Health and Welfare
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Services of the Federal Security Agency, and the Defense Office of Transportation. In addition to
gathering information within New York State, the OCM exchanged publications and reports with
other states. This series contains many of these reports addressing the effects of war on welfare
services and operation of the other states' defense councils. Requests from libraries in other states
to the OCM for publications are numerous. Colleges also conducted workshops and other
programs designed to increase awareness about defense issues. A major participant and source of
expert advice was the Department of Home Economics at Cornell University. Cornell distributed
information about food conservation, organized nutrition committees in counties and cities, and
promoted these efforts by directing the home demonstration agents program. The College of
Agriculture at Cornell cooperated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service to
create a report series that addressed issues such as farm labor, marketing, and farm machinery.
Vassar College became involved in community planning and hosted the Civilian Training
Institute for Family and Child Care Services in War Time. In addition to correspondence, the
schools also sent informational reports and newsletters to the OCM produced as a result of their
efforts. The OCM coordinated its actions with private organizations to reduce confusion about
who was responsible for program administration. Placing the OCM in charge of recruiting
volunteers to participate in the organizations' activities created a workable compromise. The
series contains correspondence between the OCM and such organizations as Community Chests
and Councils, Council of Social Agencies, Girl Scouts, State Charities Aid Association, and the
United Service Organization. In an effort to consolidate volunteer recruitment within New York
State, the OCM was given full responsibility for recruiting for itself as well as for the Office of
Civilian Protection (OCP) and for compiling OCP progress reports from the counties. Much of
the correspondence between the OCM and OCP relates to coordinating cooperative efforts.
Procedures for the OCP programs such as air raids, artificial lighting in dimout areas, use of air
raid shelters, and operation of control centers and report centers are also included. The OCM also
corresponded with the federal Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) offices in New York City and
Washington. The OCD in New York City was the central location for the Second Civilian
Defense region. It served as a liaison between the Washington OCD and the state OCP in an
effort to promote federal defense programs through exchange of publications and organizational
plans. The OCD in Washington acted as a liaison with federal agencies to coordinate programs
which would then be distributed to the states and implemented in the counties where they would
be best utilized. This office encouraged central leadership, so much of the correspondence
addresses procedures, unified action and planning, and gathering and disseminating information
from all states.
Pound Ridge Historical Society. Collection. Pound Ridge Historical Society. Pound Ridge, NY.
Contents: Miscellaneous items pertaining to the history of Pound Ridge including deeds from the
sale of houses, land, and mills, 1821-1928; inventory of the goods of the late John Smith, 1810;
marriage certificate of Frederick Scofield and G. Belle Scofield, 1892; maps of Pound Ridge,
1867-1930, and of Westchester County, 1858; scrapbook of clippings, programs, and other items
pertaining to Girl Scouts and other local subjects, 1947-1953; and articles on the history of Pound
Ridge by Doris V. Soldner, 1973, and Ethel M. Scofield, 1983.
Queens Jewish Center. Collection. Center for Jewish History, American Jewish Historical Society. New
York, NY. Contents: This subseries is dedicated to documents and materials pertaining to the
Queens Jewish Center chapters of the Girl and Boy Scouts. Box 6, Folder 8 contains the center's
Boy Scouts Records. Included are documents about camp outs, dinners, induction and graduation
ceremonies, and monthly activities. One highlight of this folder is the listed qualities that all
members of the troop should possess: Wisdom, Courage, Temperance, Justice, Hope and Love.
The center's Girl Scouts records are located in Box 6, Folder 9. Mostly operational materials,
these items include budgets, committees, dues, and the attendance records of all members. Two
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documents relating to a 1969 sponsored event for the National Jewish Committee on Scouting can
be found in Box 6, Folder 10.
Rockefeller Jr, John D. Collection. Rockefeller Archive Center. Sleepy Hollow, NY. Contents: John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. joined his father's personal office on October 1, 1897, and became his father's
closest associate in the growing philanthropic activities of the office. Although Mr. Rockefeller,
Sr. made only occasional visits to the office after 1897, he maintained close contact with it's
activities./ In 1897, there were seven employees in the office, by 1960, the number had grown to
over 200. John D. Jr.'s five sons joined the office during the 1930's./ Under the guidance of
Rockefeller, Jr. and a small number of close associates, the office supervised a growing number
of diversified philanthropies. During his lifetime he gave over $550,000,000 to many charitable
projects. This collection documents the activities and interests of three generations of the John D.
Rockefeller family. In light of the activity of the Rockefeller foundations in the BSA, other
collections located at the Rockefeller Archive Center should be examined for possible BSA
material.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Collection. Department of Library Services, American Museum of Natural
History. New York, NY. Contents: Photocopies of Seton's correspondence, many typed from the
handwritten original, are primarily letters addressed to him. Correspondence with scientific
institutions concerning his publications, bird life, and observations of wildlife, especially of
Manitoba, Canada. Much correspondence devoted to his position as one of the founders of the
Boy Scouts of America and correspondence with Robert Baden-Powell, Daniel Carter Beard, and
other officials reflects plans, activities and other matters of this organization. Other papers pertain
to his involvement with the Woodcraft League. Reference is also made to Girl Scouts of America
and Camp Fire Girls of America. Seton corresponded with many prominent individuals such as
William T. Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society, C. Hart Merriam, and John
Burroughs, in addition to many natural history clubs and scientific societies. Also included in
collection are letters Seton wrote from Paris and New York City, many referring to personal and
family business and finances, and other matters, 1890s; manuscripts of articles he wrote about the
American West and articles of animal fiction stories. A few letters written about Seton after his
death complete the collection.
Smith, Robert Mills , and Herbert A. Landry. Collection. West Babylon Public Library. West Babylon,
NY. Contents: Photograph albums, scrapbooks, histories, articles, reports, minutes, newsletters,
programs, clippings and other material on the history of the West Babylon area. Included are
materials about the West Babylon Bicentennial Celebration and records of the Town of Babylon
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, with photographs, minutes, correspondence,
programs, agendas, memos, fliers, scrapbooks and clippings; a Town history by Robert Mills
Smith, 1979; and other notes and programs on historical events. Papers of civic groups include
photographs, building permits, tax notices, receipts, maps, newsletters, programs, notes,
postcards, correspondence, scrapbooks and clippings relating to the West Babylon Civic
Association, the Homewood Farms Civic Association and the Frederick Shores Civic
Association, 1930s-1960s. Material relating to West Babylon schools include a copy of the
minutes establishing a school district for West Babylon, 1912; a survey of school building needs
of Union Free School District #2, West Babylon, N.Y., by Herbert A. Landry of the New York
City Board of Education, 1949; West Babylon school district census, 1980, and summaries of
school district census and enrollment figures, 1942-1984; a history of the West Babylon Schools;
and articles about Walt Whitman who taught school in the West Babylon area, ca. 1836.
Photographs, including photo albums, color, and black-and-white prints and negatives, include
pictures of school buildings and classes, 1898-1980s, pictures of Robert Moses laying the
cornerstone at Santapogue elementary school, 1951; sports teams, gymnastics events, graduates,
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bands, parades, Cub Scout and Girl Scout troops, and other activities at the schools. Also a photo
album of activities of Friends of West Babylon Public Library, 1983-1986; photocopies from
various local newspapers of advertisements for local farms and businesses, 1870-1948; aerial
photographs of the area; and miscellaneous programs, fliers, articles, maps, newsletters and other
material.
Spewack, Samuel Loebel (interviewee), Bella Cohen Spewack (interviewee), Joan Franklin (interviewer),
and Robert Franklin (interviewer). Collection. Oral History Research Office, Butler Library,
Columbia University. New York, NY. Contents: Bella Spewack's early career as writer and
publicity agent; work with Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls; Samuel Spewack's beginnings as
correspondent for the WORLD, 1918-1926: reporters and speakeasies, the Sacco-Vanzetti case,
foreign coverage; their collaboration on plays and screenwriting; Hollywood in the 1930s.
St. Paul's Church. Collection. Saint Paul's National Historic Site. Mount Vernon, Westchester County,
NY. Contents: Collection consists of nine volumes of clippings, 1909-1966, concerning Saint
Paul's Church, the death of Rev. Coffey, 1909, the career of Rev. W. Harold Weigle, Jr.,
restoration of Saint Paul's Church, John Peter Zenger and the events of 1733 that led to his trial
for libel, and other aspects of the history of Saint Paul's Church and Eastchester; and two volumes
of photographs, slides, clippings, and newsletters, 1973-1977, concerning a Girl Scout project to
clean and record pre-Revolutionary gravestones at Saint Paul's as well as other restoration help.
The Davison Fund Inc. Collection. Rockefeller Archive Center. Sleepy Hollow, NY. Contents: The
Davison Fund was established by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1930 to systematize his personal
giving. The instrument creating the Fund contained neither instructions as to beneficiaries nor
limitation as to field. In general, the program developed from two motivations: an interest in the
social, cultural, educational, and health needs of New York City and its environs, and the
recognition of the importance of "certain problems which cut across national and international
boundaries and which invite the cooperation and support of thoughtful men everywhere." These
records were transferred by the Rockefeller Foundation to the Rockefeller Archive Center. The
collection includes correspondence, minutes, dockets, reports, bulletins, policy and procedure
files, and vouchers. Approximately two-thirds of the records consist of correspondence and
reports relating to grants. In light of the activity of the Rockefeller foundations in the BSA, other
collections located at the Rockefeller Archive Center should be examined for possible BSA
material.
Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children. Collection. New York State Library. Albany,
NY. Contents: The series consists of black and white photographs depicting children and staff of
the school at work and recreation, as well as the structures of the school and its physical
environment and surroundings. The exact purpose for which the photographs were taken is not
known, but they document the conditions of facilities and the work and educational environment
of the school, and may have supported a request for funds for capital improvements or expansion.
Occasional cropping directions indicate some may have been used in publications. The subjects
of the photographs include: individual and group portraits of children and staff (many at
graduation, school exercises, fair exhibits, or as part of class or team sport groups); children's
class exercises and work activities (especially farming and gardening); Indian Boy and Girl
Scouts (including Frank Beauvais and Clarence Blueye, first Indian Eagle Scouts in the U.S.);
interior views of buildings; exterior views of administration, residence, school, hospital, and farm
buildings and grounds; buildings under construction; and aerial views of grounds. Most
photographs are undated and unlabeled; when not stated, subjects have been assigned by Archives
staff. Sizes range from 3" x 4" to 8" x 10" and some are mounted.
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Weaver, Eleanor Adele Korbman. Collection. Huntington Historical Society. Huntington, NY. Contents:
Account book of George B. Korbman [and others], 1891-1946; autograph book of Sarah
Korbman, 1880-1894; autograph class book of Sarah Weaver, 1929-1930; music notebook of
Nellie A. Korbman 1894, with dates of painting lessons, 1894-1904; mementos and program of
the New York State WPA Theatre, 1933; programs, clippings, memorabilia of the World's Fair,
1939; Weaver-Korbman genealogical notes; Eleanor Weaver school folder, listing fellow
students, 1927; ration stamp books, 1943-1945; correspondence, 1950-1980; clippings, 19391966; photographs, wedding notice, obituary; paper relating to Girl Scouts of Huntington
Township, 1929-1931.
Nevada
GSUSA Troop 2 (NV). Girl Scout Troop no. 2 (Lovelock, NV) scrapbook, 1957-1964. Nevada Women's
Archives, Reno Libraries, University of Nevada. Reno, NV. Contents: This troop was established
in Lovelock, Nev., on Nov. 6, 1957, and consisted of fifth-grade girls. Scrapbook includes a list
of members and leaders, clippings, photographs, postcards, brochures, programs, and
correspondence.
North Carolina
Coates, Albert. Albert Coates papers, 1916-1980s. Southern Historical Collection, University of North
Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. Contents: Office and personal files of Albert Coates and his wife,
Gladys Hall Coates. Boxes 1-6 contain materials, 1941-1965, relating to North Carolina nonprofit
organizations, apparently collected by Coates in preparation for a study of these agencies at the
local administrative level. Included are annual reports and publications of a variety of social and
community organizations, like the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. Also included are materials
about regional organizations arranged by place name, reports of various committees of the North
Carolina Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, and information about other North
Carolina and national agencies. Miscellaneous items included two original manuscripts by
Coates, "The Many Lives of North Carolina Women," and "Palingenesis: An Example." Boxes 736 contain chiefly office files, many of which relate to Coates's tenure with the Institute of
Government. Boxes 37-43 contain letters, telegrams, wedding invitations, bills, report cards,
course materials, and other papers. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Coates,Albert.html
Gordon Family. Gordon family papers, 1810-1968. Southern Historical Collection, University of North
Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. Contents: Many items relate to W.W. Gordon's family life,
Confederate Army service, cotton trade activities, and military and diplomatic service during the
Spanish American War. Correspondence and account books relate to W.W. Gordon & Company
and its predecessor firms. Family materials include much correspondence between Nelly and her
mother in Chicago. During the Civil War, these letters show the fear of family members separated
by the struggle. Also included are several letters documenting the great Chicago fire of 1871 and
its aftermath and letters relating to Nelly's difficult relationship with Daisy, who struggled with
deafness as a child. G. Arthur Gordon papers reflect his cotton merchant activities; interests in
politics, including correspondence with brother-in-law, Richard Wayne Parker, lawyer and longtime New Jersey congressman; Gordon's civic and the Georgia State Troops involvement. And
his position as chief family confidant. While there are some Juliette Gordon Low papers relating
to the Girl Scouts, among them correspondence with Robert Baden-Powell, most items relating to
Daisy document her life in England, her unhappy marriage to William Mackay Low (Willie), and
the economic consequences of his death as the couple contemplated divorce. Mabel Gordon
Leigh papers relate chiefly to family affairs and to her World War I relief activities. Margaret
Gordon Seiler (Peggy), daughter of George Arthur Gordon, and her husband, the Reverend
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Robert S. Seiler, are represented by letters relating to their posting to Manila, Philippines, with
Church World Service, 1963-1968. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/g/Gordon%5FFamily.html
North Dakota
Camp Fire Outfitting Co. Collection. State Historical Society of North Dakota. Bismark, ND. Contents:
Camp Fire Girls health chart. Camp Fire Outfitting Co., c1929; Monthly thrift chart of the Camp
Fire Girls. Camp Fire Outfitting Co., c1928; Camp program material; Christmas cards! Make
your own; Dance of the seven laws; Girls and their ways; More honors to win this summer; Camp
Fire Girls health chart; Monthly thrift chart of the Camp Fire Girls; Book binding; Camp program
material; Christmas cards! Make your own; Dance of the seven laws; Girls and their ways; More
honors to win this summer. .
Ohio
GSUSA Troop 815. Restoration of Defiance County Children's Home Cemetery (1884-1914): Silver
Award Project 1997. Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University. Bowling
Green, OH. Contents: Brief project history with photographs and support documents of Girl
Scout cemetery restoration project.
Oklahoma
Collums, Mrs. Garner G. (Margaret). Collection, 1943-1950. Western History Collections, Library,
University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK. Contents: Invitations, clippings, programs and directories
from various clubs, including the University of Oklahoma Faculty Club, the University Women's
Club, the Y.W.C.A., the Girl Scouts, and the Red Cross, all collected by Mrs. Collums, whose
husband was director of housing at the University of Oklahoma. Margaret Collums Photograph
Collection also in repository.
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (OR). Collection. Library, Oregon Historical Society.
Portland, OR. Contents: Correspondence, programs, notes, and other materials, pertaining to
persons, organizations, and events related to the commission, including Governor Robert Straub,
the Oregon Board of Education, Rose Festival Association (Portland, OR), Girl Scouts of
America, the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Portland's Historic Landmarks Commission, and US
Dept. of the Interior's Environmental Living Program. Finding aid published in: National
inventory of documentary sources in the United States, microfiche 3.35.4.
———. Collection. Library, Oregon Historical Society. Portland, OR. Contents: Correspondence,
programs, notes, and other materials, pertaining to persons, organizations, and events related to
the commission, including Governor Robert Straub, the Oregon Board of Education, Rose
Festival Association (Portland, Or.), Girl Scouts of America, the Oregon Symphony Orchestra,
Portland's Historic Landmarks Commission, and U.S. Dept. of the Interior's Environmental
Living Program. Finding aid published in: National inventory of documentary sources in the
United States, microfiche 3.35.4. LC control no.94797912. NIDS microfiche no.3.35.4.
Kletzer, Virginia. Collection. Library, Oregon Historical Society. Portland, OR. Contents: Largely
material relating to National Congress of Parents and Teachers, including correspondence, audit
reports, budget, bylaws, history, minutes, and speeches. Other persons and organizations
represented include Ken and William Kletzer, American Cancer Society, the Governor's State
Committee on Children and Youth, Delta Kappa Gamma, Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs,
Oregon Mothers Association, Oregon State Public Welfare Commission, Oregon Youth Council,
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Pi Gamma Mu, U.S. Children's Bureau, Volunteers of America, and World Federation of
Education Associations. LC control no.94797919. NIDS microfiche no.3.35.40.
Price, Edith Ballinger. Collection. Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon
Libraries. Eugene, OR. Contents: Collection consists of Price's sketchbooks, stories and poems
published in magazines, manuscripts of some of her stories, miscellaneous publicity, photographs
of Price, and several series of original artwork. One of the highlights is the sketchbook series
which includes Price's earliest drawings. The collection also contains the complete illustrations
for My Lady Lee, the fictive autobiographical account of Price's adoption of Burchey May Perry.
Price was also instrumental in starting the Brownie Scouts program in the United States.
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv52677/
Tri-County Community Council (Portland, OR). Collection. Libary, Oregon Historical Society. Portland,
OR. Contents: Planning, research, and coordinating body for public and private social service
agencies in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, OR. Correspondence, memoranda,
minutes of meetings, reports, and other records relating to the council and member agency
programs concerned with adoption, aging, alcoholism treatment, day care, foster care,
handicapped services, medical services, mental health, nutrition, poverty, recreation, youth, and
other health and welfare issues. Gift of Tri-County Community Council, 1981. Finding aid in the
repository. NUCMC no.MS 83-1676. NIDS microfiche no.3.35.82.
Pennsylvania
Mumford, Lewis. Collection. Annenberg Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, PA. Contents: The Lewis Mumford Papers primarily document Mumford's
professional life as writer, critic, and teacher over a period of approximately seventy years, while
at the same time, they offer a rare and intimate glimpse of this extremely private man. Mumford's
prolific literary output and extensive correspondence predominate in the 197 boxes that comprise
the Papers. As such, the collection offers not only a unique but also a remarkably comprehensive
approach to scholarship on Lewis Mumford, his fields of interest, and his times.
Nauman, Gertrude Howard (Olmstead). Papers. Division of Archives and Manuscripts / State Archives,
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Harrisburg, PA. Contents: Republican
politician, civic leader, and public official, of Harrisburg, Pa. Political, civic, and personal papers;
together with political and personal papers of Mrs. Nauman's father, U.S. Representative Marlin
E. Olmstead (1847-1913); civic and personal papers of her mother, Gertrude (Howard) Olmstead
McCormick (1874-1953), national vice president of the Girl Scouts of America and organizer of
the Harrisburg Symphony and Harrisburg Art Association; and genealogical materials relating to
the Howard and Olmstead families. Unpublished finding aid in the repository. Permanent deposit
by Mrs. Nauman's estate, 1973. NUCMC no.MS 76-664
Rauh, Bertha Floersheim. Rauh Family Papers, 1904-1951 (bulk 1922-1934). Historical Society of
Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, PA. Contents: Includes: Mrs. Rauh's personal files and general
correspondence from 1904-1944, 1951; speeches, 1918-1944; publications, 1927-1944;
interviews, 1931-1934; invitations and replies, 1912-1941; photographs, 1911-1944, 1950;
memorabilia; 1908-1946. Also contains papers relating to the Pittsburgh Department of Public
Welfare, 1921-1925, 1930, 1932, including general correspondence, 1920-1936, 1941; subject
correspondence, 1903-1933, 1950. Subjects include: Allegheny County League of Women
Voters, Army Hostess Service, American Red Cross--Pittsburgh Chapter, Associated Charities,
Beulah Home for Babies, Birth Control, Bureau of Mental Health, Catholic Charities of the
Diocese of Pittsburgh; Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Children's Aid Society of Western
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Pennsylvania, Children's Commission--Pennsylvania, Civic Club of Allegheny County,
Columbian Council (of Jewish Women), Communicable Disease Hospital, Community Chest,
Congress of Women's Clubs (Western Pennsylvania), Council of Jewish Women (Pittsburgh),
Department of City Planning, Family Society, Family Welfare Association (Allegheny County),
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, Girl Scouts, Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Jewish Big
Brothers Club (Pittsburgh), Juvenile Court, Kingsley Association, League of Social Justice,
Mental Health Clinic, Mental Suspects, Municipal Band Concert Committee, Pennsylvania
Association for the Blind, Pennsylvania Committee on Penal Affairs, Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare, Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, Pennsylvania State Council of
Republican Women, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Milk and Ice Association, Pittsburgh
Association for the Improvement of the Poor, Pittsburgh Child Health Committee, Pittsburgh
Council of Churches, Pittsburgh Department of Public Health (Director), Pittsburgh Department
of Public Works, Pittsburgh Federation of Social Agencies, Pittsburgh Health Club, Public
Charities Association of Pennsylvania, policewomen, Public Health Nursing Association
(Pittsburgh), Republican Women's Committee of Allegheny County, Salvation Army, Soho Bath
House, Solicitations, Travelers' Aid Society (Pittsburgh and national), Urban League of
Pittsburgh, Reports of Visits to African-American Homes, Pittsburgh Home and Hospitals,
Mayview, Pennsylvania.
Shryock, Rheva Ott. Papers, 1930-1984 (S561). University Archives and Records Center, University of
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. Contents: Contents are primarily correspondence and working
files created while employed as a consulting Parliamentarian; while serving as an officer and
board member of various organizations and institutions (eg: Girl Scouts of the United States of
America); while a member of professional associations; as an author and lecturer on
parliamentary procedure. Also includes financial records and autobiographical memoirs.
Bio/History: Certified professional parliamentarian; B.S., U. of Pennsylvania, (1919) and M.A.,
Ohio State University; served as consulting Parliamentarian for numerous local, state and national
organizations during her career; author of Parliamentary Procedure Made Easy; reviewer and
consultant to Scott Foresman, publisher, for Roberts' Rules of Order Newly Revised; served as
president of U. of Pennsylvania , Association of Alumnae (1961-1962) and as chairman of U. of
Pennsylvania, Alumnae Bequest Committee (1970-1974); recipient of U. of Pennsylvania Alumni
Award of Merit (1964) and Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania (1977); wife of Richard
Harrison Shryock.
St. Nicholas Day Nursery. Records, 1886-1979. Urban Archives, Temple University Libraries.
Philadelphia, PA. Contents: The collection describes the activities of the two day nurseries and
the combined day care center in providing care for the children of black and white working class
families. The bulk of the collection consists of records created by the combined day care center.
The pre-merger records are predominantly of the St. Nicholas Day Nursery. Many of Jane D.
Kent's early records were not retained by the combined day care center, hence the majority of the
pre-1961 records reflect the activities of the St. Nicholas Day Nursery.
Rhode Island
Altieri, Alice LaFond. Papers. College Archives, Phillips Memorial Library, Providence College.
Providence, RI. Contents: State legislator and public official, of North Smithfield, R.I.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, speeches, reports, memorabilia, and other papers,
reflecting Altieri's political, civic, and charitable activities, including her term (1935-1936) in the
Rhode Island House of Representatives, duties as deputy chief of Rhode Island Dept. of Public
Welfare, Division of Old Age Security, and activities as public welfare director of North
Smithfield. Gift of Laura LaFond Livermore, 1977. Finding aid in the repository. LC control
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no.95797808. NIDS microfiche no.3.121.1
South Carolina
GSUSA Council of Carolina Low Country. Records, 1911-1981. Louise Pettus Archives & Special
Collections, Dacus Library, Winthrop University. Rock Hill, SC. Contents: Correspondence,
minutes, constitutions, histories, reports, scrapbooks, newsletters (1931, 1961-1973), newspaper
clippings, photos, slides, memorabilia, and other items, including records concerning camps,
annual conventions, and program activities. Includes troop registration and membership lists,
financial records, press releases, and other records, relating to Girl Scouts of the USA Juliette
Low Region VI. (OCLC: 28411067)
GSUSA Council of Hornet's Nest, GSUSA Council of York County (SC), and GSUSA Council of
Tarhelion (NC). Records. Archives and Special Collections Department, Dacus Library,
Winthrop University. Rock Hill, SC. Contents: Correspondence, minutes, reports, histories,
newsletters, programs, brochures, and newspaper clippings, of a council consisting of North and
South Carolina organizations, a result of the merger of the York County Girl Scout Council (S.C.)
and the Tarhelion Girl Scout Council (N.C.) in 1967. Unpublished finding aid in the repository.
Gift of Mrs. Albert Dykstra, executive secretary, 1977. NUCMC no.MS 79-1286
GSUSA Council of the Girl Scouts of Congaree Area (SC). Girl Scouts of Congaree Area (SC) records,
1936-1991. South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC. Contents:
Consisting of 160 issues of "Trailsigns," "Daisy News," and "Insights" newsletters, (1961-1991);
1 volume, "Richland Leaders' Bulletin," (1936-1941); and 6 volumes, "Trailsigns" newsletters,
(1945- 1960).
Katzen, Ethel Oberman. Ethel Oberman Katzen papers, 1933-1976. College of Charleston. Charleston,
SC. Contents: Collection includes personal photographs and ephemera of Ethel Oberman Katzen.
Six candid photographs (ca. 1930s-1940s) of Katzen with friends posing at various Charleston,
SC, locations including Folly Beach, the Battery and King Street (photocopies of images with
identifications included). Ephemera includes Ethel Oberman Katzen's certificate of distinction
(1933) from Bennett School in Charleston, SC; certificate of membership (1934-1935) to Cecile
Rubin Chapter of Young Judaea; membership cards (1935-1936) to Girl Scouts, Inc. Also
included are an invitation to the Charleston Israel Bonds dinner (1976); sheet of letterhead (ca.
1940s) from I. Oberman Complete Household Furniture (King Street); letterhead (ca. 1940s) from
Beth Israel Congregation.
National Council of Jewish Women (Charleston Section). Scrapbooks, 1907-1970, 1989-1996. College of
Charleston. Charleston, SC. Contents: Photographs, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, negatives,
press releases, certificates, and typescripts are included in four scrapbooks. Collection consists of
four scrapbooks (1906-1996) documenting the history, programs, special projects and general
activities of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Charleston Section. Scrapbooks
contain photographs (b/w) of charter members, original officers and succeeding presidents;
overview histories (typescripts) of organization; correspondence among council and those it
assisted; annual reports; award certificates; memorials to deceased members; speeches honoring
Charleston women inducted into the Federation of Woman's Clubs Hall of Fame. Also includes
programs from anniversary banquets, annual meetings, etc; meeting notices and event invitations;
newspaper clippings re. members and council projects; photographs (color) of installation
luncheons and meetings (1980s-1990s) at Charleston area homes (negatives exist for most color
photographs). Scrapbook #2 devoted to Council's weekly clinic on care and control of diabetes
(started in 1950) at Medical College Hospital; contains clippings, public service announcements
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and press releases re. tag day fundraisers; photographs of Council members working at clinic;
drafts of speeches and editorials re. work at clinic. Scrapbook #3 contains material related to
seminar, "You, your child and tomorrow," a NCJW workshop (1965) devoted to education issues
in Charleston. http://www.cofc.edu/%7Especcoll/women.html
Rosen, Yetta Bicoff , and Nathan Rosen. Rosen family scrapbooks, 1930-1954. College of Charleston.
Charleston, SC. Contents: The scrapbooks include photographs, photocopies, clippings,
ephemera, and pamphlets. Collection consists of five scrapbooks compiled by Yetta and Nathan
Rosen. First (1930-1935) contains photographs, clippings and ephemera from Nathan Rosen's
days at College of Charleston (includes dance cards and bid notice from Tau Epsilon Phi (TEP).
Scrapbooks #2 and #3 pertain to Yetta Rosen's life, 1937-1940, and include ephemera from
Greenville High School, clippings regarding work with Greenville YWCA and Synagogue Beth
Israel and departure for University of South Carolina (USC) in Columbia, S.C. College material
includes ephemera from football games and Tri Kappa sorority, playbills from campus
performances, semester class schedules, rough draft (1939) of USC publication, "The Red Sheet,"
academic achievement certificates and 1939 commencement program. Scrapbook #4 (1931-1948)
further documents Nathan Rosen's College of Charleston days and early political career; includes
photographs of Rosen with friends at Folly Beach, on the College of Charleston campus, and at a
TEP Stag Dinner at Fort Sumter Hotel (1939); ephemera includes fraternity party invitation,
tickets to football games and the 10th Azalea Festival luncheon; clippings re. Rosen's
involvement with the Charleston Elks Club and his legislative work with the South Carolina
House of Representatives. Loose material includes clippings regarding the Rosen's wedding and
rough drafts of thank you notes for gifts. Final scrapbook (#5) documents both Yetta and Nathan
Rosen's lives, 1942-1944; includes photographs of their wedding (Greenville, SC) and
honeymoon in Miami, FL; clippings re. Rosen's re-election to the South Carolina House of
Representatives, Yetta Rosen's involvement with the Girl Scouts, World War II, food rationing,
post-war planning and development of St. Andrews Parish; clippings and ephemera re. births of
Russell and Alan Rosen. Miscellaneous collection material consists of Yetta Rosen's autograph
book (1931-32), ephemera and oversize photograph from the Grand Lodge Convention of
B.P.O.E. Elks, New York City, July 6-11, 1946; Yetta Rosen's memo book (1954) and color
photocopies of Rosen family photographs (ca. 1919-1954), including interior image of Sam
Rosen's Drygoods (181 King St.), ca. 1919. http://www.cofc.edu/%7Especcoll/rosen.html
South Dakota
Shunk, Harold. Papers, 1850-1990. Center for Western Studies, Augustana College. Sioux Falls, SD.
Contents: Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, subject files, memoranda, legal records,
government documents, teaching materials, speeches, periodicals, clippings, conference and
commission proceedings, posters, artwork, radio and television program materials, notebooks,
employee account books, maps, atlases, photos, and other papers, documenting Shunk's career as
an employee of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (and its predecessor U.S. Office of Indian Affairs)
including his duties as teacher and educational administrator at Cheyenne River Indian
Reservation (S.D.) and superintendency of BIA agencies at Turtle Mountain (1954-1957),
Standing Rock (1959-1968), and Rosebud (1959-1968) Indian reservations in North and South
Dakota; his involvement after retirement with Boy and Girl Scout programs in Rapid City and
various charitable and educational organizations; affiliation with South Dakota State Historical
Society; and awards and honorary appointments received for his service to South Dakota citizens.
Includes files dealing with various Indian reservations, winter counts, tribal enrollment and
economic conditions, South Dakota towns, Sitting Bull, Gabriel Renville, and other topics;
letterpress books from Rosebud Reservation; proceedings from 5th Annual Conference on Indian
Affairs (1959, South Dakota State University) and other meetings; promotion pamphlets of the
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Sioux tribe; materials pertaining to courses taught by Shunk for Black Hills State College
(Spearfish, S.D.); and photos of family members, tribal leaders, ranching activities, and Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show.
Tennessee
Britton, C. E. C. , and Nancy Blanchard Britton. Britton family papers, 1935-1965. Archives of
Appalachia, East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, TN. Contents: Newsclippings,
correspondence, typed scripts, and memorabilia. Some of the material is undated; the remainder
dates from 1935 to 1965. Included are playbills from Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Va., single
issues of periodicals, an almanac, a church bulletin, a paper written by Mrs. Britton for a college
public speaking course, lists of children's records published by Victor Records, the script of a
radio program about the Kingsport Life Saving Crew, and a carbon typescript copy of a play. The
collection provides information about life in Kingsport, TN, including business, St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Girl Scouts, and the Kingsport Life Saving Crew. Also included is information
on the University of the South's Summer Music Center, Sewanee, TN, and a February 1940
blizzard in New England.
GSUSA Council of Nashville. History of Tennessee contest scrapbooks, 1936. Tennessee State Library
and Archives, Department of State, State of Tennessee. Nashville, TN. Contents: This collection
consists of the winning scrapbooks for the “History of Tennessee Scrapbook Contest” sponsored
by the Girl Scout Council of Nashville, Inc., 1936. The ten prize winning volumes contain
clippings, picture post cards, photographs, biographical sketches, sketches of historic sites and
other data pertaining to the history of Tennessee. The materials in this finding aid measure 1.26
linear feet. There are no restrictions on the materials. Single photocopies of unpublished materials
in the Girl Scout Council of Nashville History of Tennessee Contest may be made for purposes of
scholarly research. http://ww.state.tn.us/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/1473.pdf
Harris Family, and Harris Manufacturing Company. Harris Manufacturing Company records and Harris
family papers, 1850-1990. Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University. Johnson
City, TN. Contents: The Company Records contains records that document the corporate
operations and financial affairs of Harris Manufacturing Company, numerous subsidiaries, and
other companies and enterprises in which the Harris family were involved. The records are
organized by the various individual companies as well as the Harris Foundation established by the
Harris family. These include: Harris Manufacturing Company, Harris Flooring Company, Harris
Hardwood Company, Cherokee Flooring Corporation, Harris Shell Compan, Harris Properties
Incorporated, BondWood Sales Corporation, Harris Corporation, Harris Company, Harris
Appalachian, Golden State Flooring Corporation, Doe River Flooring Company, French Broad
Flooring Company, Linville Company, Auto Sales and Service Company, Citizens Loan
Corporation, Monte Vista Burial Park, Glen Ridge Farms, Incorporated, Harris Foundation. The
Harris Family Papers, contains personal papers belonging to various members of the Harris
family who were prominent in business and social affairs in Johnson City, Tenn., for most of the
20th century. These individuals include William P. Harris, Ida Florence Potter Harris, Allen
Harris, Sr., Torrey Stanley Harris, Allen Harris, Jr., Ruth Harris, Allen Harris III, Eva Stanley
Harris Conour. The papers cover the period 1850-1983, though primarily papers are post-1900.
Their papers reflect this involvement and help document business and social history in the city
during this period. The papers include such document types as audits, correspondence, financial
records, estate planning and estate settlement, and photographs. Civic activities such as
involvement with the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Girl Scouts, and church
activities, especially involving St. John's Episcopal Church, are also documented.
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Spina, Mary Beth, Frederick T. White, and Mary Elsie White. Mary Beth Spina Family Papers, c. 18981975. Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, TN. Contents:
Consists of newspaper clippings, newspapers, diplomas and other memorabilia, a scrapbook,
photographs, and miscellaneous publications that document the lives of Spina's grandparents
(Frederick T. and Elizabeth White), aunt (Mary Elsie White), and mother (Freddie Lee White
Spina). In addition, the collection documents such subjects such as Frederick White's service in
the Spanish-American War and the Philippines and Mary Elsie White's work with the Girl Scout
program in East Tennessee. http://ww.etsu.edu/cass/Archives/Collections/afindaid/a414.html
Texas
Department of Education Files, 1950-2000. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. Contents: The
bulk of the materials are open for public research after fifteen years. The education record group
(RG09) is divided into 15 series: RG09:01 Ruth Pershing Uhler Subject Files; RG09:02
Exhibition Files; RG09:03 Adult Program Files; RG09:04 Family Program Files (Subseries
RG09:04.1 Kaleidoscope); RG09:05 School Program Files; RG09:06 Outreach Program Files;
RG09:07 Docent Files (Subseries RG09:07.1 Tour Books); RG09:08 Scheduling Files (Subseries
RG09:08.1 Daily Schedule; Subseries RG09:08.2 Master Schedule, Weekly; Subseries
RG09:08.3 Departmental Appointment Books); RG09:09 Subject Files (Subseries RG09:09.1
Grant Files); RG09:10 Correspondence; RG09:11 Administrative Files (Subseries RG09:11.1
Interns; RG09:11.2 Awards); RG09:12 Non-MFAH Event Files; RG09:13 Ephemera; RG09:14
Bayou Bend; and RG09:15 Audio Visual./ Preferred citation: Records of the Department of
Education (RG09), 1950-2000, Archives, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Unpublished finding
aid available in repository. Photographs were removed and placed in the Archives Photograph
Collection. Audio Visual Materials were removed and placed in the Archives Audio Visual
Collection. Photographs and Audio Visual Materials can be searched in Archives databases.
Department of Education, Subject Files, 1980-1999. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX.
Contents: The Subject Files document the involvement of the education department in arts
education as well as the Houston area art community. Subjects of note in the 1980s include
involvement with the Cultural Arts Council of Houston (CACH) including the Multi-Cultural
Arts Committee, participation in the Texas Art Education Association, the Texas Art Education
Association, and the Texas Institute for Arts in Education. Subjects of note in the 1990s include
the writing and evaluation of the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden brochure,
involvement in the American Association of Museums (including a 1996 presentation by
Education Director Beth Schneider), the artist in residence program at Houston Independent
School District (HISD), and participation in the National Art Education Association programs
and conferences including the 1995 Annual Conference in Houston. The grant files subseries
reflects the involvement of education staff in the grant writing process, however additional
information may be found in the files of the development office. Of special interest is the
documentation of the Lila Wallace: A Place for All People project, an attempt to make the
museum a central to the lives of all people in the Houston area. Special attempts were made
through this project to bring the world of art to an underserved population, as documented here.
In addition, these files record the activities of education staff in assisting other institutions in the
grant writing and evaluation process.
Batiste, Gertrude. Gertrude Batiste papers, 1978-2001 (MS 109). UTSA Archives, Library, University of
Texas. San Antonio, TX. Contents: Gertrude Batiste is recognized for her contributions to the San
Antonio Area Council of Girl Scouts and her volunteer work with several San Antonio
organizations. The Gertrude Batiste Papers consist of awards, correspondence, newsclippings, a
limited number of photographs, and notes and materials gathered by Batiste as an active member
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of several organizations. The bulk of the materials document Batiste's community involvement
during the 1980's and 1990's. The papers are arranged into two series, Community Involvement
and Personal Papers. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utsa/00052/utsa-00052.html
Carney, James Thomas. J.T. Carney collection, 1923-1973. Library, Sul Ross State University. Alpine,
TX. Contents: Contains 7,189 leaves: correspondence, educational documents, financial
documents, legal documents, photographs, printed & savings material, records & notes,
scrapbook material, and letter boxes.
Community Chest (Lubbock). Records, 1955-1960. Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University.
Lubbuck, TX. Contents: Collection bulks with printed material, including reports from agencies,
newsclippings and a history of the organization. The correspondence is primarily "thank you"
letters to Mrs. Baggett.
Cox, Josephine Henry. Josephine Henry Cox papers, 1920-2004. Woman's Collection, Texas Woman's
University Library. Denton, TX. Contents: Attended Texas State College for Women (now Texas
Woman's University) and volunteered at the University during her retirement years; active in Girl
Scouts both as a member and as an employee in Maryland, New York, and Texas; held positions
in the health care and teaching professions in California and Texas. Collection includes personal
and professional correspondence as well as genealogical research and employment records. Legal
documents relate to major events in her life, and photographs range from her childhood to later
years. http://www.twu.edu/library/womans
Dingus, Georgia Oree Wilson. Papers, 1895-1981 (bulk 1925-1981). Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University. Lubbock, TX. Contents: Correspondence, financial
material, general files, diaries and calendars, genealogical material, legal materials, writings,
scrapbooks, and other papers, reflecting Dingus's teaching career, travel, interests, and
affiliations. Topics include the role of women in West Texas from 1926 to 1977, Nazi
propaganda, and the teaching of Latin. Includes material about her husband, William G. Dingus,
and radio broadcast scripts on Christmas, United Nations, and Girl Scouts. Organizations and
institutions represented include American Association of University Women, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Lubbock Council for the
United Nations, and Texas Technological College Dept. of Foreign Languages.
Geer, Ruth Ann (interviewee), and Christine Wilken (interviewer). Oral history interview with Ruth Ann
Geer, 2000. Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Arlington, TX.
Contents: Ruth Ann Geer shares her early influences and her experiences as a practicing
registered nurse in Corpus Christi, Texas. She discusses how she became involved with the issue
of affordable housing through the Junior League, as well as her involvement on the Housing
Authority Board of Commissioners and the Tarrant County Housing Partnership. In addition, she
talks about her volunteer efforts with the Girl Scouts.
GSUSA Council of San Antonio Area. San Antonio Area Council of Girl Scouts records, 1926-2000.
Archives for Research on Women and Gender, Special Collections and Archives Department,
Library, University of Texas. San Antonio, TX. Contents: The records of San Antonio Area
Council of Girl Scouts document the organization through correspondence, minutes, reports,
photographs, scrapbooks and printed materials, including several issues of the group's magazine,
Scout About. The materials present a glimpse of general business activities carried out by board
and committee members. In this respect, the records show major changes that occurred within the
organization over time. The collection also offers information on the council's programs and
activities, which include events in San Antonio, and camp activities in the surrounding area. A
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number of the events in San Antonio were concerned with public outreach and with raising
awareness of the organization within the community. Also present are details of the organization's
properties acquired over the years through purchase and bequests.
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Houston, Lila M. (interviewee), and Christine Wilken (interviewer). Oral history interview with Lila M.
Houston, 2000. Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Arlington,
TX. Contents: Ms. Houston discusses her college experience in Arlington, including meeting her
husband. She talks about her interest in music and how she shared her talent through the church.
Also discusses why she was involved in the Girl Scouts. She shares her memories of starting a
kindergarten for children in Arlington and her membership in the Woman's Club. Finally, she
discusses her feelings of leaving her house for an elderly facility.
Thomas, Bessie Aleda Hardaway, and Oscar John Thomas. O.J. and Bessie Thomas Collection (MSS 16).
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library. Houston, TX. Contents: Bessie
Aleda Hardaway Thomas was born and raised in Cameron, Texas. She graduated from Prairie
View A & M in 1923. Following her graduation she taught homemaking at Cameron Colored
School. Bessie Thomas and her husband Oscar John Thomas brought young women of color to
Cameron and graciously housed them; permitting the women to complete high school and attend
Prarie View A&M for college. In her later years Bessie Thomas worked as Principal for Prairie
View Elementary School. Her community advocacy included organizing Cameron's Federated
Women's Club, the Prairie View First Methodist Church (1972) and the local Girl Scouts troop.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/houpub/00083/hpub-00083.html
Utah
Hurd, Gwen J., and Dougall Alice. History of Camp Cloud Rim. Utah Historical Society. Salt Lake City,
UT. Contents: History of the Girl Scout camp near Park City.
Lund, Jennifer L. Manuscript Collections, 1986 (MSS B-98). Utah State Historical Society. Salt Lake
City, UT. Contents: Ten interviews with women involved with Girl Scouting in 1986.
Melich, Doris S. The Doris S. Melich papers. 1930-2003. Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott
Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. Contents: Minutes, agenda, reports,
correspondence, memoranda, handbooks, notes, essays, announcements, news articles, and other
papers from various organizations Doris Melich was involved with, in particular, the Arthritis
Foundation, the Utah Arts Council, and the Girl Scouts of America.
Virginia
McClenahan, Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek. Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan papers, 1930-1999
(Collection Number M 302). Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library,
Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA. Contents: The collection includes
correspondence, notes, clippings, various organizational minutes, reports and files, drafts of
speeches, manuscripts and published materials dating from 1933 through 1993. The bulk of the
collection dates from the late 1970s through the early 1990s and focuses on Mrs. McClenahan's
involvement on issues of race, housing, historic preservation, and Richmond revitalization. The
organizational records in the collection include material from many of Richmond's major civic
organizations, including Planned Parenthood, the Richmond Better Housing Coalition,
Richmond-On-The-James, Richmond Renaissance and the Richmond Urban Forum. The
activities of other organizations are also represented to a lesser degree. The collection also
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contains material documenting Mrs. McClenahan's involvement in education, the arts and politics
in Richmond and Virginia, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and speeches she has given. Other
material in the collection ranges from correspondence of friends and family to material on her
daily life, social plans, family holidays and vacations to information on her various interests. One
box contains Girl Scouting material, 1989-1997.
http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vcu-cab/vircu00021.html
Washington
Haig, Emily H. Emily Haig papers, 1933-1972. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries.
Seattle, WA. Contents: Emily Haig (1890-1978) was an ardent conservationist who in 1912
became a member of the Sierra Club and joined in the opposition to the construction of the Hetch
Hetchy Dam in Yosemite. In 1923 she came to Seattle, where she became active in a number of
organizations, including the Parent and Teachers Association (state president from 1934-1938),
the Seattle Girl Scouts, the American National Red Cross (board member of the Seattle-King
County chapter), the North Cascades Conservation Council, the Olympic Park Associates, the
Nature Conservancy (Washington chapter), the Natural Resources Forum, and the Washington
Arboretum Foundation. In addition, she was president of the Seattle Audubon Society and an
active member of the Seattle Mountaineers, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, and the
Washington Environmental Council. Haig was a force behind the establishment of the Japanese
Tea Garden and the Foster Island Bird Sanctuary in the University of Washington Arboretum in
Seattle. She was also involved in the protection of other areas in the state, including Leadbetter
Point, sections of Olympic and Rainier National Parks, North Cascades National Park, Glacier
Peak Wilderness Area, Nisqually Delta, and many others. Correspondence, minutes, reports,
clippings, writings, financial records, congressional bills, policy statements, and photos, relating
mainly to Haig's work in conservation organizations, including the Arboretum Foundation (19531971), the Seattle Audubon Society (1934-1972), the national and Pacific Northwest Chapter of
the Sierra Club (1946-1972), and the Mountaineers. Major correspondents include Henry M.
Jackson, Warren G. Magnuson, Thomas M. Pelly, Brock Evans, and Patrick D. Goldsworthy.
Wisconsin
Adams, Elizabeth Kemper. Autobiography, 2 photographs and 4 pamphlets. William B. Cairns Collection
of American Women Writers 1650-1920, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections,
Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI. Contents: Elizabeth Kemper Adams
was a psychologist and educational specialist in the early twentieth century and was well-known
as the educational secretary of the Girl Scouts of America from 1922-1948. Typescript
autobiography, hand-corrected, dated April 2, 1933 and ends approximately 1899; 2 photographs,
unmounted, of Elizabeth Kemper Adams; 2 copies each of 2 pamphlets on the Girl Scouts.
Ashmun, Margaret Eliza. Collected papers, 1968 and undated. Wisconsin Historical Society. Madison,
WI. Contents: Items concerning Margaret Ashmun, author of children's books, magazine stories,
and other works, who was born and died in Rural, Wisconsin, a small village in Waupaca County.
Present is a typewritten copy of notes by Ashmun on the early settlers of Rural, and 1968 letters
and other items about Ashmun collected by Dimetra Shivers for the Historical Society. Also
included is a photograph of Shivers and a clipping and letter from her about a racial slight she
experienced as a member of the Girl Scouts of America.
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Desormeaux, Dorothea. Photographs. Wisconsin Historical Society. Madison, WI. Contents: Photographs
of groups, places, and events in and around Madison, Wis., made by Dorothea Desormeaux.
Included are images of a Grand Army of the Republic National Convention parade in 1937; a
Madison based Orthopedic Girl Scout Troop; and a parade in Madison, possibly the 1936
Wisconsin Centennial parade. Also included are images of the Majestic Theatre that was
managed by Desormeaux's father, Arthur Desormeaux, and views of Tenney Park. Other images
were made by Desormeaux for a photography class.
Fisher, Molly. Letters, 1943-1952. Wisconsin Historical Society. Madison, WI. Contents: Letters written
to Molly Fisher, a Girl Guide from Scotland, from four Girl Scouts in Madison (Wis.) in which
they discuss the effects of World War II on the U.S. homefront including family members serving
in the military and the effects of rationing; popular fashions and clothing patterns; recreational
activities such as camping, homecoming, and sporting events; and popular motion pictures and
music. (OCLC: 145773498)
Garretson, Geraldine A., and John E. Anderson. Papers, 1810-1970. Wisconsin Historical Society.
Madison, WI. Contents: Family papers, including photocopies of Civil War letters written by
John E. Anderson (Co. K, 3rd WI Inf.), in Norwegian with English translations; a letter written by
his wife, Martha; their wedding portrait; genealogy charts showing the relationship between
Anderson and John Lindas; a file of photocopied clippings, photographs, and an interview
concerning Garretson’s mother, Marion Swenson Kundiger, and her involvement with starting
Girl Scouts in Stoughton, WI in 1929; and a similar file concerning Garretson’s grandfather,
Helmer Swenson, and his organization of the Boy Scouts in Stoughton in 1917, along with other
information about his many civic activities
GSUSA Council of River Falls (WI). Records, 1929-1950, 1965-1976. River Falls Area Research Center,
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. River Falls, WI. Contents: Records concerning girl
scouting in River Falls, WI, including scrapbooks, printed materials, individual members' records,
and materials documenting merit badge projects and other activities.
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/whsead.uw-whs-rf00bu
———. Records; 1929-1950 (bulk 1965-1976). River Falls Area Research Center, Wisconsin Historical
Society Archives, University of Wisconsin. River Falls, WI. Contents: Records concerning girl
scouting in River Falls, Wisconsin, including scrapbooks, printed materials, individual members'
records, and materials documenting merit badge projects and other activities. Girl Scouting was
introduced in River Falls in 1928. By 1935, when the local council was formed, there were three
registered troops. In 1947, at the apparent height of scouting in River Falls, the city had eight Girl
Scout troops and three Brownie Scout troops. Although there are occasional references to the
Brownies, the records are mainly those of several Girl Scout troops in River Falls. They fall into
two distinct time periods, 1930-1950 and 1965-1976; there is an unexplained lack of
documentation of any kind for 1950-1965. The collection has been separated into four series:
Activities, Records, Printed Material, and Scrapbooks.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/ead-idx?c=shs&id=uw-whs-rf00bu
McCormick, Cyrus Hall. McCormick-IHC Collection, 1880-1937. Wisconsin Historical Society.
Madison, WI. Contents: Routine records of philanthropic donations by Chicago industrialist
McCormick to a variety of organizations and individuals. Grouped by recipient, the files typically
include a letter of appeal, McCormick's or his secretary's response, his secretary's letter enclosing
the check, letters from the recipient thanking him for the money, and occasional correspondence
between McCormick and his secretary on how much to give; all enclosed with a slip for each
recipient identifying the subject with remarks on what the donation was for. The individuals
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McCormick gave to varied from people asking for a few dollars to large yearly donations.
Organizations represented include those concerned with world peace, Native Americans,
education, the Presbyterian Church of Chicago and the United States, women's and children's
charities, and Chicago area philanthropies. Miscellaneous volumes in the series are donation
record lists, dockets, financial record books, and YMCA International Committee subscription
books.
University of Wisconsin (River Falls) Faculty Women's Club. Faculty Women's Club, 1914. Area
Research Center & University Archives, University of Wisconsin. River Falls, WI. Contents: This
collection contains minutes of meetings, early and revised constitutions, rosters of members,
correspondence, programs, and other materials relating to the Faculty Women's Club. 2005
additions to the collection include clippings, correspondence, photo and scrap books, and record
books (1964-2000).
UWRF Faculty Women's Club. Records, 1914- (Series 89). Area Research Center & University Archives,
University of Wisconsin. River Falls, WI. Contents: This collection contains minutes of meetings,
early and revised constitutions, rosters of members, correspondence, programs, and other
materials relating to the Faculty Women's Club. 2005 additions to the collection include
clippings, correspondence, photo and scrap books, and record books (1964-2000). The
philosophy of the organization always underscored sociability over money-making. Nevertheless,
the group has continually supported a variety of charitable and civic causes. For example, the
club awarded annual scholarships, donated milk and clothing to the needy, and contributed to
such organizations as the American Red Cross, the Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army, the
American Legion, and the March of Dimes.
http://www.uwrf.edu/library/arc/uwreg/uwseries89.php
UWRF Pigeon Lake and Clam Lake Field Stations. Pigeon Lake/Clam Lake Field Station Records, 19591997. Area Research Center & University Archives, University of Wisconsin. River Falls, WI.
Contents: The University of Wisconsin System acquired the Pigeon Lake and Clam Lake Field
Stations to serve as centers for studying, teaching, and research in any discipline in which
learning can be enhanced by utilizing a natural, relatively undisturbed, wilderness environment./
Pigeon Lake Field Station: Pigeon Lake Field Station is located in the southwest part of the
Washburn Ranger District in the Chequamegon National Forest. The field station is four miles
west of Drummond, Wisconsin, in northern Bayfield County. The camp was originally
constructed in the early 1930s to house members of the Civilian Conservation Corps. From 1938
to 1959, the field station was used by Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, church groups and other
organizations. On July 14, 1959, the land was purchased from the U.S. Forest Service by the
Board of Regents of State Colleges under a surplus property arrangement. Over the next 16 years,
the field station increased in size from 11.5 to 50 acres. In 1973, the State Universities and the
University of Wisconsin merged. The Board of Regents passed a resolution approving the
Articles of Agreement. This agreement formed the basis for the Pigeon Lake Field Station
Consortium and provided guidelines for operation of the field station until 1982. In 1982, the
Board of Regents dissolved the consortium and transferred responsibility for the field station to
UW-River Falls. The university is responsible for the financial and academic administration of
the program. During the summer, many college students attend Pigeon Lake to earn credits in
courses such as art, biology, business and teacher education. The credits earned are resident
credits for any of the member campuses of the University of Wisconsin System. The field station
is also open for educational meetings, non-credit programs and private use by individuals and
groups./ Clam Lake Field Station: Clam Lake Field Station is located in the Hayward Ranger
District of the Chequamegon National Forest, 35 miles north of Park Falls, Wisconsin. The
facilities at Clam Lake were constructed in the mid-1960s to house the Clam Lake Job Corps
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Conservation Center. In 1969 the Job Corps facilities were made available to state governments
for "Socially Useful Purposes." In 1970, the Board of Regents obtained title to the vast majority
of personal and real property associated with the center. The collection contains administrative
records from 1959 through 1997. Budget reports, building projects, correspondence, food service
and instructor information are contained in this collection. Additionally, there are written histories
of Pigeon Lake, summer class brochures, photographs, slides, programming brochures and policy
information. Also included in the collection are early records from Clam Lake Field Station,
which mainly encompass the years 1960 through 1975.
http://www.uwrf.edu/library/arc/uwreg/uwseries132.php
Wisconsin State Fair. State Junior Fair records, 1942-1969. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
Madison, WI. Contents: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, press releases, and reports of the
Junior Fair, a special competition at the State Fair involving 4-H, Future Farmers of America,
Future Homemakers of America, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Farmers Equity Union Juniors.
Wyoming
Estes, Buster , and Frances Estes. Buster and Frances Estes papers, 1922-1980. American Heritage
Center, University of Wyoming. Laramie, WY. Contents: Collection contains miscellaneous
materials concerning the Estes Family and the Jackson Hole area. It contains four legal
documents regarding the Estes' homesteading of the STS Ranch and three photographs: two
images of Mrs. Herbert Hoover at the STS Ranch (she attended a Girl Scout leader meeting there
in 1937) and an image of Menor's Ferry in Grand Teton National Park. Collection also contains
an STS Ranch brochure, Frances Estes' Girl Scouts five year service stripe card, a post card of
Menor's Ferry and four miscellaneous clippings concerning the history of the Jackson Hole area.
GSUSA Council of Wyoming. Girl Scout Council of Wyoming records, 1933-1998. American Heritage
Center, University of Wyoming. Laramie, WY. Contents: Scrapbooks, parent letters, annual
reports, Wyoming recruitment information, leaders newsletters, council meeting minutes,
newspaper articles, training information, and VHS video tapes relating to the history of Girl
Scouts in Wyoming.
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