Camp Kehonka (Wolfeboro, N.H.)

One of the oldest American camps for girls, Camp Kehonka was founded in 1902 by Laura I. Mattoon, a 1894 graduate of Wellesley College who taught science at the MacDuffie School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and at the Veltin School for Girls in New York City. In 1911 A. Cooper Ballentine joined the staff and, after Mattoon's death in 1945, he continued to run the camp with his wife, Althea Macauley Ballentine. The camp closed after the summer of 1985. Both Mattoon and Ballentine were active members of the American Camping Association, contributing to its growth as an organization.

From the description of Records of Camp Kehonka, 1911-1986 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 420824992