Camp Tamiment (Pa.).
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Camp Tamiment, also called The People's Educational Camp Society, was established in 1920 near Bushkill, Pa. as an educational and recreational summer resort for socialists and their families. It was sold in 1965.
From the description of Records, 1920-1968. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 17269105
John Pacuska was born in the coal mining town of Pittston, Pennsylvania. He served in the Navy for two years following World War II. In 1951, Pacuska and others from Pittston were recruited to work at Camp Tamiment, an educational and recreational summer resort for socialists and their families located near Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Pacuska worked as a waiter at the camp to help pay for his college education. He went on to have a career as a psychologist. Pacuska is retired and currently resides in Fountain Valley, California.
From the guide to the John Pacuska Camp Tamiment Photographs, 1951-1963, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive)
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