Twining, Herbert H., 1900-1971.

Pioneer in the private camping movement, founder and director of Al-Gon-Quian Boys Camp on Burt Lake in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and officer in the American Camping Association.

From the description of Herbert H. Twining papers, 1927-1980. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419188

A pioneer in the private camping movement, Herbert H. Twining was the founder and director of the Al-Gon-Quian Boys Camp, 1925-1967. An Ann Arbor resident and University of Michigan graduate (1923), he was elected the first national president of the American Camping Association (ACA) in 1935. He later served as finance committee chairman and executor director of the ACA and was an advisor on the National Parks Board for several years.

The camp founded by Twining is located on Burt Lake in Cheboygan County. It was originally started as a private boys camp, and gained a prominent reputation over the years, as the sons of such important families as the Proctors and Gambles of Cincinnati, the Wrigleys of Chicago, and the Strohs of Detroit and Grosse Pointe were campers there, as well as the children of Alvin Bentley, C.S. Mott and G. Mennen Williams. Such notable University of Michigan figures as Ben Oosterbaan, Dr. Roger Howell, Roscoe Bonisteel and Deans Stason and James B. Edmonson have served on Twining's staff. Following his retirement in 1967, the camp was taken over by the Ann Arbor Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations.

From the guide to the Herbert H. Twining Papers, 1911 and 1927-1980, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)