Audio-visual materials, [ca. 1955-1975]

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Audio-visual materials, [ca. 1955-1975]

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.

ca. 9.8 cubic ft.

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Girl Scouts of the United States of America

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The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912 when Low organized the first Girl Guide troop meeting of 18 girls at her home in Savannah, Georgia. By the next year they became the Girl Scouts of the United States. By the 1920s troops were forming overseas as well. Low was inspired to start the Girl Scouts after she met Robert Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, in 1911. Beginning with Lou Henry Hoover, the incumbent First Lady has served as the Honorary Pr...

Baden-Powell, Olave, 1889-1977

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Wife of Sir Robert Baden-Powell and leader of the Girl Scout movement. From the description of Letter, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367573878 ...