Camp Bonnie Brae Records, 1917-2009 (ongoing)

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Camp Bonnie Brae Records, 1917-2009 (ongoing)

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The Camp Bonnie Brae Records consist of extensive documentation of camp activities, notably photographs; files pertaining to construction and maintenance of buildings and grounds, including maps, blueprints, drawings, and photographs; and administrative records from the camps founding in 1919 through 2007, including correspondence, reports, minutes, financial information, information about staff, songbooks, publicity materials, and publications. Thre are also documentary films, slides of camp grounds and activities, a camp scrapbook, and memorabilia. Recent additions pertain to Adeline Friedlander, from her time as a camper at Camp Bonnie Brae in the late 1920s and early 1930s; materials from her funeral (2007), and from the dedication of the Girl Scouts of Western Massachusetts's Adeline M. Friedlander Museum and Visitor Center (2009). A small amount of clippings and photographs relating to the camp, collected by Friedlander, is also included.

12.5 linear ft. ( 15 boxes; oversize materials; film)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7577514

Smith College, Neilson Library

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