Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council records, circa 1926 - 2005.

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Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council records, circa 1926 - 2005.

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Records of the Kaw Valley (Kansas) Girl Scout Council. The collection consists of information concerning awards, membership, badges and patches; Board reports and meeting minutes, as well as various committee records and financial records; scrapbooks and newspaper clippings; event programs and forms; personnel information and information concerning Girl Scout alumnae; newsletters and other publications, both local to the region and from the national organization; anniversary histories; activities and camp information; photographs, slides, and other audio-visual materials, etc. The records are for the Council as well as for individual Brownie and Girl Scout troops within the Kaw Valley region, and the majority of the records date from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Circa 25 cubic feet.

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7995781

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