Inventory of the Boy Scout Photo Album 1953-1954 Boy Scout Photo Album Mss. Acc. 2009.224

Inventory of the Boy Scout Photo Album 1953-1954

A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2009.224

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Special Collections
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Email: spcoll@wm.edu
URL: http://swem.wm.edu/scrc/

Repository:

Special Collections Research Center

Identification:

01/Mss. Acc. 2009.224

Title:

Boy Scout Photo Album 1953-1954

Quantity:

0.10

Alternate Extent Statement:

1 vol.

Creator:

arrangement

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Boy Scout Photo Album, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/27/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed in June 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Scope and Contents

Photo album kept by a Boy Scout 'Brownie' in 1953-1954. He documented his troup's trip to Washington, DC and to a plantation in Virginia. The trip was awarded to the winners of a Boy Scouts "E.R.C. Camporee" in 1953. He also took photos during a trip to 'Camp Glen Gray'; a family vacation at 'Lake Valhala'; and an 'educational trip' to New York City with a friend, 1954.Most photos are numbered and content is labeled on pages inserted into the album. Photos on the last few pages are not described.There are a total of 67 photographs, and at least some of them were taken with the Brownie Junior's camera, according the inserted descriptions.