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Central Valley Camp Fire Council Collection,
1919-1988
"MSS 350"
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Title: Central Valley Camp Fire Council
Collection
Dates: 1919-1988
Collection number: "MSS 350"
Creator:
Wendy Hamma Nipper
Collection Size: 1.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: The collection contains photographs, scrapbooks,
flyers, newspaper clippings, various ephemera, as well as textiles and other
memorabilia from the Camp Fire and Blue Birds groups in the Central
Valley.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
central valley camp fire council collection. "MSS 350". Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Camp Fire, Inc., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., was founded by Dr.
and Mrs. Luther H. Gulick (1910) and incorporated in 1912. The organization was
originally called Camp Fire Girls, Inc. In 1975, the name was changed to Camp
Fire Boys and Girls when the organization decided to include all children. The
name was changed again to Camp Fire USA, and then to the current name of Camp
Fire. Participants are assigned to one of four levels within the organization
based upon age, the Blue Birds being the youngest members of the Camp Fire
Girls. The Stockton Campfire Girls were organized in September 1913, and their
summer camp was called Camp Minkalo, which from 1919-1922 was at different
locations within California, before settling on Silver Lake.
This collection was created by Wendy Hamma Nipper, who was a member of
the Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls, and later became a leader for the Central
Valley group as well as a Council Board member. Her mother, Elizabeth Hamma,
was also a former Camp Fire Girl and leader. Some of the materials came from
Lorianne Nipper Murillo and Peggy Tafoya.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, flyers, newspaper
clippings, various ephemera, as well as textiles and other memorabilia from the
Camp Fire and Blue Birds groups in the Central Valley. These materials came
from the collections of former Blue Bird and Camp Fire members and leaders.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Girls - California - Societies and clubs
Camp sites, facilities, etc - California
Lodi (Calif) - History
Oakdale (Calif) - History
Modesto (Calif) - History
Stockton (Calif) - Social life and customs - 20th
century
San Joaquin County (Calif) - History
Camp Fire Girls