Central Valley Camp Fire Council Collection, 1919-1988

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Summary

Title:
Central Valley Camp Fire Council Collection
Dates:
1919-1988
Creators:
Wendy Hamma Nipper
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.
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

central valley camp fire council collection. "MSS 350". Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Don Romero
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Don Romero. Date of source: February 1, 2023.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

central valley camp fire council collection. "MSS 350". Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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