Camp Fire USA Greater Bay Area Chapter Records
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Title: Camp Fire USA Greater Bay Area Chapter Records
Dates: 1919-2000
Collection Number: 2015-48
Creator/Collector:
Camp Fire USA Greater Bay Area Chapter.
Extent: 10.5 linear feet
Online items available
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Camp Fire USA Greater Bay Area Chapter organizational records, photographs and ephemera.
Language of Material: English
The collection is available to researchers by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives.
[Identification of item]. Camp Fire USA Greater Bay Area Chapter Records. Collection Number: 2015-48. History San Jose Research
Library
Donated to History San Jose in 2015 by a former member of the Chapter.
Biography/Administrative History
Camp Fire was founded in 1910 by Luther Gulick, M.D., and his wife, Charlotte Gulick “to guide young people on their journey
to self-discovery.” A chapter existed in the Santa Clara Valley from around 1911 or 1912, until the mid-2000s, when it went
bankrupt and closed its doors.
Scope and Content of Collection
Camp Fire USA Greater Bay Area Chapter organizational records, including administrative records and newsletters, chapter activity
scrapbooks and programs, official books and marketing material, camping and event photographs and ephemera. The collection
also includes uniforms, beads, and other objects.
Girls -- Societies and clubs.
Camp Fire Girls.
Santa Clara County (Calif.)