Register of the Kemp (Kathryn) Stockton (Calif.) Girl Scouts Collection, 1937-1956

Processed by Daryl Morrison; rev. by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library, University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211

Phone: (209) 946-2404

URL: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections

Register of the Kemp (Kathryn) Stockton (Calif.) Girl Scouts Collection, 1937-1956

Collection number: Mss202

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
URL: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections

Processed by:: Daryl Morrison; rev. by Don Walker
Date Completed:: 1994; 1998
Encoded by:: Don Walker

Descriptive Summary

Title: Kemp (Kathryn) Stockton (Calif.) Girl Scouts Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1937-1956

Collection number: Mss202

Creator: Kathryn Kemp

Extent: 1.5 linear ft.

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

Stockton, CA 95211

Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kemp (Kathryn) Stockton (Calif.) Girl Scouts Collection, Mss202, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Access Points

personal name

Kemp, Kathryn (b. 1912)

subject

Girl Scouts -California -Stockton

Stockton (Calif.) -Social life and customs

Biography

Kathryn Kemp graduated from the College of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. (1934). She taught school in Stockton and there helped found one of the first Girl Scout troops in the city, Troop 8, based at Lafayette School. Kemp was subsequently active in the Girl Scout leadership program and was President of the Girl Scouts Leaders' Association (c1946).

Scope and Content

The Kemp Stockton Girl Scouts Collection consists of the Stockton Troop 8 Scrapbook (1937-1956) created by Ms. Kemp and a miscellany of local and national Girl Scout printed matter (1920-1950).

BOX 1: GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, STOCKTON CHAPTER COLLECTION

1.1-BOOKS AND BOOKLETS: Leadership of Girl Scout Troops; concerning the intermediate program for Girl Scouts ten through fourteen, 1943

1.2-BOOKS AND BOOKLETS: Girl Scout Handbook, Intermediate Program 1950

1.3-BOOKS AND BOOKLETS: Archer, John B. ed. Girl Scout Songs. 1925

1.4-BOOKS AND BOOKLETS: Sing Together, 1936

1.5-BOOKS AND BOOKLETS: Scouting for Girls; official handbook of the Girl Scouts, 1920

1.6-SCRAPBOOK, 1937-1956 [inside cover label: "Originally this scrapbook was the property of Girl Scout Troop 8/ Lafayette School/ Stockton, California/ 1937-1945/ Miscellaneous records have been added of /Stockton Girl Scout Council/ San Joaquin Calaveras Girl Scout Council"]

a-Leadership certificate to Miss Kathryn C. Kemp, March 29, 1937.

b-3 Photographs and names of girls, May 1937

c-clippings

d-4 Christmas cards by girls

e-Classification tags and ribbons for events from Stockton Garden Club

f-Photographs at Events

g-2 Invitations from girls

h-Program Big Tree Region Conference, Berkeley, California, March 2-4, 1939

i-Camp Chaparral National Training School, Girl Scouts,Inc., Big Basin, Santa Cruz County, Cal., training program for leaders. Big Tree Region Conference March 3, 1939.

j-Stockton Girl Scouts, First Annual Report, 1938, Stockton, Cal.

k-Girl Scout Guide to New York and the New York World's Fair.

l-Welcome to the Girl Scout Exposition, celebrating Our 28th Anniversary, March 16, 1940

m-Stockton Girl Scouts Second Annual Dinner, January 31, 1940

n-"Our Cabana/Nuestra Cabana" [3 postcards]

o-The Pine Cone Cop. 3, Aug. 13, 1939

p-Stockton Girl Scout Camp, Lake Alpine, August 9-23, 1941.

q-Fourth Annual Report Stockton Council Girl Scouts, January 31, 1941.

r-A Nature Quiz

s-Song Booklet

t-1941 Report

u-Miniature photo booklet from Krystal Gloss Prints, Bear Photo Service

v-Camp Menzies, July 1943. Hand written , About our Trees

w-Volunteers for Victory, Girl Scout Pageant, Nov. 21, 1942.

x-Annual Council Girl Scouts

y-1944 Report Stockton Girl Scouts

z-Correspondence, Deputy Superintendent, Stockton Unified School District, July 2, 1943.

aa-"Kathryn Kemp New Girl Scout Chief" (Oct. 10, 1947)

bb-Girl Scouts of America, Annual Worship Service for National Girl Scout Week, Morris Chapel, October 28, 1945.

cc-Hand colored cards

dd-Office of the Mayor, Stockton Cal proclamation

ee-"Who are the Girl Scouts?"

ff-"This One Man, Does Stockton Have Too many Fund Raising Drives?"

gg-A Friend to All by San Joaquin-Calaveras Girl Scouts

hh-Song of the Big Tree Region Girl Scouts

ii-Note about 1947 Girl Scout Convention

jj-1956 Annual Report

kk-Field Directors

ll-Program list of speakers on History of Stockton Girl Scouts