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Camps

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Burton Burnstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: umja0006
Abstract

This collection consists of Burton Burnstein's papers which include administrative correspondence and memoranda, newsletters and brochures, program planning and scheduling all related to Camp Tikvah, a summer camp in Aitkin, Minnesota sponsored by the Minneapolis Jewish Community Center.

Dates: 1960-1994

Jewish Camp collection

 Collection
Identifier: umja0005
Abstract

This collection brings together materials related to four different Jewish summer camps throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin: Sophie Wirth Camp, Herzl Camp, Council Camp, and Camp Tikvah.

Dates: 1937-2006

Rev. Paul J. Fox papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC743
Abstract Papers (1890-1961) of the Rev. Paul J. Fox (1874-1961), a Polish American Presbyterian minister, author, and social worker, pertain to his activities in the United States and Poland. Also included are a photograph of Fox, journal articles, and information pertaining to summer camps and classes for children of immigrants. The Paul Fox collection spans the period ca. 1896-1961. The majority of the documents covers the period from 1924 onward, i.e. Fox's Chicago years. Earlier records consist...
Dates: 1890-1961

Roger J. Brown cost studies

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.102
Abstract

Approximately 1000 YMCA cost studies conducted by Roger J. Brown during the period from the to late 1960s to 2011, the bulk while he was director of the Management Resource Center serving the YMCAs of Wisconsin. The studies focus heavily on YMCAs in Wisconsin and in neighboring Midwestern states, but also include studies for YMCAs and YMCA camps across the United States and Santiago, Chili.

Dates: 1967-2011

Sophie Wirth Camp scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: umja0068
Abstract

This collection consists of scrapbooks from Sophie Wirth Camp, a Jewish summer camp which was located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

Dates: 1933-1939

St. Paul Jewish Community Center records

 Collection
Identifier: umja0002
Abstract

The Jewish Community Center in St. Paul, which opened in 1930 first under the name of the Jewish Educational Center, began as a space for religious education and community activity programs, creating a space for the St. Paul Jewish community to come together for Jewish culture, child care, fitness, recreation and socialization.

Dates: 1912-2018

Women’s Co-operative Guild (Virginia, Minnesota) records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC2800
Abstract

Records (1952-1975) of the Virginia, Minnesota Women's Co-op Guild include two scrapbooks of the organization's activities and of the Virginia area people and events, many of them Finnish related. Also included is a dues and membership notebook and a file of correspondnece concerning the summer camp program sponsored by the organization.

Dates: 1952-1975

YMCA lantern slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.47
Abstract

Lantern slides and lantern slide shows or lectures compiled by the YMCA, for educational or entertainment use, depicting YMCA activities, mainly in the areas of international (foreign) work and armed services work during World War I.

Dates: 1910s-1920s.