“Young People’s Camp Third Season Rowe, Mass. June 27-July 4, 1926”

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Rowe, located along Massachusetts’ northwest border, is one of the most remote towns in the state. Although it once had industries, including an iron mine and nail factory, all had been closed for more than 40 years when the Connecticut Valley Unitarian Conference began holding its annual young people’s meetings there. Summer camps for young people probably began in the United States in 1861, in Washington, Connecticut. There, Frederick Gunn and his wife Abigail, operators of a boys’ school, took their class on what became an annual hike and camp. The first private youth camp in the United States opened in 1876, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. By 1910, enough camps existed that a national organization was created.

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Item typePublic Announcements
Program
AuthorWellman, Director, Reverend Charles F.
PublisherConnecticut Valley Unitarian Conference
Date1926
PlaceRowe, Massachusetts
TopicFamily, Children, Marriage, Courtship
Sports, Exercise, Fitness, Athletes
Social Activities, Entertainment, Recreation
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 6.00 in Width: 3.50 in
Catalog #L02.139
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Wellman, Director, Reverend Charles F. Young People’s Camp Third Season Rowe, Mass. June 27-July 4, 1926. Connecticut Valley Unitarian Conference, 1926. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-139/. Accessed on October 7, 2024.

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