Oral history interview with Henry Sam Chauncey, Jr.

Oral History

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Oral history interview with Henry "Sam" Chauncey, Jr.

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0013.0038

Scope and Content

Interview conducted as part of the Camp Stories Oral History Collection. This collection contains anecdotes and memories from campers, staff, alumni, administrators and family members associated with summer camps in the White Mountains region. Complied as part of the exhibit "Summer Camps: The White Mountains Roots of an Iconic American Experience," displayed at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University from May 3 - September 13, 2017. Sam Chauncey recounts his experiences as a counselor, assistant director, and director at Groton School Camp (now known as The Mayhew Program) beginning in 1950

Collection

Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2017.0013

Source or Donor

MWM staff

Acquisition Method

Produced by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Memoir

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Summer camps, Camp life, Mountains, Adolescents, Hiking, Swimming, Charity

Search Terms

Groton School Camp (Grafton county, New Hampshire : summer camp), Newfound Lake (Grafton county, New Hampshire : lake), Mayhew Program (Grafton county, New Hampshire : summer camp), Squam Lake (New Hampshire : lake)

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2017-07-12 Scan ID#: WM201700443