Portrait of Mary Jobe Akeley in her Camp Mystic uniform
Entry/Object ID
2026.040.043
Description
Collection of photograph prints and snapshots related to Camp Mystic, a girl's summer camp founded by famed explorer Mary Jobe Akeley in 1916. The main campgrounds were located off River Road at the site of the old Peace Grove (presently known as the Peace Sanctuary) from 1916-1930. Some of the photographs in this collection are prints from negatives in the Jim Streeter Collection (2026.037).
Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Akeley, Mary Jobe
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Camp Mystic
Location
Mystic, Conn.
Collection
Carol Kimball Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2026.040
Source or Donor
Carol Kimball
Acquisition Method
Transfer
Made/Created
Place
Location
Mystic, Conn.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Peace Grove, River Road
Provenance
Notes
Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026
