Rocky Mountain Dancing Camp and Annie Brown's Lodge

Object/Artifact

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Nederland Area Historical Society

Scrapbook page 1 with four photos.: Top left photo is labeled "Lake Eldora" and is looking down at the lake and the lodge. Bottom left photo of thirteen women is labeled "Some of the Godesses". Middle, smaller photo appears to be the same group. Lower right photo is labeled "Dixie Lodge".
Scrapbook page 1 with four photos.

Top left photo is labeled "Lake Eldora" and is looking down at the lake and the lodge. Bottom left photo of thirteen women is labeled "Some of the Godesses". Middle, smaller photo appears to be the same group. Lower right photo is labeled "Dixie Lodge".

Name/Title

Rocky Mountain Dancing Camp and Annie Brown's Lodge

Entry/Object ID

2024.10.13

Description

Six loose scrapbook pages of photos of the Rocky Mountain Dancing Camp and Annie Brown's lodge. Some of the photos are cataloged individually. See 2024.10.14. Page 1: Top left photo is labeled: "Lake Eldora". Bottom left: "Some of the Godesses". Lower right: "Dixie Lodge" Page 2: Top two photos are labeled "The Bridge of Sighs". The bottom two as "A Group of Sigh-rens" Page 3: Top left photo is labeled "At Corona". Top right: "The whole crew with their war paint on". Bottom left: Peaches & Prunes (mostly prunes)". Bottom right: "The Top of the World" (another name for Corona). Page 4: "Poses and Posers" Page 5: "More Sirens" Page 6: Page is labeled "The origin of the Shimmie". The dancer is identified as "Anitra". Page 7: Page is labeled "Peaches & Prunes again" and "More Poses & Posers". Page 8: No labels. Lower left photo shows girl with horn and the Bridge of Sighs in the background. Page 9: Page is labeled "Mostly Ruth" Page 10: 4 photos. Page is labeled "The Libby House-party, July 21, 1916." Page 11: 5 photos, labeled "Doris & Jimmie", Ginnie & Doris", Claire", "Helen". Fifth photo is not labeled. Page 12: 5 photos, 4 women labeled "At Coulson's", two women labeled "Marguerite & Pauline", a couple labeled "Scrubby & Louise" and "State Rifle Range, Golden, 1916", one man in uniform labeled "Scrubby", and another man in uniform labeled "Don Myers".

Context

Portia Mansfield and Charlotte Perry graduated from Smith College in 1910, and in 1915 they rented the Dixie Lodge from Annie Brown to start their Perry Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp that today is recognized as the oldest continuously operating performing arts school and camp in the nation. After the first year at Lake Eldora the camp was moved to Steamboat Springs where it still exists today. Stories abound on why the camp only lasted one year at Lake Eldora and include peeping Tom’s and the high altitude. In 2004 Charlotte Perry and Portia Mansfield were inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.

Collection

Donald C. Kemp Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2024.10

Source or Donor

Donald C. Kemp

Location

* Untyped Location

Box 1