Boy Scouts of America

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

charter 1925

charter 1925

Name/Title

Boy Scouts of America

Entry/Object ID

2022.58.31

Scope and Content

Boy Scouts of America Troop #1 of Douglas, Michigan Charter, May 1925 Items accumulated by Russel Force from 1916 to 1944 including membership cards, committeeman cards, 5- and 10-year veteran cards, two letters (1937 and 1940) and a white, plastic document folder. Correspondence to and from Art and Kit Lane about local scout troops. Commercial Record newspaper clippings from May 2, 1974 about the history of the Boy Scouts in Douglas and Saugatuck plus a letter to the editor in reply by Joseph U. Sheridan in the following May 9 issue.

Context

Details about local scouting

Collection

Clubs and social organizations, Scouting and Campfire

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.58

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Location

Box

069 Clubs

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Force, Russell H. 1902-1975, Boy Scouts, Prentice, Willard Jenison 1908-2000, Lane, Kit 1939-2024, Lane, Art 1930-2020, Simonson, Bruce

Create Date

September 17, 2022

Update Date

March 8, 2025