Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
Boy Scouts, North Shore Area Council |
Catalog Number |
049 |
Scope & Content |
Boy Scouts, North Shore Area Council records, ca. 1927-1932. These records document the work of the North Shore Area Council of the Boy Scouts to create a summer camp, later called Camp Makajawan, for area boy scouts. It appears that the North Shore Area Council included the towns of Wilmette to Lake Bluff along the lakeshore. The collection contains general records, financial correspondence, event materials, and Camp Makajawan fundraising materials. |
Object Name |
Records |
Title |
Boy Scouts, North Shore Area Council |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Physical characteristics |
paper documents |
Dates of Creation |
1927 - 1932 |
Creator |
James B. Hoffman, North Shore Area Council |
Admin/Biographical History |
James B. Hoffman lived at 1510 Washington Avenue, Wilmette, and spearheaded the Wilmette campaign to raise funds for building Camp Makajawan in the mid-1920s to early 1930s. |
Classification |
Children Organizations (other than religious) |