Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 1 Photograph Album, 1922-1927

Summary

Creators:

Boy Scouts of America. Troop 1 (Davis, Calif.)

Abstract:

The Photograph album is a collection of 79 Gelatin DOP black and white photographs of the members of Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 1 and its activities from 1922 to 1927. Photographs show the activities of the Boy Scout troop and the buidling of the Davis Boy Scout Cabin.

Extent:

1 volume and 79 photographic prints

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 1 Photograph Album, MC201, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The photograph album is a collection of 79 Gelatin DOP black and white photographs of the members of Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 1 and the troop's activities from 1922 to 1927.

Scenes that are included are: the scout meeting place at the Davis Grammer School; P… (Word not readable) Hole, Burnett's Hole, Straloch Farm, Picnic Day at UC Davis, presentation of the American Flag by the American Legion Post, Stevenson's Bridge, Salmon Falls Camp, Swinging Bridge at the American River, Proposed campsite on Clear Lake, Mount Konokti, Buckingham's, Camp Consumnes at the North Fork of the Consumnes River (11 miles from El Dorado), YMCA Cabin at Putah Canyon, Sutter's Fort Park at Sacramento, Toyland at Sacramento, P, G & E Station at Sacramento, Willow Slough on Conway Ranch, Camp Bigelow on the North Fork of the Yuba River, between Comptonville and Downieville, 100 miles from Davis, and Camp Audrain.

The photograph album also includes photographs of the Boy Scout Cabin being built in the Spring of 1927.

The names of the boy scouts in photographs are: John Behr, C. Becke, Carl Becker, Heald Blanchard, Daniel Bledsoe, P. Burrell, P. Day, Sherman DeMoss, Maurice Farr, Weir Fetters, John Fiske, Hugh Frost, J. Gulden, D. Hatfield, Jack Haussler, Percival Hoag, Robert Howard, Tom Howard, Jim Huberty, Lester Ingrim, Earl Ingrim, L. Irwin, F. Jacobson, Lorentz Luft, W. Lippincott, Dr. Lipponcott, Harwood MacDonald (Scout from Dixon), Robert Meckfessel, W. Michaels, A. Moses, Ben Moses, B.D. Moses, Hayward McDonald, Monroe Muir, , Marion Plant, V. Raabe, Wilfred Robbins, Harlan Roby, G. Rowe, Garnet Schnitter, Frank Sears, B. Shierloh, Carl Smith , Paul Stover, Murle Super, G. True, D. Tufts, Jack Tufts, Billy Vaughn, Philip White, E. Williams, Myron Williams, Edgar Wilson

Noted but not photographed, Kevin Hampton

Adults: Hughbert H. Landram (Scout Master), C.L. Nelson (Assistant Scout Master), G.P. Hoag, Dr. Howard, King, Forest Ranger, Bob and Emil Morhardt, Carroll S. Mundy (Assistant Scout Master, 1924), H.W. Spindler (Troop Committeeman), J.J. Thompson (Manager) of Straloch Farms, C. Harold Hopkins, Owner, Straloch Farms, Harlan Roby, Maurice Farr, John Fiske, Willis Alter, Chef at Camp Consumnes.

Officers included Mrs. Hampton, W.C. Vaughan, H. H. Landram, Mrs. Vaughan, Mr. Ogden, Miss Monnetta, Mrs. Ogden, J.O. Orvis, Mr. Desbrow, Emil and Bob Morhardt, and noted but not photographed are S. H. Holsinger, Claude Nichols, and Charles Gordon.

Biographical / historical:

The Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 1 was sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and later designated as Troop 66. The Davis troop was part of the Kit Carson Council, and was called the Daniel Boones. The Carson Council was short lived and the troop later became part of Golden Empire Council. It is active as of April, 2009.

Processing information:

Patricia C. Inouye processed this collection. Student assistant Michelle Galat transcribed the album.

Physical location:

Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Boy Scouts -- Davis -- California -- History -- Pictorial works

Names:

Boy Scouts of America. Troop 1 (Davis, Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 1 Photograph Album, MC201, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:

UC Davis, Special Collections

University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library

100 NW Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292, US

Contact:

(530) 752-1621

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

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