{"id":128,"date":"2019-04-27T23:21:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T03:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lmoynahan\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2019-05-03T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T23:53:08","slug":"history-of-camps-in-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lmoynahan\/history-of-camps-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Camps in US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JAF Photo, Keene, NH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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T<\/strong>he first few camps were established in the 1880\u2019s mainly in New England. Roderick Nash, in Wilderness and the American Mind<\/em>, states \u201cAmerican\u2019s surging public interest in wilderness went from a small group of back to nature enthusiasts to a national phenomenon.\u201d A typical camp was located in remote natural settings usually near a body of water. Accommodations were in primitive open-air sleeping structures or tepee style living spaces.<\/p>\n

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White Mountain Museum, Plymouth NH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

C<\/strong>ampers learned traditional native outdoors activities including fire making, fishing and canoeing. Living and working together in teams helped to encourage campers to develop character and values necessary for productive citizens.<\/p>\n

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Photo, Campfire Girls of AmericaEarly camp programming was structured to raise children that would in the long run, reflect and retain the prevailing society\u2019s values. \u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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S<\/strong>ummer camp was a reflection of the Wild West, the great, unspoiled spaces of the frontier past and the idea of the vanishing Indian. \u00a0\u201cIndian\u201d was a theme common to many camps.\u00a0 Kiera Vigal, in her article, \u201cEastman School of the Woods\u201d explains, \u201cGroups like the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls viewed symbols and ideas drawn from tribes as material ripe for appropriation and articulated how “going native” was a necessary antidote to the failures of modern industrial society.\u201d p.2<\/p>\n

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Ruth Robeson 1915, Photo, Camp Northway Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Campfire Girls Wearing their Indian Dresses. 1918. Campfire Girls of America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The first few camps were established in the 1880\u2019s mainly in New England. Roderick Nash, in Wilderness and the American Mind, states \u201cAmerican\u2019s surging…<\/p>\n

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