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Boy Scouts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Gilwell collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232558566]
Identifier: MSS 8680
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials relating to the lives of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Gilwell, and his wife Olave, as well as on The Scout Association in 1910. Materials are scans or digital reproductions of photographs, business and personal correspondence even with European royalty and nobility, books and published articles, reports or manuals, notes, and other ephemera and information relating to the Baden-Powell family, the development of the scouting movement, and...
Dates: approximately 1797-2015

J. M. Boutwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1647
Scope and Contents Consists largely of personal and business correspondence and material dealing with Boutwell's career as a geologist (maps, notebooks, manuscripts and illustrations, education, mineral samples, etc.). It also includes familial details (legal and other documentation of his divorce from Esther; family history, including documentation of his claim as a direct descendant of Francis Cooke, a passenger on the Mayflower, possessions of ancestors such as the medical notebooks of H.T. Boutwell,...
Dates: 1772-1979

Clinton Larson books, 1909-1980

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7580 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains books related to various aspects of Clinton Larson's life and career, including religion, athletics, coaching, secondary and college education, Boy Scouting, various events (the Olympics and World's Fair), and the United States Army.

Dates: Publication: 1909-1980

Craig McDaniel collection of Boy Scouts of America letters, 1928-2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9230 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains letters personally written between Boy Scouts of America program leaders and other leaders, and between leaders and individual BSA scouts containing information regarding the BSA program in their respective areas. Includes letters to and from Craig McDaniel as well. Also includes smple letterhead. Materials created from 1928 to 2011.

Dates: 1928-2011

Craig McDaniel collection of Boy Scouts of America newsletters, 1960-2019

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9230 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains printed newsletters and bulletins composed and distributed periodically by national and local (Utah) scouting organizations. These were given/sent to Boy Scouts and their leaders giving information regarding local Boy Scout news and national scouting news. Includes many issues of a Utah publication, "Cry of the Cougar," as well as of the National Bulletin and other publications of the Order of the Arrow. Materials created from 1960 to 2019.

Dates: 1960-2019

Craig McDaniel collection of Boy Scouts of America uniforms and insignia, 1927-2019

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9230 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains Boy Scouts of America uniform pieces including ties, caps, socks, badges, and belts, ribbons, a flag, a coin purse, match canisters, compasses, knives and flint, canteens, neckerchief slides, collapsible cups, whistles, first aid kits, a bugle, and other artifacts, collected by Craig McDaniel. Materials created between 1927 and 2019.

Dates: 1927-2019

Craig McDaniel general papers on Boy Scouts of America, 1919-2013

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9230 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains pamphlets and other published materials intended to instruct scouts and their leaders regarding rank advancement and general Boy Scouts of America procedure. Contains cards meant to accompany merit badges and other BSA awards. Contains a flash drive and photographs. Materials created 1919-2013.

Dates: 1919-2013

J. M. Boutwell financial papers, approximately 1885-1969

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1647 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains financial papers and materials of both J. M. Boutwell himself as well as his family and mining companies he consulted with. Includes checkbooks and stubs, stock notes, stock dividend records, bank statements, bills and receipts, other stock information, and taxes. Some small amout of financial materials are mixed in with other series, but these are those that seem to have been organized and kept separate. ca. 1885-1969

Dates: approximately 1885-1969

J. M. Boutwell papers on the Boy Scouts of America, approximately 1902-1953

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1647 Series 6
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the involvement of J. M. Boutwell in the Boy Scouts of America, especially in Utah. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, participation charts, game and song sheets, membership cards, leadership training and tips, bulletins and other Boy Scout serials, administrative details (meeting/committee/conference details, programs, statistics and reports), events, and miscellaneous items, including a manuscript of the Okla Itanaha tribe brave initiation ritual. ca....
Dates: approximately 1902-1953

Craig McDaniel collection on Boy Scouts of America

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9230
Scope and Contents Contains newsletters and other publications distributed by Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) at national and local Utah levels, collected by Craig McDaniel. Also contains other items from his collection, such as photographs, artifacts, and letters written or compiled by Craig McDaniel about the Boy Scout organization in Utah. Collection follows the developing administration and organization of the Scouting program in the Utah area, but also covers the various activities of Scouts,...
Dates: 1919-2019