- Collection:
- Juliette Gordon Low papers
- Title:
- Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts, Correspondence, 1912
- Creator:
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927
- Publisher:
- Box 18, Folder 200, Gordon family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1912
- Subject:
- Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
Girl Scouts of the United States of America - People:
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927--Correspondence
Van Dusen, Elizabeth--Correspondence
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941--Correspondence
Johnston, Edith Duncan--Correspondence
Gulick, Charlotte V. (Charlotte Vetter), 1865- --Correspondence - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Juliette (Gordon) Low founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in 1912.
Correspondents include Juliette Gordon Low, Elizabeth Van Dusen, Robert Baden-Powell, Edith D. Johnston, Mrs. Charlotte Vetter Gulick. Most of the letters in this folder are from Robert Baden-Powell. These letters are from Canada, Buffalo, aboard the S.S. Minnesota, Adelaide, Australia, and England. These letters talk about Baden-Powell's Boy Scout work, and the Girl Guide movement, and several of the letters contain references to books, including Wau-Bun. In a letter of February 22nd, Baden-Powell talks about the interest in starting a Gild Guide movement in the United States, and in a letter of March 15th, he compares the Girl Guide system favorably with that of the Campfire Girls. In a letter of March 18th, Baden-Powell congratulates Juliette Gordon low for getting the Girl Guides started so quickly in Savannah. In other letters Baden-Powell gives news of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in other countries. A letter of December 8, 1912, in addition to giving news of Boy Scouts and mutual friends, thanks Juliette Gordon Low for the wedding present. In a letter of March 192 to Mrs. Charlotte Vetter Gulick, co-founder of the Camp Fire Girls, Juliette Gordon Low gives a brief account of the group she has formed in Savannah and suggests possibly there can be a merger between the Camp Fire Girls and her group. In a letter of August to Edith Johnston, Juliette Gordon Low asks her to become Secretary for Girl Guides and gives duties and pay for the position. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:g-hi_318_318-18-200
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/juliettegordonlow/do:318-18-200
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [item identification], Gordon family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Extent:
- 9.0 items
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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