- Collection:
- Juliette Gordon Low papers
- Title:
- Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts, Correspondence, 1913-1914
- Creator:
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927
- Publisher:
- Box 18, Folder 201, Gordon family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1913/1914
- Subject:
- Girl Guides
Girl Guides Association
Girl Scouts
Trademarks
Girl Scouts--Handbooks, manuals, etc. - People:
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927--Correspondence
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941--Correspondence
Baden-Powell, Agnes, 1858-1945--Correspondence
Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918--Correspondence
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946--Correspondence
Leigh, Mabel Gordon--Correspondence
Parker, Eleanor Gordon, 1858-1933--Correspondence
McArdle, Ruskin--Correspondence
Wilson, Ellen Axson--Correspondence
Kollock, Louise B.--Correspondence
Johnston, Edith Duncan--Correspondence
Neal, Cora--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; Robert Baden-Powell; Agnes Baden-Powell; Luther Halsey Gulick; Mabel T. Boardman; Mabel Gordon Leigh; Eleanor Gordon Parker; Ruskin McArdle; Ellen A. Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Louise B. Kollock; Edith Johnston; Cora Neal. Some correspondence of 1913 between Luther H. Gulick, Juliette Gordon Low, Agnes Baden-Powell, and Robert Baden-Powell is concerned with the rivalry between the Girl Guide movement and the Camp Fire Girl movement. Letters between Juliette Gordon Low, Agnes Baden-Powell, and Robert Baden-Powell also talk about adapting the Girl Guide handbook of England for American use. In a letter of April 27, 1913 to Mabel Gordon Leigh, Juliette Gordon Low talks about meeting with the President's wife in Washington, D.C.; about the uncertainty as to whether she can get various Girl Scout groups to take the name Guide; and about the failure of the Camp Fire Girl groups. There are letters to Juliette Gordon Low expressing admiration for her work from Ellen A. Wilson, and Ruskin McArdle, secretary for Adele S. Burleson, Mrs. Albert S. Burleson, wife of the Postmaster General. A letter fragment of 1913 shows a design which Juliette Gordon Low wants to have patented and use as a trade mark. In the letters of 1914 the movement in America is referred to as the Girl Scout movement; in a letter of May 20, 1914, Robert Baden-Powell gives his opinion of the name Girl Scouts as opposed to Girl Guides. There are a number of letters from June to October 1914 from Juliette Gordon Low to Edith Johnston in which various administrative problems are mentioned. In letters of August and October 1914 to Cora Neal, Juliette Gordon Low discusses the handbook. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:g-hi_318_318-18-201
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/juliettegordonlow/do:318-18-201
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [item identification], Gordon family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Extent:
- 24.0 items
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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