- Collection:
- Juliette Gordon Low papers
- Title:
- Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts, Correspondence, 1915
- Creator:
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927
- Publisher:
- Box 18, Folder 202, Gordon family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1915
- Subject:
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America--Constitution
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of the United States of America--Uniforms
Camps for girls
Girl Guides Association
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Girl Scouts--Congresses
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Girl Guides
Scout leaders--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. - People:
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927--Correspondence
Gordon, Nelly Kinzie--Correspondence
Parker, Richard Wayne, 1848-1923--Correspondence
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941--Correspondence
Johnston, Edith Duncan--Correspondence
Lewis, Caroline--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, Nelly Kinzie Gordon, (Richard) Wayne Parker, Robert Baden-Powell, Edith Johnston, Caroline Lewis, Mildred ?. A letter of April 13, 1915 from Richard Wayne Parker to Juliette Gordon Low discusses a constitution for the Girl Scouts he is helping to prepare. A series of letters between Juliette Gordon Low and Edith Johnston discuss administrative affairs. A letter of April 24, to Edith Johnston discusses the Girl Scout uniform; letters written to Edith Johnston in July and August discuss Girl Scout camps; letters written to Edith Johnston in October and November from England talk about the activities of the English Girl Guides during the war and the possibility of starting a Girl Scout magazine in the United States. In this folder there are also some letters from Robert Baden-Powell to Juliette Gordon Low which talk about war activities. A letter of September 29, 1915 from Robert Baden-Powell talks about a handbook for Girl Scout leaders which is being prepared in the United States. A letter of June 11, 1915 from Juliette Gordon Low to her mother tells of the events of the first annual convention of girl scouts in Washington, D.C. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:g-hi_318_318-18-202
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/juliettegordonlow/do:318-18-202
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [item identification], Gordon family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Extent:
- 17.0 items
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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