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References & Resources

Achelpohl, M. H. (2018). Summer camp and experiential learning: A qualitative study exploring the perspectives of selected participants, living in poverty, while attending a sleepaway summer camp in northern Minnesota. (Publication No. 10978856) [Doctoral dissertation, The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska] ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4668&context=studentwork

 

American Camp Association. (n.d.). Anniversary timeline. http://www.acacamp.org/anniversary/timeline

 

Ancestral Findings. (n.d.). The summer camps of our youths: A great American tradition. https://ancestralfindings.com/a-great-american-tradition-the-summer-camps-of-our-youth/


Arnold, J.S. (1928). The educational possibilities of the summer camp program (Publication No. EP52532) [Master’s thesis, University of Southern California]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.


Beals, M. F. L. (1925). The educational value of summer camp. Religious Education, 20(3), 204-209. DOI: 10.1080/0034408250200309 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0034408250200309


Daily History. (n.d.). What is the history of summer camps in the United States? https://dailyhistory.org/What_is_the_history_of_summer_camps_in_the_United_States


Eells, E. (1986). Eleanor Eells' history of organized camping: The first 100 years. American Camp Association. https://www.abebooks.com/9780876030851/Eleanor-Eells-History-Organized-Camping-0876030851/plp


Encylopedia.com. (n.d.). Summer camps. https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/summer-camps 


Howell, M. (2007). Why it’s good to go to camp. Education for Wellbeing, 16-19. 
Malinowski, J. (2011, May 1). Summer camps in popular culture. Camping Magazine, American Camp Association. https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/summer-camps-popular-culture

Internet Archive. (2021). The Camping Magazine 1930-2015. https://archive.org/details/pub_camping-magazine *see specific arts and crafts-related articles in The Rise of the Artist and Camping in the Mid-Century sections of this website. 

Miller, P. S. (1936). The summer camp reënforces education. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues, and Ideas, 10(8), 471-473, DOI: 10.1080/00098655.1936.11474175 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00098655.1936.11474175

 

Miller, S. A. (2001). Girls in nature/The nature of girls: Transforming female adolescence at summer camp, 1900-1939. (Publication No. 3015345) [Doctoral dissertation, the University of Pennsylvania]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3015345/

 

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Shaping summertime experiences: Opportunities to promote healthy development and well-being for children and youth. The National Academies

Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25546

Ozier, L. (2012). Camp as educator: Lessons learned from history. American Camp Association. https://www.acacamps.org/resource-library/camping-magazine/camp-educator-lessons-learned-history

 

Paris, L. (2001). The adventures of Peanut and Bo: Summer camps and early-twentieth-century American girlhood. Journal of Women's History, 12(4), 47-76. https://doi.org/10.1353/jowh.2001.0013

 

Paris, L. (2008). Children's nature: The rise of the American summer camp. NYU Press. https://nyupress.org/9780814767825/childrens-nature/

 

Parry, J. (2015). Now and then: Summer and school camp. American Camp Association Camping Magazine. https://www.acacamps.org/resource-library/camping-magazine/now-then-summer-school-camp

 

Penny, H. (2017). “It's camp": Summer camp culture, the renegotiation of social norms and regulation of gender and sexuality. [Master’s thesis, Georgia State University]. https://doi.org/10.57709/11204975

 

Robertson, S. (2018, July 18). Summer camps for 1920s Harlem. Digital Harlem Blog. https://drstephenrobertson.com/digitalharlemblog/maps/summer-camps-for-1920s-harlem/

 

Sharp, L.B. (1930). Education and the summer camp; an experiment. Teachers College Press, Columbia University. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015035992893

 

Smith, M.B. (2002). And they say we’ll have some fun when it stops raining: A history of summer camp in America. (Publication No. 3075963) [Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://www.proquest.com/docview/305560403?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true

 

Smith, M. B. (2006). ‘The ego ideal of the good camper’ and the nature of summer camp. Environmental History, 11(1), 70-101. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249292997_'The_Ego_Ideal_of_the_Good_Camper'_and_the_Nature_of_Summer_Camp

 

Spensley, A. (2020). Segregated summer camps: The origins of the American summer camp. U.S. History Scene. https://ushistoryscene.com/article/segregated-summer-camps/

 

Thurber, C. A., Scanlin, M. M., Scheduler, L., & Henderson, K. A. (2006). Youth development outcomes of the camp experience: Evidence for multidimensional growth. Springer Science + Business Media, LLC. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27519024/

 

Welsford, A. (2018). Canoeing, campfires, and cultural appropriation: Racism against Native Americans in American summer camps 1880-2018. [Bachelor’s thesis, University of Portland, Pilot Scholars]. History Undergraduate Publications and Presentations. 21. https://pilotscholars.up.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=hst_studpubs

 

Worthington Coale, A. (1919). Summer in the girls' camp. The Century Company. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015056732509

 

Yerkes, R. (2010). His story, her story, our story: 100 years of the American Camp Association. American Camp Association. https://www.acacamps.org/resource-library/camping-magazine/his-story-her-story-our-story-100-years-american-camp-association

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