Galesburg Girl Scouts Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of several materials addressed to Glowing Embers, a Girl Scout Troop of Galesburg, Michigan, ranging from the 1930 to 1971. Material includes meeting notes, reports, registration lists, badges, and other various materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1930-1971
Creator
Biographical / Historical
The Glowing Embers were a Girl Scout Troop that served the Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, and Kalamazoo Counties, and was divided into six districts. The Glowing Ember’s purpose was to “inspire each girl to develop her own values and sense of worth as an individual” and to “provide opportunities for girls to experience, to discover, and to share planned activities that meet their interests.” Around the 1960’s, their membership for the west Michigan area was at 9,000 members. The Troop would annually fundraise for their member’s camps and workshops with cookie sales and community outreach events.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
The collection is .5 cubic feet. Many of the paper materials are letter-sized, minus some that are notebook pages, thank-you cards, or notices, with paper sizes ranging from 2 by 5 inches to 8 by 11 ½ inches. The condition of the papers themselves are well, with little yellowing or signs of age. With some of the pages that are three rings holes in them, however, do suffer from minor fraying and ripping where the hole-punches reside. Many of the pages are typewritten, containing no smudges and little grammatical errors. The handwriting in each is legible, written in predominately graphite pencil, which does leave some smudges on pages and fainter letters in certain documents.
- Title
- Galesburg Girl Scouts Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephanie Chapman
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu