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Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Portland, Oregon, Camp Meehan-Camp Collins Collection, 1903-2016
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Portland Young Men's Christian Association (Portland, Or.)
- Title
- Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Portland, Oregon, Camp Meehan-Camp Collins Collection
- Dates
- 1903-2016 (inclusive)19032016
- Quantity
- 11 cubic feet, (15 standard metal edge archival boxes, 4 letter sized banker boxes, 1 legal sized banker box.)
- Collection Number
- OLPb171YMC
- Summary
- This collection consists of material related to the history, development, promotion, and administration of Camp Meehan and Camp Collins by the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette. The collection also includes miscellaneous material (primarily promotional) related to additional YMCA camps and programs throughout the Northwest.
- Repository
-
Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of material related to the history, development, promotion, and administration of Camp Meehan and Camp Collins by the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette. The collection also includes miscellaneous material (primarily promotional) related to additional YMCA camps and programs throughout the Northwest.
The collection provides information about camper experiences at Spirit Lake through Officer of the Day reports and other remembrances. Camp development for both Camp Meehan and Camp Collins are documented with particular focus on restoring Camp Meehan after the Columbus Day Storm in 1962 and the aftermath of the Mount St. Helen's eruption in 1980. Annual planning for camp sessions and events are documented through camp committee minutes, correspondence, and promotional material. Day-to-day camp administration for both Meehan and Collins is documented through camp goals and programs, food program documents, correspondence, and staff and volunteer applications and training material, which also includes records for the International Camp Counselor Program (ICCP) participated in by Camp Collins.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Camp Meehan:
Camp Meehan was a Portland YMCA overnight camp that was founded in 1909 on the shores of Spirit Lake in the Mount St. Helens Wilderness in Washington. The camp was originally known as the Spirit Lake Camp, and was later changed to Camp Meehan in honor of John Cooper Meehan (1888-1948) who was a long time supporter and employee of the Portland YMCA. The camp was originally located on the south side of the lake and relocated in 1946 to a location on the north side of the lake near the Coe Mining Company. In 1962, the Columbus Day Storm heavily damaged the camp. The camp ceased to operate regularly for the remainder of the 1960s. Starting in 1970 and continuing to the end of the decade, efforts were made to restore and expand the camp. The Friends of Meehan group actively solicited donations for the restoration of the camp, and Senator's Henry Jackson and Robert Packwood were solicited for their support for the project. On May 15, 1980, due to the volcanic activity by Mount St. Helens, equipment and boats were evacuated from Camp Meehan with help from Columbia Helicopters Incorporated. On May 18, 1980, the Camp Meehan site was destroyed when Mount St. Helens erupted. After the destruction of the camp, attempts were made to find a new location for the camp.
Camp Collins:
Camp Collins was founded in 1926 near the Sandy River in Oregon and continues to operate as of 2017.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
The Archives of the YMCA of Portland, Ore. (xxx), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Restrictions on Use
May contain some photographs protected by copyright.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection was received without an original order. During processing, material was grouped by material type and subject with further subdivisions by creating entity or point of origin imposed where applicable. Whenever possible, material within each series or subdivision is presented in chronological order.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
SERIES 1: Camp ManagementReturn to Top
Staff and volunteer job descriptions, applications, and schedules; camper registration, enrollment, and permission slips; camp rules and regulations; equipment and supply lists; and USDA Food Program records.
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Camp Enrollment: Enrollment counts and rosters Meehan and Collins |
1969-1980 |
| 1 | 2 | Employment Applications and Resumes |
ca. 1970 |
| 1 | 3 | First Aid |
ca. 1970 |
| 1 | 4 | Camp Collins Records |
1950-07-11-1950-08-21 |
| 1 | 5 | Camp Collins Staff Training |
1970 |
| 1 | 6 | Camp Collins: Job Description and Interview Questions |
ca. 1979 |
| 1 | 7 | Camp Collins: Staff- Roster, Schedule, Correspondence |
1979 |
| 1 | 8 | Camp Collins: Registration Packets |
ca. 1975 |
| 1 | 9 | Camp Collins: Site Inventory Lists |
ca.1975 |
| 1 | 10 | Camp Collins: International Camp Counselor Program
Correspondence, Counselor Dossiers, ICCP Publication, Itineraries, Counselor Evaluations
|
1979 |
| 1 | 11 | Camp Collins: International Camp Counselor Program
Correspondence, Counselor Dossiers, ICCP Publication, Itineraries, Counselor Evaluations
|
1980 |
| 1 | 12 | Camp Collins: International Camp Counselor Program
Correspondence, Counselor Dossiers, ICCP Publication, Itineraries, Counselor Evaluations
|
1981 |
| 1 | 13 | Camp Schedules for Camp Meehan, Camp Collins and Day Camps |
1978-1979 |
| 1 | 14 | Camp Meehan: Mountain Climbing Permission Slips and Certificates |
1948-1950 |
| 1 | 15 | Camp Meehan: Camping Service Form |
1950 |
| 1 | 16 | Photocopy of Gifford Pinchot National Forest Camp Fire Permit |
1950-08-01 |
| 1 | 17 | Camp Meehan: Registration Packets |
ca. 1970 |
| 1 | 18 | Camp Meehan: Staff
Staff Patterns, Rosters, Correspondence, Mileage
|
1975-1979 |
| 1 | 19 | Camp Meehan: Equipment and Supplies |
1976-1979 |
| 1 | 20 | Camp Meehan: Job Descriptions and Postings |
1978 |
| 1 | 21 | Camp Meehan: Counselor Job Descriptions |
1979 |
| 1 | 22 | Camp Meehan: Staff Training Material |
1979 |
| 1 | 23 | Camp Meehan: Rules and Procedures |
ca. 1979 |
| 1 | 24 | Camp Meehan: Water Bacteriological Analysis |
1979 |
| 1 | 25 | Camp Meehan Evacuation: Inventory |
1979-1980 |
| 1 | 26 | Camp Meehan Evacuation: Air Lift
Correspondence, Invoice, and Press Release, Newspaper Clippings
|
1980 |
| 1 | 27 | Camp Meehan Evacuation: Meeting Notes |
1980 |
| 1 | 28 | Camp Meehan CB Project |
1980 |
| 1 | 29 | Oregon Historical Society Donation Form for Camp Meehan: Two Boxes |
1981-04-08 |
SERIES 2: Goals and Programs.Return to Top
Camp philosophies and goals, Ragger program, Meehan conservation camp records, YMCA Youth Leadership Conference records, camp programs. Focus of material is Camp Meehan with references to Camp Collins.
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Handbook and Manuals
Food and Beverage Service Manual, Nutrition Information Handbook
|
1970-1979 |
| 2 | 2 | Summer Food Service Program Training Workshops For Sponsors |
1979 |
| 2 | 3 | USDA Food Program; Correspondence |
1979-1980 |
| 2 | 4 | USDA Food Program Forms |
ca. 1979 |
| 2 | 5 | YMCA Daily Record of Meals and Order Forms |
ca. 1979 |
| 2 | 6 | Camp Collins: USDA Food Program |
1979 |
| 2 | 7 | Camp Meehan: USDA Food Program |
1979 |
| 2 | 8 | USDA Claim Forms: Camp Collins and Camp Meehan |
1979 |
| 2 | 9 | USDA Food Program Costs |
1979 |
| 2 | 10 | YMCA Camp Philosophy and Goals |
ca. 1975 |
| 2 | 11 | Camp Meehan Woodcraft Section- Ragger Datum |
1949 |
| 2 | 12 | Meehan Ragger: History of the Rag, Presentation Instruction, and Study Materials |
ca. 1965 |
| 2 | 13 | Outdoor Education |
1970 |
| 2 | 14 | Meehan Conservation Camp: Correspondence, Expense Sheets, Meeting Notes |
1970 |
| 2 | 15 | Meeha Conservation Camp: Applications |
1970 |
| 2 | 16 | Meeha Conservation Camp: Equipment List |
1970 |
| 2 | 17 | A Day at Camp Meehan: Equipment Lists and Promotion |
1972-1979 |
| 2 | 18 | Camp Meehan: Goals and Programs |
1973-1976 |
| 2 | 19 | Camp Meehan: Program |
1979 |
| 2 | 20 | Camp Honor Plaque: Camp Collins and Camp Meehan |
1974-1975 |
| 2 | 21 | Youth'77 Leadership Conference: Camp Loowit |
1976 |
| 2 | 22 | Camp Collins: Program, Project Plan and Summer Schedule |
1977-1979 |
SERIES 3: Camp Activities., 1903-2006, undatedReturn to Top
Officer of the Day reports, Camp Annual publications, camp journals, and trip reports. Focus of material is on Camp Meehan with references to other YMCA of Portland camps and events.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | The Earliest Camping: Camp History |
1903 |
| 3 | 2 | Camp Annual: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1914 |
| 3 | 3 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1915 |
| 3 | 4 | Camp Annual: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1915 |
| 3 | 5 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1919 |
| 3 | 6 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1920 |
| 3 | 7 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1923 |
| 3 | 8 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1924 |
| 4 | 9 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1927 |
| 4 | 10 | Officer of the Day Reports: Spirit Lake Boy's Camp |
1928 |
| 4 | 11 | Keith Sime's Camp Experience |
ca1947-2006 |
| 4 | 12 | Trip Reports and Summaries |
1950-06-29-1950-08-26 |
| 4 | 13 | Dedication of Camp Meehan Fireplace to J.C. Meehan |
1950-08-12-1950-08-13 |
| 4 | 14 | Camp Meehan Journal |
1970 |
| 4 | 15 | Adventure Trips and Day Camps: Abstracts and Summaries |
1970 |
| 4 | 16 | Youth, Family and Camping Services Narrative Reports |
1975-1978 |
| 4 | 17 | Youth, Family and Camping Services Narrative Reports |
1980-1982 |
| 4 | 18 | Camp Plays and Stories |
ca. 1975 |
| 4 | 19 | Camp Meehan Songbook |
ca. 1975 |
| 4 | 20 | YMCA Camp Songbook for Camp Meehan Reunion |
1999-08-27-1999-08-29 |
SERIES 4: Administration.Return to Top
Financial reports; committee minutes; and correspondence, reports, proposals, blueprints, and maps related to campsite development. Focus of material is on Camp Meehan with references to Camp Collins.
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Camp Meehan Finance Reports |
1947-1979 |
| 5 | 2 | Camp Quotas |
1978 |
| 5 | 3 | Camp Sustaining Membership Scholarships |
1979 |
| 5 | 4 | Camp Paybacks: Financial, Camp Collins and Meehan |
1978-1979 |
| 5 | 5 | Spirit Lake Sale Agreement: Financial |
1981-06-30 |
| 5 | 6 | Meehan Steering Committee Minutes |
1973-1977 |
| 5 | 7 | Minutes: YMCA Camping Advisory Committee |
1980-1981 |
| 5 | 8 | Minutes: Camp Committee |
1981 |
| 5 | 9 | Minutes: Camp Committee |
1983 |
| 5 | 10 | Meeting Minutes: General |
1980-1981 |
| 5 | 11 | Camp Meehan Work Projects |
1962 |
| 5 | 12 | Camp Development: Camp Meehan Project |
1972-1975 |
| 5 | 13 | Camp Development: Gifford Pinchot National Forest land management plans |
1978-1979 |
| 5 | 14 | Camp Development: Long Range Planning |
1980-1983 |
| 6 | 15 | Camp Development: Campsite |
1980-1981 |
| 6 | 16 | Camp Development: Spirit Lake Camp Redevelopment, misc. and documents |
ca.1975 |
| 6 | 17 | Camp Collins Map Showing Acreage |
ca.1975 |
| 6 | 18 | Camp Meehan: J.C. Meehan Memorial Chapel Blueprint, Architect: Glenn Stanton |
1950-05-19 |
| 6 | 19 | Camp Meehan Site Blueprint: Architect Frank Shell |
1973-12-04 |
| 6 | 20 | Camp Meehan Addition Building Blueprints |
1978-02 |
| 6 | 21 | Camp Collins: West Village Landscape Map |
1988-03-03 |
| 6 | 22 | Camp Collins: Building Plans for Arthur E. Larimer Welcome Center |
1999-2000 |
| 6 | 23 | Camp Collins: Building Plans for Katy and Gordon's Health House |
1999-2000 |
| 6 | 24 | Forest Service Maps: Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
ca. 1976 |
SERIES 5: Correspondence.Return to Top
Collected correspondence between YMCA of Portland staff, government officials, contractors, and camp alumni. Focus of material is on Camp Meehan. Topics include the mining operation near Camp Meehan, the Friends of Meehan, Camp Meehan redevelopment and maintenance, and reunions. Additional correspondence involves Camp Collins and other YMCA adventure trips and day camps.
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | General YMCA Correspondence |
1970-1983 |
| 6 | 2 | Camp Collins Correspondence |
1970-2016 |
| 6 | 3 | Meehan Mining Correspondence |
1934-1976 |
| 6 | 4 | Friends of Meehan: General Correspondence |
1978-1979 |
| 6 | 5 | Friends of Meehan Correspondence: Thank You Letters |
1978-1981 |
| 6 | 6 | Camp Meehan Long Range Development Correspondence |
1935-1978 |
| 7 | 7 | Camp Meehan Correspondence: General |
1951-1954 |
| 7 | 8 | Camp Meehan Correspondence: General |
1968-1975 |
| 7 | 9 | Camp Meehan Correspondence: General |
1976-1979 |
| 7 | 10 | Camp Meehan Correspondence: General |
1980 |
| 7 | 11 | Senator Jackson to YMCA regarding Camp Meehan Development |
1975 |
| 7 | 12 | Senator Packwood to YMCA regarding camp Meehan Development |
1978 |
| 7 | 13 | Bus Transportation Correspondence for Camp Meehan and Camp Collins |
1978-1979 |
| 7 | 14 | Spirit Lake Camp Redevelopment: Correspondence |
1981-1982 |
| 7 | 15 | Spirit Lake Remembered Exhibit: Correspondence |
1999-2000 |
| 7 | 16 | Camp Meehan: Joe D. Ingram's Remembrances of J. C. Meehan |
ca. 1950 |
| 7 | 17 | Camp Meehan Reunion; Correspondence |
2002 |
SERIES 6: Alumni.Return to Top
Mailing lists, rosters, donor lists, and meeting minutes for the Friends of Meehan group as well as Meehan alumni mailing lists, remembrances, donations lists, and correspondence.
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Friends of Meehan: Mailing Lists and Rosters |
1949-1978 |
| 7 | 2 | Friends of Meehan: Gift Names/Donors |
1978 |
| 7 | 3 | Friends of Meehan: Development Notes and Minutes |
1978-1980 |
| 7 | 4 | Friends of Meehan: Guest Book |
1973 |
| 7 | 5 | Meehan Alumni: Mailing Lists, Remembrances, Donation Lists, Correspondence |
1969-1979 |
SERIES 7: Promotional Material., 1930-2016Return to Top
Training material, phone scripts, radio spots, newspaper releases, surveys, memorandums, programs and brochures, newspaper clippings, and publications.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | YMCA Camping Slide Presentation |
ca.1975 |
| 8 | 2 | How Parents Select a Camp |
1974 |
| 8 | 3 | Public Relations Kit: Spring into the News |
ca.1975 |
| 8 | 4 | Phone Conversations: Instructions, Script, and Log |
ca.1975 |
| 8 | 5 | Radio Spots: Public service announcement, general, camp and resident camp spot templates |
1976-1979 |
| 8 | 6 | Newspaper Releases |
1977-1979 |
| 8 | 7 | Contribution Weeks/ Earn A Free Week: Camp certificates moving camp fees |
1975-1979 |
| 8 | 8 | Promotion Calendar |
1974 |
| 8 | 9 | Population Charts |
1974-1975 |
| 8 | 10 | Promotion Survey: Survey of internal promotion procedures |
1977 |
| 8 | 11 | Memorandum |
1970-1978 |
| 8 | 12 | Camp Brochures: Drafts and Invoices |
ca.1975 |
| 8 | 13 | Camp Meehan Programs and Brochures and Spirit Lake Boy's Camp Brochure |
1917-1979 |
| 8 | 14 | YMCA Camp Programs and Brochures |
1951-2001 |
| 8 | 15 | Camp Collins Programs and Brochures |
ca.1970-1995 |
| 8 | 16 | Camp Collins: Invitation to Katy and Gordon's Health House Dedication |
2000-07-29 |
| 8 | 17 | Camp Collins: Programs and Brochures |
2000-2009 |
| 8 | 18 | Camp Collins Programs and Brochures |
2010-2016 |
| 8 | 19 | YWCA/YMCA North Portland Day Camp |
1970 |
| 8 | 20 | Newspaper Clippings: Spirit Lake/Camp Meehan |
1972-1982 |
| 8 | 21 | Newspaper Clippings |
1970-2012 |
| 8 | 22 | Spirit Lake Camp: Newsletters |
1930 |
| 8 | 23 | Portland Young Men |
1930-05-29-1931-05-14 |
| 8 | 24 | Meditation by J.C. Meehan |
ca. 1975 |
| 8 | 25 | YMCA publications |
1951-1981 |
| 8 | 26 | Camp Collins Times |
1999 |
| 8 | 27 | Northwest YMCAs Christian Leadership Conference, Camp Collins Program cover mock up |
1988-05-13-1988-05-15 |
| 8 | 28 | Harmony Lodge Brochure |
ca. 1979 |
| 8 | 29 | US Department of Agriculture/ Forest Service Brochures: Mt. St. Helens & Mt. Rainier |
1950-ca.1990 |
| 8 | 30 | Mount St. Helen's Historical Information |
ca. 1982 |
SERIES 8: Photographs and Slides., 1910-2006, undatedReturn to Top
Assorted blank and white and color photographs and slides. Includes promotional and educational films. Focus of photographs is Camp Collins. Photograph highlights include Vanport evacuees preparing to take refuge at Camp Collins, and the boat rescue from Camp Meehan in 1980.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Camp Collins: Vanport Evacuees: Photographs |
1948-06 |
| 9 | 2 | Camp Collins: Photographs of boys fishing, cooking and Rotary Village Shelter building |
1950-1959 |
| 9 | 3 | Camp Collins: Rotary Village Dedication |
1956 |
| 9 | 4 | Camp Collins: Negatives |
1957-1959 |
| 9 | 5 | Camp Collins: Camp Facilities and Construction and Repair |
ca.1950- ca.1979 |
| 9 | 6 | Camp Collins: Camp Facilities and Construction ad Repair |
ca.1985- ca. 1990 |
| 9 | 7 | Camp Collins: Camp Activities |
1946-1966 |
| 9 | 8 | Camp Collins: Camp Activities |
August 1971- ca.1973 |
| 10 | 9 | Camp Collins: Camp Activities |
1974-08-1978-02 |
| 10 | 10 | Camp Collins: Camp Activities |
ca. 1985 |
| 10 | 11 | Camp Collins: Camp Activities- Contact Sheets |
1985-1986 |
| 10 | 12 | Camps Collins: Day Camps |
1974-ca.1990 |
| 10 | 13 | Camp Collins: Camp members and staff |
1974-1979 |
| 11 | 14 | Camp Collins: Camp Members and Staff |
1984-ca.1990 |
| 11 | 15 | Camp Collins: Memorial Lodge Ground Breaking, with Caption |
1968-05-19 |
| 11 | 16 | Camp Collins: West Village Construction |
1987 |
| 11 | 17 | Camp Collins: West Village Construction |
1987 |
| 11 | 18 | Camps Collins: West Village Construction, Landslide cleanup |
1987 |
| 11 | 19 | Camp Collins: 1997 Trips- MS no brochure, includes negatives |
1997 |
| 11 | 20 | Camp Collins: Arthur E. Larimer Welcome Center, Blinder Cover Insert #1 |
1999-2000 |
| 11 | 21 | Camps Collins: Arthur E. Larimer Welcome Center Construction #2 |
1999-2000 |
| 11 | 22 | Camps Collins: Arthur E. Larimer Welcome Center Construction #3 |
1999-2000 |
| 12 | 23 | Camps Collins: Arthur E. Larimer Welcome Center Construction #4 |
1999-2000 |
| 12 | 24 | Camps Collins: Arthur E. Larimer Center- Moving the old office back to West Village #5 |
2000-06-27-2000-06-28 |
| 12 | 25 | Camps Collins: Arthur E. Larimer Welcome Center Dedication with captions #6 |
2000-07-15 |
| 12 | 26 | Camp Collins: Katy and Gordon's Health House, Binder Cover Insert #1 |
1999-2000 |
| 12 | 27 | Camp Collins: Katy and Gordon's Health House #2 |
1999-2000 |
| 12 | 28 | Camp Collins: Climbing Tower Construction, Binder Cover Insert #1 |
2001-2002 |
| 12 | 29 | Camp Collins: Climbing Tower Construction #2 |
2001-04-2001-10 |
| 12 | 30 | Camp Collins: Truman W. Collins Memorial Lodge Renovation, Binder Cover Insert #1 |
2001-2002 |
| 12 | 31 | Camp Collins: Truman W. Collins Memorial Lodge Renovation #2 |
2001-2002 |
| 13 | 32 | Camp Collins: New East Village, Binder Cover Insert #1 |
2002-2003 |
| 13 | 33 | Camp Collins: Artist Rendering of New East Village #2 |
2002-2003 |
| 13 | 34 | Camp Collins: New East Village Construction #3 |
2002-2003 |
| 13 | 35 | Camp Collins: New East Village Construction #4 |
2002-2003 |
| 13 | 36 | Camp Collins: Rotary Village Cabin Demolition #1 |
2005 |
| 13 | 37 | Camp Collins: Rotary Village Hobbit House Construction #2 |
2005-2006 |
| 13 | 38 | Camp Collins: Rotary Village Hobbit House #3 |
2005-2006 |
| 13 | 39 | Camp Collins: Rotary Village Hobbit House Exteriors |
ca.2006 |
| 13 | 40 | Camp Collins: Unidentified negatives |
ca.1975 |
| 13 | 41 | Lackamas Park |
1967-08 |
| 13 | 42 | YMCA Teen Camp Kwoneesum |
ca. 1980 |
| 14 | 43 | Camp Loowit: Photographs + Dismantled scrapbook pages |
1974 |
| 14 | 44 | Camp Meehan: Earliest camping at Spirit Lake |
ca.1910 |
| 14 | 45 | Camp Meehan: Paul Bale photographs, with annotations |
1927- ca.1978 |
| 14 | 46 | Camp Meehan: Camp facilities |
1932-1979 |
| 14 | 47 | Camp Meehan Woodcraft Development: Scrapbook pages and investment costs |
1947-12-01 |
| 14 | 48 | Camp Meehan: Camp Activities |
1957- ca.1979 |
| 14 | 49 | Camp Meehan: Outdoor/Nature Scenes |
1971-1976 |
| 14 | 50 | Camp Meehan: Meehan before clean up |
1978 |
| 14 | 51 | Camp Meehan: Keith Donahe's photographs and captions documenting the 1978 camp repair and season #1 |
1978 |
| 14 | 52 | Camp Meehan: Keith Donahe's photographs and captions documenting the 1978 camp repair and season #2 |
1978 |
| 14 | 53 | Camp Meehan: Boat Evacuation |
1980-05-15 |
| 14 | 54 | Camp Meehan: Photocopies of miscellaneous photographs |
1975s |
| 14 | 55 | Loowit/Meehan, reunion in Kelso, includes negatives |
1975s |
| 15 | 56 | Camp Meehan: Slides |
1940-1949 |
| 15 | 57 | Camp Meehan Scenic: Slides |
1948-1960 |
| 15 | 58 | Camp Meehan: Slides |
1950-1959 |
| 15 | 59 | Camp Meehan: Slides |
1960-1969 |
| 15 | 60 | Camp Meehan: Slides |
1970-1979 |
| 15 | 61 | Camp Meehan Slides with Tape |
1979 |
| 15 | 62 | Camp Collins: Slides |
1960-1969 |
| 15 | 63 | Camp Collins: Slides |
1970-1979 |
| 15 | 64 | Japanese People at Collins: Slides |
1984 |
| 15 | 65 | Saitama Camp Collins: Slides |
1984-08-09 |
| 15 | 66 | NW CLC at Camp Collins: Slides |
1989 |
| 15 | 67 | Camp Collins, YMCA Nursery: Slides |
2000 |
| 15 | 68 | Camp Activities: Slides |
1947-1960 |
| 15 | 69 | Unidentified Camp Slides |
1970-1979 |
| 15 | 70 | Mount St. Helens Eruption: Slides |
1980 |
| 15 | 71 | Misc. Camp Activities: Slides |
1980-1989 |
| 15 | 72 | Camp on St. Helen Kwoneesum: Slides |
1983 |
| 15 | 73 | Camp Slides |
1986-1987 |
| 15 | 74 | Raft Trip for Jr. High School Students: Slides |
1987 |
| 15 | 75 | Boat Trip & Raft Trip: Slides |
1987 |
| 15 | 76 | Summer Camp- Staff Pictures, etc: Slides |
1989 |
| 15 | 77 | Summer Camp: Slides |
1989 |
| 15 | 78 | Staff Training: Slides |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 79 | Camp Collins Slides |
1980-1989 |
| 16 | 80 | Camp Collins: Slides 1 of 6 |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 81 | Camp Collins: Slides 2 of 6 |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 82 | Camp Collins: Slides 3 of 6 |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 83 | Camp Collins: Slides 4 of 6 |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 84 | Camp Collins: Slides 5 of |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 85 | Camp Collins: Slides 6 of 6 |
1990-1999 |
| 16 | 86 | Camp Collins: Slides 1 of 2 |
2000-2009 |
| 16 | 87 | Camp Collins: Slides 2 of 2 |
2000-2009 |
| item | |||
| 16 | 88 | Camp Collins 8mm Film Reel |
1970-08 |
| 16 | 89 | Camp Collins Promotional Film 16mm |
1967-07 |
| 16 | 90 | Camp Collins Film Reel 16mm |
ca.1970 |
| 16 | 91 | Camp Collins Film Reel 16mm |
ca.1970 |
| 16 | 92 | The 'Y' That Wouldn't Die: Film Reel 16mm |
1960 |
SERIES 9: Ephemera, 1950-1980Return to Top
Collected camp artifacts: phone, scrapbooks, telephone, apparel, badges, wooden model of a camp building, and award plaques. Focus of material is Camp Meehan.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | John Sidman: Board of Directors Award |
1973-1978 |
| 17 | 2 | John Sidman: Camp Committee Award |
1977 |
| 17 | 3 | Award of Excellence: Camp Committee Chairman |
1977 |
| 17 | 4 | Proud Heritage: A History in Pictures of the YMCA in the United States, 150th Anniversary Edition: Photo book By Andrea Hinding |
1988 |
| 17 | 5 | Proud Heritage: A History in Pictures of the YMCA in the United States: Photo book By Andrea Hinding |
1988 |
| 17 | 6 | Scrapbook: Camp Collins |
2013 |
| 17 | 7 | Scrapbook |
1967 |
| 17 | 8 | Scrapbook |
1963 |
| 18 | 9 | Basketball badges |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 10 | Intermediate Tests Registration Cards: Fish Club, Flying Fish Club, Shark Club |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 11 | Life Saving badges |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 12 | Porpoise Club: Watermanship Skills Level Award Card |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 13 | Scuba Diver Identification Card |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 14 | Swimming Tests Registration Card Minnow Club |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 15 | Weight Lifting |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 16 | World Camp badge |
1988 |
| 18 | 17 | YMCA Badges Water Sports |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 18 | YMCA Diver Award Card |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 19 | YMCA General Badges |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 20 | YMCA Instructor Identification Cards |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 21 | YMCA Life Saver Identification Card |
1950-2000 |
| 18 | 22 | Meehan Ragger Kerchiefs |
1950-2000 |
| 19 | 23 | Wooden Model of Camp Meehan Cabin |
1950-1980 |
| 19 | 24 | YMCA Camp Collins T-shirt |
ca. 1970 |
| 19 | 25 | YMCA Camp Staff Jacket |
ca. 1950 |
| 19 | 26 | YMCA Post War Backpack: Camp Meehan |
ca. 1960 |
Camp Meehan: Mount St. Hellens Fire-station telephone |
1940 | ||
SERIES 10: Oversized, 1932-1991, undatedReturn to Top
Oversized newspaper clippings and photographs.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 1 | Camp Meehan: Boys at Lake with Mount St. Helens in the Background. Annotated |
1932 |
| 20 | 2 | Camp Meehan: Landscape of Spirit Lake and National Forest After Eruption |
1980 |
| 20 | 3 | Camp Meehan Evacuation: Newspaper Clippings |
1980 |
| 20 | 4 | Forest Service Map: Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
1957-1958 |
| 20 | 5 | Newspaper Clippings: Mount St. Helens Eruption and Destruction of Spirit Lake |
1980 |
| 20 | 6 | Mylar Copy of a Blueprint for Camp Meehan, Frank Shell, Architect |
1973-12-04 |
| 20 | 7 | Promotional: YMCA Camp Fliers and Brochures |
1987-1991 |
| 20 | 8 | News Clippings: Mount St. Helens: A Sunday Holocaust |
1980 |
| 20 | 9 | Camp Collins: Aerial Photographs of Camp Site |
ca. 1975 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Camp Collins
- Camp Meehan
- Camping
- Coe Mining Company
- Outdoor recreation
- Young Men's Christian associations
Personal Names
Geographical Names
Abigail Durkee
July 5, 2017
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