The Beaver Creek Camp Association was a summer camp in Priest Lake, Idaho. The camp was organized and owned by families of State College of Washington (later Washington State University) faculty members, staff, and administrators. The camp was originally founded by Washington State College President Wilson Compton in 1947 when he and his wife, Helen, bought 52 acres of land. The land was then rented out to members, who were faculty or attendees of the State College of Washington.
This collection consists of records of the Beaver Creek Camp Association from 1948-1986. It includes correspondence, organizing documents, financial reports, and promotional material from the start of the association up until 1986. Series 1: Correspondence, 1948-1986. This series contains correspondence between the members of the association on issues pertaining to the camp, such as membership, maintenance, and finances. Series 2: Finances and reports, 1948-1984. this collection contains materials on the associations budgeting, and camp reports on the topics such as: maintenance, funds, rules/by-laws, camp accommodations, and facilities.
The documents in this collection are arranged in two series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Beaver Creek Camp Association Records, 1948-1986 (Cage 863)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The secretary's files, were donated to Washington State University Libraries by Lois Castleberry in 2010 (MS 2010-40). Ed Wood contributed a file in 2012 related to his family's cabin.
This collection was processed by Brianna Webb and supervised by Steven Bingo in 2017
"Mr. and Mrs. Hungate's memories of Priest Lake: notes on conversations made at Beaver Creek Camp in 1957"
Typescript, circa 1957
Wilson Compton Day Books and Papers, 1928-1997
"Beaver Creek Camp Association, W.S.C. staff and faculty recreation area" Pamphlet, circa 1948, MASC Historic
Vertical File Collection, 1768-1976
Murray Bundy Oral History, Centennial Oral History Project Oral Histories,
1982-1988
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