New Collecting Area: Camp Patches at Founding
Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on December 6th, 2007 at 1:10 am Sam Fairchild has asked that I share this recent message he posted on patch-l.
Since the founding of an Order of the Arrow Lodge is inextricably connected to the council’s summer camp program, the Scouting Century Foundation has decided to enlarge its first issue collection to include the camp insignia (whether badge, patch, pin or neckerchief) that was used the summer the lodge was founded. We will also include a short narrative about the founding of each lodge…
In order to accomplish this successfully, we need guidance from the list to include:
- Which camp was the operative camp at the lodge’s founding;
- A scan of the camp insignia that was issued that year, and ;
- Any available information on the founding (”founder”, mother lodge, number of charter members, etc).
We will post a scan of each lodge’s first issue and corresponding camp insignia as well as narrative on a website for corrections and omissions as well as for guidance for all collectors.
As such, we will be looking to trade for these camp insignia as well. The Foundation has extensive duplicates. Thanks for thinking about this. Please send any information you may have to the Foundation by email (samchild7@mac.com), snail mail (PO Box 40, Brookside, NJ 07926) or by fax (973-543-0005). On behalf of my colleagues at the Foundation, I want to thank you in advance for any help you can provide us in this journey…
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[...] Read the full post on John’s site. It is an interesting concept. I’ll have to think about it for the 5 GNYC Lodges. Ranachqua #4, Shu Shu Gah #24, Suanhacky #49, Man-A-Hattan #82 and Aquehongian Lodge #112. [...]