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10: Barnard Camp, 1932-1964, 1932 - 1964

 Item — Box: 4
Identifier: Series 1

Scope and Contents

Film numbers: 8-15, 33-35; Film 8: edited documentary, with intertitles: “Barbecue at Old Camp [Ossining, New York]”: campers roasting birds, playing deck tennis; “Dedicating our new camp at ‘Journey’s End [Road, Croton-on-Hudson, New York]’. October 15th, 1933”: women relaxing outdoors; guests arriving at cabin, greeted by Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve; “Dean Gildersleeve is happy as our dreams come true”: Dean Gildersleeve smiling; “Inter-Collegiate Weekend[…]”: campers skiing and sledding; snowball fight; (9” blank footage); barbecue, summer 1934 or 1935: Dean Gildersleeve relaxing on lounge chair with student campers, campers playing deck tennis and hiking in woods, Dean Gildersleeve relaxing on lounge chair with other ladies; Duration -- 12:00; Date: Fall 1932-summer 1934 or 1935; Film 9: edited documentary (no titles) of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York: barbecue (chopping firewood, etc.); June Training Course (campers hiking; building fire; clearing weeds; painting windows of cabin; chopping wood; raking; pumping water from well; cooking; playing softball; attending class in the open air; raising American flag; playing softball; enjoying cookout; sewing, washing, and eating at lakeside; eating at picnic table; [color footage] boarding automobile in their green uniforms; attending class beside cabin; typing on porch; and pumping water from well); Duration -- 9:17; Date: Summer 1940 Film 10: edited documentary entitled “Barnard Camp 1947”: Journey’s End Road (Croton-on-Hudson, New York) and Barnard Camp sign; campers in blue uniforms on cabin porch; “Barbecue”; “Sports / Softball, Volleyball, Deck Tennis”; pumping water from well; “Dream Lake and Cookout at Tea Town Lake”; “Until Next Time”: campers leaving cabin with luggage and piling into automobile; Duration -- 3:08; Date: Summer 1947 Film 11: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York: views of cabin in the fall; Dean McIntosh and two other ladies among student campers in front of cabin; volleyball; pumping water from well; hiking; Duration -- 2:15; Date: Fall 1950; Film 12: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York: cookout; campers posing on cabin porch with letters spelling “June Course 1953”; chopping wood; pumping water from well; barbecue; circular dance; eating; comic skits; pumping water from well; Duration -- 2:23; Date: May 1953; Film 13: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York: summer cookout (campers tending fire, walking away from cabin, and pumping water from well); fall cookout; Duration -- 2:23; Date: Summer 1957 and December 1st, 1958; Film 14: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York: grocery shopping, swimming in lake, hiking, hillside view of Hudson River, grocery shopping, spraying water, cookout, campers posing on cabin porch; Duration -- 2:20; Date: Spring 1960 (presumed); Film 15: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York: panorama of lake, cookout, family on cabin porch and walking along trail, cookout, hiking, panorama from hill, children frolicking; Duration -- 2:20; Date: Fall 1961 (presumed); Film 33: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Duration -- 2:20; Date: 1961-1962 (presumed); Film 34: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Duration -- 2:20; Date: 1963 (presumed); Film 35: unedited documentary of Barnard Camp in Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Duration -- 2:20; Date: May 1964

Dates

  • Creation: 1932 - 1964

Creator

Access

The majority of this collection can only be viewed on-site, due to intellectual property and student records restrictions.

Extent

From the Series: 6.79 Linear Feet

Language

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

Film 8: external titles and markings — “Barbecue, Old Camp, / Fall 1932 // Dedicating our new camp / at ‘Journey’s End’. / October 15th, 1933 // Dean Gildersleeve // Inter-Collegiate weekend / at camp. / February 9th, 1934 // Barbecue 1934 or 1935”; Film 9: external titles and markings — “Camp / Barbecue 1940 / June Training / Course 1940 / Colored Movies / June Training / Course”; Film 10: external titles and markings — “Camp 1947 / CD3138 / Mail / Miss Henrietta Smith / Barnard College (Physical Education Department) / New York City, N.Y. / Develop Before Jun 1948 / Emulsion Number 26318-07W”; Film 11: external titles and markings — “Barnard Camp / 1950 / Miss C. Bize / Barnard Hall / Barnard College [etc.] / Develop Before Oct 1951 / Emulsion Number 263781-2031 / MK2539”; Film 12: external titles and markings — “June Course / May 1953 / Camp. #10 / Develop Before / Apr 1954 / 263713 BA”; postmarked Rochester, NY 6/8/53; Film 13: external titles and markings — “Camp 1½ Years / 12/1/58”; Film 14: external titles and markings — “Barnard Camp '59-'60” / Ellen Torrance / 1138 Amst[?] Ave”; “Processed Kodak Jun 60”; Film 15: external titles and markings — “Barnard Camp 1961”; Film 33: external titles and markings — “Barnard Camp '61-'62”; Film 34: external titles and markings — “Barnard Camp 1963”; Film 35: external titles and markings — “Anniversary Barbecue / May 1964”

Repository Details

Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository

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