Preservation of American youth summer camps: the changing cultural landscape of Girl Scout and Boy Scout summer camps

• Main Author: Racioppi, Michele, 1983-
• Other Authors: Racioppi, Michele, 1983- (author), Woodhouse-Beyer, Katherine (chair), St. Clair Harvery, Archer (co-chair), Mills, Michael (co-chair), Rutgers University, Graduate School - New Brunswick
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Art History; Camps > United States; Historic preservation > United States; Eagle Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000068943

American youth summer camps, first established in the late 1800's, have flourished throughout the 20th century to the present day. Only since the late 1990’s, though, have they begun to be addressed by the academic community. The recognition of camps' historic, social, cultural, and archit...