YMCA Camp Elliot Photographs, AV.7018

[Identification of item], AV.7018, YMCA Camp Elliott Photographs, State Archives of North Carolina, Western Regional Archives, Asheville, NC, USA.

This collection contains 10 2 x 2 3/4 inch black and white photographs.

Camp Elliott, located between Old Fort and Bat Cave, North Carolina was established on 27 acres donated by the Elliot Family. The camp, which received its first campers in 1928, was under the organized under the auspices of the YMCA Interstate Committee. The first summer, approximately 75 boys from 25 cities attended. C.A. Witherspoon of Hickory was camp director. Campers participated in typical activities such as nature study, crafts, swimming, storytelling, hiking, tennis and volleyball. By 1931, there was a session for girls. In the 1950s, Camp Elliott came under the direction of the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis.

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