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Welcome to the Archive

Here you can find photos, documents, and other scanned materials from various collections throughout the decades, going back to the first season of Camp Curtis S. Read in 1920, the transition to Brant Lake in 1949, from staff manuals from the early 90's and other items up until more recent years as well.

Archivist's note: These photo albums used to be on Picasa - which served us well as anyone could easily search for, locate, and browse all our albums.

When Google discontinued Picasa and replaced it with Google Photos - the whole dynamic changed. The only way to find and browse our Archives was to be sent an individual link to each and every album.

 

Today, we are happy to make these links available on here on our own website.

A forthcoming effort will migrate these photos from Google Drive onto this site, so they can be as discoverable & accessible as they once were, which will also make captions easier to read, as they are  currently quite obstructed by Google's interface.

The Hermitage: The Brant Lake Property of Mr. C.L. Collins before it was Camp Read

The Hermitage II: Historical Documents from the Brant Lake Historical Society

 

George Brown Album (1920 - 1922)

Anthony Sturla Collection of Joe Cooke Memorabilia (1930's, possibly early 1940's)
 

Blue Scrap Book - 1947 Camp Season at Copake, NY

Red Scrap Book From the First Camp Season at Brant Lake, NY - 1949

Historic Artifacts at Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation

Joe Cooke Album Spanning the Early Years of Camp Read at Long Pond to the Later years at Brant Lake

Bill Riesz Collection of Camp Read Neckerchiefs from the 1950's

Fourth Period Games (1954)

Boland Album: "Mostly Camp Read" - Brant Lake, NY (circa 1955)

Hans Elsevier Collection (circa 1960's)


Ron Phillips Collection - Mostly Camp Tomahawk Read Scout Reservation Brant Lake, NY (circa 1960's)

Bob Schuler Collection 1 - Mostly Read Scout Reservation Brant Lake, NY (circa late 1960's)

Jim Smith's Miscellaneous Image Collection 1: Brant Lake NY (1960's-1980's)


John Farley Collection: Volume 1


John Farley Collection: Volume 2


John Farley Collection: Volume 3


John Farley Collection: Volume 4

John Farley Collection: Volume 5


John Farley Collection: Volume 6

1946 Camp Read Staff Manual

1993 Staff Handbook

1994 Staff Handbook

Richard "Dick" Trier Collection: Camp Read and other Personal BSA Memorabilia

Camp Read Patches

Certificate of Service to Camp Presented to Russ and Lanie Turner (2006)

7th CRA Reunion (July 2009)

Dedication of the Kenneth F. Hadermann Lean-To (June 12, 2010)

2010 Camp Read Association Potluck Dinner

8th Camp Read Alumni Reunion (June 2014)

2015 Camp Read Association Potluck Dinner

2014 Work Weekend

Camp Read 9th Reunion and 100th Jubilee - Brant Lake, NY (June 27-30 2019)

Fall Hike Weekend (September 2021)

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