Box 1
Container
Contains 23 Results:
Miscellaneous, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Consists of a small number of photographs that appear to have originally been part of the disassembled "Beginnings--Troop 5" scrapbook, four certificates naming Mary A. Paris as troop captain of the Rochester Girl Scouts and Brownie troops she led, and miscellaneous printed posters and cards.
Dates:
undated
Certificates, 1918-1920
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Consists of a small number of photographs that appear to have originally been part of the disassembled "Beginnings--Troop 5" scrapbook, four certificates naming Mary A. Paris as troop captain of the Rochester Girl Scouts and Brownie troops she led, and miscellaneous printed posters and cards.
Dates:
1918-1920
Mary A. Paris Papers
Collection — Box: 1, Box: 2, Box: 3
Identifier: 1940-001
Abstract
The Mary A. Paris Papers document the beginning of (white) Girl Scouting in Rochester. Mary A. Paris founded the first Girl Scout Troop in Rochester (Troop 5) in 1918 at the Third Presbyterian Church, where she was director of religious education. Paris remained involved with the Rochester Council of Girl Scouts into the 1930s. The collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, pamphlets, and Paris' personal copies of Girl Scout handbooks and other materials published...
Dates:
1915-1937
Found in:
Local History & Genealogy Division