Guide to the Collection on the Boy Scouts of America 1953 Jamboree in Irvine, California
Processed by Andre Ambrus
© 2004
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Collection on the Boy Scouts of America 1953 Jamboree in Irvine, California
Collection number: MS-R101
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Processed by:
- Andre Ambrus
- Date Completed:
- 2003
- Encoded by:
- Andre Ambrus
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection on the Boy Scouts of America 1953 Jamboree in Irvine,
Date (inclusive): 1953
Collection number: MS-R101
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises material documenting the first Boy Scouts of America jamboree ever to be held in California, which
took place in 1953 at the Irvine Ranch near Santa Ana. The collection includes a photograph album, likely the property of
Elbert Ostrander, documenting the jamboree and the journey of Troop 4 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Irvine; and the
brochure
All aboard! for the national jamboree, Irvine Ranch. There is also a scrapbook of Troop 26, from Berkeley and Walnut Creek, California, containing mimeograph reports, rosters,
photographs, maps, printed scouting ephemera, and newspaper clippings, and indicating camp layouts at the jamboree.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Preferred Citation
Collection on the Boy Scouts of America 1953 Jamboree in Irvine. MS-R101. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2003.
Historical Information About the Jamboree
The idea for a national gathering of Boy Scouts was the brainchild of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement
in England, who also named the event "jamboree." The first jamboree in the United States was held in 1937 while the first
such gathering in California was at the Irvine Ranch in 1953 in Santa Ana (today Irvine). The event brought over 50,000 Boy
Scouts to Southern California, not just from most of the U.S. states, but also from foreign countries such as Mexico and Sweden.
More information on the Boy Scouts of America and the organization's jamborees can be found at: http://scouting.org/ and
http://scouting.org/ jamboree/history.html.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises material documenting the first Boy Scouts of America jamboree ever to be held in California, which
took place in 1953 at the Irvine Ranch near Santa Ana. The collection includes a photograph album, likely the property of
Elbert Ostrander, documenting the jamboree and the journey of Troop 4 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Irvine; and the
brochure
All aboard! for the national jamboree, Irvine Ranch. There is also a scrapbook of Troop 26, from Berkeley and Walnut Creek, California, containing mimeograph reports, rosters,
photographs, maps, printed scouting ephemera, and newspaper clippings, and indicating camp layouts at the jamboree.
Related Material
Related materials can be found in the Don Meadows Papers, MS-R001, (Subseries 5.1), Special Collections and Archives.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Boy Scouts of America -- Archives.
National Scout Jamboree (1953 : Irvine Ranch, Calif.) -- Archives.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Ephemera -- California -- Orange County -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Photograph albums -- California -- Orange County -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Scrapbooks -- California -- Orange County -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Titles
Online Archive of California.
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 1
All aboard! for the national jamboree, Irvine Ranch , brochure,1953
