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

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