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Item salvaged from the Presbyterian Camps before the site was demolished in 2014
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Camp Gray
Camp Gray Presbyterian Camp A wooden model of the building called Swift Villa, one of the early buildings at Camp Gray. It was built by Bill Lankton donated in April 2014 when the camp was being demolished
Bathing Beach, Forward Movement Park, Saugatuck, Mich G400G
A postcard depicting bathers on the beach and in the water. The men are all wearing hats, white shirts and long trousers. There are a few bathers in the water wearing bathing costumes
Bookcase, camp painted
Brightly painted bookcase that was in the arts and crafts building at the Presbyterian Camps.
Camp Gray - digital images
Scans of Forward Movement Park, Camp Gray and Presbyterian Camp photos, postcards and brochures.
Camp Gray Booklet
1927 booklet describing employment rules and general statements about Camp Gray/Presbyterian Camps
Camp Gray Building Notes
Single page notes tracking mentions of the Forward Movement/Camp Gray/Presbyterian Camp's new construction or remodeling in Rev. Gray's letters and newspapers. Includes mentions of Swift Cottage, Sunset Lodge, Wodenwild, Rose, Wison, Assembly Hall, Pine Crest, Outlook, Hemlock, Social, Millar, Vesta, Laundry, Power House, Day Dream, Beetha, Stoughton Hall and more. Author and sources unknown.
Camp Gray Business Girls Congress 1929
Panorama photo of a large group of young women posed on a dune. They are holding up banners that name their home towns. The women are delegates to the Business Girls Congress at Camp Gray in 1929
Camp Gray Lincoln Road negotiations
Four letters from John M. Hestenes, three on Camp Gray letterhead, about the camp "vacating" Lincoln Road and offering to build a new road that the Village would thereafter maintain. A. Jan. 7, 1922 to Clarence Wade, Saugatuck Mayor [sic] putting the road offer in writing. B. Jan. 18, 1922 to H.C. Simonson, Village Clerk, demurring offer to sell Forward Movement Park land for a public beach. C. Jan. 28, 1922 to H.C. Simonson, Village Clerk, rejecting offer to sell land for public beach and turning negotiations back to Lincoln Road, which Mr. Hestenes points out is in "dangerous to travel in it present condition." D. Feb. 3, 1922 to D.A. Heath, [as a private citizen] repeating that Camp cannot sell any land.
Camp Gray Saugatuck, Mich
6.1/4 x3.1/2" nine page black and white 1923 advertising brochure extolling the virtue of Camp Gray in Saugatuck, Mich. It was printed by the Presbyterian Church of Chicago Extension Board. "The object is to provide for groups of children and adults of the working class an inexpensive summer camp where they may spend their vacation at a modest cost." The brochure includes information about all aspects of the camp.
Camp Gray Sign
Large wooden sign with the words Camp Gray.