Collection of materials from siblings Edwin and Marjorie Kamps who attended Camp Gray with their family at least as early as 1927. Marjorie likely worked at the Camp in 1938 or 1939. Edwin worked at Camp in 1942 and 1943 and kept in contact with other Camp supporters until at least 2008. Some items include yellow post-it note explanations by Edwin Kamps' son Eric Kamps. Items include: Morning Breeze Camp newsletters: seven issues from 1939, one issue from 1941, six issues from 1944. Westminster Lodge staff contact information sheets from 1942, 1943 and 1944 - photocopies of typed lists of staffers names and home addresses. Music books and song lyrics pamphlets: "Conference Song Book" published by Presbyterian Board of Christian Education 1926 (includes handwritten poem "Religus" by John Martin); "Hymnal for Youth" published by the Westminster Press 1942; "Sing Along with Bill Bailey's Banjos", undated; and "Sing Sing Sing Sing !" Compiled by R.A. Walker, undated Black and white photos, mostly dated 1927, and with names written on the back. Images of Edwin and Marjorie as toddlers at camp; their parents, their grandparents Anna and Charles Pundt; photo postcard of Mr. and Mrs. Edna and Roderick "Rod" Walker and their daughter Rowena (Walker) Markham 1932; Mrs. Walker's aunt Mrs. {Addie} Jefferson; View from Mt. Baldhead in 1930s, Rod and Edna Walker Dec. 1963; the same social group in Lake Geneva and the Camp Gray beach in 1930; four photos from the 1930s of unknown teens. B/W negatives in a H.C. Simonson envelope include images of the bus that transported campers, groups of campers or staffers, and the Swift Villa and Administration Building in 1942. 15 color photos of Camp and a fall craft show and cross-river tug of war (may be last Indian Summer festival) marked as happening autumn 1981 2 color photos from August 1982 Camp staff reunion with Ruth "Spook" Dodd, Ted Shaw, Neil Haynie and Dottie Shaw. "Spook lives at 3114 Aster Dr., Phoenix, Arizona, 85029, 602-866-9360" noted on back of photo. 1 color photo for Ted and Dottie Shaw and two unknown people posed at the camp, marked Summer 1992. (maybe Edwin Kamps and his spouse and Audrey?) Letters and postcards written by Edwin Kamps when he worked at the Camp in 1942 (5 items) and 1943 (10 items). Mailed to his parents Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Kamps, at 3540 N. Paulina St., Chicago, Illinois. Majorie Kamps' Camp memento collage, includes envelopes signed by Betty and Charlotte Doxee(?) and Camille Genova, Majorie's tab at the store, staff barn dance tree quiz, and invitation to 1938-39 staff fellowship gathering in Chicago 5-page typewritten account of visit to Saugatuck and the Presbyterian Camp by Majorie Kamp in 1973. Descriptions of Camps plus Arrowhead Motel, changes in town (more commercial, yachts, high water levels) and complaints about trees and golf-ball "water tower" on Mt. Baldhead. Postcards: many mailed to Kamp/Pundt family at 3540 N Paulina St. address. Two postmarked 1938. Backs of cards damaged from pasting in a scrapbook. Collection of Presbyterian Camps newsletters, mailings and schedules from circa 1996 to 2008; photocopies of Westminster Lodge map and Camp Gray dining room, map of New Richmond to Saugatuck canoe trip; photocopy of Langton's 1987 camp history with 1988 note from Ted and Dottie Shaw; photocopies of biographies of Ted and Dottie Shaw and Dixie Elder from unknown publication but likely "Sand Dunes, Rope Hikes, and Parsley: Presbyterian Camps Saugatuck, Michigan (1966-90)" (see 2018.28.01); photocopy of July 2010 Commercial Record article about efforts to purchase and "save" camp; undated flyer to fund-raise for Rose I and II cabins; possibly script from Edwin Kamps' video (CD of video at 2009.54) July 1989 letter to Edwin Kamps from Ted Shaw with photocopies of pages from Kit Lane's History of Western Allegan County about George Gray, William & Lynn Lankton, Rowena (Walker) Markham, Edna Walker and Roderick Walker

11"x6" map of the buildings at Camp Gray. Black with white letters.

Simmons negative number 712 Four men in suits posed on the dunes and in front of a cottage. Index text: 712 0/7 Saugatuck - Camp Gray 8/1956 Camp Gray, 4 people From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961. More information may be in the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record"

Three photos of Luetta Unruh Bremer taken at Camp Gray in 1926 One photo of Mildred Lachnidt (in tree) One photo of Eddie Hatt Marcie Skinner, Mildred Lachnidt, Al Neroz (sp?) on steamer. Postcard (real photo) of Pinecrest Cabin, (Camp Gray) Old Chain Ferry, View from Mt. Baldhead, both in Saugatuck. Color postcard of Henry Lytton Hall and Mt. Baldhead.

131 photos of the buildings and grounds that were part of Camp Gray/Presbyterian Camps of Chicago, before the site was demolished. A representative sampling of the photos is attached to this entry.

Leather-bound small photograph album with black and white photographs taken at Camp Gray ca. 1920. Photos are of girls at camp. The albumn belonged to Maurine Mallory, Waupon, Wisconsin. (no date)

Two directional wooden signs. The wider sign is about 5 x13" inches, partially painted white with a black arrow. The second long, narrow sign (2"x18") is painted red with a white highlight along the pointed end.

Documents and memorabilia from the Forward Movement Camp collected by Grace Tyner White when she visited the camp in 1910. 1. Forward Movement Park Summer 1910 register. Two-sided page of names, addresses, dates and happy thoughts of camp visitors. Photo of a boardwalk pasted in upper right corner. Visitors came from various states including Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi, Illinois, California, Arkansas. Dates range from July-August. 10.5x14" 2. Saugatuck & Douglas Summer Resorts booklet, excellent condition, duplicate copy of same publication already in collection 3. "Your Summer Vacation" Forward Movement Park 1914 pamphlet, 6x7" 4. The Forward Movement for the Betterment of Society booklet, March 1910 with errata flyer pasted on page one. Very good condition although pages have detached from stapled cover. The booklet outlines the course offerings, recital schedules, room and board costs and transportation time table. Photographs. 5. Flyer for Sunday morning services at Lytton Assembly Hall, "Facts Worth Remembering" by Rev. F.W. Millar with additional paragraphs explaining the camp. 6. Crawford Steamship by Big Pavilion color postcard, mailed to Grace T. White at Forward Movement Park. Signed Bob & Nettie 7. Invitation to Informal Dancing Party and Lincoln Social Club at The Forward Movement, 1356 West Monroe St. April 9, 1910. Printed on folded, embossed card adorned with pink roses, green leaves and blue forget-me-nots. 8. Big Pavilion dance ticket, 5 cents per couple for each dance 9. Orange ticket good for one ride on Saugatuck Ferry season 1910 J.D. Myers

Eight piles of logs line the west-side banks of the Kalamazoo, just upstream from the Chain Ferry crossing. Two men are standing on the ferry and one man is in a rowboat in the foreground. The photo is dated August but the trees are bare. This image was featured as History Mystery #111 with the question "The west shore ferry landing area was loaded with logs. What is going on here?" and the solution "The year was 1913 and the logs were no doubt awaiting a vessel to carry them away. The rest of the story is lost in history."

Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about the Forward Movement Camp, the precursor to Camp Grey and the Presbyterian Camps.