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Guide to the People's Educational Camp Society (Camp Tamiment) Photographs
PHOTOS.155
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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People's Educational Camp Society. |
| Title: |
People's Educational Camp Society (Camp Tamiment) Photographs |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1920s-1960s , (Bulk 1940s-1950s) |
| Dates [bulk]: |
Bulk, 1940-1960 |
| Abstract:
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Camp Tamiment, a summer resort for socialists and their families, in near Bushkill,
Pennsylvania, opened in 1921. Its purpose was to serve as a summer retreat for faculty,
students, and friends of the Rand School of Social Science (a school for workers in
New York City that was closely allied with the Socialist Party) and to provide a reliable
source of revenue for the School. The Camp was also home to the Tamiment Playhouse,
which became a major creative outlet for theater, dance, film, and television in the
United States, nurturing major entertainment figures such as Danny Kaye. The Camp
was a financial success from its outset, and had served as a major source of support
for the Rand School for more than twenty years, when the Internal Revenue Service
revoked the Camp's tax-exempt status in 1963. This action contributed directly to
the Camp's demise; it closed in 1965 and was sold to commercial interests. The collection
documents Camp buildings, facilities, and layout, and includes numerous portraits
of Camp management, staff, and prominent guests. A significant number of the photographs
are black and white postcards shot by two photographers Lewis "Snappy" Goren and Seymour
Fischer for Camp guests and for the Camp itself.
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| Quantity: |
1.75 linear feet |
| General Physical Description note:
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(ca. 2,300 items); 8 x 10 , 5 x 7, and 2 x 3 black and white photographs; black and
white negatives.
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| Call Phrase: |
PHOTOS.155 |
