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Peter Hall Higley Hill Camp Photographs

Call Number

PHOTOS.271

Dates

1947-1952, inclusive
; 1951-1952, bulk

Creator

Hall, Peter
Hall, Peter (Role: Donor)

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Camp Higley Hill, a left-wing summer camp for children in Wilmington, Vermont, owned and operated by Max and Grace Granich, who had been active in the Communist Party, USA in the years before the opening of Higley Hill. Donated by Camp Higley Hill alumnus Peter Hall, this collection contains black and white photographs of Camp Higley Hill Camp from 1947 to 1952 that show children and adults engaged in activities at the camp, camp facilities, group shots and portraits of campers and staff including Peter Hall, Grace Granich, Becca Shiffren, and Joan Mogliocano.

Historical/Biographical Note

Camp Higley Hill, a left-wing summer camp for children in Wilmington, Vermont, owned and operated by Max and Grace Granich. Max Granich joined the Communist Party sometime in the late 1920s; he also served as chauffeur and bodyguard for Earl Browder, the Communist Party's General Secretary, and as Managing Editor of China Today. Grace Granich was a key administrative figure in the national office of the Communist Party (CPUSA), USA from 1930 to 1945, serving as secretary to Browder and as a member of its Organization Department. Following the postwar expulsion of Browder from the CPUSA, the Graniches distanced themselves from the Communist Party and in 1946 opened Camp Higley Hill, which they ran until 1964.

Peter Hall, a Camp Higley Hill alumnus, is a sociologist who has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, York University, the University of Missouri, and Colorado State University; he has also worked toward educational reform, with an emphasis on diversity, at the local, state, and national level.

Arrangement

The archivist maintained the order of arrangement in which it was received. This collection consists of one series:

Series I, Peter Hall Higley Hill Camp Photographs (1947-1952).

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains 17 black and white photographs of Camp Higley Hill Camp from 1947 to 1952. These photographs show children and adults engaged in activities at the camp as well as group shots and portraits of campers and staff including Peter Hall, Grace Granich, Becca Shiffren, and Joan Mogliocano. There are also photographs of the camp's facilities.

Donors

Hall, Peter

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1947-1952, are expected to enter the public domain in 2073.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Peter Hall, 2010. The accession number associated with this gift is 2012.053.

Related Archival Materials

Grace and Max Granich Papers (TAM 255); Riva Rosenfield Papers (TAM 434); Higley Hill Camp Records (TAM 447); Marion Nestle Higley Hill Camp Photographs (PHOTOS 239).

Collection processed by

Kiron Johnson and Erika Gottfried.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:44:44 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: English

Processing Note

Materials were placed in a new acid-free folder and box. Original caption information, when available, was transcribed onto the back of photographs.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012