Springfield College -- Pueblo of the Seven Fires
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
East Campus Records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-121
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection contains information on East Campus development and history. Most information on the buildings on East Campus property are contained in collections specific to those buildings, such as RG 130 – Loveland Chapel Records, RG 131 – The Pueblo of the Seven Fires Building Records, and RG 139 – Reeds Landing Records, though information on this structures can be found in the collection. Specifically in the collection, there is a history of East Campus property and programs from...
Dates:
1928-2012
The Pueblo Building Records
Record Group — Box 01-02
Identifier: RG-137
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains information on the Pueblo, the main building on East Campus. Overall the collection contains general information on the building of the Pueblo, many of what are thought to be the original blueprints by the Architect, John Gaw Meem from Santa Fe, New Mexico, information on artist Wo Peen (Louis Gonzalez) and the murals he designed and painted for the Pueblo, photographs of the interior, exterior and murals, and materials contained within the original Time Capsule from...
Dates:
1928-2010
Edgar M. Robinson Papers
Collection — Box 01-04
Identifier: MS-505
Abstract
This collection focuses on the professional life of Edgar Munroe Robinson (1867-1951). A 1901 graduate of Springfield College, Robinson was active in the establishment and development of the Boy Scouts of America, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), and the High School YMCA (HI-Y) during the early twentieth century. Robinson also served as the Honorary Director of Boys Work Courses and the Advisor in Methods and Principles in Work with Boys at Springfield College from 1927-1937. ...
Dates:
1893-1965
Ernest Thompson Seton Manuscript: History of Woodcraft and its Offshoot, the Boy Scouts (Original Notes)
Item — Box 01
Identifier: MS-512
Abstract
This collection contains a single manuscript by illustrator, naturalist, and author Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) entitled “History of Woodcraft and its Offshoot, the Boy Scouts (Original Notes).” The manuscript focuses on Seton’s role in the establishment of the Scouting Movement, and it includes texts by Seton, copies of excerpts from letters and conversations that Seton had with men like Robert Baden-Powell, James E. West, and Edgar M. Robinson, and some actual correspondence with...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1941