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Subject Guide: Summer Camps in the United States

Photographs, 1959. Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute (SAFI), Camp Boiberik (RG 659.1). YIVO.

Photo of boys in a boat and on a dock
Boys outdoors in an archery lesson
Children playing outdoors
Teens outdoors wearing all white, some dancing
Promotional flyer for Camp Boiberik

About this Guide

This LibGuide was created to highlight various archival collections and books from each of the Center's five partner institutions that celebrate the history of Jewish summer camps in the United States. If you are interested in a collection or library item you do not see highlighted in this guide, please visit search.cjh.org, where you can search by keyword, name, title, subject or call number. 

NOTE: This is by no means a complete list of available collections that highlight summer camps. Please feel free to email inquiries@cjh.org if you have any additional questions about the breadth of books, archival collections, and multimedia housed at the Center.

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