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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number YMA/WF/255
TitleShefstanthing (Sheffield): Woodcraft Folk groups
Date1931-1958
DescriptionPapers of various ShefstanThing Woodcraft Folk groups, including Pathfinders Pioneers, Robin Hood Elfins, Southey and Longley, Southey and Pitsmoor, Alpines. Papers include;
- 'Between Us' news/information sheet of Pathfinders & Robin Hood Elfins, No. 2-5, 1955, and 6-8, 1956.
- report of Pathfinder's Council, 24 October 1934.
- List of phrases in Esperanto for Pathfinders.
- memos, programmes of activities.
- correspondence, including letter re. death of a member, Barn Owl., 1940.
- catalogue of the Pathfinders' Gang library.
- Charter of the Woodcraft Folk, Declaration of the Pioneers, and other membership declarations signed by members.
- Group test charts and Trail charts.
- Subscription card for International Camp Fund.
- Subscription records.
- Drawing of camp on a mountain 'Suggestion to poster group for a book cover for a new adventure story 'They slept on a Mountain' by W.E. Klime Dup (member of the Pathfinders 1956 Kinder expedition)'.
- Correspondence regarding alleged damage to school property between a teacher and Basil Rawson.
- hand drawn and painted logo of figure between two steep rocks in Woodcraft Folk colours of green, red and yellow.
- maps and plans for camps/expeditions.
- correspondence, annual reports, event notices and other papers related to the groups.
- 'Scandalous rhymes' limericks about the alleged flirations of group members.
Six small notebooks recording membership and subscriptions for the years 1931-1939.
Extent1 folder, 6 small books
AccessStatusOpen
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