Loraine Sumner

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“Camps”

written by Ian on December 23, 2018

Sumner combined sports and motherhood as closely and frequently as she could manage. Often she took summer jobs as a camp counselor or director, because those positions enabled mother and daughter to spend summers together. Debbie especially enjoyed Tower Day Camp, which offered horseback riding, but Sumner worked in a variety of summer camps, some sleepover, some day camps. This compilation gives of taste of those wonderful summers and summer camp culture during the period.

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Date Range: 1956-1974
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Description: Sumner combined sports and motherhood as closely and frequently as she could manage. Often she took summer jobs as a camp counselor or director, because those positions enabled mother and daughter to spend summers together. Debbie especially enjoyed Tower Day Camp, which offered horseback riding, but Sumner worked in a variety of summer camps, some sleepover, some day camps. This compilation gives of taste of those wonderful summers and summer camp culture during the period.
Biographical/Historical Note: Also see collection level, Biographical/Historical Notes.
Sent to Loraine to check 7-12-18:

1956 Camp Hitinowa, Camp Fire camp, Litchfield, ME. Camp with lakes.
Litchfield, MA. Canoeing sequence,. All the shots of the river, game of red rover, ,woodcraft shop are Camp Hitinowa. [Reel 1 probably]

1957 South End Union, Boston Camp, Winning Farms at Woburn, MA [mixed races]. Overnight camp for South End and Roxbury, MA, kids. 1 summer

Brockton YWCA Camp, Brockton MA - She directed it for 3 years. It's the camp with the Indian pow wow.

Tower Day Camp, camp with horses & small outdoor pool. She directed for 3 years. Debbie in pictures. Early 1960s. Jitterbugging Reel 1 is probably Tower Camp.

Nashua Fresh Air Camp, Peterboro, NH, underprivileged kids. She was business manager for 1 year.

North End Union Camp, mostly Italian, held at Pembroke MA. 1 summer.

Boston South End Union at Winning Farms, Woburn, MA 1 year -- mixed race

"The Unions" were settlement house overnight camps. North End Union Camp was held in Pembroke, MA. Boston South End Union Camp at Winning Farms, Woburn, MA.
Genres: Home Movies
Subjects: Lesbian mothers, Lesbian nuns
Places: Camp Hitinowa, Belgrade Lakes, Maine; Tower Day Camp, Sterling, MA; South End Union Camp; North End Union Camp, Peterborough, New Hampshire; Ames Norwell State Park, Abington, Massachusetts; Nashua Fresh Air Camp, Peterborough, New Hampshire (same as north end union?) ; Brockton YWCA Camp, Brockton, Massachusetts
Creators: Loraine Sumner
Collaborators & Participants: Debbie Sumner, Loraine's daughter
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Preferred Citation: ""Camps," Loraine Sumner Collection, Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP).