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[Elise Clements Unveiling the Beulah Harriss Texas Historical Marker]

Description: Photograph of unveiling of the Texas Historical Commission marker dedication for Beulah Harriss in Quakertown Park in Denton, TX. Elise Clements is helping to remove the cover and holding a microphone. There are four other people in the photograph, three flanking the marker, and one helping Elise remove the cover.
Date: October 25, 2015
Creator: Davis, Bruce
Partner: Girl Scouts Cross Timbers Council

[Woman Skewering Hot Dogs at Camp]

Description: Photograph of children outdoors, standing looking at something outside the image. There is a woman sitting with hot dogs and roasting sticks in her lap, threading a hot dog on a stick. This was likely at Camp Whispering Oaks.
Date: 198X
Creator: Clements, Judy
Partner: Girl Scouts Cross Timbers Council

[Girls Sitting on Steps]

Description: Photograph of a group of girls from Girl Scout Troop 227 sitting on cement steps leading up to a building's entrance. The building is made grey blocks and has windows on either side of the doors.
Date: 198X
Creator: Clements, Judy
Partner: Girl Scouts Cross Timbers Council

[Beulah Harriss scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook of photographs belonging to Beulah Harriss, a 1914 graduate of the University of Nebraska, who came to Denton to teach at the North Texas State Normal College. She was the first woman to be hired into the athletics department of the school, coaching women's basketball among other sports. Harriss also organized the first Denton Girl Scouts troop in 1919, founded the Green Jackets Club in 1926, and was one of 13 professors from North Texas State Teachers College who started the Denton… more
Date: 19XX
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Dedication of "Whispering Oaks" Camp]

Description: Program for the dedication of Girl Scout Camp Whispering Oaks near Denton, Texas. It includes a history of the camp, lyrics to two songs ("Whispering Oaks" and "Our Chalet Song"), the order of events, and a list of committee members. The camp was designed by Mount-Miller Architects of Denton.
Date: Autumn 1961
Partner: Denton Public Library
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