Which troops were where at Jambo’s 35 & 37?
From Kory Louis out of Kansas I got this question:
Roy:
I am trying to figure out which flashes/tabs were assigned to Scouts from the Kansas City area for the 1935 and 1937 National Jamborees. Do you know of any resources that list the region/section/troop assignments?
So far I have:
1935- VIII, ?, ?
1937- VIII, P, ?Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Have a nice weekend,
Kory
PS – I’ve enjoyed your video interviews on YouTube.
I’ve seen parts of such listings for some Regions/Areas (I think I have a Region 7 that covered Michigan kicking around here somewhere in my archives) but I don’t recall seeing a complete listing. Who can help out? I know there are some collectors who have been working on this for quite some time (they are also good at picking up on “recombined” 1937 flashes where the blue region tab does not match the sub-camp/troop red tab. If you have any confirmed info, even if not Region 8, post it here.
on September 3rd, 2011 at 11:13 am
[…] Which troops were where at Jambo’s 35 & 37? […]
on September 7th, 2011 at 10:30 am
I have a photo of a Baltimore scout’s 1937 contingent troop III-S-8, and I’ve seen a picture of that shoulder flash.
on September 7th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Dave – thanks. This it what its going to take – photographs or individual troop rosters that have survived and we can pick up the designation. I’ll try to find in my archives the maps that show regions and letters but it doesn’t give troops/council/state designations. 🙁
on September 7th, 2011 at 11:06 am
This may be a harder effort than I thought. I went to one of my ‘sources’ on these, Dr. Tom Jones of Louisiana. He said:
I may have some info on the 37’s…but in my limited efforts in that direction, I’ve been unable to find the “Mother Load” of information. I can’t imagine a more important, presently uncompiled, data set for BSA history.
Tom Jones
on September 7th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Roy,
The following site has aerial photos indicating the states assigned to each section:
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/1937-nj1-sites-map.htm
That’s where I came up with te “P” for the Kansas City attendees.
on September 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
The following link has maps/aerials of the site indicating the regions, sections, number of troops and number of scouts for the 37 NJ
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/1937-nj1-sites-map.htm