Camp Fun: Photos and Memories of a Counselor
These artifacts showcase a small portion of the everyday writing that comes with being a camp counselor. Almost everything at camp is labeled by hand with people's names so many of these pieces include names. Sentimental value is extraordinarily high for all things summer camp, so many of the photos, songs, and other shared media come with a great deal of memory attached to them.
The goal of this page of the exhibit is to show that counselors are just as involved as campers when it comes to camp activities and use everyday writing quite a bit for both work and play. Because technological communication is so sparse when working at a summer camp, all management to employee communication comes in analogue forms of media such as the song sheet and various labels. The inclusion of a screenshot from the camp website serves to show that camp memories go year round, not just for summer and even when technology is available a handwritten note is still chosen over type.