Papers and photographs related to Camp Passaconaway, a summer camp on Bear Island, NH, for boys from Newton and Springfield, MA, run by Wallace Richmond of Newton, MA, and his partner, William Dickinson. The camp was established in 1911 or 1912 and remained in business for 18 years. The collection includes typed recollections by Eleanor Barnes Richmond Smith, daughter of Wallace and Alice Richmond, in 1988; canceled checks and documents related to mortgage, taxes, and insurance for the camp; a hardbound check register from Newton Trust Company, 1927-28; issues of the typed and mimeographed camp newsletter, "Passaconaway Puffs," from 1922, 1923, and 1927; and more than 100 black-and-white photographs of boys, counselors, and members of the Richmond family engaged in various activities at Camp Passaconaway. The collection includes a group photo of counselors who performed in an annual minstrel show, their faces blackened with burnt cork.
