Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Boy Scouts of America, 1910-1922" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Boy Scouts of America, Colonel Roosevelt, Ernest Thompson Seton, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, scouting, Theodore Roosevelt, William D. Boyce.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. Specifically, scouting began in the year 1907.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The Boy Scouts of Black Wolf and B.P."
The Evening Standard (Ogden City, UT), September 17, 1910, Part Two, Page 12, Image 12, col. 1.
"Boys! Here's Your Chance to be Real Scouts Like Col. Roosevelt"
The Spokane Press (Spokane, WA), September 21, 1910, Image 1, col 3.
"Two Boy Scout Movements Unite"
The Detroit Times (Detroit, MI), October 13, 1910, FIRST EDITION, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Two Great Boy Scout Movements Combine"
The Spokane Press (Spokane, WA), October 21, 1910, Image 9, col. 1.
"What the Boy Scout Movement Really Is"
Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), January 2, 1911, Image 5, col. 1.
"Story of Boy Scouts"
The Roundup Record (Roundup, MT), March 3, 1911, Page, 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Roosevelt to Boy Scouts"
The Daily Missoulian (Missoula, MT), August 6, 1911, Morning, Page 7, Image 7, col. 3.
"With the Honolulu Boy Scouts"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, HI). December 21, 1912, 3:30 Edition, Page 31, Image 31, col. 2.
"News and Gossip of Interest to the Boy Scouts of the District and Vicinity"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 8, 1913, Sunday Evening EDITION, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"President is Gratified Over Boy Scout Growth"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), June 15, 1916, Page 20, Image 20, col. 5.
"See Wilson Sign Boy Scouts Bill"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), June 16, 1916, Page 4, Image 4. col 2.
"The Boy Scout and His War Bit"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), June 2, 1917, 4 P.M. CITY EDITION, MAGAZINE SECTION, Page, 21 Image 21, col. 1.
"When the Boy Scout Comes Tomorrow Be Ready to 'Buy Another Bond!'"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA), April 26, 1918, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Attention! Seattle Folks Read This About the Boy Scouts"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA). September 16, 1918, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"Achievements of Boy Scouts Related at Annual Meeting"
Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ), March 25, 1919, Page 5, Image 5, col. 5.
"What Mankind Owes Baden-Powell, Grand Master of Boy Scouts"
The Sun (New York, NY), May 18, 1919, Section 7 Magazine Section, Page 6, Image 76, col. 1.
"They All Agree"
Capital Journal (Salem, OR), November 13, 1920, Page 10, Image 10, col. 1.
"With the Alert Boy Scouts of Maui"
The Maui News (Wailuku, HI), February 7, 1922, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"Origin of the Boy Scouts"`
The Columbia Evening Missourian (Columbia, MO), June 9, 1922, Last Edition, Page 4, Image 4, col. 4.

Boy Scouts of America (1910-1922): Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America