Camp Moy Mo Da Yo collection
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains records primarily dating from 1907 to 1972 including administrative records, publications and ephemera. The majority of the collection is made up of photographs documenting the camp throughout its existence. The images include photographs of the camp, various activities and groups of campers and staff.
Dates
- 1907-2009
- Majority of material found within 1907-1972
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection.
Biographical/Historical Note
Camp Moy Mo Da Yo was a girls camp founded in 1907 in Limington, Maine by two school teachers from West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Helen Mayo and Elizabeth Moody. The camp was was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson in 1947 and again in 1967 to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Downs. The camp closed in 1972. A reunion of former campers in 2007 led to the reopening of the camp and it now functions as a day camp for boys and girls during summer months.
Extent
6 linear feet (82 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into 14 series: I. Activities; II. Address Books; III. Administration; IV. Camp Calendars; V. Camp Ephemera; VI. Camp Newspapers; VII. Camp Postcards; VIII. Camp Publications; IX. Herb Downs; X. Events; XI. Newspaper Clippings; XII. Photographs; XIII. Scrapbook; and XIV. Drawing. The series have been arranged alphabetically and chronologically where appropriate within a series.
- Audiocassettes Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Calendars Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Camp Moy Mo Da Yo (Me.)
- Camp Moy-Mo-Da-Yo (Limington, Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camps Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Downs, Herbert B.
- Ephemera Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Limington (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Pamphlets Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Title
- Guide to the Camp Moy Mo Da Yo collection, 1907-2009
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zachary Enright
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Women Writers Collection Repository
Abplanalp Library
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland Maine 04103 United States
mwwc@une.edu