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Box 24: Boy Scouts and National Park Service, 1948 - 2018

 File — Box: M196.0024
Identifier: M196.02.0024

Abstract

Box contains

Two Boy Scouts of America pins, one reading Be Prepared with a silver eagle pendant, the other the Pro Deo et Patria award

A velvet jewelry case containing a Boy Scouts eagle on a red white and blue ribbon and a smaller Boy Scouts eagle charm

Ritchie's Citation from the Luterhan Committee on Scouting giving him the Pro Deo et Patria Award

A small billfold containing the Pro Deo et Patria manual for Lutheran Boy Scouts

His large plaque designating him as a Distinguished Eagle Scout

A plaque from the NPS recognizing Ritchie's outstanding service as a member of teh NPS advisory board

A glass rectangle from the National Park Service and Civic Reflection Scholars Forum

Two (2) Boy Scouts of America belt buckle from the Denver Eagle Scout Association

A glass Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council Lifetime Trustee award

A Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council certificate awarding four Camperships in the name of Ritchie

Dates

  • 1948 - 2018

Extent

1 Items

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains materials related to Daniel L. Ritchie, the 16th Chancellor of the University of Denver, including inauguration materials, newspaper clippings, publications and speeches by Ritchie, administrative files, photo albums, video tapes, leather bookmarks and a map of the Colorado Territory (1876).

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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