This is a general overview of my scouting America collection. On the chair is a 1950s BSA mess kit and water canteen, all still in pretty decent shape.

On the table, the right stack are old scouting books. Some Cub Scout items, a scout master’s handbook, and a few merit badge things I have come across over the years.

The left stack are all of my Boy Scout handbooks. The 2nd edition (1915-1927), 3rd edition (1927-1940), one of the 5th editions (1948), 6th edition (1959-1965), 7th edition (1965-70s), 9th edition (used throughout the 80s), 11th edition (early 2000s), the 12th and 13th editions. Those last two are ones I used during my time in

Also for consideration are a statue I got when I attained the Eagle Scout rank, a Sammy scout figure from the 60s. The center of the table is random ephemera. At the top are letters from a young man in the 1920s to and from the president/one of the founders of scouting, James E West. Back in 1927, one had to apply for merit badges. I also have his letter of recommendation from his teacher and a map of his hometown, all were saved in the scouting journal pictured.

The lower down ephemera are a few of my patches and pins, a few from the 70s, a BSA registration card from 1950, a compass and sundial (missing the sundial part) from 1920s, a 1960s signal mirror, a 1940s whet stone, and some pictures of scouts from the 1910s/1920s.

Not pictured, my eagle badge (didn’t want to dox myself, lol.) and my scout uniform.

My scouting America collection. It spans from 1915-2020 (some of my own items)