For three days every month, a group of dedicated Girl Scout volunteers work on council archives.  What keeps them busy, you may ask?  I think you’d be surprised.   New donations arrive regularly and this group is ALWAYS reminding staff to give them a copy of every publication, flier, etc., so that they can document the history of our council.  All items are then researched, cataloged and logged into a master database.

This month the group is working on two specific projects.  The first is changing the cabinet displays at the St. Louis Service Center.  The new large display by the Emerson Resource Center focuses on “everything 70’s.” The second project is sorting through items from the legacy Becky Thatcher Area Council.  There are lots of uniforms, photos, scrapbooks, etc.  The most interesting item I saw was a copy of the program from the 1940’s, of the very first annual meeting of Girl Scouts of the Becky Thatcher Area.

Below are photos of these dedicated volunteers hard at work.  And, next time you are in the St. Louis Service Center, be sure to see the new displays.