The following are books that speak to the history and evolution of the camp experience. Contact Camping Magazine at History@ACAcamps.org to add a historical resource to this list.
A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of
American Youth, 1890-1960 (Architecture, Landscape and
American Culture)
by Abigail A. Van Slyck
"A Paradise for Boys And Girls":
Children's Camps in the Adirondacks
by Hallie E. Bond, Joan
Jacobs Brumberg, and Leslie Paris
Camp
by Michael D. Eisner
Campingly Yours: A Heartwarming Journey of a Lifetime
at Summer Camp
by Thomas C. Adler
Children's Nature: The Rise of the
American Summer Camp (American History and Culture)
by
Leslie Paris
History of Organized Camping: the First
100 Years
by Eleanor Eells
"How Goodly Are Thy Tents": Summer
Camps as Jewish Socializing Experiences (Brandeis Series
in American Jewish History, Culture and Life)
by Amy L. Sales and
Leonard Saxe
Never Finished…Just Begun – A Narrative History of L.B. Sharp
and Outdoor Education
by Julie Carlson
Noble Life: Memories of a Summer Camp in Maine
by Barry MacNutt
Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and
the Camps They Love
by Laurie Susan Kahn
The Touch
of Influence: Camp Westminster's First 75 Years
by Camp Westminster