Hamilton Orgelman Papers

The Hamilton Orgelman collection focuses on his association with the Boy Scouts of America, Danbury Troop 2 / 22, from 1914 to 1974. The collection consists mainly of BSA publications such as Scouting magazine and other publications relevant to leadership, training, administrative and organizational manuals for adult leaders and Boy Scouts.

The collection spans from 1806 to 2001 with the bulk of the collection ranging from 1935-1972.

In addition to Boy Scout publications and memorabilia, the collection also contains a scrapbook (Box 4) which contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia of Orgelman's involvement with the BSA. Photographs of Troop 2/22 can be found in box 3, 9 and oversized box 2.

Orgelman's personal papers include information on Balmforth Avenue School. Mrs. Margarethe Lepper Orgelman, her sisters Mrs. Henriette Lepper Grinwold and Bertha Lepper, and her brother George Lepper were Miss Fanton's students at the Balmforth Avenue School in the 1900s. In addition to correspondence the files also contain photographs of Miss Adella Fanton's early classes (ca 1901-1903).

Photographs of Anna Hyatt Huntington house in Redding, Connecticut, chronicle the repair work done by masons on the chimneys of the house, presumably by the company Orgelman was associated with.

Margarethe Lepper Orgelman's childhood scrapbook can be found in box 8. There are several Woman's World stories penned under Johnny Gruelle entitled "Uncle Johnny Gruelle's Page for Good Boys and Girls" between 1919 and 1921. The scrapbook also contains post cards, religious cards and magazine clippings of children, pets, and flowers.

George H. Orgelman's, son of Hamilton Orgelman, was a newsboy for the Danbury Evening News from 1929 to 1936 when he graduated from Danbury High School. He occasionally wrote of his reminiscences of Danbury of long ago for the TheNews-Times. These articles are located in Oversized Box 1. The files also contain some information on his career at Chance Vought Airc

Series 1. Boy Scouts of America; Boxes 1-9 and Oversized Boxes 1-3; Arranged in alphabetical order.; Periodicals, correspondence, bulletins, booklets, scrapbook, and memorabilia.

Series 2. Personal; Boxes 3-5, 8 and Oversized Boxes 1-3; Arranged in alphabetical order.; Correspondence, photographs, periodicals, booklets, maps, programs, scrapbook and ; memorabilia.

Series 3. George H. Orgelman; Box 3, 5 and Oversized Box 1; Arranged in alphabetical order.; Reports, booklets, correspondence, and memorabilia.