We have long discussed creating an all encompassing roster of every camper and counselor who ever went to or worked at Camp Waupaca For Boys. I started on this project last year, but it has gained momentum in just the last 3 or 4 months. It's been an interesting process requiring lots of research and reaching out to alumni for answers.

We're not done yet, but we wanted to share our work with you and give you some tools to locate yourself and your friends to see whet years you and they were at camp, or maybe even what cabin you were in. In some cases, we could isolate whether a camper was at camp first four weeks, second four weeks, or the entire eight weeks.

We tapped into a variety of sources for this project. As the years went on, the sources became more robust, available, and accurate. I tried to document the source of all the data on each record, with a single record identifying a name, year, type of participant, cabin, and first four / second four. The sources were added over time, so they are not in a sequential order. Here is a list of the sources used:

We had to make some assumptions along the way:

• Counselors are assumed to have been at camp for the full eight weeks. As we find out discrepancies on this assumption, we will modify the data accordingly.
• Cabin, staff, and all-camp photos were taken during the first four weeks. By the late 1970s and into the 1980s, cabin photos were also taken during the second four weeks.
• Tribes was a first four week program only. However we have learned that into the late 1960s it was a 6-7 week program, ending prior to the Blue & White War.
• The Blue & White War was always the last 1-2 weeks of the summer.

There are just 3 files for you to view at this time. The first is a consolidated list of everyone with their first year at camp and their last year at camp. We have not yet addressed campers who miss a year and came back. It's on our to-do list. The second is the "raw data", with a single record identifying a name, year, type of participant, cabin, and first four / second four. And the third is a list of name discrepancies. I really need your help here!!! Please look at this file and provide me with some much needed answers!!