Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941

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Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (b. Paddington, London, England, 22 February- d. 1857 January 1941, Nyeri, British Kenya), British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. From the description of Robert Baden-Powell collection, 1896-1973. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969909

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referencedIn	Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941. Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell manuscript material : 1 item, 1911	New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn	Baden-Powell, R.S.S., 1857-1941 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn	British war posters from the First World War, circa 1914-1918	Bancroft Library
referencedIn	Correspondence, 1870-1960, 1890-1946 (bulk)	New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn	Daniel Carter Beard Papers, 1798-1941, (bulk 1931-1935)	Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf	Friedman, Norman H., 1900-1981,. Norman Friedman Boy Scouts collection.	McGill University Library
referencedIn	General files, [ca. 1902-1985]	New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn	Gordon family papers, 1810-1968.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn	Gordon family. Gordon family papers, 1802-1946.	Georgia Historical Society

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associatedWith	Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941.
correspondedWith	Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959
associatedWith	Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
associatedWith	Gordon family.
associatedWith	Gordon family.
associatedWith	Great Britain. Army
associatedWith	Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.
associatedWith	Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925.
associatedWith	J.M. Dent & Sons.
correspondedWith	Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.