Camp History

Camp Glenrochie was established in 1901 by Mrs. Willoughby A. Reade (Mary "Mamie" Wheeler Robertson) at The Meadows, her family home in Abingdon, Virginia.  The camp closed after the 1951 summer.  Information about the camp can be found at the below links. 

• Camp location

• Camp brochure, 1918 (includes list of alumnæ at the end)

• Glenrochie One of Camps Drawing Droves of Youth, 1948

• The Southwest Corner, 1950

• Actress Former Summer Camper, article dated August 31, 1950

• Yankee Invasion At Glenrochie, article dated August 31, 1950

• Reds Win Camp Archers' Tourney, article dated August 31, 1950

• Red Team First In Horse Show, article dated August 31, 1950

• Water Pageant for Visitors, article dated August 31, 1950

• Dr. Frank Reade Camp Director, article dated August 31, 1950

• "Jubilee" Banquet Fetes Five Decades of Campers, article dated August 31, 1950

• Camp Boasts No Accidents, article dated August 31, 1950

• Swim Tourney Grand Climax To Activities, article dated August 31, 1950

• Green Team Takes Camp Rifle Match, article dated August 31, 1950

• Camp Continues As "Family" Affair, article dated August 31, 1950

• Camp Awards Given At Banquet, article dated August 31, 1950

• Camp Directors, 1901-1951

• Final debts of the camp, settled 1954

• In 1957, Camp Glenrochie became Glenrochie Country Club

• Glenrochie past makes today's surburbanites seem pale, article dated May 2, 1968

• Camp Glenrochie's middle years, article dated May 9, 1968

• The rise and decline of Camp Glenrochie...from bloomers to shirtwaists to jeans, article dated May 16, 1968

The information on this page is from Camp Glenrochie publications stored at the Valdosta State University Odum Library Archives and Special Collections.  For more information, email michael_m_black@yahoo.com