Karen Conway – Growing up at Camp Sequoyah
Jim Bramlett interviewed Karen in 2016. She spoke about the early history of camp, her life growing up at a boys camp, and of some of the people who had a big impact on her life. (Click on Karen’s picture to visit Jim’s website and watch the videos.)
Written reflections of Sequoyah’s Past
- Bill McGrew – 1945 diary
- Wilby Coleman – 1945 diary
- Mike Miller – The Camp with a Purpose
- Mike Miller – A Model for Today’s Camps
- Walter Graham – Letter from an Old Sequoyan
- Jon Cooner – Sequoyah Memories
- Jim Bonds – A Sequoyah Elegy
In ~1990, Walton Conway reflected on the efforts in the late 1980s to purchase the property and restore the legacy of Camp Sequoyah.
- Walton Conway – The Spirit of Camp Sequoyah
(Click on the names to open the documents. Most of these documents have been salvaged from Jack Rice’s old website. If you would like to contribute your own written reflections about your time at Camp Sequoyah, please contact me (wkuentze@gmail.com). All submissions are welcome!)
Camp Sequoyah Oral History Project
At the 2023 reunion, we asked for volunteers to share memories from their camp days, to talk about people who influenced them most while at camp, and to reflect on the impact camp had on their adult lives. Their stories are captured in the videos below. Click on the thumbnails or the names to hear what they have to say about Camp Sequoyah.
(1957-1965)
(1960-1969, 1972-1973)
(1964-1966)
(1966)
(1968-1974)
(1969, 1974)
(1971-1976)
(1975-1978)
(1975-1978)
(1958-1960, 1962-1966)
(1962-1964, 1966-1974)
(1965-1974)
(1966-1969, 1973)
(1969-1972, 1976-1978)
(1971-1975, 1977-1978)
(1973-1978)
(1975-1978)
If you would like to contribute your stories and memories to the Camp Sequoyah Oral History Project in a video interview, please contact me at wkuentze@gmail.com.