The New York State OA Collector
billmul@mindspring.com
You can contact me by clicking here.
Thanks for your interest. I'm
always looking to trade my #24 1:1 for almost any other OA flap even if just to
diversify my dupes always looking for new OA issues from New York State.
Hello,
For those of you who don't know me, let me introduce myself. I’m an Eagle Scout and Vigil Member of Shu-Shu-Gah Lodge #24 in Brooklyn, NY. In Scouting I have received the District Award of Merit, the Silver Beaver, and the Scouter's Key. I've been active in Scouting since my youth, and have served in a variety of capacities, most currently as the Chartered Organization Representative for the Cub Scout Pack 23 and Boy Scout Troop 23 at Our Lady of Angels here in Brooklyn.
Outside of the unit level, I am a Trustee of the Ten Mile River Scout Camp Museum and Co-Chairman of its' Memorabilia Committee, the New York State Editor for the Blue Book, and the International Scout Collectors Association Vice-President for New York State.
My primary area of collecting include all Order of the Arrow issues from New York State; including all odd shapes, neckerchiefs, event patches and all chapter items. I further specialize in all Shu-Shu-Gah Lodge #24 items including Chapter Issues and Lodge Activity Patches. As Blue Book editor for New York State, I am always looking for new issues, merger information and corrections to previous editions. Please drop me a line and we can keep the Blue Book updated and make a trade or two. To help keep the collecting community informed about new issues from NYS, I blog about them at http://www.nyoatrader.blogspot.com/
I also collect all memorabilia from Ten Mile River Scout Camps. TMR is the summer camp operated by Greater New York Councils. There have been over 2-dozen different camps open at TMR over the last 75+ years, many of which issued their own patches and neckerchiefs. I am mainly interested in pre-1965 issues and any items issued by either Camp Hayden during the late 70's and early eighties or Camp Ranachqua since the early 80's while leased to Rockland County Council or Hudson Delaware Council respectively.
In addition, I collect all editions and printings of the Order of the Arrow Handbook. If you have any editions or printing not listed here please let me know so I may update my records.
This site will be an ongoing project as I add pages and links, which will include various reference information, my needs and dupes as well as some helpful links if you are interested in more information.
Many of the patches mentioned and described in the following pages can be
view at John Pannell's Excellent "Internet Guide to OA Insignia" Why
not click here to go and have a look. If
you are interested in downloading the Blue Book V you can find it
at there too:
If you are interested in learning more about collecting Scout Patches or other Scouting memorabilia, please checkout the International Scouting Collectors Association website.
The following pages will provide you with checklists for some of my collecting interests and let you know what I'm still looking for.
Drop me a line and LETS TRADE!!
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