2025 Jan Wyatt Symposium

We are proud to present our 2025 Jan Wyatt Symposium, Campfires & the Embers of Youth:

The History of Summer Camps in Western North Carolina

Thursday, June 19, 2025

10:00 am – 3:30 pm

Chimney Pond Farm

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This engaging topic allows us to explore the many ways summer camps have shaped the social, economic, and cultural history of western North Carolina. The event will include a slate of speakers and presentations, panel discussions, activities, and a catered lunch.
 

An accompanying museum exhibit will be open to the public at the Cashiers Historical Society campus from June 16 – October 31, 2025. This exhibit will focus on the history of overnight camps in western North Carolina founded before 1970.

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A LIST OF PANELISTS, SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, AND TICKETS

WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MAY 2025.

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To share this history, we need your help. We are seeking sponsors for this event.

Your sponsorship will enable us to create a day of thoughtful symposium programming and a high-caliber museum exhibit, which will run throughout western North Carolina’s busiest seasons.