Camp Josepho - Song Books  

          The first song book used at Camp Josepho was locally made within the Council  from songs mimeographed onto sheets of paper, cut and stapled into a book. Songs include many old favorites like: Home on the Range; Down in the Valley; Zippty Doo Dah; She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain; Do Your Ears Hang Low; and Alouette.
          The Song Book example below has a dittoed sheet with two unique Camp Josepho songs stapled to the inside of the back cover. These unique songs do not appear to have been used any other summer at Camp Josepho.

          Beginning in 1930's, booklets of popular songs were published by professional scouters Wes H. Klusmann and Carl E. Zander. Klusmann worked as BSA Regional Camping chairman based in the Region 12 office in Los Angeles. Originally called Camp Songs for Boy Scouts and later, Camp Songs Popular Edition, the booklet contained over 50 pages of lyrics and circulated widely throughout the scout camps of Southern California and beyond. Copies sold for 5 cents each and 4 cents in quantities above 100. Along the way, Klusmann and Zander offered customized editions to local scout councils that included the council's name or camp printed on the cover and even special or unique camp songs added as additional page inserts to the center of the books.
          Camp Emerald Bay had its own custom versions of Camp Songs during the 1930's, When summer camping in Crescent Bay Council shifted exclusively to Camp Josepho in 1942, several custom printings of Camp Josepho Song books were made. By the mid 1940's, many of the Camp Josepho songs were incorporated directly into the popular edition used for general sale to all scout councils.