Daniel Carter Beard
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Early life
Beard became the editor of Recreation magazine and wrote a monthly column for youth. He founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1906, basing it on American frontier traditions. He later moved his column to Women's Home Companion. After conflicts with a new editor, he moved to the Pictorial Review. Since Women's Home Companion retained the rights to the name, he simply renamed the organization to Boy Pioneers.
Scouting
He merged his organization into the Boy Scouts of America when it was founded in 1910. Beard became one of the first National Scout Commissioners of the Boy Scouts and served it for 30 years. The work of both Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton are in large part the basis of the Traditional Scouting movement. [Traditional Scouting home]Beard also helped his sister organize the Camp Fire Girls and became president of the Camp Fire Club. Beard was a Freemason in a New York Lodge, and an award for Masonic Scouters has been named in his honor.
Beard died on June 11, 1941, at his home (named Brooklands) in Suffern, New York. June 12, 1941, New York Herald Tribune He was buried near his home at the Brick Church Cemetery in Spring Valley, New York. Brick Church Cemetery aka Reformed Church Cemetery, Beard Family Plot - (Section D, Division 1, Plot 1, Grave 6),221 Brick Church Rd (Brick Church Rd and Hwy 306), Spring Valley NY 10977, 845-354-6785
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries I-471 across the Ohio River, was named for him. A life-size bronze statue of Daniel Carter Beard and Boy Scout, created by world-renowned sculptor Kenneth Bradford, stands in Covington, Kentucky near his boyhood home, now a National Historic Landmark. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=244&ResourceType=Building
Bibliography
- The American Boy's Handy Book, 1882, 1903 (still in print)
- The American Girl's Handy Book, 1887 (still in print)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1889 (illustrator, still in print)
- The American Boy's Book of Sport, 1890
- Moonlight and Six Feet of Romance, 1892
- The Outdoor Handy Book , 1896 (still in print)
- Jack of All Trades, 1900, 1904?
- Field and Forest Handy Book, 1906 (still in print)
- Animal Book and Campfire Stories, 1907
- Boy Pioneers and Sons of Daniel Boone, 1909
- Boat, Building, and Boating, 1912 (still in print)
- Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties, 1914 (still in print)
- The American Boy's Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles, 1916
- The American Boy's Book of Sign's, Signals and Symbols, 1918
- The American Boy's Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft, 1920
- The American Boy's Book of Wild Animals, 1921
- The Black Wolf-Pack , 1922,
- American Boy's Book of Birds and Brownies of the Woods, 1923
- Do It Yourself, 1925
- Wisdom of the Woods, 1926, 1927?
- Buckskin Book For Buckskin Men and Boys, 1929
- Hardly A Man is Now Alive, 1939 (his autobiography)
See also
External links
- http://www.bartleby.com/65/be/Beard-Da.html
- http://www.dacbsa.org/Awards/Daniel-Carter-Beard-Award.htm
- http://histclo.hispeed.com/youth/youth/org/nat/us/boone.htm
- [The Boy Pioneers: Sons of Daniel Boone] full text
- [The Outdoor Handy Book]
- [The American Boy's Handy Book]
- [Field and Forest Handy Book]
- [Shelters, Shacks, Shanties]
- [DANIEL CARTER BEARD MALL]
- http://www.danbeard.com/about_uncle_dan.htm
References
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