Dunbartonshire Girl Guides
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TitleDunbartonshire Girl Guides
ReferenceGD330
Date1919-2003
Archive creatorGirlguiding Dunbartonshire
Scope and ContentLog books, photographs, memorabilia, etc.
Archival historyRecords brought together by the late Mrs Jean Cameron, Dunbartonshire Girl Guides County Archivist, and previously held in her house and Bearsden Guide Hall. Additional material subsequently added by Mrs Morven Hinson, County Archivist, Girlguiding Dunbartonshire.
SubjectGirl Guides Association
Level of descriptionfonds
Admin history/BiographyThe Girl Guides developed from the Boy Scout movement, which was founded in the United Kingdom in 1908 by Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941). From the beginning of the Boy Scout movement girls had expressed a wish to be involved, and in 1910 the Girl Guides were formed. Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes Baden-Powell (1859-1945), was in charge of the new organisation named the Guide Association. Later, Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell’s wife, Olave Baden-Powell (1889-1977), became involved in the movement and was appointed Chief Guide in 1918.
The Guide Association is a single-sex movement that aims to encourage girls to develop a sense of identity and self-worth, make decisions and work together in teams. The Guide Association has continued to develop and the movement is now spread throughout the world. It is a non-denominational organisation. The name “The Guide Association” was adopted in 1994, having previously been the “Girl Guide Association”. It was changed again to Girlguiding UK in 2002. Membership is open to girls between the ages of 5 and 25 who can be Rainbows (5-6), Brownies (7 -10), Guides (10-14) or Senior Section (14-25). Brownies started in 1914 and Rainbows in 1987. Trained adult volunteer leaders are responsible for running the units.
The first unit in the Guide County of Dunbartonshire was registered at Scottish Headquarters in 1913 and met in Clydebank, and the first County Commissioner was Mrs Fergusson-Buchanan of Auchentorlie.
In 1920 the Royal Patroness Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and daughter of Queen Victoria, who had a home at Rosneath Castle, expressed a desire that the County should be called “Princess Louise’s Own” and the County has been known by this Royal Accolade ever since. It is the only County in Scotland entitled to use a Royal Cipher on its badge.
Dunbartonshire is one of the larger Guiding Counties in Scotland, covering 4 local authorities and a very large geographic area from Kilsyth in the East to Helensburgh, Rosneath and Arrochar in the West.
The Guide Association is a single-sex movement that aims to encourage girls to develop a sense of identity and self-worth, make decisions and work together in teams. The Guide Association has continued to develop and the movement is now spread throughout the world. It is a non-denominational organisation. The name “The Guide Association” was adopted in 1994, having previously been the “Girl Guide Association”. It was changed again to Girlguiding UK in 2002. Membership is open to girls between the ages of 5 and 25 who can be Rainbows (5-6), Brownies (7 -10), Guides (10-14) or Senior Section (14-25). Brownies started in 1914 and Rainbows in 1987. Trained adult volunteer leaders are responsible for running the units.
The first unit in the Guide County of Dunbartonshire was registered at Scottish Headquarters in 1913 and met in Clydebank, and the first County Commissioner was Mrs Fergusson-Buchanan of Auchentorlie.
In 1920 the Royal Patroness Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and daughter of Queen Victoria, who had a home at Rosneath Castle, expressed a desire that the County should be called “Princess Louise’s Own” and the County has been known by this Royal Accolade ever since. It is the only County in Scotland entitled to use a Royal Cipher on its badge.
Dunbartonshire is one of the larger Guiding Counties in Scotland, covering 4 local authorities and a very large geographic area from Kilsyth in the East to Helensburgh, Rosneath and Arrochar in the West.
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Bearsden