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Nile Kinnick correspondence, 1935-1938

1938-07-18: Page 01

W. J. Monilaw, usually called "Bill" or "Doc",
was a student in Drake U. when Fred Greene Clarke
was a student there. They were close friends and
contacts between the families were continuous as
long as the men lived. Doc was associated with
Chicago University for many years. He established
and directed the "Camp Highlands" in northern
Wisconsin from 1904 until well after 1938. I do
not know if the Camp is still operated.                                                                                                                                                                                                      
This earliest file of the family correspondence
begins with this letter from Nile to George, age 11,
while Nile was a counselor at Camp Highlands in the
summer of 1938. Nile had spent the previous summer,
1937, (after his Freshman year at Iowa U.) as a
counselor in Ossie Solem's camp in Minnesota. Ossie
was head coach at Iowa when Nile was a Freshman, just
before  Irl Tubbs came to Iowa.
NCK. 7-17-'74

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W. J. Monilaw, usually called "Bill" or "Doc", was a student in Drake U. when Fred Greene Clarke was a student there. They were close friends and contacts between the families were continuous as long as the men lived. Doc was associated with Chicago University for many years. He established and directed the "Camp Highlands" in northern Wisconsin from 1904 until well after 1938. I do not know if the Camp is still operated. This earliest file of the family correspondence begins with this letter from Nile to George, age 11, while Nile was a counselor at Camp Highlands in the summer of 1938. Nile had spent the previous summer, 1937, (after his Freshman year at Iowa U.) as a counselor in Ossie Solem's camp in Minnesota. Ossie was head coach at Iowa when Nile was a Freshman, just before Irl Tubbs came to Iowa. NCK. 7-17-'74