The Huron Valley Girl Scout Council record group documents the administration and activities of a growing Girl Scout Council in Michigan. It is comprised of such records as Board and Council minutes, by-laws, annual reports, newsletters, financial material, various committee minutes, district files, promotional material, annual agendas, membership information, and staff position descriptions. Included in the records are the files of the Ann Arbor, Plymouth and Washtenaw County Girl Scout Councils. In 1958 these agencies combined to form the Huron Valley Girl Scout Council. The records cover the years 1940 through 1965 with the bulk covering 1958-1962. Only a portion of the records have been processed. Those materials which have been processed consist of the following series: Ann Arbor Girl Scout Council, Plymouth Girl Scout Council, Girl Scout Council of Washtenaw County and Huron Valley Girl Scout Council.
Since 1940 the Girl Scouts have been a tradition in southeastern Michigan. The membership has grown significantly over the years.
In July 1958 the Ann Arbor, Plymouth and Washtenaw County Girl Scout Councils combined to form the Huron Valley Girl Scout Council.
The Huron Valley Girl Scout Council was chartered by the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and is responsible for all girl scouting within its two and one-half county jurisdiction of Western Wayne, Washtenaw and Livingston.
The Huron Valley Girl Scout Council is governed by a Board of Directors responsible for administering scouting within the Council. The Board is composed of all District Chairmen, Officers of the Council, Chairmen of Standing Committees, and Members-at-Large.
The Huron Valley Girl Scout Council is comprised of four districts which are further divided into thirty-four neighborhoods. For each neighborhood, there is an association composed of all registered adults active in that neighborhood. Each month, the neighborhood chairmen in each district meet to provide the opportunity for each active Girl Scout adult working with troops in the neighborhood to participate in the development of Council plans.
The Huron Valley Girl Scout Council has a professional staff consisting of an Executive Director and the District Directors. The Executive Director is responsible for staff members and works with the Board, Finance Council, and several committees. Each of the four District Directors works with one of the four districts and one or more committees.
The Council is administratively and financially autonomous. Responsibility for financing the work of the council belongs to the board of directors, which usually delegates this function to the finance committee. The Council derives a major portion of its income from various fees from members and voluntary contributions. Contributions come directly to the council as unsolicited gifts, as the result of a fund-raising campaign, or as an allocation from the eighteen local Community Chests or the United Fund.
