Dr. Stout Donates Historic Boy Scouts of America Book Collection
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FULLERTON, Calif. - Californer -- Dr. Dallas Stout has donated his collection of over 160 early Boy Scouts of America books to the Special Collections Department of Pollak Library at California State University, Fullerton. His collection includes early editions of the Boy Scout Handbook, Patrol Leader's Handbook, & Scout Master's Handbooks among many others in addition to over 40 BSA Story books from the teens & 1920's.

"I collected these books for well over a decade as a teen and young adult," said Dr. Stout, "but I really haven't done much with them in the last 20 years. As a CSUF Alumni, I am delighted that my collection will now be available to benefit so many more people!" In coordinating the donation Lisa A. Mix, Director, University Archives & Special Collections at Pollak Library said, "There is already a student interested in using them to research the history of scouting." Megan Graewingholt, Liaison Librarian for American Studies at Pollak Library added, "There is definitely a scholarly conversation around the Boy Scouts, particularly regarding gender roles, soldiering, and masculinity/manhood since the start of the 20th century."

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Dr. Dallas Stout has been a member of the faculty at California State University Fullerton since 2007. Additionally he is a member of the faculty at The University of Arizona Global Campus, and Brigham Young University, Idaho. He teaches a variety of undergraduate & graduate courses in Psychology, Human Services, and Child Development as well as Non-Profit Principles, Practices, Governance & Finance. Dr. Stout has worked in the non-profit community in Southern California for over 30 years including many years leading the Counties' largest adolescent residential drug rehab and sober high school. Today he uses his experience to assist a variety of non-profit programs in Southern California thru DoctorS Nonprofit Consulting which he co-founded with his wife Dr. Debbie Stout in 2004.

The Paulina June and George Pollak Library is the central academic hub at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). It houses extensive book collections, specialized research centers, and modern collaborative spaces to support student and faculty success. The Pollak Library's University Archives & Special Collections preserves over 14,000 linear feet of rare books, manuscripts, maps, and photographs. It offers vital primary source materials that support academic curricula and document the history of the university and the broader Southern California region.

http://DoctorSconsulting.org

https://www.library.fullerton.edu/find/archives/