Archived version from 1999:

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Rob's BSA/OA Resources

The Official BSA Homepage

The Official National OA Homepage

The Philmont Scout Ranch Homepage

The Sea Scouting homepage

XIX World Jamboree-- Chile, 1999.

International Scouting

• Scouts Canada Official Website
  
  
• World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
  
  
• The Scouting Jumpstation-- Scouting in the UK and around the world.
  
  
• Pine Tree Web-- leadership development, the heritage, history and traditions of Scouting, especially Eastern Europe and Russia.

Order of the Arrow

• The Official National OA Homepage-- official information on the Order of the Arrow and its programs.
  
  
• The OA Section List-- complete listing of all current lodges and their councils by Section and Lodge Number. Includes recent mergers and realignments.
  
  
• John Pannell's Scouting page-- lots of great scouting and OA resources. Home of the Internet Guide to OA Insignia.
  
  
• Wisdom Page's Guide to the OA-- by Sage Lichtenwalner. Lots of OA documents and online resources, plus the "You might be an overactive arrowman if..." list.
  
  
• Derek Pillie's OA Training Resources page
  
  
• Troop #24 OA links page
  
  
• Spirit of the Arrow booklets-- in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format
  
  
• Steve Beck's 98 NOAC page-- Steve is also the moderator for NOAC98-L.
  
  
• Ron Simpson's OA Ceremonies page-- all 4 ceremonies, plus the Broken Arrow Ceremony, Original First Degree Ceremony, and Coaching & Judging guide!
  
  
• Nendawen-- The Torch Bearer-- Kevin Thornton's OA Ceremonies page. (site down)
  
  
• Virginia Section Officer's Association
  
  
• Ties of Brotherhood-- web-based OA chat rooms.
  
  
• The O-Shot-Co-Chee Chapter maintains a cool list of OA links.
  
  
• Jeremy's OA & Scouting page-- Nawakwa Lodge Chapter sites, and other cool stuff.
  
  
• Young Elk Native American Singers and Drum-- by the Harvey Family of Virginia. Pow wow listings and lots of Native American resources and links.
  
  
• Lenape (Delaware) Tribal Homepage
  
  
• Arrow-L (new address)-- an internet discussion/mailing list for OA members. This is a new page which allows one to subscribe/unsubscribe, post messages, and search archives.

Scouting on the Web

• US Scouting Service Project
  
  
• EagleScout.org!-- resources for scouts on the trail to eagle!
  
  
• MeritBadge.Com-- excellent resource for training and advancement.
  
  
• Don Tolin's 1997 Jamboree site-- excellent site, lots of good info and online resources. Catch it while it is still up!
  
  
• The Lord Baden-Powell Award for Scouting Excellence on the World-Wide-Web
  
  
• NetWoods Virtual Campsite-- by Steve Tobin. Lot's of neat scouting resources.
  
  
• The MacScouter-- by R. Gary Hendra. Very cool computer resource site for scouting on the web, including the BSA Clipart Disks.
  
  
• Welcome to the Tree!-- Mike Walton's personal scouting page. Lot's of cool info and resources!
  
  
• West Texas Scouting History-- by Frank Hilton. Includes a section on how to research the history of Scouting in your area!
  
  
• Scouting Online-- scouting resources on the net.
  
  
• Scouting Around-- Life Scout Andy Murray's scouting site.
  
  
• Don Tolin's Wood Badge homepage
  
  
• Pennsylvania Scouting links-- by Jeff Menaker.
  
  
• Boy Scout Troop #16-- Hermitage, PA.
  
  
• Boy Scout Troop #51-- Clarion, PA by Scoutmaster Hank Hufnagel.
  
  
• Boy Scout Troop #94-- Mariposa, CA. Lots of cool resources, and website building materials!
  
  
• Boy Scout Troop #598-- Fayetteville, NC. Excellent example of an active troop.

Patch and Memorabilia Collecting

• Scouts on Stamps-- by Troop #11, Kent CT. The definitive Stamp Collecting MB homepage.
  
  
• The OA Flap Checklist! This is the modified checklist found on Frank Kern's Website. It's in Word 97 format and has a comprehensive list of lodges with space to check off the numbers of the lodges you have. It's been checked against the Section List and is up to date!
  
  
• Internet Guide to OA Insignia-- by John Pannell, is the largest collection of lodge flap images on the net.
  
  
• Brush Creek Trading Company-- This site, designed by John Pannell, has a great deal of OA material available for sale!
  
  
• The Blue Book, 2nd Ed.-- published by the American Scouting Historical Society. This is THE standard in cataloguing lodge patch issues, and is a must-have reference for the serious patch collector!
  
  
• Arapaho II: A History of the Order of the Arrow through Insignia-- Another good reference for OA Lodge issues, and is available on disk or hardcopy.
  
  
• The Virtual Patch Collection-- maintained by Troop #24, Berkely CA. This site has hundreds of cool patches on the Web.
  
  
• Patch-L listserv-- a mailing list devoted to patch trading.
  
  
• Cyber-Scout Collectibles-- An excellent site for hard to get OA issues.
  
  
• First CSP's-- by Kevin Doyle and Steve Narolski. This site documents first regular issue CSPs.
  
  
• The Journal of Scouting Memorabilia-- Produced by Bill Topkis, the Journal provides collectors in the hobby with top notch articles and information about the hobby.
  
  
• ASTA--American Scouting Traders Association
  
  
• Heart of Texas Trader-- John Conley Williams, produces an excellent monthly sales list.
  
  
• The Scott Robert's Troop 71 page has patterns for making a beaded Vigil sash!
  
  
• Crazy Crow Trading Post
  
  
• Streamwood Company-- Chris Jenson's website has everything you're looking for in scouting memorabilia.
  
  
• The Scout Patch Auction-- Run by Roy More, the TSPA is one of the top dealers in the country.
  
  

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Rob's BSA/OA Resources
Created: July 1997
Last updated: November 19, 1999
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