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through interviews conducted with relatives, associates and old campers. This claim is evidenced by the fact that some of her old campers have become involved in the camping movement in Canada, and are prominent camp directors (Ebbs, 1978). Helen Stewart, founder and former director of Camp Wahcahmie, was only one of many old campers to take up the profession. Some of Mary Edgar's associates, namely Dr. and Mrs Harry Ebbs, and Mr. and Mrs. John Gilchrist, have also been prominent forces behind the camping movement in Canada. A few of Mary Edgar's old campers have become professors and outstanding figures in the field of Early Childhood Education; Dr. Mary L. North is an example of such a figure, whose interest in children was festered by her involvement in camp. Mary Edgar's written works provide further evidence to support the claim that she was one of the motivating