| date |
event |
locations |
tags |
see also |
| 1927 1 Aug |
Geyserville Bahá’í Summer School, the first American Bahá’í summer school, was established on property in California donated by John Bosch. It was to operate until 1973 when a new road project divided the property. The land was sold and the funds used to purchase land in the mountains above the coastal town of Santa Cruz. The new school was named In honour of John and Louise Bosch. [BBD87; BW10:180; GPB340, Bosch]
BW5:28–9 says this was the second Bahá’í summer school in America but Shoghi Effendi indicates in GPB340 that Green Acre is formally established as a Bahá’í summer school in 1929. |
Geyserville; California; United States |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools; John Bosch; Green Acre |
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| 1929 12 Aug |
Green Acre became a fully fledged Bahá’í summer school when the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada obtained legal title to the property. [BBD91; GAP118; GPB340; SBBH126, Green Acre] |
Eliot; Maine; United States |
Summer schools; Green Acre |
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| 1931 May |
A permanent summer school is established at Louhelen Ranch near Davison, Michigan. [BW10:181; GPB340] |
Davison; Michigan; United States |
Summer schools |
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| 1931 (Summer) |
The first German Bahá’í summer school was held, at Esslingen. [BBRSM182; BW5:44]<
UD98 and BW5p30 put this date as 1932. |
Esslingen; Germany |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1936 summer |
Britain held its first Bahá’í summer school. [GT137; UD109] |
United Kingdom |
First summer and winter schools; Summer schools |
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| 1938 Sep |
The first Bahá’í summer school to be held in India took place in Simla. [BBRSM194; BW8:199] |
Shimla; Himachal Pradesh; India |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1940 (in the decade) |
The first Egyptian Bahá’í summer school was held in the mid-1940s. |
Egypt |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1941 (Summer) |
The first Canadian Bahá’í summer school was held, in Montreal. [BW9:28, TG84] |
Montreal; Canada |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1946 (In the year) |
The first Bahá’í summer school in Argentina was held in Ezeiza. [BW11:45] |
Ezeiza; Argentina |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1957 28 - 30 Sep |
First Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p21] |
Taiwan |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
find reference |
| 1957 Dec |
The first summer school in Malaysia was held at Malacca. |
Malacca; Malaysia |
First summer and winter schools; Summer schools |
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| 1967 Mar |
The first Bahá’í summer school in Liberia began. [BW14:174] |
Liberia |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1968 summer |
The first summer school to be held in Ireland bagin. |
Ireland |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1980 Mar |
The first Bahá’í Summer School of the Cameroon Republic was held in Victoria. [BW18:166] |
Victoria; Cameroon |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1989 25 – 29 Dec |
The first International Bahá’í Summer School of Bophuthatswana was held at the Pilanesberg National Game Reserve, attended by 263 people from 12 countries. [BINS215:1–2] |
Bophuthatswana; South Africa |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1990 8 – 11 Jul |
The first summer school of Czechoslovakia was held in Jindrichuv Hradec, attended by 24 Bahá'ís from eight countries. [BINS230:2] |
Jindrichuv Hradec; Czechoslovakia |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1990 19 – 21 Oct |
The first summer school of Cape Verde was held in Tarrafal, attended by 30 people. [BINS247:8] |
Tarrafal; Cape Verde |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1991 15 – 21 Jul |
The first summer school of Sikkim was held in Saramsa. [BINS257:6] |
Saramsa; Sikkim; India |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1992 21 – 23 Aug |
The first National Summer School of Bulgaria was held in Stara Zagora, attended by 75 people. [BINS278:1–2] |
Stara Zagora; Bulgaria |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1993 24 – 26 Dec |
The first summer school of Angola was held in Luanda, attended by more than 20 Bahá'ís. [BINS309:1] |
Luanda; Angola |
Summer schools; First summer and winter schools |
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| 1994 Jul 6 – 10 |
The first Children's Bahá'í Summer School of Pakistan was held in Abbottabad, attended by 13 children. [BINS324:5] |
Abbottabad; Pakistan |
Summer schools |
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