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 Camp Wigwam, on the shores of Bear Lake in Waterford, Maine, was
founded in 1910 by Abraham "Mandy" Mandelstam and Arnold "Pop" Lehman.
Together these pioneers of the industry forged a program that would be a
model for the summer camp industry for most of the first half of the
twentieth century. Pop was an athletic and energetic leader, whose
strength was the day to day operation of the camp. Mandy was a creative
genius, established in the arts and theatrical community in Manhattan,
whose well connected friends were frequent visitors to Camp Wigwam.
In the autumn of 1964, Mandy, who had two years earlier purchased Pop's
interest in the camp, sold Camp Wigwam to Ned & Helen Strauss. Ned &
Helen resurrected Wigwam to its former glory, reignited it's storied
traditions and operated the camp until 1977 when their son, Bob, took
over its reigns. Wigwam enters the new millennium under only its second
ownership as Bob and his wife Jane Strauss continue to carry on the
amazing legacy of this marvelous camp. Today, thousands of men from all
over the country share a bond born in their childhood that still burns
brightly within their soul to this very day, the cherished memories of a
Camp Wigwam summer.
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