Editing Burl Ives (section)

=== Boy Scouts ===
Ives had a long-standing relationship with the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. He was a [[Lone Scouts of America|Lone Scout]] before that group merged with the Boy Scouts of America in 1924.<ref>Lone Scout Foundation, "How the Lone Scouts of America Came To Be": [http://www.lonescouts.net/002_how_lsa_came_2_b.htm link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723190130/http://www.lonescouts.net/002_how_lsa_came_2_b.htm |date=July 23, 2011 }}.</ref> The organization "inducted" Ives in 1966.<ref>Guide to the Burl Ives Papers, 1913–1975, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: [http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/the/pdf/THEIVES.pdf link] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611221514/http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/the/pdf/THEIVES.pdf |date=June 11, 2007 }}.</ref> He received the Boy Scouts' [[Silver Buffalo Award]], its highest honor. The certificate for the award is on display at the Scouting Museum in [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]].<ref>The World of Scouting Museum at Valley Forge: Our Collection: [http://www.worldofscoutingmuseum.org/collection.html link].</ref>

Ives often performed at the quadrennial Boy Scouts of America [[jamboree]], including the 1981 jamboree at [[Fort A.P. Hill]] in Virginia, where he shared the stage with the [[Oak Ridge Boys]].<ref>John C. Halter, "A Spirit of Time and Place," ''Scouting Magazine'', September 2004: [http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0409/a-sprt.html link].</ref> There is a 1977 sound recording of Ives being interviewed by Boy Scouts at the National Jamboree at [[Moraine State Park]], Pennsylvania.<ref>WorldCat: OCLC No. 28143341: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28143341&referer=brief_results link].</ref> Ives was also the narrator of a 28-minute film about the 1977 National Jamboree. In the film, which was produced by the Boy Scouts of America, Ives "shows the many ways in which Scouting provides opportunities for young people to develop character and expand their horizons."<ref>WorldCat: OCLC No. 5641115: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5641115&referer=brief_results link].</ref>