Dedication of University Settlement Camp, 1939
With the assistance of Works Progress Administration labor, campgrounds flourished during the late 1930s. Camp Karamu acquired a new neighbor during June of 1939 with the dedication of a University Settlement campsite in Brecksville Reservation. The settlement house , which joined the Cleveland Welfare Federation in 1936, predominately served Eastern European residents of what is now Cleveland's Slavic Village. In the late 1950s, the Park Board reevaluated their position of allowing private organizations to finance, build and manage sites within its public grounds.
| Source: The Cleveland Metroparks