Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Whittier and Emily Day, Camp Kitchi Kahniss on Lake Mille Lacs

Social worker Emily West met her husband, Whittier Day, while working at Camp Kitchi Kahniss in Aitkin County with residents from the Elliot Park Neighborhood House in Minneapolis. Mr. Day was head of the Big Brothers camping program. The couple was married in 1944.

Publisher: Emily Day; Minnesota HIstorical Society, used with permission
Dates: 1944–1945

Whittier and Emily Day, Camp Kitchi Kahniss on Lake Mille Lacs