Pre-CSPs

CSPs, or what National Supply referred to as council shoulder insignia, came into being on April 17, 1970 with the issuance of the National Supply memo to Scout executives authorizing the four types of shoulder insignia.

Several councils, however, had issued shoulder insignia, other than the standard red and whites, prior to the National authorization. Since, by definition, CSPs came into being on April 17, 1970, we've elected to call these issues pre-CSPs and have collected scans of some of them below. Like the Direct Service private issues, many of them often appear on CSP checklists and CSP guides, often mixed in with CSPs.

Council HQ city  State  Issued  Scan  Notes: 
Allegheny Trails 527 Pittsburgh PA  

Hillman Reservation Gilwell
Ambraw-Wabash 116  Decatur  IL 1953 1953 JSP
Aurora Area 113 Aurora IL   scan to come

 
Bronx Valley 370 Mt. Vernon NY  

 
Buffalo Area 380 Decatur IL  

 
Cache Valley 588 Logan UT 1957 1957
Cache Valley 588 Logan UT 1962 scan to come 1962
Camden County 335 West Collingwood NJ   scan to come  
Central Indiana 160 Indianapolis IN    Central Indiana Band
Central Indiana 160 Indianapolis IN    Indianapolis 500
Chief Shabonna 735 St. Charles IL 1968 1968
Chippewa Area 259 Sault St Marie MI   scan to come  
Detroit Area 262 Detroit MI    
Detroit Area 262 Detroit MI    
DuPage Area 148 Wheaton IL 1960 1960 JSP
DuPage Area 148 Wheaton IL 1960 1960 Exposition
East Carolina 426 Kinston NC    
EUCOM, BSA Advisory 802 Heidelberg GR  1951-53 predecessor to TransAtlantic; some Scouters wore in place of council shoulder strip
Forty-Niner 52 Stockton CA   scan to come  
Greater New York 719 New York NY 1953 1953 JSP
Harrison Trail 161 Lafayette IN   scan to come  
Juniata Valley 497 Lewiston PA 1950 1950
Kaskaskia 114 Belleville IL 1953 1953 JSP
Kern County Council 30 Bakersfield CA 1960 issued by/for units at Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake California
Lancaster County 519 Lancaster PA 1953 1953 JSP
Lancaster County 519 Lancaster PA 1950s 1950s
Long Beach Area 32 Long Beach CA    
Los Angeles Area 33 Los Angeles CA 1950 1950 JSP
Los Angeles Area 33 Los Angeles CA 1957 1957 JSP
Mattatuck 80 Waterbury CT 1960 1960 JSP
Middlesex 344 Edison NJ 1966 1966 Philmont contingent
Morris-Sussex 343 Denville NJ   scan to come  
Mount Diablo 23 Walnut Creek CS   scan to come  
Nevada Area
329 Reno NV 1971 scan to come rejected loom sample issued 3 per participant to the 1971 World Jamboree
Northern Orange County 37 Anaheim CA   scan to come  
Okefenokee Area 758 Waycross GA   1963 Scoutmaster Award
Philadelphia 525 Philadelphia PA 1957  1957 JSP
Portland Area 492 Portland OR    
Rainbow 702 Morris IL 1953  1953 JSP
Riverside County 45 Riverside CA   Camp Emerson
Sam Houston Area 576 Houston TX   scan to come  
San Fernando Valley 50 Van Nuys CA 1957 1957 JSP
San Fernando Valley  50 Van Nuys CA 1960 1960 JSP
San Gabriel Valley  40 Pasadena CA   scan to come  
South Florida 84 Miami Lakes FL    
South Plains 694 Lubbock TX   scan to come  
Stanford Area 31 Palo Alto CA   scan to come  
Union 338 Elizabeth NJ     Northern District
Ventura County 57 Camarillo CA   scan to come  
Verdugo Hills 58 Glendale CA   scan to come  
West Suburban 147 LaGrange IL 1950 1950 JSP
West Suburban 147 LaGrange IL 1960 1960 BSA anniversary
Yosemite Area 59 Modesto CA 1953 1953 JSP
Yucca 573 El Paso TX