Twenty-Sixth Ward, Highland Park, Twelve Towns and North Brooklyn YMCA records
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
The records of the Twenty-sixth Ward/Highland Park/Twelv Towns branch consist primarily of printed materials, including brochures, flyers, branch publications and newspaper clippings from the Twenty-Sixth Ward Branch of the YMCA and its successor branch, Highland Park. Also included are minutes and correspondence. The Twenty-Sixth Ward materials are from the period 1893-1913. The majority of the Highland Park materials are from the 1960s and 1970s. Twelve Towns materials are from the 1970s and 1980s. North Brooklyn materials include digital items beginning in 2014.
Dates
- 1893-2017
Creator
- YMCA of Greater New York. Highland Park Branch. (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Analog (non-digital) material open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room. The digital files are available upon request. Please contact the University Archives to arrange access to these materials.
Use of Materials:
This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright, ownership, and to obtain all the necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.
HISTORY OF TWENTY-SIXTH WARD, HIGHLAND PARK, AND TWELVE TOWNS BRANCH YMCAs
The Twenty-Sixth Ward branch of the YMCA in Brooklyn, New York, was originally part of the Brooklyn Association of the YMCA. The building at Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues opened on November 5, 1893. It contained a lecture hall, classrooms, a gymnasium, a game room, a bowling alley and a plunge -- a swimming tank about 15 by 20 feet and too shallow for diving. The Twenty-Sixth Ward branch was known for its gymnastics and baseball teams; the boys baseball team won the city championship in 1912.
In 1926 a new building opened at 570 Jamaica Avenue and the name of the branch changed to Highland Park. That address continued to be the home of a YMCA branch, although its name ultimately changed again. In 1977, the Highland Park branch offered joint programming with the Ridgewood branch on Catalpa Avenue in Queens. Eventually, the Highland Park branch merged with the Catalpa Avenue branch, becomming the Twelve Towns YMCA. In the early 1990s, the Twelve Towns YMCA partnered with the Eastern District YMCA and its Beacon School. Collectively, they became the North Brooklyn YMCA, serving Cypress Hills, Williamsburg and Bushwick.
(Information taken from materials in the collection. )
Extent
1.8 Cubic Feet (9 boxes)
26.4 Megabytes (19 digital files)
Abstract
Collected branch histories, brochures, minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings and publications of the Twenty-Sixth Ward, Highland Park, Twelve Towns and North Brooklyn branches of the YMCA of Greater New York.
ORGANIZATION/ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS
These documents are organized into the following sections:
- Twenty-Sixth Ward.
- Highland Park.
- Twelve Towns.
Physical Location
See Detailed Description section for box listing.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Louise Merriam, March 2008. Additional material from Twelve Towns Branch added, November 2013.
Catalog Record ID number: 5285983
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association. Twenty-Sixth Ward Branch.
- Brooklyn and Queens Young Men's Christian Association. Twenty-Sixth Ward Branch.
- YMCA of Greater New York. Highland Park Branch.
- YMCA of Greater New York. North Brooklyn Branch.
- YMCA of Greater New York. Ridgewood Branch
- YMCA of Greater New York. Twelve Towns Branch.
- Young Men's Christian associations -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK TWENTY-SIXTH WARD, HIGHLAND PARK, AND BRANCHES:
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of their Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Louise Merriam.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Kautz Family YMCA Archives Collecting Area
