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Collected photographs from the Bronx branch of the YMCA of Greater New York, primarily exterior and interior building shots and athletic activities, as well as group photos.

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Correspondence, diaries and other papers of Emma Young Dickson, documenting her service with the YMCA in France during World War I.

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Includes black and white photographs, primarily 5 x 8 images, of events, buildings and people at the Flushing YMCA in Queens, New York. The collection includes a small number of snapshot-size photographs.

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Records documenting the operations, administration, and academic output of George Williams College from its origins in the 1880s to its eventual merger with Aurora University in the mid-1980s, especially including dissertations and theses.

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Collected photographic images from the Harlem Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York, located on West 135th Street in Manhattan.

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Records documenting the life of Louis Penningroth, who served in the YMCA's international POW-relief efforts during WWI in Europe and Russia. Includes Penningroth family papers, as well as research compiled by Phil Penningroth for a novel detailing Louis's trip to Russia to negotiate the release of Allied POWs in 1919.

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Black and white photographs of the McBurney Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. Subjects include buildings, programs and activities. The collection is particularly rich in photos from the period before 1900.

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Photographs, slides, and audiovisual materials depicting the buildings, programs, events, and activities of the Minneapolis YMCA.

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Photographs of YMCA of Greater New York branches, buildings and activities.

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Collected video (VHS), audio, film and photographic marketing and promotional materials used by the YMCA of Greater New York to publicize its programs and events. The collection also includes audio and video documentation of YMCA events such as General Assemblies, Dodge dinners and lunches, fund-raising events and radio and television broadcasts.

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Collected photographic images from the Camping Services Department illustrating the history of 14 overnight and day camps operated by the YMCA of Greater New York.

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Miscellaneous photographs, contact sheets and slides of buildings, events, people, and activities of the Greater New York YMCA.

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Collected photographic images of sporting events at various YMCA branches in New York City.

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Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers compiled by Lois Conard Gassler and later sorted by her daughter Florence Gassler Scattergood, documenting family history, especially the careers of Lois's father, Philip Arthur Conard and her mother, Florence Mary Smith Conard.

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Black and white photographs of the building, activities, events and people at the Prospect Park branch of the YMCA of Greater New York.

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Collected minutes, brochures and flyers, correspondence, and other materials related to the Prospect Park YMCA branch buildings, camps, residence program, and athletics.

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Scattered constitutions and by-laws, histories, minutes, reports, correspondence, photographs, newspapers, journals, articles, publicity, building records, surveys, studies, handbooks, and other material associated with the operation and functions of local YMCA associations in North American, particularly Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois, as well as their connection to the national board of the North American YMCA.

Abstract Records of YMCA work in South America/Latin America include annual reports, convention reports, correspondence, financial records, histories, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The collection is comprised primarily of records of the South American Federation of Young Men's Christian Associations (later the Latin American Confederation or Consejo Latinoamericano de Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes), documenting YMCA work in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, and...

Abstract Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, architectural data and drawings, audio recordings, printed material, and other records of the work of the American YMCA movement in Palestine and Israel. The bulk of the files concern Jerusalem, with particularly rich documentation on the the construction of the YMCA's landmark West Jerusalem (Jerusalem International YMCA) building. Also included in the records are files concerning YMCA work in other areas of the region, especially East...

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Photographs, primarily from the period 1930-1960, of the Bethelship Seamen's Branch YMCA in Brooklyn and the Seamen's House YMCA branch in Manhattan. .

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Photographs of the building, indoor and outdoor activities and athletic events at the Highland Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York or its predecessor, the 26th Street Branch.

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Administrative files, club histories, and other records documenting the YMCA's involvement with the USO during and after World War II.

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Professional photographs and snapshots in black and white and color, of the Uptown Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. Subjects include building interiors and exteriors, program participants, athletics and members.

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Photographs, correspondence, and other materials documenting Walter Teeuwissen and his experiences as a YMCA secretary working with prisoners of war in Siberia in 1919 to 1920.

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Collected photographs, mostly black and white, from the West Side Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. Now located on West 63rd Street, the West Side YMCA has operated a residential program from its opening in 1896 on West 57th Street. Many of the images were taken by commercial photographers such as Herbert-Spencer, Inc., Roy Pinney, Samuel H. Gottsho, Brown Brothers, D. Richard Statile and others.

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Collected photographic images from the William Sloane House branch of the YMCA of Greater New York, located on West 34th Street in Manhattan. The bulk of the images are from the early days of the Sloane House in the 1930s and from the WWII era, when the YMCA partnered with the United Service Organizations to provide services to people in the armed forces.

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Posters, maps, blueprints and other architectural records, artwork, and other oversized paper items.

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Scrapbooks and photo albums created by YMCA staff, volunteers, members, and others documenting various aspects of the YMCA.

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Historical data, correspondence, reports, memoranda, articles, newspapers, pamphlets, photographs, scrapbooks, and other records documenting the YMCA's work serving the armed forces community from the time of the Civil War through the present.

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Photo albums, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting YMCA work with the United States Armed Forces, primarily documenting World War I and World War II. The scrapbooks contain some photographs and ephemera, but contain mostly newspaper clippings.