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Emma Young Dickson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.8
Abstract

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

Dates: 1917-1955; 1998; Majority of material found within ( 1918-1919).

Louis Penningroth and family papers and research files

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.53
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1909-2004; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1919)

World War I-related records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.4-1
Abstract

Minutes, correspondence, publicity bulletins, training manuals, reports, newspapers, and other records of major YMCA administrative bodies which provided services to the military forces in the United States and abroad during World War I..

Dates: 1910-1970; Majority of material found in ( 1917-1921).

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