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Darius A. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.57
Abstract

Papers of Darius Alton Davis, mostly relating to his YMCA career during the 1930s and 1940s, particularly his work with World War II prisoner-of-war camps. The collection also includes personal correspondence between Davis and his wife and their daughter while she was at college.

Dates: 1917-1975; Majority of material found within ( 1930s - 1940s)

International work subject files

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Identifier: Y.USA.9-3
Abstract

Subject files comprised of correspondence, reports, minutes, memoranda, and printed material concerning various aspects of YMCA work abroad, especially financial issues, boys' work, and war work.

Dates: 1869; 1889-1967

Records of YMCA International Work in Czechoslovakia

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Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-9
Abstract

Reports, correspondence, printed material and other records of YMCA work in Czechoslovakia, primarily during the period between World War I and the Communist take-over in 1948.

Dates: 1921-1969, 1990-1991; Majority of material found within ( 1921-1969).

Records of YMCA international work in Estonia

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-24
Abstract Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, development plans, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine articles and other records of YMCA international work in Estonia, especially on refugee relief work, hygiene promotion in children, the organization and administration of a school system for youth and night classes for refugees and returned soldiers, the operation of social and athletic clubs and the joint operation, with the Red Cross, of a large summer camp. Much of the later...
Dates: 1920-1946; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1936)

Records of YMCA international work in France

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-47
Abstract

Ccorrespondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, pamphlets, maps, journal and newspaper articles and other records documenting YMCA work in France, especially youth and publishing work done in France for Russian refugees.

Dates: 1869-1989; Majority of material found within ( 1920s-1970s)

Records of YMCA international work in Germany

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Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-48
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, books, pamphlets, maps, journal and newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in Germany, covering World War II refugee relief programs, secretary training programs, development of technical vocational schools, and the development of youth hostels and villages as well as building projects in western Germany.

Dates: 1834-1998.; Majority of material found within ( 1940s-1960s).

Records of YMCA international work in Italy

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-53
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, pamphlets, maps, journal and newspaper articles and other records of North American YMCA international work in Italy, primarily in Rome.

Dates: 1897-1988.; Majority of material found within ( 1920s-1980s)

Records of YMCA international work in Latvia

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-27
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, development plans, pamphlets, newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in Latvia and the Latvian YMCA movement in exile, as well as YMCA work in other parts of the Baltic region, including Lithuania.

Dates: 1920-1989; Majority of material found within ( 1922-1946)

Records of YMCA international work in miscellaneous countries

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Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-59
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, pamphlets, building plans, journal and newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in Albania, Armenia, South Asia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Cambodia, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Gaza, Guam, Iran, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Middle East, Moluccas, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Saipan, Samoa, Western Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Slovakia, Sweden, Syria, Tahiti, and Truk.

Dates: 1927-1994.

Records of YMCA international work in Poland

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-49
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, music books, pamphlets, maps, photographs, journal and newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in Poland, mostly focusing on the work of Paul Super on building projects and the state of Poland and Polish groups in exile after both German and Soviet occupation.

Dates: 1919-1992; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1960)

Records of YMCA international work in Romania

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-52
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, pamphlets, journal and newspaper articles and other records of North American YMCA international work in Romania, primarily related to relief work that the YMCA did there throughout both World War I and World War II.

Dates: 1916-1974; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1948)

Records of YMCA international work in South Africa

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Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-38
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, pamphlets, maps, journal and newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in South Africa, particularly Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town, Natal and Kimberley.

Dates: 1870-1991.

Records of YMCA International Work in Yugoslavia

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-51
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, financial documents, pamphlets and other records of North American YMCA international work Yugoslavia, primarily of Donald A. Lowrie's efforts in the area of student work in Belgrade

Dates: 1919-1959; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1932)

Records of YMCA work in England and the United Kingdom

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.9-2-58
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, pamphlets, journal and newspaper articles and other records concerning the YMCA movement in England. Early records include the development of United Kingdom YMCAs. English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish national council reports and yearbooks, reports and other records from local associations, as well as material related to the YMCA's role during World War I and II make up the bulk of this material.

Dates: 1844-1992; Majority of material found in ( 1870s-1950s)

Records of YMCA work with related organizations

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Identifier: Y.USA.64
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, minutes, proposals, magazines, newspaper and journal articles, financial documents, manuals, pamphlets, yearbooks, program catalogs, building plans, histories and images among other records of the North American YMCA’s work with other organizations, including the YWCA, the White House and other government agencies, colleges, community funds, and social welfare, citizenship, peace work, war work, and group work organizations.

Dates: 1885-2001

United Service Organizations-related records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.4-2
Abstract

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

Dates: 1932-1980; Majority of material found within ( 1941-1950).

World Alliance of YMCAs records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.42
Abstract

Reports, correspondence, and other records of the World Alliance of YMCAs, a confederation of the national councils of YMCAs from around the world.

Dates: 1853-2001; Majority of material found within ( 1880s-1980s)

YMCA Archives flat files collection

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.51
Abstract

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

Dates: 1800-2009; Majority of material found within ( 1850s-2001)

YMCA Armed Services Department general administrative records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.4-4
Abstract

Records documenting the administration of the YMCA's work with the United States armed services from the era of the Civil War through the late 1980s, particularly during the period from the time of the first world war through the Korean war.

Dates: 1863-1992; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1981).

YMCA armed services records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.4
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1863-1987.

YMCA in Canada records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.48
Abstract

Minutes, reports, yearbooks, correspondence, and other records of the Canadian YMCA, which until 1912, was governed jointly with the (U.S.) American YMCA under the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations, and continued throughout most of the rest of the 20th century to work closely with the U.S. YMCA in conducting foreign work.

Dates: 1851-1989; Majority of material found in ( 1860s-1960s)

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