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Carlton Avenue YMCA records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.GNY.25
Abstract

Collected brochures, clippings, branch publications and reports from the Carlton YMCA branch in Brooklyn..

Dates: 1903-2014.

Channing Tobias papers

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.7
Abstract

Papers of Channing H. Tobias, who served as senior secretary of the YMCA's Colored Work Department from 1924 to 1946, documenting his work in the area of race relations.

Dates: 1911-1961.

Colored Work Department records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.1
Abstract

Reports, correspondence, publications, and other records of the Colored Work Department and predecessor programs, established as avenues for African American participation in and service to the YMCA.

Dates: 1871-1946.

Harlem YMCA (135th Street) records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.GNY.4
Abstract

Collected materials from the African American Harlem Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. This collection covers governance and public programming with special attention to the Black Achievers program, which honors African Americans who distinguish themselves from their peers in a positive way.

Dates: 1910-2014; Majority of material found within ( 1928-1989)

Harlem YMCA photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Y.GNY.4-1
Abstract

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

Dates: 1940s-1990s.; Majority of material found within ( 1940s-1960s)

Interracial programs records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.2
Abstract

Reports, correspondence, and other records documenting various committees, programs, and conferences intended to monitor and promote the process of integration and the elimination of racial inequality within the YMCA, as well as to identify and address the unmet needs of African American and other non-white people served by the organization.

Dates: 1946-1980.

Leo Marsh papers

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.3
Abstract

Papers of Leo Bergman Marsh, YMCA National Board staff member and leader, documenting his career in the YMCA, which spanned the years from 1928 to 1976. The bulk of the papers concern his extensive work promoting improved race relations within the movement.

Dates: 1920-1979; Majority of material found in ( 1959-1969).

YMCA urban work and Urban Group records

 Collection
Identifier: Y.USA.59
Abstract Correspondence, minutes, reports, program proposals, area and population studies, financial documents, pamphlets, maps, newspaper articles and other records of the North American YMCA’s urban work, focusing on topics including race relations and institutional inequality, youth services and outreach, prevention of drug use and crime, war work and war affected persons, human services programs, varying social conditions in the city, experimental programs, and the integration of international...
Dates: 1929-2004; Majority of material found within ( 1950s-1970s)

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