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The Adam Shilling files document the YMCA of the USA's work on impact measurement, training, and leadership development as well as its Activate America and Healthy Living programs. Materials include reports, surveys, frameworks and research, and meeting information.

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Correspondence, speeches, writings and biographies of Cephas Brainerd, secretary general of the YMCA International Committee from 1867-1892.

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Presentation slides, project information, data, reports and other records created by Denise Berceli in her role as program specialist for the YMCA of the USA.

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Primarily administrative files of the national body of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States, especially minutes and related documents of its various governing bodies (the International Commitee, the National Board, the National Council, and the Executive Board), as well as numerous committees.

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The collection contains documents concerning the International Association of Retired Directors [of YMCAs], (IARD); speeches, articles as well as personal correspondence. Slides concerning the establishment of Camp Olson located in Longville, MN, the Sioux Indian YMCA and personal events are also part of the collection.

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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.

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Manuals, presentation slides, project information, data, reports and other information created and collected by Stacy Saunders while working for the YMCA of the USA from 1998 to 2019 in various roles providing leadership, training, and support to Y-USA Resource Directors and other specialists providing consulting services to local YMCAs around the United States

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Minutes, agendas, brochures and pamphlets, correspondence, proceedings, committee reports, publications and journals, and other materials that reflect the involvement of the YMCA in New York City in state, regional, national and international YMCA organizations.

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Minutes, correspondence, reports, topical files, publications, and other material documenting the work of the YMCA with students on college and university campuses in the United States and Canada. Also included are records concerning other national and international Christian student groups with which the Student YMCA worked. .

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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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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.

Content Description Records of the YMCA's Membership and Programs department comprise work in YMCA's three strategic programming areas of healthy living, youth development, and character development, as well as member support. The majority of the material concerns work related to health-related initiatives, especially the Gulick Project, Activate America, and diabetes, cancer, and childhood obesity prevention, and child care. The collection includes many manuals, training materials, and program guides, and...

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YMCA-related web archives comprise the public web presences of the main YMCA entities that are in the collecting scope of the Kautz Family YMCA Archives, including the YMCA of the USA, the YMCA of the North (YMCA Twin Cities), the YMCA of Greater New York, and Y's Men Interational, as well as the Association of YMCA Professionals.

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Minutes and reports from Area Council meetings, Area Executive Committee reports, staff meeting reports, program reports and other records of YMCA’s regional supervisory agencies, organized by eighteen different geographic regions, which overlap in coverage and were active during periods of time.

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Material documenting the committees which coordinated YMCA work at the state level, consisting primarily of state convention proceedings, reports, minutes, and publications, as well as records of programs such as boys work, camping, and physical education. For some states, the collection includes records of county work, as well as material from local associations.

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Annual publications of the body that coordinated or oversaw YMCA work for North American, and later the United States, including proceedings of annual conventions, yearbooks, directories, and statistical summaries.