Bowery YMCA records. 1876-1946 (bulk 1930-1946).

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Bowery YMCA records. 1876-1946 (bulk 1930-1946).

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Collected records of the Bowery Branch of the New York YMCA, from its early history to its merger with the YMCA Vocational Service Center in 1945.

5.2 cu. ft. (14 boxes).

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619462

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Galloway, Elmer.

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Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York. Bowery Branch.

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Organized in 1872, the Bowery Branch, also known as the East Third Street Branch, had an unbroken period of service for the unemployed and homeless for 75 years. Early on the branch experimented with providing meals for free or nearly free. The experiment was so successful that it became a permanent feature of the Bowery's services. The innovation continued with opening of dormitories. The Bowery offered the first bed service of any kind in New York's YMCA. After World War II, the branch merged ...