McBurney YMCA photographs 1870s-1970s (bulk 1880-1950)

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McBurney YMCA photographs 1870s-1970s (bulk 1880-1950)

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Black and white photographs of the McBurney Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. Subjects include buildings, programs and activities. The collection is particularly rich in photos from the period before 1900.

.75 cubic feet (2 boxes)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619479

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Walter Hervey Junior College (New York, N.Y.).

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YMCA of Greater New York. McBurney Branch.

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The first permanent home of the McBurney Branch of the New York YMCA began as the headquarters of the New York association in 1869 and the first purpose-built YMCA building in the US. In 1904 the 23rd Street "Y" moved west to 7th Avenue. In 1943 the branch was renamed in honor of Robert Ross McBurney, an Irish immigrant who rose from librarian of the New York association in 1862 to chief executive in 1883, a post he held until his death in 1898. He is known as the first paid secretary of the YMC...