Twenty-Sixth Ward and Highland Park YMCA records. 1893-1970s. (bulk 1893-1921)

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Twenty-Sixth Ward and Highland Park YMCA records. 1893-1970s. (bulk 1893-1921)

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Collected branch histories, brochures, newspaper clippings and publications of the Twenty-Sixth Ward and Highland Park branches of the YMCA of Greater New York.

.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)

eng,

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

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Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association. . Twenty-Sixth Ward Branch.

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YMCA of Greater New York. Highland Park Branch.

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The Twenty-Sixth Ward branch of the YMCA in Brooklyn, New York, was originally part of the Brooklyn Association of the YMCA. The building at Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues opened on November 5, 1893. In 1926 a new building opened at 570 Jamaica Avenue and the name of the branch changed to Highland Park. That address continued to be the home of a YMCA branch, although its name ultimately changed again. In 1977, the Highland Park branch offered joint programming with the Ridgewood branch in Quee...