George Williams College records, 1856-1987 (bulk 1880-1985)

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George Williams College records, 1856-1987 (bulk 1880-1985)

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Records documenting the operations, administration, and academic output of George Williams College from its origins in the 1880s to its eventual merger with Aurora University in the mid-1980s, especially including dissertations and theses.

140 cubic feet (140 boxes).

eng,

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619514

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Aurora University. George Williams College.

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George Williams College (Downers Grove, Ill.)

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The origins of George Williams College date back to the 1880s, when the YMCA established a series of week-long institutes to train men going into YMCA work. By that time Robert Weidensall, a YMCA leader who had been commissioned to develop the YMCA movement in the western sector of the United States had for several years been pressing for the idea of a permanent training institute that he envisioned would one day play the same role for YMCA professionals that law school played for t...

Young Men’s Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.). College.

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